WIP Wednesday

Welcome to WIP Wednesday, hosted by Everyday Crochet.   Please click the button at the bottom on my post to post your own to her linky, or to click over and see what others have as WIP's.(work in progress)

Your WIP doesn't have to be craft related, it can be a book you are writing, landscaping you are doing, re-modeling, or anything.  Jump in and join the fun.  The linky stays up for a full week.

My first attempt at the toothbrush rug is bowing up.  I looked up how to online and found that I was putting my 2 extra stitches in the wrong places.  I will finish the one below and it will become a cushion for my chair.

I started on another toothbrush rug, this time made with t-shirts I had cut when I went through my t-shirt purse stage.  The strips are a little thin, so next time I will make them wider.  It is also bowing some, but not too bad.  I have a thought....do you think that making doll or Barbie rugs would be marketable?  I could make them about the same size, or a little smaller than what I have completed so far in the photo below.

I've done a little more work on the prayer shawl, still not even ready to switch to my 2nd color.  It will be a WIP for some time.

I didn't get anything more done on my strip quilt, but truly in hopes of getting the back on it this week.  I am on the lookout for zippers to finish up the strip quilt pillows I pictured a few weeks ago.

Giveaways Linky Tuesday

Please link up your current giveaway(s) below.

Please put in the prize, and the end date.  Also, link directly to the giveaway post.

If you don't host giveaways, feel free to list a giveaway that you know of.

Thanks!  Have fun and good luck.

Mailbox Monday Blog Hop!

IIt's Monday, and time to share what came in the mailbox this past week.  Click the button at the bottom of the post to head over to afrugalfriend.net and share your own Mailbox Monday, or to check out what others have gotten in free this past week.

I'm trying now to cash in some places and get some things coming in the mail like gsn, msn, neilson, and pointsandprizes....in the meantime, this is what I got in this past week.

Sports Illustrated, Time, People, and Entertainment Weekly magazines from hausernet

Car & Driver magazine (this came in Jasmine's name and we have no idea why)

Nature's Bounty gummy vitamins sample and coupon

Nicorette gum 20 box

Victoria Secrets catalog

$8.08 check from clixsense

coupon train

card telling us about the classes at the art center

Jerky Direct autoship


In my email:
$10 paypal from gather
$14 paypal from squidoo


What will next week bring?

My First Blog Award!

Thanks to Marie Anne, of Everyday Crochet, for choosing to award me with this blog award.

The words stand for Recognizing Your Talent.

Now it's my turn to pass the award on to 6 other talented bloggers.   I have chosen to pass it on to:

Daph's Dark Little Corner--She does a great job making horror dolls.

Cafepress A Bit O Sunshine--She uses her writing talents to put together a lot of nice items.

Creative Tornado--a new blog, but she has some nifty stuff already.


Debs Crochet--She has projects in the works 24/7

My Frugal Family--another very talented gal that is always creating--and frugally too.

The Kansas Hooker--another multi talented gal.

Snag your awards, and pass it on!

I Just Won 40 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

I Just Won 40 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

Winner Announcement for Bag of Jerky Giveaway

Thanks to all who entered!  Time to announce the winner using random.org

And the 13th comment, and the winner is.....

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Kathy said... I'd love to try the BUFFALO JERKY BUFFALOS SWEET & SPICY.

Congrats Kathy!  If Kathy does not contact me with mailing information within 48 hours, I will choose another winner.

 
 

WIP Wednesday

Time for Work in Progress Wednesday!  I feel like I did pretty well around a busy schedule.

If you would like to participate in WIP Wednesday, or check out what others are doing, please click the button at the bottom of my post.

To play along on Work-in-Progress Wednesday, make your blog post for Wednesday be about something you're working on - some type of craft, renovation project, landscaping, even that novel you're writing. You can play along even if it’s not Wednesday; she leaves each WIP up until the following week. 

I've completed the sewing on the top of my strip quilt.  I've also updated my squidoo lens How To Make a Strip Quilt 

This is how far I've gotten on the prayer shawl.  They are always a slow process for me.  Some asked for more information on the project.  Here is the website the lady at my church used, including the pattern.  I'm not following the pattern as I am going lengthwise.  Also I am doing a row of single crochet, row of double crochet, row of single crochet, then starting over.  We were told the shawls are  crocheted in a pattern of 3 to represent God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  http://www.shawlministry.com/instructions.html 

And finally....I've waited a month to learn how to make a toothbrush rug.  Wouldn't you know it, I woke up sick to my stomach yesterday morning  :(  Our sewing club meets once a month, the second Tuesday from 10 am -3 pm.  We usually make quilts that we then send to the Good Samaritan home and to the Domestic Violence Center.  Yesterday was special, as one of the lady's showed us how to make rugs with toothbrushes.  After noon I was feeling a bit better, so I headed over just long enough to learn how to make them.

The first photo, I took when I got home...what I had gotten done while I was there.   The second photo shows what I added on last night, changing colors.

These take a lot more material than you can imagine, but are really neat and a lot of fun.

I am hoping that next Wednesday I can tell you the strip quilt is complete, and also that the rug is complete and that I've started on another one  :)

Have a great week!

Giveaways Linky Tuesday

Please link up your current giveaway(s) below.

Please put in the prize, and the end date.  Also, link directly to the giveaway post.

If you don't host giveaways, feel free to list a giveaway that you know of.

Thanks!  Have fun and good luck.

Mail Box Monday Blog Hop!

Pretty good week, compared to the last few.   I got quite a bit in the mail this past week including:

Magazines from hausernet: 2-People, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly and Time.
Good Housekeeping magazine
Lego Club magazine
In Love With Quilts book won on listia
15 watt light build won on listia
Bon Jovi CD won on listia
Frienship Pins won on listia
$20.63 commission check from Jerky Direct
coupon train
2 envelopes of coupons from a gather member (thanks!)
Disney Club mailer that I am keeping the stickers out of
Home Depot Garden Club coupons

In my email:
$30 total paypal from gather

Click the button below to add your blogpost to the list and/or see what others have gotten in the mail over the past week.

WIP Wednesday 9/8/10

It's time for WIP (work in progress) Wednesday!

Rules: To play along on Work-in-Progress Wednesday, make your blog post for Wednesday be about something you're working on - some type of craft, renovation project, landscaping, even that novel you're writing. You can play along even if it’s not Wednesday; She leaves each WIP up until the following week.Click the button at the end of my post to copy the code below Rosie's picture and paste it into your blog post so that others can follow too, and see the rest of the projects that are posted.

Each week I look forward to checking out the WIP's of others.  I find it very encouraging a motivating to participate.  It keeps me working as I should be.

Now, here are my WIP's for the week:

I have all of the strip squares sewn for my strip quilt.  I still have some of the squares to cut down, but I have sewn together 2 rows of the 7 I will have on the quilt.    I am building a How To Make a A Strip Quilt-Step-by-Step with Photos squidoo lens.  I hope you will right click and open it in a new window or tab, check it out, and let me know what you think.  It's continual until I get the quilt completed. 

My next work in progress is making headbands.  I have the pink one completed.  The next one will be made with the purple and I am trying a different pattern on it.  These go in with an order I am fulfilling.  These are being made on request.

Lastly, I have started on crocheting a prayer shawl for a program we do through my church.  As you can see, I barely have a start on it.

 Please click the button below to share your own WIP post, or just to check out the others that have been submitted for this week.