Pinteresting Sundays- Last one

Today is going to be my LAST pinteresting Sunday/I have decided to link up with The Vintage Apple and move to Wednesday. So, for the past week, here are some things I have been Pinteresting:

A website for a bunch of crafts

Source: craftgawker.com via Danielle on Pinterest

A Pin that talks about making mixes which don't include things that are bad for you.

Having made some of my own, I'm glad to find a place with more mixes for me. 

When I'm done with making all of mine, I will post about. 

Source: heart-hands-home.blogspot.com via Danielle on Pinterest

For fun some cute coffee cups

Source: epherielldesigns.com via Danielle on Pinterest

And very important:

Source: libraryusergroup.com via Danielle on Pinterest

Ciao,

Date night

I didn't post a let's talk Friday's because I was busy with work and then date night. Which got me thinking...what do you like to do for date night? My husband and I try to switch things up so it's not the same old boring routine.  Last night we went out to dinner and then got dessert and had cake in bed.  A few weeks ago I took him to High Rollers (he didn't do to well) and we skated around the rink.  Sometimes we will watch movie and eat popcorn.

Even if we do something that costs no money or is very cheap, we are doing it together and doing it to keep the romance alive, because that is the important thing about life.  Working on keeping the relationships you have built going.

So, below in the comment section, I want you all to share some fun dates ideas that you have. They could be cheap, or expensive, but the point is, they should keep the relationship alive.

Ciao, and enjoy Date nights.

Printables

Printables are the new things. You print something off of your computer and you can put it in a frame and hang up somewhere in your house. They are pretty cool. some people print them out and transfer them to other things like pillow cases and totes. I don't know how they do that, but I would love to learn.

I, my self have joined the printable  gang and have been looking for things to print out. On pinterest there are a bunch of free printables that range from holiday specific to room specific (like Kitchen and bathroom) to just being plain old fun.

I like them, and some of them are great to print out, but others can be just as fun to make.  I made one for you all to print out, and I made my own using stuff from other blogs.

This one was made using a frame from Shabby blogs and then adding text. I printed it out, and put it in a fabric covered frame. It looks very pretty on the end table in our living room. 

This one, if you click on the image it will take you to my photobucket and you can download it and print it out. YAY! Please share what you did with it. 

Enjoy you printable,

Pinterest Sunday-Gardens

It's January and it's snowing and freezing rain- which technically is hail, so there is snow and hail outside.Not to mention ice. The sidewalks, roads, trees, grass, everything is covered with ice. ICE! Ugh. Yet, the only thing I can think of are plants. Green leafy plants. Which cleanse the air, and make everything smell fresh and...green.   I created a new board all about gardens. and figure I should post just a few things I want to try. 

Use a lemon, orange or a grapefruit to start your seedlings. plant the entire thing in the ground and the peels will compost directly into the soil to nourish the plants as they grow. I hope this works even if you are just putting it in a container. 

An herb garden inside- that is one thing that I want. In fact I think I may try something like this

 under a window.

And just becasue one day I will be out of an apartment and have space

A rock garden and 

A fairy house

I can't wait until the sun comes out more. I guess until then, I can keep doing my deep cleanings on week ends and organizing the apartment until I can have it set to help grow plants. 
Ciao, 

Let's talk ... Facebook likes

TGIF everyone. Today I want to talk about Facebook. Now I know Facebook is a great place to talk to friends across the country and to "play"games, and to talk to those who live in the same town as you and to connect with many different people. I use Facebook to share my blog post.  So I have no problem with Facebook.

And yet... I do have a slight issue. It is the sharing and liking part. Mainly, my issue is those who post a picture of something and say if I get so many likes this will happen. Like that family this week who posted a picture of their kids and said if they get over 1 million like (or something of that nature) then their parents would get them a dog.  Now forgive me if I'm wrong, but buying a pet is a huge life change. Pets are a lot of responsibility, and I feel that f my child wants a pet, it would be a big discussion  I would want my child to show that they could take care of the pet. I would want to talk it out with my child. I wouldn't want some random strangers on the internet to decide. Furthermore, I wouldn't want picture of my child to be floating around the internet. (I'm just saying)

So what are your thoughts on things like the Facebook shares and likes?



Bible quotes-
 One a week I will have a bible quote at the bottom of a blog post. I'm starting this week:


John 6:47  Truly, truly, I say to you, who ever believes has eternal life. 

Yarn, Yarn, Yarn

I love to make stuff out of yarn.  For many items (scarves and hats) it's all muscle memory. Unless it is a kind of scarf I haven't tried, but would like to, I don't need a pattern.  For other items, ( a Winston sweater and mittens) I usually look at a pattern, follow it once to a tea, and then go from there with making my own. For blankets and other items I look at a pattern and don't follow it too much, but just enough to get the dimension down.  And lastly, there are times where I create my own patterns, such Winston's hat, and my head band.

Which leads me to think- so many people have their own patterns out there in the world floating across the Internet. There are times where I love to get free patterns (I'm not much on paying to something when I only use it once), but then I think of how those patterns that cost money could help the seller economically. Which leads me to think? Can selling a pattern help me?

Right now, I'm unsure but I do know that I would like to try it out. Maybe once I know that enough people are looking at my patterns and using them. But how do I know that? Well, I guess the only way to find out is to share some patterns. So this upcoming February  look for some patterns. Try them out. Let me know if the wording is good, or bad. Tell me how it worked for you. I want to hear the good, the bad, the ugly of my patterns. (And I mean it!)

Until then, now that I know how to make buttons I've been making them like crazy. Here is one to grab all about knitting and yarn.

<a border="0" href="http://shortsmallandinlove.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd370/DaniDawn20/Blog%20pictures/yarnbutton_zpseb75176f.png" /></a>

Ciao,

Shabby Blog Shout out!

I would like to give a shout out to Shabby Chic Blogs. With out them I wouldn't have been able to make any of the buttons I made. They have a great tutorial. They also provide freebies. One of those Freebies I acquired the pink frame I used. I know it is hard to read, but blow it up and in the frame you can see Shabby Chic Blogs. They are an awesome blog which I suggest checking out.

Pinterest Sunday-Jeffs blog

This week I'm giving a shout out to my husband again. He has been awesome. I can't believe that it's already Sunday, but then again I spent all day Saturday in bed sick, I guess Sunday does sneak up on you that way. My husband took care of me,and Winston (who I guess never left my sick side). Jeff was wonderful yesterday and this morning, so I'm posting pins from his pinterest.

http://pinterest.com/armywood90/

Homemade Irish cream

need we say more from a guy?

haha

Homemade butter fingers (my favorite type of candy)

Shark pug!!!

Well, some of Jeff's pins