Three new fingerless gloves...........

Here they are one of each... which is your favorite? It's hard for me to decide. I like them all..

These are actually knit... Which ones do you like best? Let me know.....

Are these knit or crochet? You tell me.... They look like knit but they are actually crochet....

This is the pair she wants. I think she looks great in them all......

Allie is the model, the problem with her is, she wants one everything.... LOL She is a great model and has fun doing it. She likes the purple ones the best.. i may surprise her and make her a pair.......Shhhhhh

These are knit and then embellished with crocheted circles.....

Here they are in all their beauty!!!! I love♥ them all. Hard to choose, lucky for me I cam make one of each for myself. These will be going in the Etsy shop soon, look for them, then you can own your own...

As promised here are the 3 new fingerless gloves. 2 are knit i is crocheted. Can you figure out which ones are which?

I guess you know now!

Peace, love♥ and crochet...

Debbie

I found another really cool giveaway!!!!

P.S. I forgot to add it was only open to US residents....


Hello and good day to everyone. It's another hot day here in NJ. The girls are swimming at a friends house and will be occupied and cool there all day.

I found a really cool giveaway, perfect for back to school and it's all recycled. So you know I am in love with it.

Go to http://www.greenearthjourney.blogspot.com to learn more. She is giving away some really cool stuff from a Trenton NJ based company called Terracycle. You can check out their website to. They even do fundraisers for schools by collected used juice pouches from you. Maybe something to look into everyone drinks them and at 2 cents a pop over a period of time you could make some decent money, but most of all you are RECYCLING!!!!!


They recycle juice pouches, candy wrappers, cookie boxes into really cool usable stuff that all the kids in your life and even some adults, such as myself would love!

About the giveaway: it runs from today 8/19 till 9/1 midnight and if you win you will get........... a really awesome and different Clif bar back pack, capri sun juice pouch. We have this and the girls love it we got them at Target last year and they still look brand new! They would also be good for holding crochet hooks and accessories. As you can tell I would LOVE to won one myself... you will also get some other small items.

You also have an amazing 7 times to enter.. So Go Now, Don't Delay... hurry get your entrie's in. I have 6 I was able to complete. Wish me luck I would love to win and actually go to Trenton to see the company. I went to school at The College of NJ formerly TrentonState College ~ it's only an hour away. I should check and see if they do tours or something could be really cool to witness recycling at that level.

Good luck ~ I will be back later with some pictures of my 3 new fingerless mitts I have come up with 2 knit, 1 crochet. Allie has to model them for me... TTFN ~

Peace, love♥, and crochet...

Debbie

Lupus donation

Update, our neighbor across the road came and took the little blue desk with 4 drawers for her room... YEAH! Thanks Karen.

Today we donated alot of our stuff to a good cause ~ Lupus. I called the 800# and they came and got it all. Below are pictures of what happened. They were very quick and polite. They do this everyday all day I was told. Can you even imagine? Wow, there are alot of generous people in NJ.

As most of you may know, my husband lost his job in March. We were forced to look at how we live. I had actually had started to do that already. I feel we have to much , our house was cluttered with stuff and I wanted to live a more simple but fuller life. We had our yard sale and got rid of alot. Now Lupus came and we got rid of quite a bit. We are still working to get rid of things. One more sale at my moms this weekend and what is not sold will be held until Sept 27th when Lupus will be back.

This summer had been really hard on me, trying to have some fun with the kids and being able to eat, and pay our bills. It was a challenge. It's almost over I am sad to say. School starts Sept 1st for me the 2nd for the kids. It will be nice to have steady paycheck again. Now all we need is for Jeff to find a fabulous job.



Ariel view from upstairs of all the stuff we donated. Furniture, clothes, toys, stuffed animals, computers, sheets, Christmas trees. You name it we donated it.


The number to call for pick-up. Please call if you have stuff you no longer want or need. It will make you feel great!!

The truck in the driveway, getting loaded with all our stuff.

