Blessing of the Food on Easter Saturday

Sausage,Apple,Pear,Banana,Toast

For the last two Easter Saturdays I have gone to Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Glenview, IL for the blessing of the food, a European custom, in this case a Polish Custom.  I was impressed and delighted to be a part of it and glad that my friends Anna and Dick invited me.  I decided to bring my own basket next time - a croheted basket. I've been working on it for a long time - finally finished it and really really like the end result.  It was hard and I designed it from scratch.  Once finished, the playful side of me decided to add crocheted food to it.  I don't know if this is acceptable for the actual blessing, but the crocheted food can be replaced with real food.  The crocheted food can be used for little Willa Michaelem to play with when she gets a little bigger.  I got a list of what this basket is customarily filled with, and started there.  For some of it I used a pattern, for others I adjusted a pattern, and for others I just created my own creation.  It has been so much fun - and I think I got all the required food now, even a bottle of wine.  I want to keep the basket and to give it to Anna and Dick at the same time. 

Frog Kisser

Crocheted Frog with a mouth that opens

Be a FROG-KISSER.  According to the Fairy Tale, and my former Pastor Judy, kissing a frog turns him or her into a Prince or Princess.  From a frog to royalty is a big frog jump and an improvement.  Soo kissing a frog simply means that your kindness to the "frog" makes him or her a better person.  As we know some forgs are easier to kiss then others! Don't let that stop you.
   I found this frog pattern on the internet, tho I can't remember to whom to attribute design.  It is quite clever because the mouth is a bag, and the long red tongue is the drawstring!
   Though I think I can crochet a cuter frog, I can't beat the clever mouth.  Of course the bug eyes are cute.
   The original pattern had crocheted flies to put in the mouth, and I hope that doesn't happen when you kiss a frog.  Don't put bugs and irritants -- that does not make a better frog, nor does it make you a better kisser or person.  Remember the person who kissed the frog in the fairy tale was already a princess - princess' don't give bugs instead of hugs.  They give good stuff, like gold coins, little crowns and tiaras.  One of my frogs has a clicker in it - not sure what that means, but I really like clickers and they fit nicely into the mouth.
    Please kiss as many frogs as you can.  This will result in many more Princes and Princesses in your life.
   Wait til you see the next frog I am crocheting.  If you know the designer of this one, tell her thanks for me.

Media Technology

I am taking a course at NEIU called Media Technology. It is for teachers. I am not currently teaching, so I have been applying the information to other areas. One area, of course, is crocheting. In this course I create music using the MAC, garage band, I tunes, create slide shows, a video, and learn a lot. One assignment is to create a flyer. I created a flyer about Pinky No Drinky, the little pink elephant I designed and crocheted. I never got it off the ground as a project even tho I still think it is a worth while project. The person in the group who holds Pinky is the obvious designated driver - and Pinky No Drinky is the only pink elephant that person will see.

I will write out the pattern later.