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| Vinyl cut by Cricut - wall plaques for Christmas gifts |
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| Pinterest project for Grace - indoor hopscotch mat...canvas, felt, hot glue and the skin off of my fingers :) |
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| Grace at Nathaniel's class Christmas party |
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| Nathaniel at his class Christmas Party (the layout now includes the title PARTY! on the top of the left hand page - finally got that cut out and put on today...) |
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| First attempt at the twirly ruffle scarf from funky yarn...it's mine but Grace was my model. I've since made two more - one for me or to sell and one as a late Christmas gift for my sister Sarah. Pics of those later... |
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| Braided infinity scarf - another pinterest project that didn't really have a pattern so I kind of made it up...used Simply Soft yarn I'd bought for another project years ago...Merry Christmas Carol (if you see this before I get it mailed!) Again, Grace was my model (I bribed her to let me take pictures of her in some scarves...told her I'd take pictures of her with funny faces afterwards...it worked) |
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| Third scarf (yes, for my third sister, surprise Carrie if you see this before I get it in the mail)...another pinterest pattern - no pattern actually, just step by step pictures in another language but I figured it out, more or less. Fun scarf, but I don't know if I'd do it again anytime soon. Again, Simply Soft yarn. |
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| This was for the Graveyard Grunge challenge at storytellers club. We had to distress at least 75% of the elements of the LO. So I tore, "sanded" (used an emery board on the edges of all the photos), and inked everything. The patterned paper is Recollections, the orange cardstock is SEI and the green is Bazzill. The cuttlebug folder I used on the photo mat was from the Give a Hoot Cricut Companion Collection. The alphabet stamps I've had for eons and can't remember where I got them, staples are just staples and I used a green Creative Memories pen for the journaling. SO happy - this is the first layout I've done since late July!! |
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| This was my 4th and final Frankenstein hat!! This went to Utah for my nephew - his mom's request is what got me started on these to begin with. I've done three sizes and ended up writing my own pattern based on one I found on pinterest to get the original 3/6 month size hat to fit 6 & 10 year old heads (because once he found out I was making them for his 6 yo brother and 6 yo cousin, my 10 yo wanted one too...and ended up with the first one because it was two big for the younger boys). I'll post pictures of the other ones later. |
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| I saw a frog hat on pinterest and thought it was so cute - but there was no pattern with it. So, between 3 pictures, 4 patterns and my own idea, I created this cute little froggie hat. I see hats with these braided ties all over the place so wanted to give one a try. I used Simply Soft Pistachio (I think) for most of it, and then some random white and Red Heart black for the rest of it. I wrote down most of what I did. Now I need to finish it and then try it again to see if it works :) This one is for the craft fair. |
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| Reluctant model again...but I got a couple better pictures of my Pumpkin Head :) She stretched it out so badly the first time she wore it, that it fell over her face. I asked my crochet expert (my grandma) and she said I could do a single crochet decrease around the bottom and that should make it fit better, and keep her from stretching it so easily. So, yesterday evening sitting at a soccer game, I did just that - and it fits perfectly now and hasn't stretched out much (even when she used it for a bag to carry Duplo blocks in this evening.) I wrote down this pattern too, but need to do it again to see if I missed anything. Now, I need to finish the Frankenstein hats that got me started on this...and finish some scrapbook layouts, and do some new layouts, oh yeah, and housework...and write a talk for Church on Sunday...it never ends :) |
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| This is some "fun fur" or "fun fiber" or whatever you call it that I've had kicking around for several years. I finally decided I wanted to do something with it and just did this quick double crochet scarf - with a large hook, can't remember what size it was, I think I wrote it down. It's not overly wide and not too long - just a nice fun scarf. |
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| This is a ruffle scarf that I made off of a free pattern from Red Heart I picked up at JoAnns over Christmas Vacation. I totally ignored the yarn suggestions, both color and type, and how they did the colors (each "side" a different color - and the colors they used - just didn't look good) I like to play with different kinds of yarns - sometimes the work out and sometimes they don't. This red is a soft warm one, and the white is a lighter, pearly one - kind of pain to work with at times. It turned out so nice! Brian calls it my "Mrs. Claus" scarf because of the colors. |
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Both of these are in my craft fair collection to try and sell this winter. I need to make some more if I can get over my thing for hats :) |
