Something new.

-

I have a big announcement this week - I've moved house! Johnny asked me to move in with him in his lovely home in Campbell about two months ago and I gladly accepted. He's been so sweet and I feel right at home. While I was working on the monstrous chuppah project we were slowly but surely dismantling my old apartment and moving it south carload by carload. I've been relatively settled for a couple weeks now, and am nearly done with my new creative space (photos to come), which means I'll be crafting like crazy soon enough!
In my old place I had to have my bedroom and crafting space in one room, and it never quite came together the way I wanted it to. And working lots of hours for other creative people was awesome but between that and commuting down to be with Johnny I had little time left for my own creative pursuits. Even though I know I'll miss a lot of things about Oakland, Campbell is lovely and I'm so happy to be with Johnny more. Also, I work for a friend in Emeryville every Tuesday and get to go to my Stitch & Bitch group in the evening  (which has always been my main source of social interaction besides the occasional soiree on the weekends), so hopefully they won't miss me too much ^_~.
Having to work out of the house only one day a week has freed up my schedule for things I never had a lot of time for, and while I'm planning to spend most of my time crafting, I've been enjoying a bit of a vacation. One thing I want to start doing now is take a little more time getting fancy. So on Fridays I'll be doing a post about my effort to learn to do hair, makeup, and be fashionable. The photo above is a sneak peek of this week's post. Wish me luck!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Crocheted Produce Bag

-
Image
Well, I thought since the produce bag was something I just made up real quick I should post the pattern. I am sure there are way better ones out there, but most of them end up decreasing at the end to get a smaller opening, but I wanted mine large so leafy stuff that I buy in multiple little bunches could poke out, like baby broccoli or bok choy. So here is the pattern, just in case you want to make a couple as well. Materials: 1 skein Lion Brand Organic Cotton Yarn (#680), or similar worsted weight yarn Size I-9 Crochet Hook Little scrap of fabric (optional) Rnd 1: Begin with an adjustable loop , and crochet 12 double crochet (dc) into the loop and pull tight. Rnd 2: *Chain 7, skip 1 dc and slip stitch in next dc.* Repeat around. It should look like a little flower: Rnd 3: Chain 7, Slip stitch (slst) into 4th chain (ch) of round 2. You will ch 7 and attach it to the center of every little petal of the flower you created in round 2. At the end of the round ch 3 and slst into the 4th...
More crafty goodness »

Crocheted Basket - Quick Mini Version

-
Image
For those of you who would like to make one of the little fast baskets but don't need the entire tutorial , here is the pattern, plain and simple. This is also good to look at after you have completed the tutorial, so you can see what a pattern for in-the-round crochet looks like. Materials: H hook (5.0mm) Ball of Sugar and Cream worsted weight cotton yarn in Natural A small amount of colored yarn or hemp twine for the stripe Abbreviations: st - stitch slst - slip stitch ch - chain dc - double crochet Round 1: Begin with the adjustable loop in the natural yarn. Ch 2 (counts as first dc), and crochet 11 more dc into the loop. Join to beginning ch with a slst. (12 dc) Round 2: Ch 2. 2 dc in each stitch around, join with a slst. (24 dc) Round 3: Ch 2. *1 dc in next st, 2dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a slst. (36 dc) Round 4: Ch 2. *1 dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from * around, join with a slst. (48 dc) Round 5: Ch 2. *1 dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next. Repeat from...
More crafty goodness »

I Love Lamp!

-
Image
First of all, this is my 100th post which is some sort of milestone, so yay! And secondly, I've got another tutorial for a parasol light fixture to share! Today Michael and I were working on getting some light fixtures put up, which has been on my to-do list for a rediculously long time now. Endless gratitude for Michael making me get my butt in gear! So he helped me hang this nifty lotus flower-shaped lamp from Ikea over my sewing table. (I've always wanted one!) I finally have enough light to see what I'm doing, so maybe I'll actually start making things again! So anywho, on to the tutroial... Remember my idea for turning a parasol into a light fixture? Well with Michael's help I finally did it! We had a lot of technical issues to work out, so hopefully if anyone out there wants to make one this tutorial should save you a lot of time. As far as materials, you only need a hacksaw, a parasol, and some wire. Start by cutting the handle off of the paraso...
More crafty goodness »