Archive for the ‘DIY & Patterns’ Category

How to Gain More Attention for Your Business

February 10, 2010

As some of you know, or not, in my former life I worked in politics and PR in Washington, DC. It was a wild ride to say the least. But, after I had my baby girl I gave it up to stay home. I couldn’t be happier! Over the past year or so, I’ve been taking [...]

The Garter Girl Blog’s Key Words

January 29, 2010

A while ago I saw this post on the think splendid blog about how to know if you were using the right buzz words in your blog text. The advice was to go to wordle.net to see what the automatic word generator came up with. Wordle.net scans your site for the key words, thus showing [...]

free knitting pattern…burberry inspired cowl neck scarf

December 4, 2009

NOTICE: this is a free pattern and it is for personal use only. you are not permitted to sell the pattern or anything resulting from the pattern. please don’t ask and don’t post your cowls for sale on etsy (or anywhere online) because someone will probably tell me about it! i’ve [...]

The $1.98 Wedding Garter…A FREE Crochet Wedding Garter Pattern

September 30, 2009

I can’t discriminate against my friends who crochet. Last week, I did this knitted wedding garter pattern. so, to keep this an equal opportunity blog, here is a free crochet wedding garter pattern. (that’s right, I said FREE!) I can’t take any credit. well, I had the idea, but my friend, Allison, designed the pattern and [...]

The 99 Cent Wedding Garter…a FREE Knitted Wedding Garter Pattern

September 24, 2009

I’m a knitter. I’ll admit it. I love it. It is such a great outlet for me because I don’t read books, so I need things to keep my fingers busy. By far, my favorite part about knitting is my group of girls (and one guy) who meet up each week at a bar near [...]