Always, Alli

This morning in my one word meme I mentioned the last thing I did was “drizzled.”

Our Moms’ Group has decided to bring food to every meeting this summer (normally this is a once a month treat). So this morning Fuller and I made these Lemon Blueberry Muffins from the Cooking Light website. The final touch was drizzling this powder sugar and lemon juice mix over the muffins.

I love blueberry muffins, but the lemon added enough of a bite to make them seem even more decadent than plain old blueberry. And of course, I made more than I had to take, so some of them will be enjoyed for several days to come.

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This entry was in progress last Friday, but I didn’t finish it before we left for the Georgia Dome. I thought I would have time to finish it before midnight. Silly me. Silly tornado.

Finally, as I hoped, I have something to share for the online craft club. The kicker is, I actually have two things to share!

Thing One: a Super Hero Cape

We were invited to a 4 year olds birthday party and I woke up that morning and said, “I want to make Oliver a Super Hero Cape!” Don’t ask me why, I just did. I went out that morning, bought 1 yard of fabric and had it finished by 2:30 that afternoon. The party started at 3. From what I understand, Oliver loves his cape.

I got the pattern from the Sewing Mamas forum, which helped me some. I improvised some stuff, but the overall concept of cape really came through. It is pretty obvious a novice sewer made it, but as a gift for a 4 year old, I think it is fine.

Thing Two: Reconstructing the T-Shirt

As I mentioned last week, I was inspired by Threadbanger to actually put my 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special book into use. I poured over the book for quiet some time, and had a few ideas to mimic. But when it came down to actually cutting up the t-shirt, I was very nervous. Then the night before we left for Atlanta, I was looking at my wardrobe for our trip and knew none of the Auburn shirts I had would make me happy. So, out came the scissors and this XXL shirt was made into something a bit more form fitting.

I’m not sure how crafty I plan on being in the next few weeks. But, I’m thrilled I was able to get these done.

If you have a craft to share (in progress or finished object) then please post it on your blog an then leave a comment at Cass Knit’s so we can all see it!

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I haven’t been participating in the online craft club recently because I haven’t been particularly crafty. I am sad to say my crochet has been sitting in the same place since December and while I look at yarn longingly in stores, I don’t buy because I don’t have a project stirring in my heart.

But this weekend I do plan on a little bit of sewing. I was watching an episode of Threadbanger and saw a t-shirt project from a book I actually own! 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special was a gift from Austina one Christmas. It was complied by the gang at Compai, a design collective I admire from afar.

Since watching that Threadbanger episode, I am itching to break down an Auburn t-shirt for the tournament this weekend. When I turn the pages of the book the illustrations of the shirts are on pencil thin models and don’t look like they would compliment my figure. And finding a pattern with the back still intact is a bit tricky. But I have found two or three I think I can pull off. And if not, the shirt was $5 at Wal-Mart, so if I make a mistake, it can become an Auburn throw rag.

If you have a craft to show off or talk about, please post it on your blog and leave a comment at Cass Knits so we can all see!

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Yesterday I went to a friend’s house with some other women in my church to help her with a sewing project. She had volunteered to make over 20 (I can’t remember if it was 30 or more) of these bags called Joseph’s coat. A friend of hers is the head of Agape Puppet ministry and they give the bags to kids all over the world.

Jessica, my friend, had reached a hump in her project, needing more hands on deck to move past it. When she asked for help at Mom’s Group she said all you have to do is sew a straight line and my hand shot up. “I can sew a straight line!”

It was a fun morning project, hanging with friends and helping make these neat bags. We didn’t finish the entire project, we just helped her move past the hurdle.

I asked her to demonstrate the bag on video so I could share here. I just think they are really neat. Each color helps tell the story of Joseph.

Joseph’s Coat project from mrscrumley on Vimeo.

Do you have a craft to show off? Post it on your blog and then leave a comment over on Cass Knits. We would love to see what you made!

