Crafty Elements

This first project is not mine, but I felt it deserved some attention. Last year I told me sister I wanted something that would hold my stud earrings. Here is what I got for Xmas....I love it!! I still have not found a solution for my hoops, so I made this temporary fix. It is just a series of treble crochets. Remember those cardboard circles? Yup, this is one of them. It is currently on our front door. I took left over foliage from a previous project, ribbon I had lying around, some bells, some beads, and some glitter, and this is what I got. I honestly like how flat it is. I have another wreath I had made and it sticks off the wall at least 6" and is just begging to be knocked off. So I have been working on this the most. It was a kit that was taking up space in my craft room so I decided to take on the challenge. Well I didn't know what I was in for, but hopefully the worst is over. It's obviously not finished, but I am hoping to be done by next week. *sigh* ...

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. I've been having technical issues with having access to a camera. Hopefully everything is fixed and will stay fixed :) Here is the same hat that I made last time that was black and purple, only I realized that I did the band wrong on the first one. I thought I knew what I was doing, but didn't. It was supposed to be cabled. I took it out and ended up fixing it, but gave it away anyways. This one I used one hook size bigger since the first one seemed to be tight and I only went under one stitch instead of both stitches which creates the lines you see with the blue. Another action shot. I was thinking of adding a purple pom-pom at the end, but I'm not sure. Very comfy Here is me doing twisted cables. They were fairly easy to do, but it was difficult when I had to do the criss-cross to make it look twisted. However, I was doing my lines and it caused it to become poofy since the cables make it tighter, and making the lines...

Sorry I was MIA last week. I just started a new job and was exhausted last week. Here are the goodies I made: Okay, I didn't really "make" anything with these, but they are cardboard circles that I cut from the big boxes so that I can make some wreaths for xmas. I have some things in mind, but not 100% sure. I used a pin and measuring tape to mark the cardboard like a compass. This is actually April Draven's Dark Faery Slouch hat. Sorry for the sideways picture. It turned out differently than I expected, but I think I still like it. Another pic....sorry if these pics are bad. It's pretty much a stocking cap type of deal. This hat turned out ridiculous. Too big and it looks weird on my head, lol. I will be taking this out and making something else. I also made another slouchy hat, similar to the red one made out of cotton, but I decided since I already had one in a similar color so I didn't need it. So overall, this week was not a good week for crochet...