Hi everyone, it's been a while since I shared with you a crochet project.  I decided to make a crocheted sunglass case.  The yarn I used is Rowan Tapestry that I won from a giveaway that KimM from Wisdom with Needle & Thread had from the Grow Your Blog Giveaway. 


The yarn is ROWAN tapestry SH 174 LOT 409.  I used a H or I crochet hook and I half double crocheted about 6 1/2 inches wide and about 8 inches long.  I then folded the piece up about 2 1/2 inches and sewed up each side.  Then I made on one edge a chain stitch in every other stitch.  For the middle I skipped the 2 stitches to form a loop.  I attached a red button to the middle of the case and I used light turquoise colored thread.

This was such a fun and easy project to make and I enjoyed making up my own pattern.

I'm happy to be joining Amy from Love Made My Home for her Five on Friday Series.

I am taking five minutes of my day to share five things.


1)  I love getting mani/pedi's in the summertime and last week I decide to pick out the color white for my nails.  My daughter had this color on her nails and I loved the way it looked on her.  This is a very popular nail polish color to wear right now.  What I like about the color white is that it goes with everything and I think it looks nice for summer.



2)  This is the lovely view I had last week while I was walking my dog Bosco.  I love taking early morning walks with him when everything is so quiet.



3)  My family and I decided one evening to go to caffe' bene for coffee and cupcakes.  We picked out this red velvet cupcake which was just so yummy.



4)  I love the color of my peach rose that bloomed recently.


5)  I went on a trip with friends from my church to Cape May, New Jersey and part of the trip was a boat ride to see the whales and dolphins.  I was able to get this beautiful shot of the sun setting.  We did not see any whales but we saw a lot of dolphins jumping out of the water.

Hi friends, it's been a while since I've done a makeup post and I wanted to share with you this mascara I bought back in the spring and I never got a chance to write and share about it.

I love trying out all kinds of mascara and I was interested in trying out this brand NYC New York Color as I have never used this brand before.  I found these in the drugstore Duane Reade and it's available at Kmart and you can order online at Amazon.


The first one is called Big Bold Volume By The Lash Mascara.  I really like this mascara and it goes on nice and I only have to use one coat of this mascara.  There was no smudging or flaking and I bought this in the color #857 Black.  The price on this mascara is only $4.99 and I thought that was a great buy for drugstore mascara and I would recommend you try this.




The second mascara I bought is called Sky Rise Lengthening Mascara.  The color I chose is #842 Extreme Black.  This mascara goes on well and coats the lashes but I needed to use 2 coats of this mascara to work well on me.   I found that there was no smudging and flaking by the end of the day.  What I really like is that it lengthened my eyelashes without using an eyelash curler.  The price is only $1.99 which is a great price for an inexpensive mascara and I would recommend you try this out.

Have you ever tried grilling corn on the cob?  Well if you haven't tried it yet, I have this simple recipe to share with you.  



GRILLED CORN ON THE COB