Friday

It has been a long week and I have not got a lot done. I am going to help my sister-in-law fill her etsy orders tomorrow or Sunday. I want to open my own etsy shop but I am not sure what I would sell.. Maybe crochet patterns and completed pieces or embroidery patterns or sewn items... Not sure. Me and the kids went over to mamaw's yesterday, they got a paddle boat that has pedals to make it go for the big pond behind their house. I wasn't planning on staying very long only an hour or so, but we ended up staying all day till like 5:30pm we even went fishing and caught some little fishies (which we released back into the water) I am so red today and I had long shorts on just above my knees so my legs look funny;) I made my first Dresden Plate, I put it on a little towl and hung it on the front of the stove. It was pretty easy once I got going I did sew the wrong end on the first step so I had to get out my seam ripper but I did enjoy it and I am so happy with how it turned out. I have only sewn maybe 10 times since getting my machine a few months ago. I need to take a class to be better at it, but I am really proud of myself for doing the dresden. I also made my first foundation paper piecing, it is a little piece of cake. I used YouTube to learn how to do it. It was really simple actually and I will definately be doing more of this. I also got some swap goodies. First an angel package from the craftser pinterst swap I love the hook roll I got, along with a stuffie fox and a sock monkey for my son and some fabric scraps.:)

Can't Contain Me Pincushion Swap @ Ravelry

These are doll sleeping bags that I got in the pinterest swap on craftster...notice the litle boy modeling these beauts!!!!!

The little piggy was from a swap a while ago on swap-bot.. I made the flower the other day at the dentist office..it didnt turn out as cute as i wanted
I got the pincushion in a flower pot, the floss and everything else pictured in a rav swap. This lil pincushion is too cute!!

This is what I got in the Whedon-Verse Swap on craftster

This AWESOME spike tote bag...I love it so very much I will definately be rocking this....

A Mr. Pointy to hang on my rear view mirror, hopefully any would be bloodsuckers will see this and head the other way :0 I think it is made out of clay, it is sooo cute.. love it<3

A Spike magnet with him burning on the Cross and a Beaded bag with the Buffy logo... I dont know how she made this but the beads are super tiny. It is exquisite.

A Buffy Omnibus comic book..I dont have this one:)

Another thing that I love... I have been wanting one of these for awhile.. This was the first one she made, ever...i think it is amazing.. I love it so much, it is so pretty...

I got a great swap partner. Isnt this stuff just awesome..I feel so lucky:)

More Swap Goodies

Happy almost Easter!!! I just recently returned home from shopping for the annual Easter toy for the baskets.. I got the best stuff...I may take some pics for you. well seee.. I was planning on going to Joanns too but (gasp) I decided I would rather just get home...I must be sick or something to miss up an opportunity for sale fabrics.

This is what I made for my partner for the Whedon-Verse swap on Craftser. Sorry for the crappy photos...the memory card I have in my camera is full but for like 5 pics and it will not let me delete the others. Strange...

Pinterest Swap on Craftster

I recieved these two hoops in the Pinterest Swap on Craftster.org...I love swapping... I make stuff that I wouldnt neccessarily make for myself and sometimes I love it so much that I make one for me too..Plus I try stuff I wouldnt otherwise and who doesnt love getting craft love in the post??? I love seeing all the talent that these women (and a few men) put into their crafts. I thought it would be hard to send something off but I know that since I am sending it to someone who knows and appreciates the hard work and time put into something will take the time to appreciate it and know its worth... ramble on much???
The tree has mine and my hubbys first initials 'carved' on it...cool huh??

Another Hoop

This is my hoopla wall...It is in my bedroom but I am thinking of switching it to the basement which is where my craft room is, which i cleaned and rearranged yesterday since I got two base whte cabinets at the thrift store. They were brand spankin new... I was so happy I have wanted cabinets for a while!

This is a hoop I made for another swap.. The theme was pinup girls...Do you like t. I am not the best embroiderer but I think my stuff is not too terrible...a few things Ive done have looked really great

It's been a while...

Yeah, I havent exactly been doing much blogging, but I am hoping to change that, get myself out there more and maybe start an etsy store??? We will see... I have been doing a lot of swaps on Craftster.org LOVE it I have a hoopla wall now... I will have to show you some pics of it.. but for now here are some things that I have made and recieved.

I got this in the Pinterest Swap..pretty cool huh? I could hardly believe CraftAddiction made me a queen size knitted blanket. I am in awe!!

My Wists

I guess I should make a pininterest but I am too lazy, all of these images came from craftster.org most from the organized swap galleries

I LOVE these!

See, these are some of the hoopla items for past swaps, super talented people. I want them all, I thought about maybe taking some of the designs and re-interpreting them  ? 
My favorite is the painted face I love painted faces and sugar skulls. Dia los Muertos = crafti possibilities galore! Yep....  And the halloween pincushion. I want some pincushions I have a total of zero.  I need to make some

Crochet Bunny

My daughter will be turning 5 this week and I have been making a amigurumi for each of my kids on their birthdays this year.  I started on a cute little witch from a pattern on etsy, but I stopped for some reason and started making some pumpkins for Fall.  Now I am working on a bunny.  I saw these birds and monkeys in Somersets "Stuffed" magazine, if you don't know what I am talking about, go to Joann's, Barnes and Noble or to their site and buy one, they are seriously amazing and the zine is chucked full of plushie love.  Anyways, I fell in love with these teeny birdies and monkeys.... They are from

Lue and Sue . She is seriously talented and I love her designs and best of all, she is sharing her patterns. You should really look, I don't know any little people (or big ppl) who would not be super=excited to get one of these amazing stuffies.  I want to make some just for me to hoard, but I have to finish a million other stuff first.   So here is what I am trying to achieve:


But, she hasn't finished adding the whole pattern so I am using another bunny pattern to finish it, but with a few tweaks to make it the right size...

Are these not like the cutest thing you have ever seen?  I am in love with them really.  I will post my own pics when I figure out how to get the pics from my camera to the laptop...Any ideas how?  I am a total dum-dum...sorry.   What are you working on? It doesn't have to be a crochet projects either. 

Day One

Hello!!!! I know no one is reading just yet, but that will end soon enough!

A little about moi 
My name is Julia I am 26 years old, SAHM of four children, two boys, two gals.  I have a passion for crafts.  First I was majorly addicted to scrapbooking, then it moved more into papercrafts These days I crochet alot and embroider is my newest love and I have really been doing alot of it, thanks to all the wonderful inspiration out here in the blog=o=shpere... Quilting and knitting are both crafts that I desperatly want to learn, along with mega sewing skills.  Maybe someday.  I love altering items and reusing them in new and innovative ways, and I love recycling old things into purposeful items.   Green is GOOD!!!

Not to rant, but we only have this one planet and do you really want your children and granbabies to be in danger because we messed it up?  I don't so try to do one green thing, even if it only changing to an energy efficient lightbulb (which are cheaper in the long run because they dont burn out forever)  or turning off lights you aren't using and unplugging appliances and cords.  These things are green and can save you money and you know that is good!

Back to me, I have been married to my snookums (omg, he would kill me if I called him that)  Jason, for going on 8 years next week.  It has been good and bad but I would say the good far outweighs the bad, and my marriage advice would be to stick with it, for me the first few year were the hardest but we stuck it out and now I couldn't ve happier.   I am a christian which really has nothing to do with this blog. but I will tell you about it anyways, I believe in God, Christ and the Holy Spirit.  I try to go to church but life gets in the way, I think I have some of that Catholic guilt that I have heard about.