Pizza Dough Recipe

August 23, 2008 By 3 Comments

I have been using this recipe for several years. It makes an easy pizza crust that tastes great. I also use this recipe to make bread sticks and cinnamon rolls. The instructions for all of these are listed below. Pizza Dough 2 Cups Very Warm Water1 Tbsp. Yeast1 Tbsp. Sugar3 Tbsp. Olive Oil4 ½ - [...]

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Crocheted Clothespin Bag from "Plarn"

August 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

You may be wondering about the word “plarn” in the title of this post. It refers to yarn made from plastic grocery bags. When I stumbled upon this site that described how to make “plarn” I was intrigued. My husband had been doing most of the grocery shopping so we had quite a few bags [...]

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Crocheted Ski Masks

August 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My oldest son has been asking for a ski mask (I know it is hot, but he is planning ahead.). I found this pattern and through some tweaking came up with the hats pictured above. I mostly followed the pattern, but had to make them bigger than the child’s size and do a few other [...]

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Apron/Bonnet Combo

August 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My daughter has been enjoying the Little House on the Prairie books and some of the American Girl books. This has led to her interest in pioneers. So, for her birthday I stitched up this apron that doubles as a bonnet. She really likes it and it looks cute on her. I loosely followed this [...]

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