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Thursday, August 12, 2010

What have you been up to?

August 12, 2010 1 Comments
So I completely spaced that yesterday was Wednesday and that's when my very first linky party was supposed to start. I'm late to my own party! Ack!

Oh well, better late than never.  :) I want to see what you guys have been doing and it can be anything as long as its family friendly. You can also enter up to 5 projects.

The person with the most visited link will win the $40 CSN gift card!

The linky party will run until 7 pm on Sunday EST, so lets see those projects. I'm very interested in what you guys have been doing!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Monkey Shine? No, Monkey's Fist!

August 10, 2010 6 Comments
So we've all seen them. Some of us have made them, and you can do a Google search on how to make them, but I still wanted to add my $.02 to the pile. I am, of course, talking about the monkey fist knot. Originally used in sailing so that there was something substantial to grab a hold of at the end of a rope, it is now commonly used in home decorating.

Unlike some people, I don't really follow video instruction very well. Written instructions and I get along much better. So when I found this site on how to construct a monkey's fist I was ecstatic. I decided to take some  pictures along the way of the making of my knot, which was quite hard to do as one hand was constantly holding the knot for a bit. :) Oh and this was a pajama day craft.....