Desirea

Here is a picture of Desirea right after she asked "Do I look like you Mom?"


Well, what do you think?

My first quilling project

Here it is, my first quilling project. It's a gift card with a heart on it. It was fun, but not worth the time it took. I'm sure I'll get faster the more I do. I think I'll try my hand at a picture of some sort next. We'll see...

Another craft?!?

So, I got more yarn from my aunt. Not as much as I thought, but still PLENTY! She's pretty great. Very generous.

I went to my dad's house over the weekend and decided to stop at a book store. There are some really great book store's in Eden Prairie, I like Barne's and Nobel in the EP Mall. I went to browse through some beading books to get new ideas, but I didn't find anything overly exciting in the beading section. However, I found a cool book on quilling. It's not a very expensive craft to start (aside from the paper fringer ($50) but that isn't necessarry to start), so, I'm contemplating trying my hand at quilling... what do you think? am I insane, or just addicted to crafting?

Inspired by Hayley

So, to make a short story long...

I'm making an afgahn for a wedding that we are going to on Saturday. It's just a simple one done in rounds, but it is with this fuzzy type textured yarn I bought years ago. I'm on my last skein and the afgahn is hardly as big as a throw... consequently, I had to bring my yarn totes out of the basement to see if, by chance, I missed a skein (which, unfortunately, I didn't). Anyway, in my unfruitful search for fuzzy textured yarn, I came across a few cones and balls of cotton dish cloth yarn. Added to the 100% cotton yarn I received from my aunt, I should have enough to open a dish cloth boutique. Anyway again, I was on Hayley's blog this morning envying her sock yarn stash when I decided to take this pic:



WHAT WAS I THINKING???!!!

It's a good thing I didn't place the order I was planning to for dish cloth cotton, or I'd have about 30 more balls and 4 more cones. Not to mention that I'll be getting about 10-20 more cones from my aunt this weekend.








Hayley brought in a few scarves for my store. I really like this one. It's super soft, and the colors are great. Plus, it's long, so you can wear it lots of different ways.

I was trying to get a picture if Izak in this sweater that my mother knit for him. He is sooo cute and cuddly in it. She did a really nice job. It is probably my favorite thing she has knit for any of my kids. But, he just wanted to show me his favorite necklace instead... "See mom, I like that one."

I'm back...

Well, I guess I've been gone a while. Sorry, I've been BUSY!!! I haven't posted in almost a month. I've been doing custom orders for Christmas, inventory, and getting stuff ready for taxes. Not to mention being a mother of three, a second grade teacher, a housewife, and an shop owner. Hayley was a lifesaver during inventory... Thanks Hayley!!! I've finished re-arranging my store, I think it looks nice. I didn't change my bead wall, but I still think it looks cool. Wouldn't it be nice if I could afford to have a bead area the size of my jewelry area? Oh well, I guess you have to start somewhere...

Yesterday I received a shipment of Italian Style Charm Bracelets. I hope I do well with them. I only have two charms right now (a heart and a flag). I also have a link that I can add a bead to, like a birthstone colored crystal. But like I said before, you have to start somewhere. I'll wait to order more charms until people request them. That way, I won't have charms that no one wants.

Any who, hopefully I'll be able to chat more later this week.