get well gremlin and vegetarian chili

I forgot to mention one more flu comfort the little ladies enjoy. They love to take a cotton ball to bed that has 2 drops lavender, 1 drop peppermint, 1 drop eucalyptus and 1 drop tea tree essential oils on it. This makes their breathing better and opens up those stuffy nasal passages. Now the problem is where to put the cotton ball, it tends to get lost in the bed? Today I came up with this little........READ MORE.

Creative Ideas to Use up Old Sweaters

I had a request for more ideas on using old thrift sweaters....here are some ideas contributed by myself, my baby sis, and my mama!

These adorable owl backpacks, made by my sister, were gifts to my little ladies for Christmas. My very talented baby sis made the pattern and all. I have been trying to get her to share the pattern, but she "claims" that she cannot find it.

My very talented mama makes beautiful hobo bags and backpacks from the sweaters (again using her own pattern).

My ladies quite often run to me with a new drawing that would make a cute softie. I simply cut the drawing apart to create a pattern to look just like the drawing.


Here, I simply cut the end of a sweater sleeve off to make a coffee cozy, then I like to embellish it a bit with a felty.

These are just a few ideas that we can do to use up old sweaters. My next project is a patchwork blanket using only sweaters!