Happy St. Patty's Day

I came out of the grocery store

the other day...and there was this

pretty rainbow and I just happened

to have my camera with me...

that never happens...
isn't it pretty!

It's time to go green!

This little hat was super easy

to make...and kids love

to wear hats...when you crochet

in the round and you have the

top part of the hat the size you want it,

then all you do is crochet in the back

loops and that makes the sides...it's

kind of like making a big coaster...

it's made in exactly the same way...

to make the brim you have to

double up your stitches, I had to play

around with it to get it to lay flat

the way I wanted.

I had nothing for St. Patrick's Day

so I made these little jar toppers

and filled them with Andes' Mints

I made the big hat and this
matching little hat jar topper!

Happy St Patricks Day!!

Connie

Poem:The Forgotten Woman©

I use to take Communion to the elderly a few years back

and there was one little woman, who tugged at my heart...in fact it was really hard to visit her
because she was so sad...time after time she

would tell me that her daughter was coming and going to take her out of this nursing home...but truth was her daughter was the one who put her in the home...I'm not saying right or wrong...sometimes in life we have to make tough choices...but sometimes we forget that even the

little things in life can mean so much

to the one's who love us...I didn't know that kind of loneliness or ever experience it at this level...she felt so alone...she's gone now but not really forgotten...especially by the one's who called her

Mom!



Poem Written By Connie Hughes©

Love Notes

I found this little book at

 Micheal's Craft Store

I just love it,

 it's like a diary but not...

My husband and I are always

leaving post it notes for

each other in the morning,

but post it notes are hard to
keep and some of the messages you

want to hang on to,

so now we write those notes in

this little book...

Now I can keep the

love messages forever

We both look forward to

checking the

book every morning!



Valentine Jar Toppers©

Valentine Jar Toppers©
Makes A Great little Valentine!

I love making these...
they are a lot of fun and so easy to make

and people love getting them.
Fill it with their favorite treats!

 

The free pattern for the toppers is
the same one as the coasters...
I have this big bag of buttons,
so I added some on to my toppers!

After I made the center heart,
I single crocheted

all the way around and then
I crocheted in the back loops only,
giving it a little depth!

This one is my little double decker!

This one was super easy

I just made it to wrap around my jar

like a head band and then sewed the hearts on!

Here is the free pattern

I used to make the Hearts:

Ch 4 wk 3tr into the first ch, 3dc, ch 1,

1tr, ch 1, 3dc, 3tr, ch3, ch 3, sl st

into center and fasten off.

Happy Crocheting!

 

By Connie Hughes©

 



A Day In Seattle

 

A day in Seattle

Of course you can't go to Seattle and not

see the needle!

At Pike's Market there are so many

shops...you can find almost anything under

the sun in this place...I love the

Antique Shops

 KOMO 4 News and their helicopter

One of the many ferry boats...

we have yet to do...I'm going

to though this summer

 This is a sculpture near the

Pacific Science Center

This oddly shaped building is the

Seattle Music Experience

This is the famous Monorail

 

The famous fish market

they were throwing fish around but

really hard to get a picture

 They have a string attached to

this ugly guy

and whenever anyone gets to close

they pull the string...and then everyone

laughs at you

 The Big Wheel

This is why I wanted to go to Seattle

I had not seen the wheel before...this is the

175-feet tall Ferris-wheel-like attraction 

 on Seattle's waterfront

 

 It's completely enclosed...

of course because it

 rains all the time!!

 The views are great at night

 





 The old Merry-Go-Round

is gorgeous...it's in the Westlake Center

Frank and the boys looking out the

window