tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19975571305231634512024-02-19T06:46:02.102-08:00little thingsI'm newly 'hooked' on crochet (why didn't anyone warn me?!?)... I make cards. I take pictures. I dabble in scrapbooking. Sometimes I blog about it.Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-40869401960874058822012-04-21T21:02:00.000-07:002012-04-21T21:02:37.605-07:00PIF (crochet style)...<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;">earlier today I read </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><a href="http://lazydaisycrochet.blogspot.ca/">Lazy Daisy Crochet</a> & found out that Melissa is doing something neat - she's playing a pay-it-forward style of game she found via</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"> <a href="http://www.oodles-4-noodles.com/" style="color: #3e93bf; text-decoration: none;">Oodles 4 Noodles</a> (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">that she found on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="http://createbellacreate.blogspot.com/2012/04/paying-it-forward-via-crochet-goodies.html?showComment=1334944659481#c383414332040190728" style="background-color: #ddeeff; color: #fda01b; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Create Bella Create</a><span style="color: #004692; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"> & </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">crocheting</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">surprise</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"> gifts for 3 </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">followers. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">I just did one of these on FB and it was so fun... I enjoy surprising people with little gifts so I am going to play too! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;">Here are the rules if you want to join in:</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><br style="background-color: #ddeeff;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">1. I will send a surprise gift to the first three commenters on this post. The gift will be handmade by me. It will be sent sometime in the next 365 days. It will be a surprise. We all love getting surprises in the mail, right?</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">2. To sign up and receive a gift, you must play along, too. Pay it Forward on your blog, by promising to make a surprise for the first three people who comment on the post. </span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">3. You must have a blog (that is updated, as I will blog stalk you to find the right gift for you). Include your blog address in your comment. </span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">4. After commenting here, you must repost this or something similar to your blog in 48 hours. If not, I will chose the next person who comments…</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Its that simple!! :)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #3d1d18; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I am looking forward to playing this fun game with my fellow bloggers and making something special and handmade just for them. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">Oh and please go check out the fun going on at <a href="http://lazydaisycrochet.blogspot.ca/">Lazy Daisy Crochet</a>,</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px;"> </span><a href="http://createbellacreate.blogspot.com/2012/04/paying-it-forward-via-crochet-goodies.html?showComment=1334944659481#c383414332040190728" style="color: #fda01b; line-height: 30px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Create Bella Create</a><span style="line-height: 21px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.oodles-4-noodles.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3e93bf; line-height: 30px; text-decoration: none;">Oodles 4 Noodles</a><span style="line-height: 30px;">!</span></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-65652200941597668622012-04-18T21:11:00.001-07:002012-04-18T21:14:28.035-07:00WIP Wednesday...a little of what I'm working on:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am also working on a whole box of goodies for my swap partner for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/afghan-swap-2012">this Ravelry swap</a>, and I am so excited as it's the first big swap I've joined. The box will be mailed out very soon and then I can't wait till she gets it so I can show you what I sent her!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-72675942390432627192012-04-03T18:47:00.001-07:002012-04-03T18:49:15.626-07:00more squares...for more swaps... seems I'm loving the squares at the moment!<br />
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There are more, but, as I mentioned, I've been terrible about taking the pictures... I'll try to get the rest up tomorrow!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-83793498456380560642012-02-09T14:42:00.000-08:002012-02-09T14:42:21.484-08:00and the hookin' continues...a few FO (finished objects) and WIP (works in progress) to show this week, but first...<br />
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<i>I entered my first crochet square swap!</i> Debi, from <a href="http://hooksandyarns.blogspot.com/">DIy's Hooks & Yarns</a> had a sign up on her blog as I happened to be blog browsing there & I thought I'd give it a try. Here's the beautiful (<i><span style="color: #38761d;">*green*</span></i> - <i>how did she know?!!</i>) square she sent, & you can see the square I sent to her <a href="http://hooksandyarns.blogspot.com/2012/02/granny-square-from-tara.html">here</a> on her blog.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I pattern tested a shawl for <a href="http://anastaciaknits.net/">Anastacia</a> (that I will post when she posts the pattern), & that sparked a search for shawl patterns. I found this pattern on Stitch Nation & I L.O.V.E. it! It is by far the most intricate pattern that I have done thus far... not incredibly complicated, but not one I can just memorize & hook away in front of the TV! I'm using the suggested yarn in 'mercury', and I love that too... if only our Michaels store had a more complete colour selection of Stitch Nation yarns!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-21851540753122065422011-11-14T17:25:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:27:19.376-08:00i haven't dropped off the face of the earth...I'm just buried in crafty projects & yarn!<br />
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</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-59295525739086287782011-10-01T14:12:00.000-07:002011-10-01T14:12:11.673-07:00because I don't think I have enough to do...I've decided to take an online crochet class! I've wanted to learn crochet and knitting for some time now - I bought a couple of books and gave it a go on my own last year - I stumbled upon Dana's blog, <a href="http://www.craftyminx.com/">Craftyminx</a>, and there was a post for Crochet School! Can't wait to give it another try!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-39958548467588749722011-05-03T22:12:00.000-07:002011-05-04T15:36:52.180-07:00FRED...<div><br />
