Craftswithasmile

05/17/2025

33.8K likes, 2757 comments. “You deserve all the good things !!!”

11/25/2024

01/27/2024

BELIEVE

I know everyone their own beliefs and I don’t expect everyone to agree with me and what I believe. Over the past two years things have happened that have made me stronger, appreciate life and accept things I have no control over.

I left Peoria Sunday morning to go to my sisters in Minn I’m sure my family thought I was nuts to be driving in this weather because I’m old but I love to drive . The roads were dry and as usual many of the cars were going 80 and 90 mph. 70 is fast enough for me . I was 2 miles out of Dubuque when I hit a patch of ice under an overpass, slid into a guardrail destroying the driver’s side of my vehicle. I was not hurt but my van is totaled. Some would say it is luck, some a miracle I believe that god has a plan for each of us and when things happen we need to learn to grow from the experience.

I am going on a cruise with my sister and two other ladies. This time away from Peoria l am using to improve my breathing and make my life healthier I know my life was not spared for no reason. My beliefs are strong and I don’t expect any one to believe the way I do

11/18/2022

Life is good!

Monday morning I woke up and set a goal. I wanted to have 40 wreaths done by Friday morning to take to my vendor show in Gifford Il

Today is Friday I have 38 wreaths done it is 8 am and my kitchen and family room don’t look too bad.

The one thing I learned a very long time ago is positive energy can accomplish more than you realize. I will be leaving this morning for my show and coming home Sunday night to my house that is clean Life is good because I can smile when look back over the past week

05/04/2020

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT DIRTY

I knit and crochet dishclothes that are unbelieveable. I love washing dishes with them. They are soft make your dish soap sudsier and stay smelling good and stay cleaner than the standard cotton dishcloth or the sponge. They are more absorbant than cotton and dry quickly and I will never go back to the cotton dish cloth. They carry a warrenty which is if you do not like these cloths you can return with a full refund if they unravel because I did not tie off one of the strands they will be replace n/c I sell them here on facebook and also at the kountry Nook in pekin for $4.00 each they are l00% polyester. The saying that I find myself using every time I pick up the dishcloth is I cant believe it still smells good!

07/10/2019

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01/01/2019

Over 50 Talented Vendors..Unique Home Décor..Prims. Shabby Sheek..Victorian..Candles.