I whipped up some more tea and sweetner cozies over the past little bit. I’ve still got a few sitting here waiting for finishing touches and a photo shoot. Also still need to list these.
Add pretty ribbon to my growing list of new addictions.
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Finding uses for all the pretty Japanese ribbon I’ve got.
Posted in embroidery, fun finds, scraps, sewing
Tagged cozy, embroidery, japanese ribbon
Crafty British imports part 2
Behold the other fun little book I ordered from waaaaaaay over there!
Now for the ridiculous part (aside from ordering it overseas and then having my Mother In Law carry it all the way here) is that I can’t knit. But I totally plan to learn now. I mean how cute are these?!
Good thing I work in a profession that is mostly women. I’m sure I can bribe someone at work to teach me the ropes!
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Tagged cozy, craft books, knitting, mug hugs, tea
Random stuff to share.
I haven’t really bothered to take any new pictures these last few days since I have no card reader to copy them over anyhow. Which means tomorrow I have a truck load of things to snap photos of! I’ve made a few really cute things and I need to add some items to my shop. On top of that I still have a line up of cup cozy orders!
In the meantime I figured I’d share some things I’ve had kicking around but just haven’t posted yet. The first is this awesome fabric I picked up at a Mary Maxim tent sale on clearance. It’s really 50′s-ish looking and so fun. I think I may tackle turning it into a quilt, with some reds, oranges and browns. I think it could be really nice.
I also whipped together another pouch. Sometimes I have what appears to be ‘beginner’s luck’ but I don’t realize it until I make the second item. The first crayon cozy I made I used rick rack without incident. Haven’t been able to pull rick rack off properly since!
Then I made the lovely Snow White pencil case and it all turned out beautifully. But when I made this one something wonky happened at the zipper ends and instead of nice squared corners I have rounded ones. It’s not that big of a deal but since I know it’s not what I intended it bugs me.
We had a street party today. Everyone was invited and asked to bring a ‘ethnic dish’. Some people brought family recipes from way back, some people (like me) brought things they’re good at making but either way it was all fantastic!! There was waaaay too much food and a ton of desserts. The kids all banded together to run about like maniacs from lawn to lawn. While it was a tad cool, the weather was lovely, I just ran home to keep making teas. I came in when the kids seemed pooped and got everyone off to bed before some TV and stitching. Now I’ve switched to bed and lappy and it sounds like the party has switched to ‘now that we’ve all drank too much lets sing along to whatever song is on’. It’s kind of funny, even with the window closed I can sort of here them, but they sound so enthusiastic and like they’re enjoying themselves it’s making me smile.
My tea.
Last night while completing 4 cup cozies I took a moment to make myself one since the idea has been in my head for a little bit now.
It felt good to create a to do and then get it to done!
Now that I’ve basked in the glory of that, off to finish some more orders.
The photo is courtesy of my iphone and therefore not the greatest.
Apple cozy complete.
Despite being embarrassed and a tad annoyed by the outcome of this project I’m going to share.
I needed a lot of help along the way for this project. Mostly because it was my first time following a pattern when crocheting. Before this I had only made squares. *SOME* people laughed at me and asked if I was making a plum cozy initially but I found my groove with the right hook and a much looser grip.
All said and done I started over about 3 times, I went up a hook size, I pulled rows out numerous times, I counted along the way and was somehow waaaay off on many, many rows. Finally when I was done I was so proud and ran to the fridge only to discover it doesn’t fit the apples I usually eat at all.
Guess I’m starting a new one!
Double Rainbow geekery and a shop update.
I’ve got waaaaay too many ideas right now for the amount of hours that are in a day! I can’t keep up. But I’m trying really, really hard.
Of course that means staying up silly late after the kids are in bed to finish things. Last night I managed to tidy up the ends of a few projects and today I actually accomplished listing them in my store even! I feel like I done good. Here’s some of the things I listed.
My double rainbow pillow.
Little Red tea bag holder/cozy
Very Cherry clutch
Tea Time tea bag holder/cozy
Hoping to get another idea or two out of my head tonight!
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Tagged clutch, cozy, double rainbow, keyka lou, pillow, tea bag holder
