Tales of a Crafty Mommy

This printable will make the perfect gift for all the Spanish speaking crocheters and knitters in your life. It's great to use a cover for a binder with patterns, print and frame, use it to decor your crocheting / knitting corner, etc.  Enjoy! ~ Fabi 

Hi Friends! How are you doing? I started off my day with a wonderful 2.5 km (1.2 mi). I got up early and took advantage of the weather and took off. Oh it was good. If you get the chance to walk, do it. I know it's hard in the North because it is extremely cold, but maybe find a mall or a shopping center where you could go walk.  It feels good and it was a great quiet time spent in prayer. Christmas, Navidad , is around the corner. I love this season and I have enjoyed it so much (well, except for some ornaments disappearing....) but you get the idea. I decorated our tree with some super cute ornaments I found at Target in colors blue, purple, red, and green. Each color comes in solid and glittered. I love them. The kids do too. It's funny, because since I've had to make sure I keep all my ornaments at the top part of the tree it's got me thinking that there is 'plenty of room' for more ornaments, hahaha. Our favorite Christmas song is 'Silver Bell...

Tessa the Tea Cup has been made in baby pink with an aqua stripe near the rim of the cup. She is a delicate and tender tea cup that holds hot cocoa with marshmallow sprinkles in strawberry and mint flavors. I found the pattern to the tea cup in an amigurumi book that my Mom gifted me for Mother's Day this year (2013). It comes with a kit she found it at Barnes n Noble. I've browsed through it several times and finally took time to read it more carefully yesterday afternoon while I was waiting at the doctor's office. I read the whole tutorial first (since i had time) and as soon as we got our three children to bed last night I began working on it. I finished up Tessa this afternoon during nap time with my baby girl's help. (okay, so not so baby anymore, she is almost 5 but she is my baby still :) ) She enjoyed cutting up some yarn and making suggestions. I wonder if she'll become a designer some day. As she went to bed tonight she said: "I liked the 'ta...

I've become a tea drinker, yep. In Chile, I used to sit down with my Grandma to talk and so many times I ended up drinking her tea. I always thought hers tasted so much better than mine. Then I went through a coffee phase which lasted several years. Now I am a tea drinker again. Herb tea are some of my favorites because of their healthy value.   I have made this crochet tea bag holder / pouch to keep my tea in place in my purse. Ya know, I carry toys and papers that is soooo easy to misplace my tea. BUT now that is not happening anymore. Bravo, me. Now my tea is in one place ready to pull it out.  The holder is big enough that allows for several tea bags in it.  Tea anyone?  ps: Thanks, Mom, for the super cute owl mug you got me last year. My daughter and I take turns using it because she likes it so much, too.  Here's my tutorial for the crochet tea bag holder / pouch.  Pattern: Cotton Yarn - Lily Sugar 'n Cream  (this pack come...

We start out our mornings with Reading Time right after breakfast on most mornings, except weekends when we have a more flexible schedule.  I use this time to build their reading comprehension skills in Spanish. As I read, my 2 year old likes to repeat short phrases that I read.  My 4 year old asks questions regarding meaning of certain words. For the past few weeks, we have been reading Stuart Little by E.B. White. Some mornings we do coloring sheets , other times we talk about the story, and other times we use objects to retell the story. This is the first chapter book I am reading to my children ages 4 and 2 (soon to be 5 and 3). If there are some complex words, I explain the meaning as we read. I do ask a lot of questions as we read to check for understanding. I also ask them a lot "What do you think is going to happen?" kind of questions. So far their favorite chapter has been Stuart Little's adventure searching for his Mom's ring. Today we read about Stu...

It's no secret that my husband's favorite food is pizza. I've always liked pizza too, but I like it so much more now, especially because he likes to make his own at home. Yum, homemade pizza. We get to choose our sauce and the kind of toppings and combinations we want. Sometimes we try something we've had before at Papa John's or Marco's Pizza, other times we venture out and try new combinations.  Our latest pizza, barbecue chicken with bacon was a hit! Our kids loved it too.   My husband made it in the cast iron skillet. It kept the dough nicely shaped and the ingredients contained.  Add the sauce and the toppings and voilà!  The kids, my husband, and I loved it so much!   We've also made Pepperoni Pizza, a real-classic we love.  We want to try making a gluten free dough next time. We're thinking about using Craftsy's FREE Class on how to prepare gluten free dough.  I've heard it's really good and I can't...

Folder Games can be real life savers! I use them while I am cooking, quiet time, or for those times when I just need a little bit of quiet.  Here are two different sets of memory games. One has cars in different colors and the second one has monkeys doing different actions.  Cars: It can be used as a memory game, teaching color names in any language.  Monkey: Memory game focusing on details.  How to Download:  Right click each image and choose "Save image as". Save it to your computer and print!  ***Steps*** Print on cardstock, paste onto a second cardstock to add a fun background color to your cards.   Laminate for durability at Staples, Office Max, etc. Have fun!  ~ Fabi