Author: Denise

  • Bookish Thursday: Crafting Your Words

    Today a little something different! I have a pair of books I picked up along the line that help with writing!! First up: Just the Right Words: Over 400 Messages and Motifs for Cardmakers and Crafters  This little book packs a punch! If you are looking  for a phrase, saying or something to write in…

  • Two on Tuesday!

    Well again I missed Finished Friday so you get two on Tuesday! I finished a pair of Mrs. Roosevelt’s Mittens for my mother. She is president of her local historical society up there in upper state New York, not sure of the exact historical society.. but that means she gets to rattle around in all…

  • Bookish Thursday: Haiku Knits

    Nothing is simpler that Haiku. I love the short simple form of poetry. True to it’s namesake  by Tanya Alpert is full of simple, beautiful knit designs. I don’t think that there is a design in this book that I wouldn’t like to knit! The designer does some mixing yarns in some pieces to add…

  • Invasive Species Controller

    I was looking over the opportunities in the local listings for Disney’s Give a Day Get a Day volunteer program and the volunteer job of ‘Invasive Species Controller’ certainly caught my eye. Had my parents dubbed me Invasive Species Controller, it might have made those endless hours of weed pulling a little more interesting.. Doesn’t…