Crochet A Market Bag to Help Reduce Plastic Waste

So, my daughter is all into the environment, all of a sudden.  She wants me to buy produce without plastic.  OK, that is good, I guess.  But, how am I supposed to get it home?  So, I am going to make some market bags, using some lovely yarn I have leftover from another project.  I have not started it yet, though, lol.  Below is a video tutorial, if you would like to learn to make a crochet market bag too.  I do better with reading patterns, then watching a video, but if you are more of a visual learner, or new to crocheting, the video will be perfect for you.  Share your pics in the comments, if you try it.

Affordable Website or Product Reviews

So, along with revamping this blog, I also restarted up a whole new Etsy Pattern store called, Pink Flamingo.  One of the things I am offering is website or product reviews.  The review will be posted to all 3 of my blogs, and to all my social media, except Instagram.  I can't learn to like Instagram.  I have Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest.  I used to do product reviews, a lot, years ago, before my kids activities got crazy.  Now, they are older, and I can concentrate on work from home jobs, again.  All reviews must be purchased in my store, so click here to see more details, and purchase.  I will be offering some more promoting offerings in the future. 

Crafting with Clay Pots

Working with clay pots is one of my most fun Summer activities.  You can make adorable garden accessories, and can be housewarming gifts or used for graduation and wedding parties.  They are versatile.  Watch the video below for some good ideas, but remember not to copy other people's work.  Let it be a spark to your own creativity.  I am currently working on some new solar lights using clay pots.  The clay people are especially fun, but I don't find them to be all that durable, or easy to move around. 

My New Pattern by Etsy Website

I know I haven't been around in a while.  I have been busy, busy, busy.  My new Wordpress blog is up and running, and I have 65 followers there already.  I will upgrade that blog when I reach 100 followers.  It is a health coach blog.  I am not a certified health coach, but I am a licensed nurse, and everyone knows nurses are already health coaches.  So, I am hoping that little blog will be my retirement business.  That is the goal anyways.

As for this blog, it will be a little bit of everything kind of blog, all about I can do things maybe I didn't think I could, or you.  It is to motivate, and hopefully inspire.  After almost a year off from Etsy, I decided to start from scratch on their Pattern by Etsy platform.  I have so much inventory, from the old shop, and so many new things I want to create.  You can only create so many things for yourself.  I love making things!  Below is the link to my store, Pink Flamingo, cool name huh.  My daughter thought of it, and lucky for me I had quite a few photos of pink flamingos.  Of course I still have my homeschool blog, which has been a little neglected also.  It is so hard when they are older and we are not doing crafts or field trips all the time.  We are starting Summer Vacation soon, so I can mix things up over there a bit too. 

Check out my new shop, Pink Flamingo, and let me know what you think.  Not many items yet.  There is a listing there for website and product reviews.  So, if you need an affordable one, check it out.