Monday, May 28, 2012

Memorial Day Monday...

Today is Memorial Day, a time to remember and give thanks to those men and women who have served in the armed forces for our country.

It has been a great weekend with rest and relaxation, time spent with family and friends, a wonderful BBQ and an extra day off from work to enjoy.

Three day weekends are wonderful.

I tried something new - I made liquid hand soap. I think it turned out pretty good and I am happy at the money to be saved because of it. I followed this recipe from The Farmers Nest. She has a great picture tutorial to follow. I made just 1/2 a batch with a bar of Zest. I was able to fill two jugs, like the one in the background of this picture, for about $0.70 - a fabulous deal.


I have also started on the fourth book in the Outlander series...


And hooked up this little fruit cozy. You can find the pattern here on the Michaels website. I made the larger size, but my smallest apple still had a hard time squeezing into it for the pictures - lol. 



I hope you are enjoying your day.

{hugs}
Laura



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11 comments:

  1. LilyMay 28, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    The fruit cosy is lovely. I am glad you had a lovely weekend. We do not have a holiday for our memorial day on 11th November. Lily. xxx

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  2. hrivera2585June 4, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    I love the homemade liquid soap! Thanks for the link, I am going to make some for myself this week :)

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  3. AnonymousJuly 15, 2012 at 4:27 AM

    love the fruit cozy! i am so going to make that today :)

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  4. kerry anneJuly 2, 2014 at 1:24 PM

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  5. kerry anneJuly 2, 2014 at 1:28 PM

    I love your fruit cozy, but can't find the pattern :(

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    1. Laura MaxellJuly 2, 2014 at 1:47 PM

      Thank you Kerry Anne. Unfortunately, it looks like Michael's has taken the pattern down from their website. I did a Google search for it (hoping someone had a different link) but I wasn't able to find anything. Sorry I wasn't more of a help.

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    2. UnknownAugust 5, 2014 at 3:33 AM

      I was so sad when I couldnt find the pattern :( This was my favorite out of all of them I have seen!

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    3. Jennifer WilcoxSeptember 27, 2016 at 8:49 PM

      I know the responses to this post are a few years old, but I have found this pattern in paper form that I printed out the first time I saw this original post. If you still need a copy, send me your email & I will send you a picture of what I have.

      Love the blue bird, if you want me to send you a copy to put in this post just let me know.

      Thanks,
      Jennifer Wilcox
      Pinkiewilcox@gmail.com

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  6. UnknownSeptember 25, 2014 at 6:39 AM

    I found the link to the apple cozy
    http://m.michaels.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Michaels-Site/default/mProduct-Show?pid=30423

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  7. AnonymousApril 1, 2017 at 11:19 AM

    This pattern can now be found on Yarnspirations website at
    http://www.yarnspirations.com/patterns/fruit-cozies.html

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