Ame hoodie

So I cooked up this little number from a zip hoodie that was on sale at Target for only $5 and some felt that I had hanging out
It is a bit big on her but lucky for me she is growing like a weed and she should fit in it tomorrow (okay a slight exaggeration but it feels like she grows that fast!). And then here is the awesome action shot
The ears look wonky since she is not one to sit still for a picture and the hood was moving all around. But I really ike how it came out. I mean how can you go wrong with a pink panda on a baby?

I got into No Coast Craft-o-rama!

Huzzah! I got accepted as a vendor at the Minneapolis No Coast craft show this December! This is going to be my first craft show so of course I am just as nervous as I am excited. But I am anticipating that no matter how much I sell, it will be a valuable experience. Now I only have two and a half months to prepare...

Crocheted Baby Jumper

So Miss Ame has learned how to pull herself up and cruise around on the furniture. It is a remarkable thing to see, this person that only nine months ago couldn't even hold up her own head is basically walking around. However, this requires her to be constantly supervised leaving me very little time to do, well, anything. But I have learned a great secret. I am able to easily watch her and crochet at the same time. So I am expecting that I will be posting a lot of crochet projects in the future. I am also finally going to teach myself how to knit since I am dying to make this one sweater. But anyway, I was messing around and came up with this little number for Ame Bean. I am really digging grey and yellow together right now. I didn't follow a pattern, just winged it. But I wish I would have tried to write down what I was doing since I really like how it came out and would like to do another. Oh well, such is life.

Lucy is Home!

Lucy got home on Monday and brought along a smash of souvenirs and pictures. Here she is showing off her new Arsenal scarf that Paula knitted for her as well as her new friend Chas Oiseau. I really can't describe how awesome of a swap partner Paula has been, you should check out her flickr album of Lucy's vacation, it's a riot. And she generously included tons of treats, magazines, maps, and generally great stuff (like Guinness bread mix! Yumm!!). Lucy is still decompressing a little from all the excitement but she hopefully may get a chance to go on another trip again someday!

Bentos are back!

Are a long hiatus due to the fact that hubby was a little unsure about how his new co-workers would react to his cuter than cute lunches, bentos are back! He figured if he told his co-workers that I made him his lunch (of course of my own accord, not that he even asks me too) that they would probably think it was cute and over look the bunnies on the box. Also, this was food to compliment his PBJ sandwich would is too big to fit in any bento box.

Wardrobe Refashion

Well I did it. I didn't buy anything new for two whole months. Well I guess I did buy a sweater from Anthropologie but it was on sale and I only spent .90 of my own money (the rest was a gift card from my birthday). Otherwise I made myself a new pair of pants, refashioned a two sweaters, a sweatshirt, and three t-shirts. I also purchased a couple of things from the goodwill outlet for a total of $4 and a track jacket from another second-hand store for $8. Also, no shoes were purchased (I still don't know how I managed that one) and also no accessories.

And now I am hooked. I mean why would I need something new when I can either make it myself or just take sometime to rummage through some second-hand stuff? So I am going to keep on going with this and see how far I can go before buying anything. The only thing I need to refrain from is being tempted to buy things at the store I work at with my wicked awesome discount.

A little something for me

It's funny. I started creating/crafting things because I wanted to be able to make things for myself. Then after starting to sell my designs and whatnot, I rarely made anything for just me anymore. So this week, while trying to get samples together for a craft show submission, I made a ring I had an idea for a long time ago. It took a couple tries (I had never done a wire ring before), but I really like how it came out. And it's mine, all mine.

New necklace

So I heart my new job. There are really great people who work there, the shop itself is amazing, and it's really easy :)

But I cannot describe all the inspiration I get from there. Right now they have large tree branches hanging from the ceiling to hang wind chimes, chandeliers, butterflie,s etc. As I was looking at them, I thought "how cool would it be to have a branch hang around your neck?" And tada! I made about three for myself and I am testing one or two on my etsy store. But the best is how many compliments I get on them when I am out. I always feel awkward being like "I made it" (blame it on that typical-artist-hates-promoting-themselves thing I guess) but when I do they always seem really impressed.

Christmas in July

At least it felt like Christmas on Saturday when I received my Loco for Gocco swap package filled with the best goodies a girl could dream of! Loco for Gocco is a flickr group of etsy artists and sellers who work with gocco. People submitted prints, badges, cards, etc and the lovely Phoebe was kind enough to wrangle it all together to ship out. I forgot to include in my picture a most awesome Tab from Circa Ceramics that was promptly nailed to the wall. I was basically squealing with joy as I opened each one.

I C U

Okay so my kitty isn't a crafty project but I just love her. She nestled herself under our bedroom rug today and I caught her peeking out. Did I mention she is the world's meanest cat? Well, not to us but if anyone visits she goes into super "hiss-and-bat-at-you" mode.