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Some images from my photo shoot for the new journal over at DA Knitters, the main theme is bringing yarn to life

Craft spree at the local thrift stores

We went out yesterday and spent the whole day exploring the local thrift stores for what treasures could be found and here is what I brought home with me.








{the trick here is now to figure out how to store these so I can still see them or I'll forget what I have}
{no, there is no baby on the way but I couldn't help myself, I've never seen the lorax on baby clothes before so I had to get it.}



{by the bye I spent less twenty bucks on of this}

It was such a good day and I have so many plans roiling around in my head for what to do with my new goodies. First things first though my desk space is not nearly as functional as I was hoping so I'm going to design a new one that I will (hopefully) build myself.

After that, I plan on re working my patterns into something a little more ascetically pleasing and I will be releasing some of my first ever embroidery patterns in February, so stay tuned!

My new space and some more little critters

So things are settling down a bit here, and I thought I'd take a minute to show you my new (very tiny) craft space :) It's not finished yet but it's perfectly functional.I plan on making pockets for the curtain/divider and making curtains for the window. There are also a few things I need to hang on the wall, plus I really want to make myself a small braided rug for the area.

And I started some seeds that I will plant outside my window when it gets warm, along with my pretty new hummingbird feeder. :) I'm so excited for spring XD


The big one is a girl, her name is Ditchwater and the little one is Thorn. If you look closely Ditchwater has her legs on the shrimp, she won't eat it but she won't let Thorn have it so he pouts. :)

Utter Chaos

I'm a little late but if you saw my house right now you'd understand. My mother-in-law-to-be moved out a month earlier than expected and left behind an entire house full of furniture for us to deal with. In some cases it worked out in our benefit (i.e. the couch) but we have so much stuff that moving anything is a huge task!

enough of my whining, here are my goodies



Oh and meet our new fishy friends, Goldie, Rainbows, and Scrambles the Deathdealer...all named by my darling son

Everyone needs a moustache

A V-day gift in the works ...

and tomorrow the awesome things I got at the thrift store tonight

Lazy Saturday

As promised, here are the pics of the goodies I got yesterday.

A gorgeous glass apple
a handmade (from a blank) super small crochet hook
Keep an eye out for the green felt in an upcoming tutorial :)
And a kitchen scale so I can keep track of the yarn I use in my patternsAnd a bulb planter


And some pictures from our walk todayoh and I'd like to point out that those mushrooms are so incredible small! most of them no bigger than the head of a pin

Domestic Bliss

Joy of Joys! in a few short days we will be inhabiting our very own (rented) three bedroom home all by ourselves :)...mostly, we'll have a roommate but that's okay because we longer have to live with parents!! SO many exciting things on the horizon, we'll be starting a cleaning company with a running start and that has prompted me be more organized in my personal life and with my Etsy Business. I've even made lists and done regular housework, I find that knowing it's mine has helped to motivate me in keeping the laundry and dishes done. :)

Well I'm off to play housewife a bit more but comeback tomorrow and I'll show you the goodies my fiance brought me home today.

Second Hand Joy

I went to the local salvation army thrift store and hit the jackpot!

All these eyes for only 2.00 dollars!

And now I'm off to make some things in need of eyes

Happy Solstice!

Happy winter solstice Every one (or which ever Holiday you prefer). I'm almost done with making everyone presents finally!! all I have left is my fiance, which is easy, and my mother, how could technically be done right now but I feel an odd compulsion to keep making her things. Plus I'll be sending of my daughter's Christmas goodies, it may arrive late but who doesn't like an extra day of presents? here's a few photos of some of the presents (I'll post more after the holidays so no one can peek)


The Dragon is for my uncle

the lady bugs are for my almost-mother-in-law

the moose is for my stepdad

the snail is for my Fiance and you will get a better look at him after the holidays as well

Nuptials and Streaming video

I know, I'm horrible at keeping up with this, hopefully things have settled to the point of getting back to my old routines. So good news, I'm getting married!! We got engaged on Halloween and are getting married on Halloween next year, we're going with the steampunk theme and trying to keep it as DIY as possible. I'll try to post stuff here as it gets done.

Until then, I'm taking a short break from crocheting. I got request both from a customer and from my daughter to make a unicorn 'no problem' I said rather cockily. That pattern kicked my ass! I fought with it for days and then some, I'm fairly certain it even gave me the flu. So I decided that when I finished the little bugger I would take a break from fiber before I started hating it. In the mean time I'm going to be working on some illustrations instead.

If you would like to see that in action you can go here I got a livestream account! you watch while I work on some of the printables I hope to be stocking in my shop soon



Here is a picture of the unicorn of doom


Enjoy! and hoefully I'll see you over at livestream