Giveaway

I'm trying something new and partnering with Eden and her blog entitled "Eden's Evaluations" and doing a giveaway of one of my trellis necklaces.  The necklace is a $6.00 value.  If you'd like to enter the giveaway, please check out Eden's blog and follow her at http://www.edensevaluations.blogspot.co.nz/

Valentine's Day projects

I got inspired and decided to try a couple of Valentine's projects.  I think they came out quite nicely.  The first is a set of heart shaped coasters.  I used a free pattern from redheart.com.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178327075/heart-shaped-coasters-hand-crocheted-in

For the other one, I've always wanted to try and make cards, but I can't draw or paint, so I decided to do what I do best--crochet some hearts and put them on the cards. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/92504084/valentines-cards-with-crocheted-hearts?ref=listing-shop-header-1
Happy Valentine's Day!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

Are you turned off by seeing ads on a blog?

I periodically get emails from Google encouraging me to sign up for Google AdSense.  If I do this, I'll earn some money if people view the ads Google puts on my blog page.  Sounds good.  Seems easy.  But do you really earn any money?  I must admit that whenever I'm on a blog page or any web page for that matter, I completely ignore the ads.  If there's a button or box to click to close an ad that's blocking me from seeing the page I want, I click it and get rid of the ad.  I don't read the ad.  I just get rid of it.  I can't imagine that I'm the only one who ignores all the ads.  So would anyone actually look at ads on my blog so that I'd actually earn any money?  Or would they just be annoyed by them and stop reading my blog?

Let me know what you think?  Should I allow ads?  Or not?

Get Into the True Holiday Spirit

Happy Thanksgiving to all.  I hope you were able to spend it with family and friends and good food.  I had a lovely time hosting family and friends at my home and the food all turned out well.

As we all get wrapped up in the frenzied Black Friday shopping and holiday parties and gift wrapping, here's something that speaks to the true meaning of Christmas and is just beautiful to listen to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qJ_MGWio-vc

Get started on your holiday shopping and visit Faithful Shepherd Catholic School's Holiday Boutique this Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9:00-3:00pm.  Over 70 vendors with everything you need to fulfill your holiday gift list.  Check out their Facebook page here.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holiday-Classic-Boutique/110158142429043

Honor Our Veterans

Today was a day we honored our veterans--all those men and women who have served in our armed forces and fought and died for our country and for others.  I may not agree with all the reasons these men and women have been sent to foreign lands and put in harms way, but we should thank them and appreciate them all the same.  And today I have one special veteran to honor--my father--who would have turned 91 today.  He served in the Army in WWII, and he passed away almost 4 years ago.  Happy Birthday Dad.