One spring as I was looking through all the summer camp brochures and thinking how expensive they were, I realized that I could probably do most everything they offered on my own, and if I couldn't I likely knew another mom that could. My friends and I decided to make our own summer camp.
Just stumbled across a treasure trove of patterns. The Antique Pattern Library scans antique books, magazines, and articles full of patterns for crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery, needle lace and other kinds of needlework.
Here's my notebook page for useful loom-knitting references. (At least my stash of references will now be somewhat organized, even if my yarns are not!)
This is our family's favorite cookie recipe. Not a fancy cookie, but really addictive. I was looking for the recipe today and had a scare when I couldn't find it in its normal spot in my binder that's falling apart, so I thought I'd better preserve it here. Hope you like it!
My boys are 7 and 11 and have birthdays close together and many friends in common. This is the first year we decided to do a combined birthday party. It's getting a little difficult to do a theme party for 11 year olds and we were planning to have a simple home party instead of going out to laser tag, bowling, or any of the other popular party outings. I was looking for ideas online and came upon tie-dye. The boys loved it and I see many of them wearing their shirts often around school.
