Happy June everyone! At the beginning of each month I will be having some sort of contest or sweepstakes at my Facebook store, Knit Whitt. Right now there is a photo caption contest going on. All you have to do is Like my Knit Whitt page and come up with a caption for the photo posted. The photo with the most likes wins $15 credit to my shop!
Or if you can’t/don’t want to come up with a caption, just follow this link and Like your favorite caption to help them win! Thank you 
Crochet Photo Props
I have been building up quite a collection of photo props and wanted to share some with you! I am very lucky to have customers who give me challenges and opportunities to make adorable outfits and props! I love making them, and I love seeing them in action!
If you are interested in buying any of these, head on over to my shop, Knit Whitt and send me a message I also take custom orders!
DIY Stepping Stone Stamps
I recently laid down a new path in my back yard, and I wanted to put some stepping stones down on the path that led to the play area because my children lovevto play barefoot, and the gravel path hurts without shoes! I didn’t want to have just plain stepping stones, but I also didn’t want to pay a ton of money, so I turned to Pinterest! I found this really cool idea in which you place a doily on top if the stepping stone and then spray paint. Well I couldn’t find any doilies, and I got impatient, so I came up with my own idea. I found this rad little metal sun/moon decoration and some rubber flower coasters from the Dollar Tree. I taped the gap in the sun and cut out some spots on the flowers. Then I placed them on the stepping stones and painted! I think I still like the doily idea better, but these will do for now. The best thing about painting is I can always redo it! For about $20 I got some pretty unique stepping stones, which I’m pretty stoked about
Path of Joy
I would like to announce that I have finally finished my path! I am so excited I had started it last spring and made a little fire pit area, and a path that led to nowhere. I had to stop because it got too hot, and then I had knee surgery. But now it is done! It was a LOT of hard work digging all the dirt out and hauling hundreds of pounds of sand and rocks. Last spring I did it all by myself, which makes me feel pretty proud. This year my husband helped, which made it a lot easier and faster. I LOVE having that mans muscles around! Right now the path looks 2 toned, but that’s just because the new rocks have the dust and powder stuff all over it. Once it gets wet it will match
I still have to put in the flower bed which will be in the middle. I will have to till (I do that by hand) and build cages for the plants so the gophers don’t eat them. I’ll post when I’m done with that!
I know the rest of my yard is pretty bad looking. Between the horrible heat and the gophers, it’s a constant battle! I’m working on it though
Elmo Photo Buddy free pattern
A few of my photographer friends have mentioned how it can be difficult to keep babies happy during a photo shoot. I’m hoping this photo buddy will make it a little easier!
Materials:
-Red, white, black and orange worsted weight yarn (size 4)
-I and G hook
-needle for weaving in ends
I started with this free pattern for the circle. I love how she uses elastic in it so it stretches!
Then I made the eyes and nose
Nose g hook
8 sc into magic ring
Ch 1, sc in each st, sl st to first sc.
Leave a long tail to sew onto face
Eyes I hook
With white
12 dc in magic loop, sl st to first dc.
Leave a long tail to sew onto face.
With black g hook
8 sc in magic loop, sl st to first sc.
Leave a long tail to sew onto white part.
Attach the pupils to the white circles then sew them onto the top of the red circle. Sew on the nose. I sewed the face onto the seam so it would cover it up
If you would like to purchase this, you can find it in my shop here
You may sell any item you make but do not sell the pattern
Sweepstakes
I just wanted to announce that I am having a sweepstakes for my Facebook shop, Knit Whitt. All you have to do is like my page and share and comment on the photo very easy and you can win $10 towards anything in my store! Just follow this link to be taken to Knit Whitt
New Chairs!!!
About a year ago my husband came home with a new dining table for me. I was so happy because I had been wanting one for awhile. The only thing was, now I needed new chairs. So I’ve been looking, on and off for awhile, at thrift stores and garage sales and last week I found some! Only 2 though 
but hey, it’s a start! Not to mention I only paid $20 for them! I knew I was going to refinish them, but wasn’t sure how. I have been wanting to add more color to my home, but it scares me. I’m a very neutral kind of gal. But I took a leap and painted them yellow! I stained the seats brown so it will tie in with the table. The color is growing on me and I’m kind of proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone. I’m thinking I’m going to make the other 2 chairs (when I find them) blue. With how long it took me just to get these chairs, I’d say I have awhile to think about it!
