St. Patrick's Day Banner Tutorial by Lil' Luna

This St. Patrick's Day banner is one you will proudly display every year! Kristyn at Lil' Luna shares that she has an obsession with banners but confesses that this is her first St. Patrick's Day craft. Great job Kristyn!!! Thanks for sharing with the readers of By Your Hands. For the complete tutorial, click on the banner above.

Visit Kristyn to see all her offerings from recipes, diy's, crafts, and so much more. Simply click on the photo below to stop in. Make sure you give yourself plenty of time. I guarantee you'll be there a while!

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Today's Featured Shop - The Montana Homestead

Today's Handmade Spotlight is The Montana Homestead. Amy has a wide variety of handcrafted candles, wax tarts, one of a kind wax gifts, room sprays, bath salts, soaps and original one of a kind Montana wood signs. Amy uses reclaimed Montana barn wood or wood from a local mill to create her signs making each a unique piece of Montana! To visit The Montana Homestead, click on any of the photos below.

Lavender Fine Soap Wood Sign

Chamomile Lavender Soy Candle

Peter Rabbit Wood Sign

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Handmade Spotlight - Lovely Lavender

Lovely Lavender by Old Farmhouse Gathering team artisans

Enjoy these creations by members of the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team on Etsy.

LAVENDER VANILLA Scented Primitive Grubby Easter Bunny Wax Tarts Melt HomemadeScents $9.95	BEAUTIFUL HAND PAINTED Porcelain Dish / Perfect Daisies / Lavender Background / White Daisies thooker $32.00
Goat Milk Soap Lavender Handmade Cold Process MoeggenborgSugarBush $4.00	Laundry Bag, Ruffled, Cottage Chic, Ivory, Peach, Lavender, Fabric Rose, Lingerie Bag HandmadeByBette $40.00
Silver Orchid Afghan 64"x48" Crochet Acrylic Washable Handmade Black Grey Lavender Chunky Thick Soft Primitive Decor CedarLaneFarm $105.00	Lavender Sage Fizzy Foot Bomb farmersattic $12.95
Crochet Strand Scarf - Blue Green Lavender tinsandtreasures $9.00	Spring Time Bunny, Welcome Sign with Bunny, Tole Painted and Framed in Purple, Hand Painted on Black Screen Framed in Reclaimed Wood Frame barbsheartstrokes $16.00
2 PETER 1:5-7 --- 8 X 10 Hand Written Calligraphy Art Print PIF (Pay It Forward) Destash Bargain Bin Sale Periwinkle Purple Lavender Lilac VintageVerses $2.00	Easter Egg Ornament Made From Ribbon NancysWorkshop $15.00
Dorrie-Part of the Easter Mouse Collection of felt mice by Warmth Warmth $15.00	SOY Candles ....now 4.00 off list price sjcountrycrafts $12.50
Crochet Hat - for Newborn Infant - Lavender tinsandtreasures $8.00	Airbrushed Lavender Flower 1911 Vintage Congratulations Postcard GreenGablesLane $2.41
Prim bird pillow tuck~ Vintage Quilt~ Tweet Tweet~ Lilac~ purple~ floral- Christmas present~ birthday present MrsVsPrims $9.49	Wedding Card Box Birdhouse with Heart Carved Tree mulberrylanefolkart $159.00

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Kidz Korner - Ladybugs From Egg Cartons

How cute are these ladybugs? Your little ones will have a great time crafting these and putting them around the house. Great way to recycle those egg cartons too!

For complete instructions, just click on the photo above! Amanda of Crafts by Amanda has pages of great crafts ideas for kids as well as adults. You'll certainly want to follow her blog to keep up with the latest crafts, DIY and tutorials.


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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Crocheting Tutorials

I know everyone is waiting for Spring and so am I, but I thought maybe we could work a little longer on crocheted scarves and hats. I know up here in the north country we only have a few months that we don't wear these so they are very popular. I do a lot of crocheting in my spare time (as if I have any of that! LOL!) and I make sweaters for Knits For Kids and have for a few years. 

So for those of you that would like to get some new patterns for scarves and sweater I surfed the web and found these for you. :)


Here is a pattern and tutorial from Classy Crochet for a diamond lattice chain scarf. It looks very pretty and actually I have made these before and once you get it going it is pretty easy. :)

Well I am sure some of you crocheters use Red Heart yarn, as I do with my sweaters for the kids, so I thought I would show you this pattern from Red Heart.

Crochet hats are becoming more and more popular or at least they seem to be. I know ladies up here wear them a lot. I know one of the popular one's are the slouch hat. Over at the Examiner.com they have this pattern that looks pretty good. If I liked crochet hats to wear I would try making one of these, but I don't wear hats. :)

Then let's not forget the kids hats! You can make such cute designs for them. This one from Ravelry is so cute. Makes me wish my grandkids were little again. 

So while you are still sitting in the snow and wondering if Spring will ever get here, just use that time indoors and make a scarf and hat. :)

Get that crochet needle out and happy sewing. 

Colleen :)

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