http://looliloo.com The Crafty Blog Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:23:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm excited about being able to use my humble shoe making skills to help create my friend, A's shoe design vision for Sole Hope...an incredible ministry she began just a few short months ago determined to put closed toed shoes on the feet of African children and adults who would ... http://looliloo.com/crafting-with-purpose/ I had forgotten how fun it is to work with dye.  The past couple of weeks I have taken a hour or so to play in the kitchen and cook up some new colors on some boring white baby onesies.  Have I mentioned I'm not a fan of white?  Well, ... http://looliloo.com/cookin-up-some-happy-colors/ become a twirly whirly skirt for the girl. http://looliloo.com/daddys-old-shirts/ but stay tuned.  All 3 of us mamas have had some big changes in our lives these past few months so the blog has, unfortunately, become a casualty of the busyness but will, hopefully get back on track soon.  Looking to add a new crafty mama to the blog soon, ... http://looliloo.com/weve-been-too-busy/ I'm addicted to wool. :-) I can't stop FELTING!!!  Oh boy, with a new baby on the way my crafting dream to-do list is growing leaps and bounds.  There are so many things I want to make for this little girl and now that I have my new serger I am ... http://looliloo.com/might-as-well-face-it/ When you are pregnant, have asthma and a case of walking pneumonia and you get out of breath just going to the bathroom...what do you do?  Crochet. Here's a link to the pattern...retro tam.  I'm still a beginner at crochet so I tend to do it too tightly.  So an adult ... http://looliloo.com/easy-crochet-hat/ So, we have all been MIA for a long time now.  It's not that we haven't been crafting, just too busy with life and the blog has been a bit neglected because of it.  Each of us are homeschooling our children and so fall has been a whirlwind of activity ... http://looliloo.com/little-dresses-for-africa/ So, I've been working on relaunching LilyGiggle for a couple of weeks now and finally have some new looks live on my site...yea! Yesterday, Kelly and I spent 3 hours at the park...yes, I said 3 hours on that playground and it flew by like it was 30 minutes.  We had ... http://looliloo.com/the-shoes-in-action/ Through a new turn of events that I won't bore anyone with the details on, I am currently working on relaunching my neglected soft sole shoe business, LilyGiggle shoes. I really let it go after some difficult personal problems stole my focus and I didn't think I would ever ... http://looliloo.com/back-to-shoes/ This week I'm sharing a pattern for a pretty nifty oven mitt.  And yes, it does "work"!  I've actually used it for standard baking pans and dishes.  However, on some of my stoneware, I either have to work quickly or double-up with another mitt.  Those baking stones get way hot!!!  I ... http://looliloo.com/felted-oven-mitt/