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War and Love~A Designer’s Battle…

It’s been 1.5 years of hardcore Madness for this family, for this Momma. Making my blog public and sharingView full post »

Design Wars 3 is about to get Mad!

Are you familiar with Design Wars? It’s a wonderful crochet design challenge hosted by Baca Creations and nowView full post »

Mad Money Mark I ~ Viva la Handmade Revolucion!

The only think I like better than getting “mad” money to play with is giving Mad Money to play with. Many ofView full post »

Love Handles and Local Plans

It’s just the beginning. I’ve jumped head first and eyes wide open into my familiar old world of polymerView full post »

Falling, again.

Do you ever feel like you are just falling into well and the good and bad is just zipping by you. You may catch aView full post »

Join the Love, please.

Granny squares are easily my favorite crochet items. I’m amazed how they can showcase a lovely yarn, be made inView full post »

My Friend Michelle and her Perfect Knot

About a year ago, I started getting pretty brave about getting to know folks online. I’m just old enough so theView full post »

Handmade x 100

Once in awhile I like to run giveaways that highlight handmade items. Why? Well I feel it’s my mission in life toView full post »

Homemade Marshmallows or How to Buy Your Child’s Love

We’ve been toying with the idea of making homemade marshmallows for a long time, but the recipes are soView full post »

The Joy of Gingerbread (and the Blonde Gingerbread Cookie)

My quest for the perfect gingerbread cookie recipe started decades ago. I tried every recipe in every cookbook I had,View full post »

Santa’s Helper

Every year the Lumberjack and I get to do Santa’s job and we love it. This year, the Boy is seven, I’m notView full post »

Deeper into the Madness

For exactly one year now I’ve been sharing with you. We’ve talked crochet, recipes, gardening, Santa,View full post »

Happy Birthday to me, and MadMadme

Hello all of you wonderful Mad Folks! I just wanted to say thank you for making the first year of my blogging life aView full post »

Wrist Wraps and Real Patterns

Thorough patterns, that include product pictures, charts, diagrams and yarn info have always been like gifts to me, 8 1/View full post »

Favorite Crochet Techniques

There’s more than one way to skin a cat, we all know this. This principle applies to crochet as well. I’veView full post »

Fresh Water Anyone? (Agua Fresca)

Have you ever been to Tijuana or Rosarito just for the tacos and aguas frescas? I have. That’s how good they are.View full post »

Watermelon Pickles a Gem of the South

Many of you know that my family and I are new to The South. And being foodies, we are enjoying what American Food isView full post »

strawberry

Strawberry Shortcake 101 (wow, this is post #100, who knew you Folks would keep reading?)

Simple rustic recipes will always win me over compared to fancy, multi-step, complicated recipes. I believe this is dueView full post »

Books Shmooks and Tiny Clothes

Books. This single word will trigger a flush of emotion is every, single member of my family. We love them, even the &#View full post »

What blog will be featured next in the Blog Blitz! Project?

Featured Blog this Blitz: ? – Looking for suggestions… I believe in encouragement, and giving without anyView full post »

SASS y Fat Cooking Method (yeah, I made that up)

Highlights: Pressure Cooked, Shredded Chicken, Flavored and Seasoned with Condiments. Here we go, another pressureView full post »

Melancholy

Am I the only mother who feels it? The strong melancholy that ribbons every milestone, it’s present at everyView full post »

A Good Day Outside

We have a lot of good days at home. But the best days to me, are the days we get to enjoy it in a cleanish state, whenView full post »

Choosing Colors and Making Your Own Sampler or My OCD Ring.

Each card contains the brand, color and weight of yarn. The yarn is just wrapped around and knotted on the back side. NoView full post »