Thursday, May 23, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Living in Oregon
| Living in Oregon…According to Jeff Foxworthy | |
 | If you have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain, you live in Oregon. |
| -If you can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s Best, and Dutch Bros, you live in Oregon. |
| If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a 2 layers of clothes or under a raincoat, you live in Oregon. |
| If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow and ice, you live in Oregon. |
| If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both doors unlocked, you live in Oregon. |
| If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Central, Southern or Eastern Oregon. |
This week in fact | If you have switched from ‘heat’ to ‘A/C’ and back again in the same day, you live in Oregon. |
| If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you live in Oregon. |
| If you’ve worn shorts, sandals and a parka at the same time, you live in Oregon. |
| If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you live in Oregon. |
| If you measure distance in hours, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in Oregon. |
| If your car has been hit by a deer (not the other way around), you live in Southern Oregon. |
| If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know more than 10 ways to order coffee, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know more people who own boats than air conditioners, you live in Oregon. |
| If you stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the “Walk” signal, you live in Oregon. |
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If you consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it is not a real mountain, you live in Oregon.
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| If you buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time, you live in Oregon |
| If you know who grew, picked and roasted your free-trade coffee or who raised your local, organic free-range chicken, you live in Oregon. | |
| If you think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists, you live in Oregon. |
| If you never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho, you live in Oregon. |
| If you can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know that Boring is a city and not just a feeling, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Clatskanie, Issaquah, Oregon, Umpqua, Yakima and Willamette, you live in Oregon. |
| If you know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon, you live in Oregon. |
| If you actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your OREGON friends, you live or have lived in Oregon |
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Bicycle clock Mod kitch
BY EAST COAST CREATIVE
There are clocks. And then.....there are clocks. There are clocks that tick and tock and ring and jingle and tell time underwater and sound an alarm. And then there are clocks made from a bicycle wheel with yardstick ruler hands perched on a chalkboard surrounded by roman numerals above a table strategically styled with a bicycle seat. That is one fine clock. And the best part?
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Crochet Pencil Clown Holder
This cute little vintage clown hangs on the wall and holds a ruler, crayons, and pencils. Handy and decorative. The little ones will love him.
Approximate Time:
Supplies:
- crochet Hook Size G
- plastic doll face (see below)
- crayons, ruler and pencils
- 4 ply yarn (scraps will do)
- paper punch
- hot glue gun
- white spray paint
- red and black Sharpies
This is a good way to use leftovers in mix and match colors in any order that is pleasing to the eye. You will also need a 1/4 inch paper punch, and a hot glue gun.
You may prefer to use the cool melt glue sticks for this project.
Instructions
Clown Face
Concerning the plastic faces: this is a vintage pattern and, in the original version, you could buy the clown faces as well as the doll faces. The clown faces are no longer available, but you can still find the doll faces at Hobby Lobby and other craft stores. So you may either use the doll face or you may do as I have done and paint the doll face.
In the photo, you see the doll faces that are available, and the ones that I have painted. The painting is very simple. Spray the face first with white paint. Let dry and using red and black sharpies and redraw the new features on. The outlines of the face will make this easy to do. Punch a hole on each side of the face at the neck to attach the ruffled collar. and one hole on each side of the face at eye level to attach the hat and pom-poms.
Crochet
Ruler Cover: (Arms) Use your choice of color (blue in photo)
Row 1: ch 35, 1 sc in 2nd chain from hook, 1 sc in each st of ch across, ch 1, turn,. (34 sts)
Rows 2-12: 1 sc in each sc across, ch1, turn. (34 sts.) (no ch on row 12) Tie off leaving 18 inch yarn end. Sew piece together lengthwise, leaving ends open to hold the ruler.
Pants Back: Yellow in photo
Row 1: Hold ruler Cover flat and sl st, ch 1 between 12th and 13th sts of seam to attach yarn, 1 sc in same st, 1 sc between each of next 11 sts, ch 1, turn (12sts)
Rows 2, 4, 6, 8: (every other row) 2sc in first st. 1sc in each of next 10 (12) (14) (16) sts, 2 sc in last st. ch 1, turn (14) (16) (18) (20) sts.
Rows 3, 5, 7, 9: (every other row) 1 sc in each st across, ch 1, turn (14) (16) (18) (20) sts.
Rows 10-12;: 2 sc in first st, 1 sc in each of next 18 (20) (22) sts, 2 sc in last st, ch 1 turn. (22) (24) (26) sts.
Rows 13-18: 1 sc in each st across, ch 1, turn. (26) sts,
Rows 19-27: In first 2 sts work 2 sc together as 1, 1 sc in each of next 22 (20) (18) (16) (14) (12) (10) (8) (6) sts, in next 2 sts work 2sc together as 1ch 1, turn. (24) (22) (20) (18) (16) (14) (12) (10) (8)sts,
Rows 28-31: 1 sc in each st across, ch 1, turn. (8 sts) (No ch on Row 31). Tie off.
Pants Front: Orange in photo.
Row 1: Ch 17, 2sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in eah of next 14 sts, 2 sc in last st, ch 1, turn. (18 sts)
Row 2-26: Repeat Rows 7-31 of Pants back. Row 2 for front will be same as Row 7 for back. Row 3 for front will be same asRow 8 for back, etc.) Tie off at end of Row 26. Pockets (make 2) Yellow in photo.
Row 1: ch 10, 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and each st of ch across, ch, turn (9 sts)
Rows 2-8: 1 sc in each st across, ch 1, turn. (9 sts) (No ch on Row 8.) Tie off. Sew pockets on top of front piece, referring to photo for placement, leaving opening on top to insert crayons. Place front piece on top of back piece of pants and sl st or sew together, matching pieces at the "feet" and leaving opening on top to insert pencils.
Neck Ruffle: Orange in photo.
Row 1: ch 13. 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and each st of ch across. ch 2, turn (12 sts)
Row 2: 3 sc in each sc across. ch 3, turn (33 sts)
Row 3: 3 trc (wrap yarn twice around hook and work off 2 wraps at a time) in each sc across. Ch 3, sl st. to base at beginning of previous row. Tie off leaving a few inches.
Straighten center of base of ruffle and squeeze a little of the cool melt glue onto the center. Attach it at this point to the center of the neck on the face piece. Tie a piece of yarn through the ruffle base near the holes in the neck and gently thread through the holes and tie, being careful not to break the plastic hole. Center the collar over the ruler cover (arms) and secure collar to arms by hot gluing or sewing.
Straps: Variegated pink, white, blue in photo (Make 2) ch 19, 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each st of ch across. Sew or glue to pants referring to photo for placement.
Cap: Yellow in Photo
1st Row: ch 13. sc in 2nd ch from hook and each st of ch across. ch 1, turn (12sts)
2nd Row: In first 2 sc work together as 1 st (decrease), 1 sc in each st across to last 2 sts. Work last 2 sc together as 1 st (decrease). (10 sts)
Remaining rows: Continue to decrease 1st and last st in each row until only one st remains.
Assembly:Tie off. Position hat across forehead of clown, and tie the sides into the holes at eye level. Pull cap up on forehead, and tack to the top of the face with cool melt glue. (If using hot melt glue, squeeze a little onto the hat, wait a few moments before applying to the face. Refer to photo for position of cap.
Tie pom-poms in place as shown in photo. leave the ties on the tip of the hat a little long and tie again at the end for a hanger to hang your clown. You may need to add a touch of glue to the sides of the face.
By Harlean from Hot Springs, Arkansas
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