Creative Craft Side

Scrapbooking, photography and crocheting are my craft weaknesses.   There’s also the cross-stitch project from 1993.  In odd years I have attempted daily projects (I usually need a year to recover from this).  See what has taken over the dining room table in the posts below!


Crochet Blankets Challenge

Many people have picked up new hobbies over this pandemic. My new hobby was trying a new crochet stitch called ...

Crochet Temperature Blanket Success

If you have been following Irish Monarchy at all, you'll know I had this crazy idea a few YEARS ago ...

Shutterfly Photo Storage for Mobile Uploads

I have over 649 photos on my iPhone (I know, not an earthshattering number, but it’s a lot for me!) ...

Sunshine Award

Blogging can be a handful of things. Fun pastime. Side hustle. Adventure documentation. An unexpected side effect of blogging are ...

Mystery Blogger Award

Some days I sit here and type and wonder...does anyone even look at my blog? I, of course, enjoy the ...

Daily Photo Challenge 2015 & PastBook Success

I knew 2015 was going to be a big year for me.  I was finishing my nurse practitioner degree program, ...

Daily Challenge: 2017 Crochet Temperature Blanket

Christmas. 1986.  This was the year my Aunt Sheila gave me a homemade orange crochet bag filled with yarn, crochet ...