For those not in the know?
WIP = work in progress.
WIP!
When I was a kid, my mom crocheted. I’m not exactly sure when she first picked it up, but my memory starts with her making a large orange blanket. It had a white border. And it was tight. And I mean that in an uncomfortable way. It was very nice though, the look and all, I’ve always been a fan of the orange. It just wasn’t all soft and snuggly like you’d think a blankie should be. So she tried again. This time, she eased up and it came out awesome. She has made a number of blankets over the years and they kept the family cozy and happy. It always made me feel safe and peaceful to see her crocheting in the living room. I could see her from our rec room, she’d be occupying the corner of the sofa, her skein of yarn close by. There wasn’t a TV in our living room for most of my childhood, so she’d be sitting up there keeping her fingers busy while enjoying the peace and quiet, I’m sure.
Now, it’s my turn. Oh a whim, I decided to pick up enough skeins to start me on my own crocheted blankie journey. I only know the one stitch, but it’s a good one! I’ve only just started, but it’s lovely. I’m doing a bunch of different colors, rosy lavender, mossy green, beigey tan, all to compliment our current bed clothes. Right now, I have a scarf!
I’m on a mission though. I’ll finish it. It just might take me ’til spring.
September 30th, 2006 ★ No Comments »
Why?
The reasons are many.
But here’s one.
I get ridiculously excited about receiving mail/packages from other countries.
Oh lookie! This is from Japan!.
It has like, japanese writing on it!
Japan!
It’s not like this is the first package I’ve ever received from an another country, there was that time Mike bought me some cherry undies from an online company and it turns out they were in China or something. I had to go to the post office to pick up the airmail and totally forgetting that he had gotten them for me, I opened up this strange package and found this quite adorable foreign pair of knickers. Turns out they didn’t fit because of my ample rump and really where was I again?
Oh right-o, fabric!
From Japan!
I got it from the very awesome fabrictales.com.
They were super quick and the fabric rocks. Look how cute those kitties and owls are! And how friendly the folks there? With the pretty postcard included?
Yeah, I’m smitten, I’ll be back.
September 20th, 2006 ★ No Comments »
So why do I have all of these random purses?
I thrifted them for the purpose of, well, re-purpose.
But only one specific part.
It’s not that I’m all about the ‘O’. (Say that with a nice smooth voice like that pretty german lady from the overstock.com commercials.)
It’s that I’m all about the O-rings you see.
And it’s ridiculously hard to find them, did you know?
Everything is d-ring this, d-ring that. Which is nice, yes, fine, I like d-rings as much as the next guy, but c’mon, I need some variety people.
So when Mike and I did our little thrifting trips last week, I scored some cheapy, well, kinda icky, purses. All for the rings.
Thank you.
September 20th, 2006 ★ No Comments »
Oh, well, not really.
More like there wasn’t a lot of fanfare because we’ve been traveling, I’ve been sewing, and Little Face has been growing up and starting pre-k(!).
But yes, it is done. It is here.
It looks cute and I love it.
Mike did a tremendous job.
I know just how much hard work went into it.
The rubies and the rails and the shopping carts and the paypal and arrggghhh!
It’s so great though, Mike learned something totally new and I’ve got myself an online shoppe.
So the link on the right sidebar now goes to my personal online shop, though I am going to keep my etsy shop open with some inventory for the time being, as it’s a pretty good place to advertise for almost nothing.
So anyone who happens across any of my many corners on the web (ha!), they’ll be able to now shop from my own place. Which really is kinda cool.
September 15th, 2006 ★ No Comments »
With that, I’m working on some new bags (and accessories!) made with some new autumnal fabrics that I recently picked out.
My favorite color so far is this bright rust. It looks awesome in this heavy ribbed cotton. It’s almost like corduroy, but even more interesting.
On Saturday, I made 4 new bags, to launch fall and to bring with me to an open house that I was invited to participate in. (Open house=tupperware party? You know, but with purses (mine!) and jewelry and food and pampered chef and stuff.)
The first 2 were snapped up right away and even garnered me orders for more. Which, nice!
(See just how awesome and cute my labels look? WOO!)
materials used:
brushed twill
crushed, ribbed cotton
canvas
cotton
button
nickel magnetic snaps
nickel d-rings
nickel o-rings
interfacing
zipper
September 13th, 2006 ★ No Comments »
Well, labels, anyway.
A bit ago, I came across a lovely craftblog called splityarn (Don’t you just love her banner picture? Little Peoples sewing machine! Awww) and saw that she made these cute little wallet thingies. And what I really liked was the simplicity of her tags. So I sent her an email a while back and she referred me to the very cool namemaker site. After much procrastinating, I order the 5/8, 100% woven labels, style F34. And I LOVE them! Too bad they came just after I finished production for the fair items, but all the new bags and items will have these babies sewn in/on ‘em. But namemaker was fast and they were incredibly reasonably priced and they are so cute! So I’m all official and designer label-y now. Yeah, I’m a dork.
But here they are:
I got the ones you can iron on, though I will be ironing and sewing them on.
For now though, I could only iron them onto the 2 bags that I currently use to lug my essentials around:
I’m all proud!
September 6th, 2006 ★ 1 Comment »
Well, me and the boys are here:
Visiting the family and soaking up the 100+ sunshine-y weather. Yes, I am melting.
The thing is, I’ve never even been to that infamous Vegas signage tourist stop. The shame! But google rocks for stock photos, so that is what you get.
I’ll be back in a few days and will start sewing again. I seriously cannot wait. My fingers are getting itchy. I need fabric and thread, STAT!
Oh and the webstore is THIS close to being up and running. Eeek, I’m excited.
September 1st, 2006 ★ No Comments »
