Good afternoon! As promised, today's post is going to be about our Sunflowers! I made this pattern because I couldn't find one that suited my needs for my garlands. Nothing was the right size or quite the right shape. so I created my own! This pattern is available for sale for a VERY small price in my Etsy shop or can be found on Ravelry. (see links below) Ok, so here we go! This pattern here on the blog will have a FULL photo tutorial, the purchasable PDF will have photos, b

Good afternoon! We are back in the swing of things here at Frodo's Fancies. We lost power Monday night and did not get it back until Tuesday night, about 23 hours after it initially went out. We packed up the whole family Tuesday after the power company informed my husband that power would not be restored until Thursday night... With a toddler power outages aren't exactly fun. With a cat who needs certain medicines at specific times, it's even less fun. So we sent the toddler

As today's title suggests, life has not been great recently. It could be worse, absolutely, but it could also be better... We've basically been rolling 1's for the past few months. This past Saturday while mowing the lawn, my husband fell down one of our hills and managed to hit his right foot on the lawn mower, and it went under, breaking his big toe and mildly cutting some toes. The mower was off, thankfully, so he only broke his toe. He was a big baby about and didn't stop

Good afternoon! Today I will be gifting you all a FREE crochet pattern in honor of this national holiday! But first, an update on our mascot, Mr. Frodo. He is doing VERY well! he's still taking it slow and not sure about jumping (even though he does it anyway), but he is good. He's flopping on my feet, meowing, purring, fighting his taking meds, and all his other normal kitty antics. I am so happy he seems to be recovering. I was not handling him being sick and not at home ve