Sharing is Caring

I'd like to share some things with you. Cool products. Recipes a generous term for what I'll really share And other people's words of wisdom.

First of all: Barkbox. This is a message from Ike for all of his doggy friends. We just recently signed up and just received our first box yesterday. I, of course, forgot to take a picture of it. But it 2 different bones, 2 bags of treats and a toy. Here he is with a new bone.

Second: Mocha Club. If you follow the link and watch the video you can get a brief overview of the idea. Essentially they support development projects in Africa. I pay $9 a month. That's basically me giving up 2 peppermint mochas a month to give to something that matters. Watch this video, you won't be sorry. You can join me here. And, this is totally not the point but I received this beautiful scarf made by African women as a gift for joining.

Third: Dinner. I don't do soup. My family has soups for Christmas dinner and my mom has already bribed me by telling me she'll order me a cheeseburger after everyone has left. This soup, admittedly was kinda like groul. But those little zucchini spears were little slices of heaven. Make them. Put them in a skillet with a little olive oil, add some seasoned salt and pepper when they're done and call yourself a chef. Drew fell in love with me all over again as a result of these. Totally worth the bad alleged "chowder" recipe to find this good one. (Thanks emeals!)

Fourth: New Girl. If you haven't watched it, just do it already. Don't put it off any longer. It's the second best decision you'll ever make after you make those zucchini spears.

Fifth: Duck Dynasty. My real thoughts (or some similar) are found here and here.

Sixth: Dip some pretzels and some Ritz peanut butter crackers in white chocolate and call yourself a candy maker. Don't make the peppermint fudge that the Pioneer Woman will tell you to. It isn't good. But if you make it anyway just because it looks festive, give it to your neighbors. (worked for me).

My husband is currently ice-skating with his bff. Enjoy that mental picture friends. I'm off to spend the afternoon with my friend JoAnn. (the fabric store)

Scarf anyone?

With all of this free time on my hands I'm attempting to embrace my crafty side. When I did my first t-shirt scarf a couple of days ago my husband said "Hmm... Maybe you are crafty like the rest of your family." (stink eye given in response). I guess his reason for saying that has something to do with the last time I was staying with my grandmother who was trying to teach me to embroider, needless to say when I left there we were both wondering if I were truly her granddaughter (in that sense only, it's her not so glorious traits that I inherited).  I read on another blog recently there are those who are crafty and those who desperately want to be well I am a member the the latter group. But I'm trying to prove myself (and my husband) wrong! Bare with me.

All you will need for this scarf is an old t-shirt (the bigger the better) and scissors.....that's it! Oh and fingers. I'm not going to post step by step directions but I will post pics and link you to the tutorial I used.

It's super easy and super cute if I do say so myself. I will offer a couple of suggestions:

1.If you have a jealous dog like I do....give him a bone to chew on so he is busy and you can work faster.

2. I bought my t-shirts at Goodwill, they had a wide variety of colors and sizes (I tried to buy mostly 2 XL) however these ratty old t-shirts were $3.50 each....ehhh I wasn't impressed. But because I really wanted to try it I splurged. You can probably buy them new for less than that and not have to wonder where they've been.

3. Make sure your shirts have no side seams, the first one I made did and it wasn't pretty. What I have found out is ALL of Old Navy's t-shirts have side seams so rule them out now.

4. Make it your own, use different colors or paint or anything. Mine is plain jane because well...I'm kinda plain jane.

Now that you have wasted your time reading all of this here you can read it from someone who actually knows what they're doing:

http://thisolddress.blogspot.com/2009/07/diy-recycled-t-shirt-braided-scarf.html


I have links to other scarves I plan to try next so stay tuned. Let me know if you have any questions.