Friday Finds for 10 June 2022 | I want to do it ALL this week! (The books, the food, the crafts!)
Hello, my friends & welcome to the Friday Finds for 10 June 2022!
I’m hoping for a bit of rain on the garden today before we go into a week-long hot spell with predicted temps near 100 degrees F everyday (near 38C)! That seems a lot like August weather to me…not June. But luckily I have A/C in the house & a pool in the backyard. I’ll be fine. Enforced relaxing & reading time!!
I didn’t realize when I mentioned last week that I was going to a “Fiber” festival, it would create so much confusion. Some readers thought it was a health or supplement fair. I guess that’s an easy mistake. I have lived in my fiber world for so long, that I forget about other meanings. I visited a festival a couple hours away last Friday, where there were sheep being sheared, beautiful Angora rabbits to pet, heavenly hand-dyed yarns (my kind of fiber!), and rovings, along with every type of weaving loom, spinning wheel, books, and accessories a crafty person might need. It was wonderful to be back in the craft world again with like-minded people!
What have you missed the most during the chaotic last couple of years? What’s new with you this week? Drop by in the comments below and let me know your answers. Don’t forget to vote in the poll at the bottom of the page!
Friday Finds | 10 June 2022 | Book Finds
These are a few of the books that caught my attention this week. Have you read them or would you like to?
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
“The queen of beach reads” (New York Magazine) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel.
The Stories of My Life by James Patterson
James Patterson by James Patterson is the most anticipated memoir of 2022.
Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathon Graziano
From the creator of the viral “Bones or No Bones” TikTok videos comes a sweet and entertaining picture book following Noodle the pug and his human as they navigate Noodle’s first No Bones Day—a day for being kind to yourself!
Friday Finds | 10 June 2022 | Author News
Do you have a new book releasing soon, a special promotion coming up, or any other news of your author-life I can share with my readers?
In the reported book and author news this week…
Jessica Adams created a new Facebook book to help moms have more fun with their kids instead of stressing out about all the chaos and clutter. Here is the link to the new group: https://www.facebook.
Would you like to be featured as my Author/Blogger of the Week? Please drop me a comment to let me know. That’s all it takes!
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Friday Finds | 10 June 2022 | Recipes
Farmers Market Skillet from Served Up With Love
Chives, Radish, & Cucumber Salad by Valya’s Taste of Home
No-Bake Berry Dessert Lush by Crazy for Crust
I told myself that I could not start another project until I finished the cardigan for my grandson. Now that it’s done, I have a severe case of startitis. I want to weave everything! First I think I am going to warp my 32 inch Ashford Loom with a yellow and white buffalo check baby blanket for my new great-neice.
I also want to get myself the promised set of hexagon pin looms from Texas Gabi, but they are currently sold out. I expect them to be back in stock very soon. I keep checking every day so I don’t miss my chance again. I can get one from The Woolery, but I would like to buy from the original creator, if possible. The jewel loom is available and the possibilities are endless for what I can create with it
And I feel the urge to make another massive bunch of bookmarks and coasters with my pin looms.
Do you see what I mean…I want to make it all!
Do you get crazy creative urges? What is on your needles, hook, or loom right now?
Friday Finds | 10 June 2022 | Blog Roundup
If you missed one of my reviews in the past week, here’s an easy link to find them all, or click on the image & links below. There are giveaways ranging from $75 gift cards to signed copies of books, and extras. Be sure you are entered before they expire.
Finding Ruby Draker by Marianne Scott | Review, Author Guest Post & Giveaway (4 winners)
Son of Shadow by John Lenahan | Epic Fantasy from the BBC2 Host of Stuff the White Rabbit
Sweetwater Promise by January Bain | $35 Giveaway – Book Tour Spotlight #SweetRomance
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle | Spotlight Tour | #Epic Fantasy
Don’t forget to leave a comment letting me know what you would like to see more of in upcoming Friday Finds.
What type of:
- books
- recipes
- crafts
- entertaining blogs
- giveaways/contests
- something I haven’t thought of yet!
I want to include what you, the reader, are most interested in.
Thanks for reading this week. Peace & Love!
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I didn’t see your first mention of fiber, but one of my blog friends loves to weave and spin and knit, even spinning wool in festivals and craft fairs. Plus my husband worked in the fibers industry for many years. So I would have know just what you were talking about. 🙂 I used to love to embroider and cross stitch, but it’s getting hard for me to see. I spend most of my craft time making cards for family these days.
The fiber festival sounds fun. I’m not a knitter or crocheter but I love the products of those who are.
I look forward to seeing what you create in the coming weeks.
Visiting from #IMM
Gina, I love your finds this week. I sure do see you want to do it all. Loved the recipes you shared.
Thank you so much, Gina! I’ve been so busy this week because we had a huge community yard sale today and my dad and sister were here. I’m glad the yard sale is over! It was a lot of work and exhausting!
That’s a tough question about what makes me open emails. Most of the time it is the subject line and many times I like subject lines where I know I’ll learn something new that I can apply to my business.
Have a great week and thank you so much for sharing my group news and for the BookShop feature! I’m very thankful for your support!
Another beautiful post! Glad you got your fiber-fill at the festival. Sounds like an amazing event. I like that cucumber and radish salad. I make baskets with yarn scraps!
Thanks, Eve. I love your comments! I’m intrigued by this making baskets from yarn scraps. Tell me more, please.
Oh the berry cheesecake looks good. I want to read Dream Town. Have read the first two books. Another book I want to read is “the citation brigde” by Glen Cransey. Knitting an Afghan and baby hats for donation. Stay cool and have a blessed day.
Thanks. Diane. So happy to have you here. We put screens on our skylights this morning. Getting ready for the big heat wave that’s coming!