Crafty Elements

As I mentioned in a previous post I am doing a give-away to see how much traffic on my site (free stuff for you ...YEY). Here's what you have to do....comment! Comment on one of my postings and you will be entered into the drawing (only one comment counts per person, and old comments don't count towards this). If you are already a follower of my blog, you will get two entries for your comment. When you comment, make sure that you have some way I can contact you (email address, website, etc.)in your comment so I can get your address to send you your earrings. Give-away ends Feb. 5th at midnight. Now about the prize.....These handmade earrings are glass beads and fluorite on kidney wires.

I've been extremely busy lately. I am in the process of starting a new job and have been going reconstruction-crazy with clothes (partially for the new job). I have pretty much grounded myself from buying clothes since I don't wear the ones I have (they need to be tweaked), I have stolen many from the boyfriend, and I have oodles of fabric. So here are some remakes and I finished the sweater I was making (very proud :-)). The first one is obviously the crochet sweater. It kinda has a funky neckline, but I was impressed how it came out. #2 Was a plain tshirt. #3 Was a long sleeve frat tshirt that looks really cute (I think it does). #4 I previously added the red bow, but it looked like it was missing something. #5 Was a plain v-neck long sleeve shirt. I added the black, the button, and ribbon. #6 Was made from the book Generation T: Beyond Fashion (very awesome book). I also made 16 pairs of earrings the other week. Since I only have 6 holes I can put them in, I was thi

When I got back from vacation, I decided to make something with the rest of yarn I got to make the pinecones. I got extra to make another "Weekend Sweater," but have since decided that I'm just going to try to make the one I have a smaller size. Anyways, I decided to try to make another sweater off of LionBran's website: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70210A.html?noImages= Since I too this picture this morning I have finished the body. However, it too big, so I think I'm going to take some rows out. The sweater itself is worked starting at one side, going all the way around the body. The stripes are vertical. For Christmas I made little "Goodie" baskets. They included earrings, bath salts, scrub, milk bath, massage oil, tea bath, soap confetti, foot fizzies, and a face mask that you put in the microwave. To the right are the earrings that I made. I made both blue and read. They are made using a brick stitch. When I started this project, I had

This was my big project. It was a granny square afghan that I made for my boyfriend's dad and his fiance. You can't tell in the picture, but it has green in the middle, red, and then white. It is much more vibrant in person. I made it look a little like poinsettias. It ended up taking me about a month to complete and I sewed it together instead of crochet. I almost was unable to finish it because I ran out of red, and with it being the holidays, red is in short supply. I finally found the skein that I needed after going to 2 Walmarts, Joann's and Michaels. This was a last minute gift for the kitties. It's a squid that I crocheted, stuffed and put cat nip in it. I found the pattern off of Crochet Pattern Central: http://yarnchronicles.blogspot.com/2006/10/kitty-squid.html I didn't put on the eyes because I figured they would get ripped off in play. I still may add them later because it looks plain. Needless to say, it didn't make it to Christmas. The

Finally back from the holidays (hope everyone had a good one)! I have to gather all the pictures I took of the things I made, and still need to take some. I should be posting in another day or so with everything so keep an eye out :)