Celery on your windowsill!

I saw this idea a couple of weeks ago and thought I would give it a try!  

So, you cut the base off a bunch of celery, or leaf lettuce, and place the base in a jar or glass, with water, on your window sill! It took the middle one 9 days to grow this much.  I top off the water every couple of days. 

This is the first time I have done it, and it is definitely growing new stalks and new leaves.  The celery ones are the middle one and the one on the right.  The one on the left is romaine lettuce.

No clue how this will turn out in the end.  I think the leaf lettuce will be fine, not sure if the celery will need to be transplanted outside in the ground, if it will become so tall the glass will fall over... we will see!

Bev

PS-- Hug the ones you love and grow a garden today!

Bolivian Babies kits~ Knitted washcloth pattern

NEW PATTERN at Bev's!   Just posted it this morning before I headed into work.
We still need a couple hundred of these or any pattern you like, crocheted is fine too, they just need to be about 6" in size; for the BOLIVIAN BABIES PROJECT!
Trouble is that we need them by March 12th... that's Wednesday of next week!

I have made a bunch of these cloths and they are definitely a beginner cloth if you have never knitted before. You need to know how to CAST ON, KNIT, and CAST OFF and weave in the ends.
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bevs-baby-kit-cloth.html

We are also short 278 flat cloth diapers-- no prefolds, just flat, that can be handsewn from flannel too, if any of you sew.

Anyhow, here are a couple of kits I assembled today... we are aiming to assemble 200 of them for volunteer doctors to take down to Bolivia in May! 

Hug the ones you love and be kind to all!

Bev

Beautiful- nativity stain glass...

It's a bit large for some reason, but I love it and if you click under the image there is so much lovely info about Christ and Christmas.
Click to learn more about the story of Christmas.

Bev's CHRISTMAS CLOTHS are back for a limited time! Order yours today!

BEV'S HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CLOTHS are here again!

Ready for you to order for your own stocking or someone else's!! They come with a pretty gift 'wrapper' and are knitted or crocheted or a variety if you wish. 

You can order 1 cloth or you can order more than one and save.  Shipping within the US is FREE!

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/cloths.html

Please order early  (before Dec 5th) in order for me to get them there before Christmas.
Thanks
Bev

Slippers - TOASTY FEET!

A lady on Ravelry turned my simple Aunt Maggie's slippers into the most adorable Minion slippers so I wanted to share that with you.  PLUS, there is a link to a great charity you might want to help linked at the top of that pattern page now...

http://bevscountrycottage.com/maggieslippers.html

Beth also need mittens of you can help with those.

Bev

PS Hug the ones you love! ♥

Helping Syrian children refugees

There is a brand new page at BEV'S with a simple knitted pattern to knit 8" squares and a newborn hat to make for LILY to help the Syrian Refugees. 

 Photo by UNHCR/A. Branthwaite

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/8inch-squares.html

The gal in Jordan is also accepting newborn/baby hats, booties etc.  Mostly they need the 8" squares though, knitted or crocheted, acrylic yarn is fine.

Even if you can only afford to send one or two, it will help SO much!  

As of yesterday, there are now approx. 1 million Syrian Refugee children who have seen terrible things already, and will soon be suffering because of the cold.  Please do all you, and your friends can do, to help.  If a group of you could get together, and each chip in say $5 you could send quite a few squares or baby hats. 

If you just can't mail overseas, please make some of these items to help your local hospitals and shelters.
Thanks!!

Hug the ones you love, and tell them how much you love them today! ♥

Bev

 

Bev's Patterns of the Month newsletter-- Oct 2012-- now for sale!

Amazing patterns, recipes and more in this issue of "Bev's Pattern of the Month"

Source: Pattern of the Month Newsletter-OCT via Bevqual on Craftsy

Mormon Tabernacle Choir's concert for a girl with cancer ♥

Finding Faith in Christ-- love this movie! So well done!

Beautiful dishcloths by Bev!!

Today- I am selling beautiful hand crocheted reusable dishcloths in my ETSY shop!  Great for the environment, sweet for gifts as they each come with a "100% Cotton Handmade" wrapper, cloths are easily machine washed and dried... LOVE 'EM!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/157010410/dishcloths-hand-crocheted-3-per-set?ref=shop_home_active

Hug the ones you love!
Bev