by ChiWei | Jan 23, 2013 | DIY, Uncategorized
Have some wine corks hanging around the house? Maybe not enough to make a bulletin board or even a coaster? Here’s how we use the ones languishing in our house: Re-purpose Number 137: Door Stop. (I like prime numbers. Speaking of primes, I picked...
by ChiWei | Jan 21, 2013 | Accessories, All Designs, Crochet, Free Patterns
This past weekend was pretty warm here, and by warm, I mean, it’s still January, and the temperature is above freezing. The snow is melting, and the magnolia next door is thinking about budding. But it’s still winter, and we can get hit by frigid temps...
by ChiWei | Jan 17, 2013 | DIY, Uncategorized
This may be the fastest little project I’ve ever done, for such cutie results. I like my little Valentine’s glasses, but really, I’m just proud that I was able to get some halfway decent shots of J wearing them. This would be before he ripped them...
by ChiWei | Jan 15, 2013 | DIY, Uncategorized
Ok, remember that Valentine’s craft pack I picked up at Michaels, and those funny little paint chip puppets? Well, here’s another “craft-pack craft” I came up with. I was super excited about this one, but when I started editing my photos, I...
by ChiWei | Jan 10, 2013 | All Designs, Crochet, Free Patterns, Home
Do you crochet? Or do you want to learn how to crochet? Well, stay tuned because in a few short weeks, I’ll be having my very first Crochet-Along right here on this little ol’ blog! We’ll be choosing a project to work on together and going through...
by ChiWei | Jan 7, 2013 | DIY, Uncategorized
Now that J is in “preschool”, I’ve entered the phase of providing valentines for all the little kiddies. I saw a Valentine’s craft pack at Michaels the other day, brought it home and started fiddling around with the contents. Here’s...
by ChiWei | Jan 4, 2013 | Food
My idea of planning for dinner is to pull something out of the freezer in the morning and hope that it’s defrosted enough by the time I come home so I can whip something together. I don’t remember why I bought ground chicken, but there it was, slowly...
by ChiWei | Jan 2, 2013 | DIY, Home, Paper, Winter
Last week, I had posted that some friends and I were going to be making snowflakes to send to the Connecticut PTSA to help decorate a new school for the students of Sandy Hook Elementary. Since then, they have posted on their website that they are no longer taking...