This And That In My Treasure Box

 The Memory Ornament  I really love this ornament that I made.  I mostly love it because it means something to me. Somebody sent us a Christmas card.   I've held on to it for a very long time.  I decided to make Christmas ornaments with the cards I've been holding onto for over 10 years, some over 15 yrs, some over 30 yrs.  Some may be in our tree and others in a wreath.      Front Back Here on the back of the ornament.  I glued the sentiments, and what the sender  wrote to us in the card.  I covered their name here for this post.  I wanted to be sure not to upset anyone by posting their name here. Supplies Needed To Make 10 Ornaments 1. 10 Old Christmas Cards With Pictures. 2. 10 Round Black Lids That Are 4 and 6/8th Wide.  (Recycled) 3. Green Wire 11in. 10X  4. 14 and 1/2 in.  Jute Rope Cuts   10X 5.  10 bells  6/8 in Large bells. 6.  10 6-inch Wide - Round - Doilies   doilies 7.  Clear Glue All From Elmers 8. Hot Glue  9. Foam Poster Board Tools Needed 1. Pen 2. Ruler 3. Sci

I dried flowers for the first time and displayed an arrangement in   shadow boxes I purchased.  My husband even liked them.   I have enjoyed displaying these for our harvest party and our Thanksgiving decorations.  We decorated a Fall tree for the first time this year.  Our grandchildren helped with decorations they made in art class and they also helped decorate the tree.  The theme, of course, is giving thanks to God. For the first time, I pressed flowers from my garden.  Which God used in an unusual way.   I will share that story on our Children's Blog.  But I will share some of the pictures here. For the first time, we had a dress-up Harvest party. So much fun!  In this picture  - Anna is dressed up like an acorn, and Ben is dressed up like Bible man. I'm a cheerleader and Papa is a football player. Susan Nikitenko Photos ©  

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 Colorful Spring Afghan Blanket - March 2nd It reminds me of daffodils. First Post Click Here Second Post Here:

  Susan Nikitenko Phone Pictures It's taking longer than I thought. I think it's going to be very pretty.

  Colorful Blanket For Easter One Skien Of Yarn Does Not Finish One End. 2 2/3 Skeins Of Yarn To Finish Each End. 3 to 5 days longer until I'm finished with this crochet blanket.  

Finished Lap Blanket Fancy Pink Wide Edge  Crochet Lap Blanket -------------------------------------------------- -Pinky Toes Metalic Yarn; 8 skeins.  - Caron Simply Soft Bright Pink -1 skein - Double Threads  - P Crochet Hook - Yarn Needle Blanket: Chain 75 -  Double Cr and Half  Double Crochet throughout. Going through the two top stands of each stitch. 36 Rows. Turning for every new row. Border:  3 Tripple Cr, Chain 2 all the way around. slip stitch closed.  Fill each space making sure there are no wide gaps. To make this addition to your wide border - start at the beginning bar attach and chain 4 then attach to the next bar.  Do this all the way around  until you complete the double-layer border. Earlier Photos Above: Notice that there is another row just behind your edging. To make this addition to your wide border - start at the beginning bar attach and chain 4 then attach to the next bar.  Do this all the way around  until you complete the double-layer border. If you look very c