My Babies

This project is very simple . . . and quite a few years old - these photos hang at the bottom of my stairs - one photo (only about 4") of each of my babies at birth and their current photo. (OK so I'm a little behind on updating it!) I absolutely love it! Every time I come downstairs, I can see my beautiful babies and who they are becoming.

Dino Spike Improvements

So I really LOVED the dino hat pattern I got recently . . . all except the spikes! They were mini cones - which made it really hard for me to figure out where to put the beginning stitches and how to make them all uniform. So I spent an evening watching a movie - trying to make triangles . . . and finally figured out a way - and it's simple!!! If you want the directions - let me know . . .

Love Letters Portfolio

A couple of years ago - a good friend of mine was celebrating her 30th wedding anniversary - and wanted to give a special gift to her wonderful husband. She asked for my help in finding a way to collect and preserve all their love letters - it had to be masculine enough and work for the different sized letters & cards . . . and well, I got very nervous! There aren't many things I do that don't get some spark of inspiration, however small, from something else I've seen . . . but this one - this one was mine. And it happens to be one of my very favorites! I used Tim Holtz's "grungeboard" paper for the two covers and binding, used some elastic ribbon . . . did some inner pockets and sewed them together. It turned out really great - and even better - they both really appreciated it!

This one I loved so much that I actually did make one for myself and my loved one - to put our letters, emails and even our mix CD in!

Jewlery

Back during the holiday season, I met an amazingly talented sweet girl named Emily Lefler. We had back-to-back booths at a Bazaar and I loved her style! She had complete scrapbooking and papercrafting projects, glamorous headbands, and beautiful jewelry. She had an amazing piece in browns that I adored - however, being me . . . and realizing that I had almost all the supplies I needed to make the necklace I'd fallen for . . . I attempted it myself. Here's the finished product . . . which is similar to hers - with many of her design elements. I also HAD to make matching earrings.

Then . . . because I'm me and yes - go overboard, I've purchased more beads and supplies than it would have cost to just buy her necklace in the first place . . . so here's another one I made with beads I bought in Maui . . . I prefer to wear it long, but either way - love it!

Another Hat

I've been having small group lessons for the flower hats, but decided to branch out and find some new patterns for myself.

I found this pattern at CrochetTrend on Etsy. She's got some adorable patterns and good deals, so here's my latest:


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My little Dinos!

I branched out yesterday and found some fun crocheted hat patterns and this is what I started with.






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Hats . . . and more hats

Can't remember what prompted a head-first dive into THIS project, but after I crocheted my first flower hat, I couldn't stop buying yarn!! Who doesn't love a sale, right?

So - my hat collection hasn't caught up to my yarn collection, but I'm confident (if I stay away from the yarn sections) it will!






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