HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

So this is NOT crafting related but it is my birthday. :) And for the first time ever I received flowers at my office today. This post is just to brag on my wonderful and amazing fiance. I'm loved!!

BRRRRRRRRRRRR It's Cold Outside!!

For being in "the south" it sure is cold outside! Reminds me of growing up in Missouri. 

But while the weather outside is frosty, I've been warm inside making hats. Still practicing my crochet but also selling beanies! I sold 4 just this weekend! It's great. So, I even opened up my own etsy shop and put a couple of items on ebay. Hey, WHY NOT?

Every time I make a hat it's my new favorite, but this one really is! It's so adorable and was a breeze to make. I sure hope I get a lot of orders for this one.

Well, tata for now!

Ho Hum

Sitting at work today wishing I was home crocheting, lol!! I'm working on the CUTEST new beanie, I can't wait until it's done! I'm keeping all these firsts for myself, YAY ME! But I did get my first order. A distance cousin on facebook said if I made her one, SHE'D PAY! AMAZING! 

Marlon has been on me about selling my work and I'm like SLOW DOWN I just made my first potholder! But now I'm wondering....it might be a good way to make a few extra bucks. I do love doing it. But in between full time job, college, kids and Marlon I don't know how much time I'd have for it.

Friday night I'm going to a sit n stitch with the women that taught me how to do the granny square, that will be fun and hopefully I'll learn a lot.

Saturday I am going to a "Crop" with some ladies that I've never met (I'm being very outgoing this new year). I plan on doing something different with my scrapbooking from now on, I'll share more when I have something started.

Annnyyywaaaay, guess I'll get back to work now. TTYL!!

My first member!

Good evening everyone!! I received the coolest email today, my "Crafty Nashville" group got it's first member! I'm so excited!!! Her name is Heather and I can tell that we're going to be best friends, LOL! She does seem sweet and we have the same crafty interests. I'm trying to decide what we should do first. I'm thinking either a stitch 'n bitch or some scrapping.

Oh! One of my wonderful co-workers brought me some of her scraps today. I haven't gotten through the bag yet but it looked like at least a couple of jars, a two-liter bottle and a t-shirt. Those along with my own bag, I'm off to a great start. I told Marlon today no more buying 1 liter bottles, 2 liters only! I want to remake my living room lamp using those bottles. Can't wait to post pics!

I did a little crafting tonight, I worked on a new granny square, this one is called the "squiggly flower". It's really neat and I hope that I haven't butchered it too much, I'm still not so great at reading patterns. I ran out of yarn though so I have to wait to finish it until I buy more pink. I'll post a pic as soon as I'm done.

Just wanted to pop in for a minute and say hi, I'm off to bed.

Night!

Annnnnnnnd a beanie

I followed another pattern and made this beanie! :))))))) I will be making a ton of these before Christmas so im happy that this first one wasn't that difficult.

In other news im still working on gathering trash, I mean supplies for the home decor projects I have in store.........

STAY TUNED!

Finished my pot holders

I think I've gotten my refresher course and learned a whole lot more than before! Went to Big Stitch University this morning and learned how to finish make my edges look better and the granny square. Excited! 

Ive been practicing on pot holders and im really pleased with the two I did tonight READING PATTERNS! :)))))

Picked up a pattern for a bag that im going to work on next. Fingers crossed!

Finished product

Well that went well. Was planning on making several washcloths but Marlon said it was to pretty for that, HA! So I made one and started on a placemat. If it turns out well I'll make more.

Fun!

Washcloths

Okay, to kick off my crafting (and because I'm sick in bed) I've decided to start off with some crocheting. It has been years since I've picked up a needle (size H) but here I go.

I'm starting off with something easy, and killing two birds because we need some new ones, WASHCLOTHS! I'll post pics when I'm done, which should be in a day or two.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my blog! This is a new experience for me, so bear with please. :)

I've recently discovered pinterest (OMG!) and after seeing so many crafty ideas I decided "HEY, I CAN DO THAT!" and here I am. I've already started collecting items (scraps) and I can't wait to get started.

Every project that I do I will post here, with my own real life experiences.

I'm mostly going to be making home decorations (my apartment is still bare after 2 years). But I'm also going to be crocheting a lot of great things. My goal is to crochet 50% of next year's Christmas gifts, so if you're on my list GET READY! lol

Anyway, I hope that you enjoy, check back often.

Oh, and if you're in the area and interested: http://groupspaces.com/CraftyNashville/