The stuff they did not take, not to much. They took almost everything. We still have 5 tubs of books, that needed to be in boxes. Next time. they will be back in the area in Sept. I am almost 100% sure we will have more stuff to give them.

The last of it being loaded, a clean driveway once more...........................

Our stuff inside the truck. When they first came in the morning there was not enough room in the truck they had. They had to dump the contents and come back for all our stuff. We made Lupus very happy.

Half full Lupus truck leaving our driveway............

It feels good to be rid of stuff no longer needed and recycled to help others. If you have alot of stuff or even a little you don't want anymore call Lupus. They will come and pick it up and leave you a form for your taxes. The drivers were courteous and it's for a great cause!!!!

Peace, love♥, and crochet...

Debbie

Hot, hot, hot!!!

Today as yesterday it was so hot here, as well it should be in August in NJ. This has been such a weird summer that I guess we got use to slightly cooler weather. It was great not having the air-conditioners on. I hate to be hot but we were trying to save on our PSE&G bill also. Yesterday and today we did have some air on. It was like 95 degrees and the humidity was unbearable. Actually broke down and got a small french vanilla coffee coolada from Dunkin Donuts. They are so good and addicting. A nice treat once in awhile.

We were at my mom's yesterday at a last minute yard sale ~ did not make to much enough for some gas and a bit more. Next week she is having her real sale that will be advertised and alot more people will come. We are getting rid of a bunch of stuff tomorrow, donating it to Lupus. It actually ended up being quite a bit. I will upload some pictures tomorrow. They come and pick it up. We will try to sell the rest of our stuff at my mom's if not we will call Lupus again and in Sept. and they will come out and get the rest. That will make us all feel good. We want to help others with stuff we may not want or need anymore. Plus it's good for the girls to see and it recycles unwanted stuff and helps the Earth. It's also wonderful to downsize, get rid of stuff and not buy things unnecessarily. You save money and live free and uncluttered. It's a good thing...............

Have been making more crocheted wristwarmers and will have pictures up soon. My mom was kind enough to get us a chicken from Costco for dinner tonight and it smells great!!! Have a nice rest of the weekend....

Peace, love♥, and crochet...

Debbie

Our Kick Ass Yard Sale............

Jeff after the first day, we packed up everything because it had rained every night. The night of set up on Thursday, and Friday at the end of the day. Then we had to unpack in the morning. This is the last yard sale we will have for awhile. We had one 13 yrs ago when Victoria was just a baby. I like going to them more than having them.

My hard working family, Victoria, Mom and Jeff........

Victoria and Gloria, our friend and crossing guard. Boy was she a huge help in cleaning up after the sale. I was so hot and tired. She just threw out what she thought could not be donated or sold at my moms yard sale. And I gotta say thank goodness I was so overwhelmed at that point. The only thing she took from us was a lamp she has on her porch right now, what a gem and a funny lady to.

My dad and Jeff taking a break for a minute. This was our dining room table, it did not get sold so we are going to donate it. We decided not to have a dining room anymore. We are going to make that room our office/library. It's a work in progress as is our whole house.

Allie and some of her friends ~ they were a great help packing and getting customers to come to our sale.

This is the view from Allie's bedroom, and that is not even all the stuff. We had a deck and a driveway full of furniture, dishes and all kinds of stuff. Boy it felt good to purge. I am not into alot of stuff I once was. Antiques, Victorian, old china and doilies are just dragging me down,

Victoria having fun and working the yard sale ~ she did a fantastic job selling our crap!!!!!

We had a kick ass yard sale on July 17th. It was fun, at least the girls and all their friends thought so. It was alot of work that day and leading up to it. It was really hot, my parents came to help. My mom is the queen of yard sales, having them and attending them so her help was really appreciated. However she got sick and could not come back on Saturday. The heat really got to her.

We made out ok, got rid of stuff and got a bit of money to help us through the summer.

~TTFN

Peace, love♥, and crochet...

Debbie