</div><div>Let me introduce you to 'Fred', a progressive card that my crafty Tweeps & I made for <a href="http://stampingandscrappin.typepad.com/">Sue</a>. If you have just happened upon this post (perhaps because my feed came up in your reader and showed that I posted for the first time in months?!?!?), start back over <a href="http://understandblue.blogspot.com/2011/05/come-and-listen-to-story-about-card.html">here</a> at Lydia's blog for the back story & hop along with us </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">1) <a href="http://understandblue.blogspot.com/2011/05/come-and-listen-to-story-about-card.html">Lydia Fiedler</a> - 2</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">)<a href="http://darthsunshine.blogspot.com/2011/05/card-that-went-around-worldblog-hop.html"> Dana Keith</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">3) <a href="http://mypinkmexico.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Dawn Quirindongo</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">4) <a href="http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2011/05/fred-progressive-card-blog-hop.html">Leslie Hanna</a> 5) <a href="http://papergrace.blogspot.com/">Lisa Adametz</a> 6</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">) <a href="http://www.hanwayink.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Hanway</a> 7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">) <a href="http://prairiepaperie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dreena Guptil</a> 8</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">) <a href="http://littlebitsofthisandthat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tara Liddicoat</a> (you are here)</span></div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was a bit of a tough project for me... if you've followed the hop then you've see Fred in his various stages... what one thing to add? I thought of flowers because of the pretty butterfly, but the combinations I tried all seemed to overwhelm. I loved the lace and pearls in the middle, and I didn't really want to cover up much more of the pretty patterned papers by stamping another image, so I tried tying a pretty bow in some taffeta ribbon, but that was also a little too 'much', if you know what I mean? I settled for a little ruffled ribbon... I think it added a pretty, soft touch - a nice way to send off Fred.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Beach walks with Shawn and the boys - Harley & Milo are huge fans of the beach so we try to get them out there as often as we can to romp and play... <i>nothing tires Milo out like chasing Harley through the water for a ball!</i></li>
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This card is not all SU!... it uses up some of an SEI paper pack that I had was given awhile ago and am just now breaking into. I thought the shiny patterned paper could be the star of the show (although it was a little hard to get a photo to show it accurately!) with just a little ruffled ribbon and a sentiment from the new SU! level 3 hostess set, Occasional Greetings. I must say that I think this is my new favourite way to add ribbon to a project without the bulk of a knot or a bow - it just adds that little something!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-42628438517886293812010-06-29T10:43:00.000-07:002010-06-29T11:19:14.032-07:00i heart faces photography: week 26 - pet photo challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-26-pets-photo-challenge.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAV7xdx4sWdbblMKrq8rZ5CZtDAkDb08FvOF9S5RT1KwHnUkQ7XCH2NFt_7ZIjv2VmZapRc5Wtp45V6JFKrLYfFpC82ZYiEanmRo2OW-bAfv_4HfZoudMDKsT414xiSue-QL8hrXkxSTL/s320/I_Heart_Faces_Photo_Challenge.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I've decided to enter one of my favourite photos of our younger Dobe, Milo, for the photo challenge at i <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">heart</span> faces this week... since the boys are my primary photo subjects, I have <s>hundreds</s> <s>thousands</s> plenty to choose from, but this one is a favourite:<br />
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<i>Yes</i>, he has slobber on his ear from his recent romp with his 'brother', and <i>no, he's not looking at the camera</i>, but this is Milo. Milo is quite laid back & easy going, and he just likes to chill with his stick (as long as someone is watching him chill - he HAS to be with us!). He has beautiful brown eyes and is such a loving addition to our family... <i>we are so lucky to have found him!</i><br />
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Don't forget to head on over to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_853057268">i </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_853057268">heart</a></span><a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-26-pets-photo-challenge.html"> faces</a> to check out the gallery of submissions for this challenge - so much cuteness in one place!!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-890874600997497632010-06-18T14:28:00.000-07:002010-06-18T15:09:46.012-07:00fix-it Friday #59...I've been lurking over at the i <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">heart </span>faces <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">blog</span></span></a> for quite some time now and, every Friday they post a photograph that could be improved upon for fix-it Friday. Here's my take on the photo of a little sweetie they posted for <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/06/fix-it-friday-59-hands-on-photo-editing.html">fix-it Friday #59</a>:<br />
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This is little Mr. M, and he was such a great sport modeling for me at City Park a couple of weeks ago... what a cutie!<br />
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And here is little Ms. C at 4 months old... look how cute she is:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another previously uninked HA background-sized stamp... this time using SU! Close to Cocoa and then misting with water on watercolour paper.</div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-32154542389419438972010-06-02T15:51:00.000-07:002010-06-02T16:00:02.486-07:00stamped today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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using some new Hero Arts goodies that had not yet seen ink (I know, some of you have just fallen off your chairs... I have too many stamps that have not seen ink yet, and I have resolved to resolve that!). I love that cloud stamp... and the grass was made with my MS Fringe Scissors!! This card was totally inspired by <a href="http://marianagrigsby.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/be-happy-tutorial/">this cute card</a> from the fabulous <a href="http://marianagrigsby.wordpress.com/">Mariana Grigsby</a>!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612820770185998481noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1997557130523163451.post-72936105226535176942010-05-31T21:28:00.000-07:002010-05-31T23:09:45.696-07:00there's a first time for everything...<div style="text-align: left;">and today was the first time I took photos for someone I didn't know (ie. not a friend or family member!)!!! <b>GULP!</b> I was sooooo nervous, but 10-day-old Ms.K was super patient with me, and her parents and big sis rocked the pictures! I hope they like them as much as I do! What a little angel:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently took a PSE class for beginners & am happily learning that I love actions, specifically free actions like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">t</span></span><a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography/category/photoshop-actions/">he ones I just downloaded from Ree (aka. PDub / The Pioneer Woman</a>)! Above is PW's Black & White and, below is a favourite, PW's Black & White Beauty (look at those gorgeous eyes!):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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