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I stopped posting these because I got tired or something. On Christmas Eve most of my family took off to visit the Air Force Museum. I stayed at my parents’ house to help set up for the big Christmas Eve Dinner.

Out of the list of chores my mom created, I took the task of setting the table. It demanded more attention than just slapping flatware and plates on the table. I had to iron linens, arrange the tables (we had three), and make festive napkin rings. It was a job rewarded with praise and excitement from the family, and I had a lot of fun doing it.

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As I posted earlier this week, I made a hat last week. And today I finally finished the matching scarf. I used the last of the skein, which made a shorter scarf than I wanted, but it still keeps me warm!

I received two books for Christmas to help me in my crafting. One book was on my wish list and the other was on my sister’s wish list.

Felted Crochet is a book I wanted in my library because the idea of felting has always intrigued me. My friends who knit do it and I wanted to learn to knit just so I could felt. But then I discovered I was a bit naive and felting can be done with crochet as well. I found this book and thought it would give me great inspiration. And inspiration I have. But, I have two three other projects I must finish before I am allowed to start working on anything from the book.

Last Minute Fabric Gifts was on Austina’s Christmas list. And I ordered it for her. But it didn’t arrive by Christmas morning. So imagine my surprise when my sister unwrapped a gift and it was this book! Turns out someone else also bought Austina the book, so when the copy I ordered arrived today I took a quick glance and declared it was for me.

I am sticking to crochet while I am here in Ohio but look forward to bringing out the sewing machine to get some of these projects done.

Have a craft project to share? Blog it and leave a link over at Cass Knits! We would love to see your progress!

I didn’t get any jewelry for Christmas. But thanks to the folks at D’s Keepsakes, where you can find wholesale fashion jewelry for sponsoring this post.

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I tried to take several self portraits today, but this one was the only one I was remotely happy with. I took it at church and really wanted the stained glass window in the background to show up. But it really wasn’t meant to be. I could only capture myself looking cute. Oh well, you will have to live and leave me comments that I do look really cute. Especially in this hat!

See, this picture is also useful to catch up on the Online Craft Club. The hat I am wearing is a new one I made this week. Thursday I bought some yarn and a J hook at Wal-Mart, sat down in the nail salon and started making the rounds. My mom was getting her nails done, so I started this hat while I waited. I had an interesting conversation with one of the employees who was asking me about how I hold my hook. I guess I need to get someone to take a picture of that, since I have had more than one person notice I hold my hook differently.

The hat fits me well and covers my ears- two things important to me. I have sensitive ears and a big head, so making myself hat is really the easiest thing to do to meet those needs. I’m happy I got it done in about two days, and have moved on to making the matching scarf.

Do you have a self portrait to share? Post it on your blog and leave a comment at Digi-Cass. We would love to see your mug!

Do you have a craft project in progress or completed? Then post it on your blog and leave a comment at Cass Knits! We love crafty things!

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Here we go… another vague picture. It is me, working hard on the secret Christmas craft. I’m so happy it is finally done!

And no. I’m still not telling.

Um, and this really isn’t a self portrait. D took it while I was working. But it is a picture of me, so I am happy. There have been very few of those recently.

Got a self portrait to share? Post it on your blog and leave a comment on Digicass. We want to see who you are!

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Could this be any more vague? Another picture from my Christmas craft project.

I still have to wrap them and mail a few of the tomorrow.

I only made 10, but I wanted to make more. Cost and time prevented me from doing that, but after Christmas I plan on making more to give away.

And no, I’m still not telling you what they are.

I’m not sure if even legal steroids would have helped me finish this project, but I did it!

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I got a day behind without realizing it.

This is a vague picture, but I can tell you the bag and contents are from Ikea. The contents are being used in a Christmas craft project that I finished tonight. I can’t really tell you more than that because I have no idea who all reads this blog and the crafts are gifts for 10 people.

Also, I almost didn’t use the contents of this bag because I came up with a plan B that was way cooler than plan A. But plan B fell apart and I had to back up.

It’s all so very vague, I know. But it will be cool when I tell you what it is all about!

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