2011 March

{free easter printables}

March 28, 2011 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 58 Comments

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!!

download this as a PDF here

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{floral friday #7}

March 25, 2011 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 7 Comments

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)}

March 22, 2011 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 24 Comments

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.

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}

March 18, 2011 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 28 Comments

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 4^th 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 10^th wedding anniversary

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{lucky stars}

March 13, 2011 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 50 Comments

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: