Winter Garden

Cold, wet weather for me means I am staying indoors and bundling up. I am a summer baby and do not enjoy being outside for long periods unless I absolutely have to. 

However, I do have somewhat of a green thumb, passed down from my grandmother, and I love to garden. I was on Pinterest the other day and ran across a pin of regrowing green onions and even romaine lettuce indoors in a glass of water. Of course I had to put this one to the test. 

I love green onions as a garnish to many of my dishes and am always picking up a new bunch on trips to the grocery store. Green onions are not super expensive, but if I can save a couple of dollars, I will. Also, i think this counts as a pretty cool science experiment. 

A few nights ago, I cut off the root of my onions and placed in a shot glass of water. Today, you can see they are already sprouting, so cool! 

Excited, to see them full grown and ready to be used :) 

The picture above was taken with my Samsung Galaxy S3 and posted to my Instagram, be sure to follow @onnahandmade 

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Sick Plant :(

I was walking home one day and came up on the side I don't usually and this is what I found...

Ewwww!!! It has a white film on the top and white hairs hanging underneath. I figure its mildew so I have started spraying it. Hopefully it helps to clear it up soon.

On a brighter note the flowers are doing great still looking beautiful :)

Also, a big snail was just chillin' on one of the leaves so I'm hoping he/she doesn't get sick too. (I hope that's not too weird of a comment, lol!)

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Carrots Finally!!!

We finally pulled up our carrots!

They are super cute and were absolutely delicious raw. We are saving the other one to try cooked. Riya was ubber happy to finally see them!

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Sick Days :( Time Spent Crafting :)

Hi All !

I know I have been away for quite some time. Being sick and then being sick with a 3 year old in the last hot days of summer will do that to you. Now that I am almost completly healed its time to get back to business :)

As I had what felt like the flu it took me awhile to craft period, all I wanted to do was sleep :(  Then, the worst of it passed and crafting was the only thing on my mind!

I have been diving into many different projects and loving each and every one. I also finished up some goodies to be posted to my Etsy shop and then some made just for me :)

Plushies:

A cute cupcake with beads sewn on as sprinkles. Attached keyring with butterfly printed ribbon

Poptart awaiting to be sewn and stuffed. Sprinkles are made with Scribbles 3D Paints

Crochet:

I completed the Corner to Corner Afghan. It came out pretty small, more like a lap blanket (36" square) as I was just using up yarn that I had in my stash. I wound up changing the Wheat color to Charcoal and used it as a border only instead of continuing in the granny square pattern. The bottom picture shows more of the detail and a better representation of the colors.

Circular Crocheted Dishcloth/Washcloth. It has a slight ruffled edge around.

Beaded Granny Square Earrings I'm working on

Quilling:

Blank card, the first in a collection I am making.

In the garden the lettuce has been replanted and the carrots are big as ever :) Can't wait to see them!

Enjoy this Sunday!

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

A Long Time Away = A Long Post

Hi Everyone! Wow - August is flying by a little too quickly :)

I have been extremely busy with life and all that comes with it so I haven't really been able to post at all. And even now as I sit here I am feeling my eyes drooping so please excuse any spelling/grammar errors.

Garden

The lettuce, spinach, and carrots have completly took off. I have to apologize because we had already used some of the spinach and lettuce in a salad before I had a chance to snap an updated pix. But look how full it still is!!!

I also realized that I had never posted any of the other edibles currently growing this season: 

Lemons

Black Berries 

Single Orange :( 

Beans 

Parker

I just had to :) He was being so photogenic today

Knitting

Just finished up the baby gift today. Below is a sneak peek, I will show the full gift tommrow (fingers crossed)

New Craft Storage

I am so happy- my 20-drawer double wide storage cart just came in from Joann over the weekend. I spent about 2hrs putting it together and cleaning out a space for it. It is amazing, I finally have a place to fit all my crafing supplies and now I can actually see where I need to destash and what I do and do not have.

That is all for now - I really am tired :)

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B 

Garden

Evening Everyone!

Today was one of those beautiful lazy days -playing with the little one, knitting/crocheting, and hanging out in the backyard.

Here's a few snapshots... The first being the lettuce and spinach and the second is the carrots finally sprouting :)

Hey there's a fly on that flower :)

That's all for now folks :) Hope everyone else is enjoying the beautiful weather and the gorgeous scenery that goes along with it!

peace n blessings, b.

Updates :)

Here's that finished dog house. Notice the felt baby blue floor....

I am so amazed at how fast the lettuce and spinach is growing. Everyday I see a big difference.

Love. Peace. Happiness. 
B