Meet Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is my brand spankin’ new line of earrings featured in my Etsy shop. Most will be under $10.00 (unless the supplies don’t allow it) and all are dangly, colorful, and fun. These will be my most colorful earrings yet and I hope they do well. I’ll be filling up my shop this evening and […]

The other day I tried my hand at hand spinning yarn on my new drop spindle. I suppose it could have gone worse. What I have resembles yarn… doesn’t it? I knew it would take practice and because of that, I’m not disappointed with the fruits of my first attempt. I’m actually quite excited to […]

Goodies in the mail

purchased from http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5133005 I had recently purchased some felted knitting needle covers from projectfelt on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6518107) and they came packaged with the cutest 1 inch “Buy Handmade” button. That started me on a mission to find my own “Buy Handmade” buttons. During my quest I not only found the buttons, but also an “I […]

Huge Accomplishment

For those of you who know me, you know I knit. If you know me well, then you know I knit jewelry and I knit scarves – and that was it. I could knit small scarves, large scarves, scarves that could be sewn up into small pouches, but that was as far as these Idyll […]

Oh Snap!

Allow me to introduce you to “Dreaming of you” I just remembered, I did get a bit of craftiness in for the weekend (Fridays count as the weekend… don’t they?). During my lunch break today I took some time to create another treasury for Etsy. I’ve posted a lovely picture of it here for all […]

Keeping Busy

It’s been quite a busy week in my world. I’ve been bowling with my Leadership Fayetteville group (it was a service project… I promise!), working like crazy, walking in the evenings, cleaning this house, getting ready for my friend from Austin to visit, and I even had time to make some new earrings which have […]

I’m an addict

I made another treasury on Etsy tonight. You can see the actual treasury here: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=1461 I need to be working on some jewelry… but I suppose it’s okay to take a break for a fews days. I was knitting like crazy for a while there. In fact, I deserve a few days off! I have […]

Shades of Winter

Okay – the forecast for snow flurries last night has had me dreaming of the white stuff all day (even though I know it’s a ways off).I used that inspiration in my first every Etsy Treasury tonight – http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=1362 I think I’ll be a computer junkie tonight and get back to crafting tomorrow.

Brrr… it’s cold out there

I was doing my usual email/weather/Etsy check tonight and noticed this. Is there anyone out there who can explain how two days ago it was very upper 70s and today there are snow flurries on my weather forecast? Do not get me wrong, I love a cold day more than is sensible, but I’m a […]

Thanks to too much time in the forums

I spent most of my evening in the Etsy forums chatting, browsing, getting ideas, giving ideas, and knitting bracelets. I finished 3 tonight and will post them tomorrow (I need more “S” hooks before I’ll be done with them). I’m pleased that I was semi-social and quite productive. People in the thread seemed hard pressed […]