Hat Tea Party

Today I decided to have a "Luncheon Hat Tea Party" for my mom. The theme was Hat Tea Party. We had a great time, and my mother enjoyed it. I wanted to do this for her, because she deserved it. She raised all of us kids and I think she did a great job. Love you mommy, and God bless you.

My mother here, sporting her Red Hat.

This is my sundae with whip creme, homemade blueberry topping, walnuts, pineapple, cherries and caramel topping. Hey I had the whole works. This was the dessert we had after we ate our other food. Oh yeah I baked some chocolate chip cookies for dessert with pecans to go with the luncheon.

Here's me with some food in hand. I'm ready to eat.

This is the Tuna salad I made doe the party.

Appetizers, yummy cheese and crackers.

Last but certainly not least, tomatoes and cucumbers to go with the salads we had at the luncheon. We also had chicken salad, which my mother made. It was so delicious.

For our beverages we had lemon iced tea with a choice of lemonade. We sat under the cool breeze tree and played scrabble. Afterwards we went inside and watched a movie (Chocolat).

Then to top it all off we went for an evening shopping at the mall. It so nice and to be able to be blessed to spend it with my mother.

I hope everyone had a good Friday and will have a good weekend. Put it in your plans to do something with your mother this weekend. If your mother has gone on with the Lord, make plans to spend time with a close relative. Enjoy life with your love ones and have fun.

Stitching Together In Love,

Crafty Ann

What I've Been Working On

Here are a few crochet projects that I'm working on. This is going to be a lap throw, with more of a different style. It is made with a double crochet stitch only, from row to row. I call this a "Native American Free."

It reminds me of the tapestry and other ancestral objects that Native American make.

These are yarns that I'm working on from my stash as well.

Here are the squares I'm working on for my "Crochet Along."
This will actually be a granny square afghan for a man. I hardly ever make anything for men, so I wanted to have more of a variety for them as well as for the ladies. This Granny Square Afghan I'm working on will be sold in my shop or at a Craft Fair.

So what are you working on, and are you crocheting or knitting anything for the men in your life or for the men to buy your crochet project in the market?

Stitching Together In Love,

Crafty Ann

Calling All Crocheters & Knitters For a Crochet Along

First order of business. I did successfully well with my bake sale. Unfortuantely, people only looked at my crochet items, but didn't seem to have to much pressure to buy any. This was in my neighborhood, so I definitely have to take my creativity and product else where. I need to branch out more in other LYS, arts & craft shops, and what I'm going to do next, get on Etsy.

Overall it was a great experience, and I learned what people are most interesting in.

O.K. Here is an event I'm putting on, or shall I say presenting a project for all knitters and crocheters. I'm going to host a Crochet Along, an easy one to. The project will be "Granny Square Fever."

There are no specific colors, and the granny squares can be any size or style. There are only 2 rules, it has to be the granny square that you attach or put together, and it has to have a theme. **Also please give a description or a memory of how you got started with knitting and/or crocheting.** This Crochet Along will begin in August 1, 2009 and hopefully everyone will finish at the appointed due date, which is October 24, 2009.

When everyone is done or have completed their Granny Square, please drop me a line (via e-mail) with your Granny Square theme name, and a short memory how you began crocheting and/or knitting. Please also e-mail a picture of your project so that I can post it on my blog. Please post pictures on your blog as well about your Crochet Along project.

This Crochet Along is also for all of us Crocheters and Knitters to correspond and get to know and encourage each other. If anyone runs into a stitch problem, we are all here to help you "Along" the way.

So who wants to join? Please let me know before July 26, 2009-so that I can post everyone's name and blog link on my blog. Just leave a comment and let me know. Every Thursday I will report on any progress that I'm making with my granny square in my posts and/or anyone else's progress that care to share in the comments how they are coming along and progressing.

*Above are some examples and ideas of how you would like to create your granny squares.*

So if your interested, let me know.

Stitching Together in Love,

Crafty Ann

Bake Sale and Some Crochet Stuff

Being that I'm a new business. I'm having a bake and arts & crafts sale. In a way having this bake sale and craft sale will be a big major advertising for me. I'm hoping that this will get the word out about my business and the products I'll be selling. A few of things that I will be selling is cookies, cupcakes and sodas.

The crochet products that I will be selling are purses. I'm hoping to crochet some washcloths and dishcloths to some people in my neighborhood. Also I'm working on some winter projects to sell or have on hand for customers to order. People really like afghans and granny square-so I want to be well stocked.

I'll let everyone know how the sale went and I hope to be getting more orders after.

A little preview of what I'm working on are (and it's quite a bit of WIP's), a prayer shawl for myself and an afghan. I'm also working on a men's granny square blanket. I'll post pics of these projects soon.

So, what are the current WIP's (Work In Progress) or projects that you all are working on?

I hope that everyone who is knitting and crocheting is stitching together some love this evening.

Stitching Together in Love,

Crafty Ann

I Love The Crochet Life

Welcome to the "Crochet Life," where I hope you can make yourself at home and relax. This blog will not only consider crocheting, but other art's and crafts, and life in the business as an Aromatherapist. It will be a blog about how my life is stitched together by God and how He plans out my destiny.

I hope everyone is doing good in their craft business and I pray you all have great success.

Stitched Together in Love,

Crafty Ann