Wow...its been a busy week. My littlest went to spend time with Mimi and Papa and we had a slumber party for my oldest daughter.
She had the best theme for her party! She chose Hollywood. We had a Red Carpet, and I made Walk of Fame place mats, and we decorated autograph books. I bought her cake because I did not have time to make one but they took a 10 inch round cake and made it look like a old movie reel. We played a guess who game using famous people that their age level would know. It was a lot of fun.
So needless to say I did not get any crocheting done this weekend. But I did by an afghan crochet hook.... now I just need to find patterns to use it with.
Mandi
Rainbow from our backyard
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
My First Entry....
Hi, My name is Mandi and I am a mom of 2 wonderful girls, and a wife to a wonderful man. I work full-time as a medical claims examiner and work part-time at the YMCA. I am VERY busy. We also have a beautiful and very energetic 3 year old chocolate lab/ German wirehair mix.
I guess what I want this blog to be about is mainly my crafts and crocheting. I have been crocheting since I was 5 when my Great-Grandmother taught me how to chain. I remember having these long chains that I would take around the house.
I truly love to crochet. It keeps me sane. It is my way to relieve stress and take my mind of things. It is also a way that I volunteer. I love to make blankets for Project Linus.
Right now my current projects are hats and scarves. We live in Wisconsin so there is definitely a need for those. I love to find patterns on the web and then adjust them and tweak them into my own creations. I have never tried to write down a pattern but I probably should. Maybe this Blog will give me a reason to. I am a member of Ravelry.com my member name on there is jimbeamgirl73. So feel free to friend me on there. I picked the name Horseshoe Hats because I am considering using that as my business name if I decide to start a side business for my crocheted creations...it is being copyrighted. I picked that name because my husband's nickname is horse (it has to do with our last name) and horseshoes bring luck, and everyone should have a lucky hat! I started crocheting hats because my daughter's friend was diagnosed with Leukemia this past fall and I wanted to make her some hats since she would be going through chemo.
Well I guess that is all for now. Will write more later or tomorrow.... Mandi
I guess what I want this blog to be about is mainly my crafts and crocheting. I have been crocheting since I was 5 when my Great-Grandmother taught me how to chain. I remember having these long chains that I would take around the house.
I truly love to crochet. It keeps me sane. It is my way to relieve stress and take my mind of things. It is also a way that I volunteer. I love to make blankets for Project Linus.
Right now my current projects are hats and scarves. We live in Wisconsin so there is definitely a need for those. I love to find patterns on the web and then adjust them and tweak them into my own creations. I have never tried to write down a pattern but I probably should. Maybe this Blog will give me a reason to. I am a member of Ravelry.com my member name on there is jimbeamgirl73. So feel free to friend me on there. I picked the name Horseshoe Hats because I am considering using that as my business name if I decide to start a side business for my crocheted creations...it is being copyrighted. I picked that name because my husband's nickname is horse (it has to do with our last name) and horseshoes bring luck, and everyone should have a lucky hat! I started crocheting hats because my daughter's friend was diagnosed with Leukemia this past fall and I wanted to make her some hats since she would be going through chemo.
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| Beamer and her best buddy Trinity wearing a hat I made her. |
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