Keep your clothes on your hangers!

Tired of those dress shirts or wide necked shirts sliding off the hangers in your closet? Me too!

Need a simple solution that won't take a lot of time? I've got one!

 Use a hot glue gun! Just apply glue in a zig zag pattern on the arms of your plastic hangers. Once the glue dries it will give the resistance you need to prevent all of your shirts from falling off. Works like a charm!

Simple & easy!

Remove Sharpie marks from smooth surfaces!

I never would have come up with this solution on my own. I completely admit it!

A coworker actually told me how to clean up some permanent marker that was accidentally used on my binder. I have one of those plastic covered binders that I use for work and it had been colored with permanent marker. Instead of throwing it away and getting a new one, my coworker told me to find an Expo dry erase marker.

Well, I found one and she proceeded to cover the colored area with the dry erase marker. She then just wiped it off with a Kleenex. So easy! Why have I never thought of this before?! It works on any smooth surface that a Sharpie has been used. Can't get much easier than that, right?

Crocheted flower coasters

Since I've made 2 scarves now, I thought it would be nice to try something different. I have a few friends that I wanted to make some little gifts for and was thinking coasters would be a great gift. So I found a couple of patterns and gave them a try.

Even though I'm still a newbie with crocheting, I think both coasters turned out pretty well. One is a little large and would be great for those big mugs of coffee. The other pattern made a smaller coaster, which would be perfect for regular glasses.

Both patterns were very easy to follow and I would highly recommend them for any beginner that is looking for something different to make.

Here is the larger of the 2 coasters:

I need a little more practice with this one, but you get the idea with how it's supposed to work. I'm hoping with a little more time and a few more completed coasters, they will end up looking like this:

This pattern is courtesy of the Versus: jardain crochet. I really want to make some just like the picture with the striped pattern. They are so pretty!

My second coaster turned out to be smaller than the first, but it's very pretty as well. They look very similar, but I assure you the pattern is slightly different. Here is my finished coaster:

 

 

This pattern is courtesy of One Dog Woof. It's a wonderfully easy pattern to follow and shows you how to make a magic ring that allows you to adjust the center of the ring. With a little more practice, I should be able to make them all look like this:

So if you're a newbie and are looking for something different to try, I really suggest you try one or both of these coasters. You really don't need a lot of yarn to complete one and it's so great to get a project done quickly! Hope you have as much fun as I did!

Ally's technicolor scarf

When Ally saw this yarn at the store, she just had to have a scarf made out of it. She said it would be the prettiest scarf ever! Who can resist a request like that? Plus, it gave me something else to make so I could keep practicing my stitches. I decided to work on my half double crochet and used that stitch for the whole scarf.

Ally was thrilled when I finally finished it and wore it the following day. As she predicted, all of her friends really liked it and wished they had one too. She's so proud!