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October, 2011 // Posts published in October, 2011

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31 Oct Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 6 comments

sock monkeys like chocolate

For Halloween, seventeen sock monkeys showed up on our front porch. I have a sneaking suspicion it’s because word got out that we were passing out chocolate. It’s a pretty big deal when a box arrives on our front porch. Thankfully, today there were three boxes so each kid could grab a box. If there’s...

21 Oct Posted by jade in housekeeping | 5 comments

the little website that could {craft hope}

I have this little website. A website that started back in 2009 with the idea of spreading hope to others. The idea behind the website was that there had to be something more with this blog crafting community. It started with pillowcase dresses headed to an orphanage in Mexico. Twenty-nine dresses traveled with a missionary...

13 Oct Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 8 comments

two, two sock monkeys {said in my best count voice}

Just a few days after I announced Project 15 :: Sock Monkeys for Texas a package arrived in my mailbox. My kids check the mail so it was a BIG DEAL that there was a package inside. How soon they forget what receiving donations for Craft Hope looks like. It’s awe inspiring. So the kids...

04 Oct Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 21 comments

stitching sock monkeys

Many of you have written in asking for sock monkey patterns and/or tutorials for Project 15 :: Sock Monkeys for Texas. Thanks to my friends on the Craft Hope facebook page, I have compiled a quick list of sock monkey patterns just for you… Craft Stylish (Pattern from the Craft Hope book. Free!!) Craftbits Super Sock...

03 Oct Posted by jade in project 15, sock monkeys | 109 comments

project 15 :: sock monkeys for texas

Here in Texas we have had the hottest summer in history. I don’t even think that the word hot adequately describes what a scorcher Texas has been. The crops have died. The yards are brown. The lakes are empty. It is a burnt up landscape. Literally. We have been praying for rain, with little answer....