by IngridBarlow | Aug 22, 2011 | Good on the tastebuds
As promised, here is the homemade yogurt recipe that was passed on to me a couple weeks ago. I have made two batches of it and am really enjoying it! Here is this simple recipe! In a crockpot, pour 1 gallon of milk. I use whole milk, but am going to try 2% next....
by IngridBarlow | Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine (Hi Sarah!) recently told me that she makes yogurt once a week for her family. Ummmm…yes please! I would love to make my own yogurt!! So last week I gave it a try and it came out pretty good. I am making a few tweaks on it and am trying my...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 15, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
I had a friend recently mention crocheting the “Cheri Hat” and so I just had to google it since I have been enjoying hooking lately. Once I saw it, I knew I would have to make up a boyish one for Elias. I took some brown Cascade 220 from my stash and my...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 11, 2011 | knitting
A lot of baby happening around here…thus, a lot of baby blogging. I have been wanting to make one of Susan B. Anderson’s pacifier clips for a while now, but Elias did not use the right kind of pacifier, so I had to wait until Espen. To tell you the truth...
by IngridBarlow | Aug 3, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
Meant to have this project done before Espen arrived, but…you know how that goes. I took little wooden hoops–available at your local craft store–and fused each letter of his name in them with fabric scraps. I used different size hoops, placed the...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 26, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
One of the latest books I purchased…Growing Up Sew Liberated: Making Handmade Clothes and Projects for Your Creative Child. The children’s cape and tent really suckered me in, plus, all the patterns for making comfy kid’s clothes. There are so many...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 23, 2011 | Simply Domestic
I thought I’d share some of my favorite things from the last few days of being a mommy of two. If you know of a new or soon to be new mama, my bet is she’d appreciate these as well! I have fallen in love with aden+anais products. I bought some swaddle...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Espen Daniel Barlow arrived on July 15th at 7:40pm. 7 lbs 13 oz. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. We are home and doing well. Life is good and terrifying at the same time–lots of changes and adjustments. Here is Tony and Espen our first night...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 14, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
Well the time has arrived for baby #2 to make his entrance. We are going in tonight and I am so hopeful that we will have him by tomorrow afternoon. Prayers for a speedy and safe delivery are more than welcome! Here’s a last minute project I did for his...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 8, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
I have been eyeing the peppermint soap at my local natural foods store and suddenly remembered that I had a bar of peppermint soap just sitting around. I thought I’d give my hand at trying to make it into a liquid soap. After doing some brief research online I...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 6, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
I did a little Doodle-Stitching with Aimee Ray tonight. I have been wanting to embroider a few of Grandma’s pillowcases that we got when she passed away. One of the reasons I like the plain white cases is because I have so many quilts that I couldn’t...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 1, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
Last week I had some motivation to get a few smaller projects done on my list. Can you tell I like lists? They help me get things done. Sometimes I write something on the list that I know I will get to cross off right away just because I like crossing things out....
by IngridBarlow | Jun 30, 2011 | Crafting Concoctions
I must say on this project, I thought several times that it could be the stupidest thing I have tried to make. I plugged along though and in the end I think I like it. The RUG. I am able to cross it off the list of things to get done before baby arrives in about 2...
by IngridBarlow | Jun 24, 2011 | knitting
My local yarn shop, Athena Fibers, asked me to make a soaker sample for the shop. (If you are wondering what in the world I am talking about when I say soaker, check out this blog posting.) I decided to go with size small on the sample just to see the size...
by IngridBarlow | Jun 22, 2011 | Quilts
I finished the quilting and binding on the new nursery quilt. I have a quilt on Elias’ bedroom wall and I really like the warmth and softness it brings to the room, so I decided to do one for the new baby as well. I used some vintage looking fabric I had in my...
