I gotta try this again!

OKAY so I found this awesome video on youtube How To Crochet Ripple Afghan aka Wave or and I found out how I could make my own chevron blanket so I'm going to use MORE of my left over yarn to get another baby blanket complete.  The number of stitches used is 14+2 so for 3 points you will need 42+2 stitches.  I'll show you my progress.  Not sure how big I'm going to make this one yet.

Baby Chevron Blanket Is All Done.

Well this blanket took me a little under a week to complete and I'm satisfied with the results.  Still wish that it turned out bigger but at least I know that I can work a chevron stitch now. Here's the link to this pattern. 

Shaded Blanket by Vanna White 

 

Be Blessed!  Be Inspired!

Chevron Crazy.

Well how are you doing this fine morning?  My fingers are a little stiff from the cold so I'm going to try to type this out as efficiently and as quickly as i can so I can go warm up.  This weekend was amazing and this week so far has been great.  We just got baby girls progress report and she's doing EXCELLENT in school so we're going to treat her with something.   I'm not sure what that something is going to be but whatever it is it's going to be amazing.

So I have a couple of things to get started on this weekend but the first thing that I have to get started on for sure is my cousins ear warmers.  I still have a few things to get for her but since money is so tight right now I'm going to use some of my left over yarn to make her something since she's going to be down this weekend.  Once I find what pattern I'm going to use I will share with you.

When it comes to my blankets, if you were reading some of my previous posts then you will know that I just finished a houndstooth baby blanket last week and today I'm letting you know that I started yet another one so I can say goodbye to all my extra yarn so I can make room for more lol.  The pattern that I'm working with is Shaded Blanket by Vanna White.  Now I had tried time and time again in the past to make a chevron stitched blanket but I always in whatever way possible screwed it up so i just gave up on it.  So fast forward to almost three years later and I decided that I was going to try again and it's looking awesome so far!!

So what do I think of the pattern so far?  It's very easy to follow so I know that anyone can do this project.  The sizing on the other hand is a little disappointing because the size that I decided to work up, which is the baby sized blanket, has turned out to be too small.  I can see if it were a preemie blanket but from what I read it's supposed to be a regular sized baby blanket but it isn't.  I'm going to finish it up and give it away as a car seat blanket because I think the size of the blanket would make it an appropriate  car seat accessory.  I will do this again but the next time I do it I will stick with the bigger size both for adult and baby gifts.

Well that's all the updates I have for now so I'll be back to share more later.  Be Blessed!  Be Inspired!!

Lip Balm trial #2!!

So I tried the honey and oil method yesterday and tried the Vaseline method today and I like the Vaseline version a lot beter.   WORD OF CAUTION:  BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO MICROWAVE EYESHADOW THAT MAY CONTAIN PARTICLES  OF METAL.  I WENT TO MICROWAVE MY MIXTURE AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MY SHIMMERY BALM THAT I HAD CREATED HAD BITS OF METAL WHICH CAUSED FOR A SHORT LIGHT SHOW IN MY KITCHEN LOL.  Other than that everything turned out great.  Oh!  I went ahead and got the vaseline with the coco butter so there wasn't any need for me to put any kind of extract in since it already smells divine.    
I wanted to use a light color this time but there's a darker color lip stick that's almost empty in my makeup box so I will be using that pretty soon to make another balm.  If you're feeling crafty and you want to try something fun for yourself and/or for another friend then you should try this.  It's fun.  The videos for this project is posted in one of my previous lip balm post so be sure to check them out for more information.

Lip Gloss Trial #1

I went pretty well I have to say.  I have it in the freezer so it can set so I can't wait till it's ready so I can try it out.  I'm going to get what I need for our arts and crafts tomorrow so the girls can make their lip balms!!  

Homemade Lip Gloss & Lip Balm!

Oh best believe that I'm going to get my hands dirty in making a few batches for myself and for my kids!  How is everyone doing today?  Well besides it being completely wet and cold out side, I'm nice and warm in my dining room writing to you so I'm fabulous. 

Okay so I recently went on youtube to try to figure out some fun beauty tips that I hadn't heard of yet and came across several videos that were helpful BUT the main video that I found pretty awesome were two different videos on making homemade lip glosses and lip balms.  My first reaction was NO WAY!  But as I stayed tuned to the videos and watched them I knew that I had to try this with my girls. 

So for those of you who don't know my baby girls they are both beautiful little ladies who LOVE to get into their mommy's make, mainly the lip gloss, and I've been trying to find different ways to get them to STOP sneaking into my stash.  Lol yes I've tried hiding them and placing them in high places but I have ninja children so I needed to find another way to get them turned to something else so a beautiful quick fix was for them to have their own lip gloss so other people, and myself, started getting them their own glosses and balms which was fine BUT now that I've found these videos I will NOT be buying any lip care for my girls for quite a while.  The main reason being that they don't keep up with the glosses/balms very well so they get lost rather quickly.  But in their defense one is in kindergarten and the other is a toddler so I'm not mad at them:-D

They love being in the kitchen with me and they LOVE doing arts and crafts together so I knew that this project would be just amazing for all of us girls.  I haven't figured out what I wanted to do with my son yet but he's a little over a year so I think he'll be forgiving of me and he'll give me a little more time to figure something out:-)  Okay so for the balms you'll need a small container to hold the balm once it's complete, Vaseline or petroleum jelly, food coloring, tooth pics and small bowl to work in.  For the gloss you'll need vaseline or the petroleum jelly, and either a lip stick or eyeshadow, small bow to work in, and some type of mixer.  I'll let the videos do the rest and I'll be sure to post pictures on here tomorrow of what we did!!  So excited!!

Be Blessed.  Be Inspired.

How to make LIP GLOSS/BALM

HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIPGLOSS OR A TINTED LIP BALM AT HOME

 

Oil Pulling.

Well I found about this by my mother in law and she told me to try it because it was supposed to be very beneficial so after several months of trying to decide I went ahead and just did it!  Well I'm doing it as I type and so far it's okay.  I mean I'm using extra virgin olive oil and as long as I don't try to taste it I'm good.  This is supposed to whiten my teeth and cleanse my entire body so lets see how my first attempt went!