just need to get a box from work and get it mailed off. 6 months ago

http://blog.betzwhite.com/2011/12/fabric-star-ornament-tutorial.html 6 months ago

22 items ready to go, 1 that I need to add, so I need 1 more. I’m thinking a toy.

Have, ready to go

1. Mini Craft: Frozen Ornaments

2. Easy Recipe: Herb butter

3. Decoration: Sparkle trees

4. Something to wear: Warm Vanilla Sugar triple-thick lotion

5. Mini Craft: ASE’s Teeny-Tiny Snowflake Crochet Pattern

6. Easy Recipe: Rolo turtles

7. Decoration: Dahlia

8. Something to wear: Knee-high fuzzy socks

9. Dinner plan: funny pasta

10. Sweet treat: Swedish cookies

11. Mini Craft: Origami fox

12. Shiny Things: various kinds of ribbon for wrapping

13. Decoration: Snowbody

14. Something to wear: Flannel scarf

15. Work treat: pocket warmers

16. Sweet treat: Swedish chocolate

17. Mini Craft: Elf shoe napkins

18. Easy Recipe: Peppermint Popcorn

19. Work treat: Gift card to Jimmy John’s

20. Toy: Magic Walnuts

21. Something to wear: necklace

23. Fabric Star

Still need

Sweet treat: Shoe Day! (Chocolate bark/brittle, Teddy Graham/chocolate/tiny candy cane sleds)

Toy: gnomes

Optional ideas

Work treat: Snowman gum

Toy: Rock/paper/scissors bottlecaps

Sweet treat: Candy on a string

Toy: Paper woodsman set

Toy: stickers

Decoration: Box made of old postcards

Something to wear: Made-in-Portland lip balm

Mini craft: God’s-eye kit (2 popsicle sticks) 6 months ago

I might not make four identical weeks like I had planned, rather just labeling it with the category.
I have 16 items done and in the bag, need 8 more. Lots of them are pieces of paper with recipes and such. 6 months ago

Ooh! Make three magnets: top, middle, and bottom of a snowbody! 6 months ago

filled in a few more gaps on the list; an unexpected bonus since I was there for shelving. 7 months ago

found on Pinterest http://gardenmama.typepad.com/my_weblog/page/8/
Very simple to carve, and apparently traditional for Shoe Day. Def. making some for the advent box. 8 months ago

1. Put the pretzels on a baking sheet, you can line with parchment if you want, but I don’t find it necessary usually. The key here is to put them pretty evenly spaced in rows, it will make the pecan step MUCH easier. You can use the circle pretzles, or the small twisty ones, but I prefer the snaps, it gives an even surface to place the rest of the stuff.
2. Then you will place one rolo candy on each pretzel.
3. Pop them in the oven at 350 (or around there) for 4-5 minutes. They will look shiny, but they will still look like a rolo, they shouldn’t melt all over the place.
4. Take them out of the oven (get a helper for this part if you are doing a lot of them) and place a pecan on top of each rolo candy. Be careful not to burn yourself on the hot caramel or the sides of the baking sheet.
5. Then, gently push down squishing the rolo. You do need a light touch on this part because if you squish them too much the rolo gets everywhere and they’re hard to remove from the pan when cooled.
6. Let them cool at room temp, then pop them in the fridge or freezer to cool completely. I store in the fridge to keep them longer, but remove them an hour or so before eating so the caramel softens up a bit. You can also store just in a covered tuperware container at room temp if you plan on eating them within a few days.
Oh, and one last thing. A REALLY helpful hint. Buy the rolos at the checkout counter, not the bagged ones. I always forget and buy the bagged ones because we need so many of them, but then you spend more time unwrapping each one than you do putting the rest of them together. 8 months ago

ASE’s Teeny-Tiny Snowflake Crochet Pattern
©Anita Elmore aka ASE Knits ‘n’ Crochets
http://aseknc.blogspot.com/
aseknc@gmail.com
♥
You may not sell or claim this pattern as your own.
You may, however, share the pattern freely & sell any items you make using this pattern, all that I ask is that you give me credit as the designer with the info above.
Thank you for respecting my copyright.

Please enjoy!
♥

Materials
Size 10 Crochet Thread, teeny-tiny amount
Hook: US 4 Steel Crochet Hook
Terms and Abbreviations
CO = cast on
ch = chain
sc = single chain
hdc = half double crochet
sts = stitches
sl st = slip stitch
beg = beginning
x = times (example 6x = 6 times)
FO = finish off
Special Stitches
3-picot cluster: (ch 3, sl st in same sc)3x
Snowflake
Round 1: CO & ch 4 (counts as first hdc and ch 2 space)
(hdc in 4th ch from hook, ch 2)4x join with a sl st to 2nd ch in beg ch 4. (5 hdc and ch 2 spaces)
Round 2: (Sc in next ch 2 space, 3-picot cluster, sl st in next hdc)5x; FO and weave in ends. 8 months ago

Materials: paper plates, yarn/string, interesting bits and pieces (seeds, nuts, twigs, holly berries, whirly copters, etc.)
Put water in the plates, stuff in the water, and add a string. Put outside overnight to freeze. Hang and enjoy! 8 months ago

Week 1

Work treat: Snowman gum

Sweet treat: Shoe Day! (Chocolate bark/brittle, Teddy Graham/chocolate/tiny candy cane sleds)

Mini Craft: Frozen Ornaments

Easy Recipe: Herb butter

Decoration: Sparkle trees

Something to wear: Warm Vanilla Sugar triple-thick lotion

Toy: Rock/paper/scissors bottlecaps

Week 2

Work treat: Gift card to Subway or Jimmy John’s

Sweet treat: Candy on a string

Mini Craft: ASE’s Teeny-Tiny Snowflake Crochet Pattern

Easy Recipe: Rolo turtles

Decoration: Dahlia

Something to wear: Knee-high fuzzy socks

Toy: Paper woodsman set

Week 3

Dinner plan: funny pasta

Sweet treat: Swedish cookies

Mini Craft: Origami fox

Shiny Things: various kinds of ribbon for wrapping

Decoration: Some kind of ornament

Something to wear: Flannel scarf

Toy: stickers

Week 4

Work treat: pocket warmers

Sweet treat: Swedish chocolate

Mini Craft: Elf shoe napkins

Easy Recipe: Peppermint Popcorn

Decoration: Box made of old postcards

Something to wear: Made-in-Portland lip balm

Toy: gnomes 9 months ago

Last year I made one package for every day, but the point was to provide her with stuff to do and use, not just junk. However, sometimes what I picked for the day wasn’t the right thing for the day. So this year I thought I’d try labeling: she opens the package for Week 1 and there’s a choice of work treat, sweet treat, craft, recipe, decoration, something to wear, and toy, and she can choose what she wants for the day so it fits her day. I might adjust the categories, though.

I welcome suggestions of all kinds. 9 months ago