But you all knew that.
Found this cute little house shelf. Happens to fit my spools of baker’s twine perfectly.
I threw some washi tapes in that middle bit since it’s a bit too big for spools. It’s sort of a little packaging station now.
Friday Create Along
Here are some reveals.
Wipe container letters and numbers? Ta da!
Lavender sachets? Ta da!
Crocheted slippers? . . . pass for now.
Up next this cute little phone pouch pattern available from Nap Kitten. I assure you this pattern is much easier than her wallet, which kicked off this Create Along adventure.
Posted in createalong, DIY, kid fun, repurposing, scraps, sewing
Caution: Happy mail may cause happiness.
My package from Brianna arrived the other day.
Such lovely stuff! There were many exclamations of happiness while I unpacked everything! Here’s what I sent her way. I’ll be organizing one of these again for sure.
Really? February?! Wow
I keep thinking this each month lately but honestly, time just seems to be flying by!
So welcome February 2012 and I just wanted to take a moment to point out the lovely sponsors I have over there to the right. Obsessive Compulsive Me, The Perfect Pear, Life in a Lens, This Time Around and Bartering Blogger.
Don’t forget the giveaway is still on until the end of the week!
Posted in fun finds
Organization help
A while back Keyka Lou posted about her little red cart, which is ridiculously fabulous. It’s from ULine and is a bit pricey but looks totally durable and the colour is pretty rockin.
The other day I discovered you can get the IKEA catalogue for your iPad and so I was all over that. While flipping through it I saw this little gem and thought of the little red cart right away.
If I had my own room for crafting I think I’d be all over this, but as it is I’m sort of squished for space. But for only $30 it’s not a bad deal. If you planned on using it for heavy duty stuff I’d recommend ULine, IKEA is nice and all but often it can’t take a beating well.
Posted in fun finds, neat spaces
Barnicles post and Giveaway!
Hi I’m Barny, or Barnicles 
I LOVE creating, its like milk to my coffee, and I like sharing.
My blog is a work in progress, following exploration and adventures. Photography, needlepoint, sewing, knitting and more. I love colour, but have slowly started to appreciate duller tones, perhaps when it comes to legwarmers.
My goal for 2012 is to organise more, create more, and upload photos from my dlsr to the internet to share within a month of taking them
Check out my blog, pinterest, or shop.
Giveaway – Yellow Bow hair clip (shown below in photo).
To enter just check out the Barnicles shop and tell us your favourite item in the comments below.
- For a second entry become a follower of Barnicles Blog and post here saying that you did
- Please leave one comment per entry and maximum of 2 entries.
- Giveaway is open for a week until Friday February 3rd.
Barnicles x
Friday Create Along, well sort of.
Okie so here’s a post that probably falls under the ‘bad blog etiquette’ category, but oh well. I’m not done yet. Along with report cards and just a plain busy week I also have the lame excuse of devoting oodles of time to a M.I.A. Create Along project. Remember these slippers? Well I’m not a crocheter but I thought ‘how hard can they be?’. Turns out pretty stinking hard when you’re not really a crocheter!
Here’s how far I was on those slippers by Sunday night.
Yeah, over a month after ‘assigning’ them as a project! Monday I managed to get a 3rd sole done. Yeah a 3rd! These lovely things need 4 soles so they’re all soft and squishy for your feet. Trust me I debated leaving it at only 2 but I figured if I was working this hard on these things I was going to make darn sure I’d be wearing them until they fell off my feet in tatters!
I’ve spent about 12 hours on them so far. 12 hours painstakingly counting and redoing = 3 soles. *sigh*
Onto last weeks assignment. Today I got together with a friend and cut out 36 pieces to make the alphabet A-Z and some for numerals 1-10. 36 8 x 8 pieces and 36 5 x 5 pieces are ready to go. Sadly they aren’t assembled yet.
Allow me to forge ahead and add on a project for this week (it appears I’ve got some sewing to do this weekend!). I ordered some vintage hankies yesterday while browsing around Etsy and some were from this shop. She sent me the link to her very new blog but I love this sachet tutorial. I’ve got a pile of lavender left over from my eye pillow project and this will be a great way to use them up. Plus they’ll make nice little gifts for some lovely ladies and they’ll use fun scrap bits too!
Posted in createalong, uncategorized
Checking your Etsy activity feed? Danger! Danger!
I swear every time I look over to the left hand corner of my Etsy page and see that number and decide to click on the activity feed I end up swooning, favouriting, loving or buying some item. Today I clicked on it and found this fun shop. It was Janee’s fault (it often is, I swear she lives to fave items!). The shop is called Octopurse, I mean how great is that!?
Not only are the fabrics and purse frames great but she seems to be a wonder at fabric placement. I sew with scraps or pieces from swaps a lot so I’m usually trying to make the most of the piece. Making magnets I’m saving the smallest pieces possible. The purses are super cute and the placement of the design is just fantastic. Click the images to be whisked away to the listings.
This one just kills me it’s so awesome.
And the other side.
I can make really cute coin purses too. Just sayin’
Posted in fun finds
I won!
I’m still a tad in shock. I’m not one for running all over and entering giveaways, unless it’s something I really like. Sometimes I’m just so behind in my RSS I miss the fun all together. Well this time, let me tell you, I’m super glad I went and entered because I won!!!
What did I win you may be asking . . . I can barely bring my self to type it I’m so thrilled, an embroidery hoop masterpiece from Lucky Jackson!!!!!
And I get an email saying go to the shop and pick one. Pick one. Seriously, how!?
Lookit these things? They’re fantastic.
People wonder how I have time to create so many things, I’m following patterns, or making 10 at a time, or spending 1 day madly crafting and not touching it again for a week. This lady makes one of these things every single day. I’m amazed. And then she says “how weird is it you won and I’m a fan of your blog?!” I love the handmade community.
You can see the works so far here in this Flickr pool.
Posted in embroidery, fun finds, repurposing, scraps, sewing
Tagged 365luckydays, awesomeness, lucky jackson
I’ve been making hexies.
Like a lot.
They’re ridiculously addictive.
I was inspired by Rachel’s hexie kit I stumbled upon while Googling hexies and sort of put one of my own together. I thought I had a punch but it appears I have every shape but a hexagon, it figures.
The pouch houses all my hexie worthy scraps, scissors, thread and the paper pieces. Then I keep my other scissors (why two? who knows) in the other container and plunk the finished hexies in there. I had a bunch that I’ve already sewn together but they’ve already moved down to my production area (aka corner of the basement).
