Crafty Elements

We were strongly encouraged to go to a military ball just recently, so much so that someone bought tickets for us. So I decided to get creative on a dress that has been sitting in the closet for almost 10 years. Way out of date, v-cut in the back, and a high neckline in the front. Here is a before (back): There was no shape to it and it was black slinky material with a netting overlay that had sparkles and flours on it. So I seam ripped for about 3 hours to separate the two. Make some huge ruffles at the bottom of the dress, cut a v-neck, and took along piece of the netting and wrapped it from the shoulder over the bust and around the back to meet up with the large ruffles. I added a bow where it joined and on the opposite strap. Here is the finished product: I love the ruffles super much, but the v-neck is really low, so I will prob put lace there or something. I actually had to sew it onto my bra so it wouldn't go anywhere, lol. I made this circle skirt from a...

Sorry I have been away so long. Trying to fulfill my new years resolution of working out 4-5 days a week (and I made it 3 weeks already!!). So now that everything has calmed down from the holidays and I am on a new schedule, hopefully I will have more project to show off ;-) Here is what I have been doing: We went to a holiday social, but I only have two non-formal dresses...I'm not the dressy type. But only having two dresses gets boring, so I changed it. This is what it looked like before: It was strapless, with a bow just under the bust, and a thick black ribbon that went around the bottom. It showed a little more cleavage than I would have liked for such an event. I moved the bow up to the shoulder and added black ribbon straps, which showed less cleavage. The dress stayed the same color, even though it doesn't look like it. The actual color is closest to to the picture on the bottom. I started up a crochet group out here to teach others for free how to crochet,...

Hey everyone, sorry for no posts in the past couple weeks. I have been extremely busy with work, holidays, and helping my friend move. That doesn't mean that I have not been crafting though, so I do have pictures! So...hopefully since the holidays are over, I will get back in the swing of things, and work on my new year's resolution at the same time :) Enjoy the rest of your holidays (I know some that still have holiday parties to go to)!!

This is a really quick post because I have been running around like crazy for the holidays and I have to leave for work soon. These are two hats that I made for a newborn twin shoot. The pattern is completely from scratch for the hats and pom-poms. I've very excited on how these turned out :) This was to dress up an ordinary ornament. Size 10 thread. These I whipped up for my half-step niece(?) or i guess niece for short for xmas. I think they turned out really cute, and I'm actually kinda jealous. lol. I may make some in the future for myself, but just not with the silver clips. Probably on bobbie pins :) I made them just white and red for Xmas, but I figured that she could wear them any time of the year too.

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...