More Rain *Sigh*

Its Raining Again...*SIGH* Kinda makes me wanna crawl up in bed and pull the covers over my head. I used to love the rain when I was younger. Especially the summer rains, so warm and comforting, kicking up the water outta puddles. Now rainy days drag me down. I am trying to focus on my crafting and my exercise which is not going well ( I cant get back into the grove)

For my crafting this past week or 2 I decided to use my stash and make a stash buster blanket, of course I started making a baby blanket and thought I had enuff to do one....UMM UMMM. I had to go out and "BUY" more white and navy, and of course after that I found I had another skein of navy in my stash pile. *SIGH*
The blanket I am making is for a woman I work with. I volunteer 2 days a week in the kitchen at skool and Donna the aide in charge, her youngest is having her first child ( Donna is already a gramma), so I decided to surprise her with a blanket. It is done in *V* and *Shell* stitches. I also plan to make her booties. I am really liking this stitch. I found it online and I can really get into my Zen mode with it. I just let my fingers fly. I basically have it finished, just need to finish one round of white and navy, then it is weave in the ends and do a border. I don't like blankets without borders.




I also need to make a Mokume Gane bracelet for the skool finance officer. She saw one I made at the harvest fest but didn't buy it right away. When she returned it was sold. I decided to make her one for Christmas ( since she does not ride me too much about tuition when I fall behind).

Finally I got a request for some custom earrings. I need to get back to the craft store since I don't have the colors she wants ( earth tones). I also want to look at what I can make for my kids for Christmas. One good thing about making Jewelry is I can always rely on my stash for something for them esp. when cash is low. ( which seems to be all the time).

Eggshell Mosaic ( link)

I ran an across this , this morning while I was crafterbating...
http://www.eggshellmosaicart.com I can't copy the picture, so you need to go see it.

It was done with eggshells. It's awesome.

It's raining today, icky, raining, grey, dreary day. Gonna post some stuff on etsy.

Once again I return Home

I admit it I got sucked into FB and lost my drive or I lost my drive and got sucked into Fb? Whatever. I am breaking the FB habit thanx to... FACEBOOK~! they have changed the layout one time too many for me....I don't need to keep having a breakdown everytime Marc Zuckerberg and his team get bored and decide to change things including my privacy settings!

SO I am back to my first love...MY BLOGS!

I recently did my first showing, Harvest Fest at my skool. I think it went over well. Alot of People liked my trees but few bought them. My soda can earrings were a hit and ppl remarked at my vinyl record bowls. I sold a couple of those. Everyone Loved my shopping bag bags that i crocheted from other supermarket bags. I was also told I underappreciate myself for selling them so cheap...$ 5.00. Maybe so but I see them offered on the web for 30.00 and more and cant see spending that much...In fact I see a lot of recycled and upcycled products GROSSLY overpriced. That makes me sad. Are you in it for the money or the purpose? The fact is, these bags cost me nothing but my time and labor. Maybe I will charge 10.00 next time and see how well they sell.

I also picked up a request to help stock the consignment shop at another church as soon as they get it open....YEA GO ME!

This experience brought me back around to my creative side. Got me thinking about what I can do next and I reopened my Shop on Etsy! I am in process of restocking this weekend.

I need to refocus myself and center myself again. I need to go back to my eating plan and work on loosing this weight again. I thought quitting smoking was bad but this is one heckuva challenge and I don't know why.

So that is it for this weekend. I am going to restock my shop now.

It is GOOD to be Home.

A new Week.

Well, as I mentioned or didnt my digicam crapped out on me, which makes 2 cameras that wont work for one reason or another. I gotta see if I can get it to work with the batteries, since the plug connection seems to have fried?

Right on time for the new blog ( this one) too... Ahhhhh

I got a webcam but the piccys arent all that great, but we will see.

Yesterday I did a Mosaic Cane. It looked pretty neat. *Note to self get a piccy*


I am still working on some paper mache bowls too. My youngest wants one of everything I make...LOL.. a piece of cane, an exact duplicate of my first bowl, my clay covered pens, jars, and barrettes.

I guess I shouldn't complain, at least someone likes them.

I am still getting the urges to go back to my first craft. My teddy bears. I really liked doing them and the designs flowed easily. It was "MY" Talent. I wasnt learning somebody elses design.

Oh well. I want to finish what I got now. We will see.

Gotta Go Dinners Burning.