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{free easter printables}

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I just wanted to shout out a big THANK YOU to everyone following my blog and thought I would give away a few more self-made printables.

Easter is less than a month away! So, let everyone you care about know you’re thinking about them and send them a card! ;)

Just download the PDF version of these cards by clicking the link below the picture and print as many copies as you’d like.

Happy Easter!!

{free easter printables}
download this as a PDF here

 

{free easter printables}
download this as a PDF here

 

{free easter printables}
download this as a PDF here

 

{free easter printables}
download this as a PDF here

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{floral friday #7}

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{floral friday #7}

Welcome to another Floral Friday!

Yesterday I went to the hardware store and of course couldn’t walk past the plant section.. I totally fell in love with this little guy! A calceolaria, also known as pocketbook flower. Doesn’t it have the coolest looking blossoms?

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A few facts about the calceolaria:
  • Calceolaria in Latin means shoemaker
  • Other common names are: pocketbook flower, lady’s purse, slipper flower and slipperwort
  • Flowering time is early spring through late summer
  • Unfortunately they will only bloom once
  • Calceolarias like cool temperatures

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{the scarf with no end(s)}

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After seeing those loop scarves here and there in the blogging world, I thought I would give a try as well and went for it a few weeks back. I never got around to taking pictures until today, though.
There was no particular pattern I used for this.
I started out with a chain of 100 stitches and did a slip stitch in the first to end up with a big loop. The exact amount of stitches depends on what size needle you’re using and how thick the yarn is. Just make sure the loop is big enough to fit over your head. ;)
After that, chain 2 and just keep going doing double crochet stitches until you finish the loop. I did a total of 23 rows and finished it off with one row of single crochet stitches. The amount of rows your scarf requires will also depend on your crochet needle and the yarn you use.
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I just love how the scarf turned out! All warm and soft and, best of all, really easy to do!

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{floral friday #6}

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{floral friday #6}
Finally another Floral Friday! ;)
I missed having a Floral Friday last week and the colors it brings for the weekend, but I was just too sick to climb the stairs to our 4th story apartment down and especially up again..
For this week’s Floral Friday I picked a pretty Spring flower — the daffodil. I just love the trumpet shaped head of this beautiful flower!
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A few facts about daffodils:
  • the flowers symbolize friendship
  • daffodil is the English word for the botanical name narcissus
  • in the medieval ages the juice of the wild daffodil was used as a cure for baldness
  • daffodils are the traditional flower for a 10th wedding anniversary

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{lucky stars}

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Yesterday, my hubby went out of town for the day. He went on a short trip to the Netherlands to meet up with a friend of his from Amsterdam and they met about half way in a small town called Groningen to have some man time.
So, since I’m still not back to 100% after being sick, I just decided to stay home all day and enjoy some free time in our apartment. ;)
Ok, I must admit.. I did start missing the husband a little and distracted myself by being a little crafty.
I folded about 150 lucky stars last night. Be careful, it’s very addictive!
I threw together a little tutorial, if you want to try it yourself.
What you need:
  • paper in A4 or letter size, in your preferred color
  • scissors or x-acto knife
  • ruler
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Cut the paper into strips. The width determines the size of the star. For the tutorial I used about 1/2 in. wide strips:

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Start by tying the strips into a knot:

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You’re on the right track if your knot looks like a pentagon:

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Fold the little tail over:

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Start folding the long tail around and around the pentagon:

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Until you reach the end of the strip:

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Tuck the end of the strip into the little pouch:

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You’ll end up with this:

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To make this pentagon a star, push gently with your fingernail on each side:

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I even made a video tutorial to show the full process:

PS: It’s easiest if you don’t crease the sides of the pentagon too much when folding the strip.

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