Displaying your knitting needles and crochet hooks

Here's a neat way to re-purpose an old tea pot and a pitcher or vase. 

It looks great as a decoration and it makes it easy to pick out the needles I need.

Corners of my home: bear keeping happy in a rocking chair. 

Dish Towels and a Winter Storm

I made these dish towels from old tablecloths. It's a great way to re-purpose those stained tablecloths that are lying around.  

We had a bit of a snow storm over the weekend. Great weather for staying in and doing a little sewing. The little birdies I'm sure can't wait for spring.

Yogurt

Sister Gardunia's Powder Milk Yogurt

In the blender I mixed:

1 1/3 c. church powder milk, which is a non instant pwdr milk

3 c. lukewarm water

Mix together and stir in:

1 heaping spoonful of a yogurt started, which is a yogurt that is storebought.

Make sure it is plain or vanilla and that it has active cultures in it and be sure that in the ingredients it does not say gelatin.

Then you can use the method of your choice to make the yogurt.

She does hers in a crockpot. She puts water in the crockpot and sets jars of the yogurt in. The water is just a bit hotter then a baby bottle. When it cools, she turns on her crockpot to the "keep warm" setting for a half-hour or so to warm the water back up. Set a timer. Also, this is all done without the lid. She turns it off and on in this method to keep the water warm for about four hours. Make sure it does not get too warm as it will kill the bacteria

In the picture I am doing two different methods. I got out my yogurt maker from the 70's and that is where you see how it turned out.

The other method is to fill the jars and place them in an ice chest and then fill a jar with the hottest tap water you have. Leave the lid off the water and cover, let this sit over night or 24 hours. Check and see as you get up in the morning and then every couple of hours till set. 

Below is the finished yogurt.

If you want greek yogurt or cream cheese, you must place the yogurt in a yogurt strainer or 4-5 layers of cheese cloth in a colander placed over a bowl until it's as thick as you'd like, longer for cream cheese.

Tatting

I'm continuing to teach myself tatting. I got the little plastic container from goodwill and it works great to put my small tatting things into.

Baby Boy Sweater Vest

I've been trying to get ahead when it comes to gifts so that I can build up my gift box instead of being behind all the time. Thought this would be a good addition. You can find the pattern here.

Corners of My Home

It's always been my philosophy to surround yourself with the things you love to have around. So with that, here's a little peek at a few things tucked into the corners of my home.

New Year Day Planner

I got the inspiration for the day planner here. It took me awhile to find a book that I liked and felt comfortable taking apart. When you remove the cover save the pages and you can use them for stamping, paper crafting and even Christmas ornaments. I don't have a cropadile but that would have made this project a lot easier, still though it was fun. 

While I was at it, I needed a birthday calendar to sit on my desk. I have it sitting on an easel next to my workspace in my stamp room so I can make cards for the people on my birthday list.