Placemats & Magnets!

  

The last couple of weeks I've taken some time off from blogging. Two weeks to be exact. In the meantime I've managed to list a few new items in my shop including this picnic placemat set and a new set of kanzashi magnets. I absolutely adore these two latest listings. It wasn't until I got them up side by side that I even noticed they were practically the same color. Makes for a nice visual. I have been working hard lately making items, especially the magnets. I can't seem to keep hold of them, but that's a good thing! With a part-time job starting soon and market less than two months away, I'm going to stay plenty busy. Yay Spring! 

A Peek Into My Favorites: Vintage Wire Display

          

One of my favorite things to search for on Etsy is vintage display pieces. Lately when I go into my favorites I see all these vintage wire baskets spread throughout the pages. These are great, one-of-a-kind pieces, but that means by the time I get back to glancing at the ones in my favorites they've sold. Here are three "new" vintage wire pieces I happily added to my favorites today. These all would be great for craft shows or your everyday home decor.

Wrap It Up!

I'm that person who will be talking and, in the middle of a sentence, think of something else. Follow this with an interjection and a complete topic change and I'll forget what I was ever talking about in the first place. This is the perfect metaphor for my crafting as of late so I decided it's time to wrap up some projects. First, a couple of months ago, I started going through my moms scraps and remnants. Measuring and packaging fabrics that neither of us will be using. I would guesstimate that there are about 50 pieces bundled up right now into fat quarters, half yards, and other random sizes. Here is one small pile of remnants and another pile of scraps that I desperately need to tackle. This way, I could have my work space back.

 

The other project is taking all these kanzashi petals I have made and putting them together into flowers. The box where I store all the completed petals has become full with almost 100 of them. 

  

I need to finish both these tasks (which seem small on paper) before I let myself cut into my new fabric. I need to finish projects with that new fabric before I dive into my embroidery. Oh, what a list.

I Heart The Library

In these past few months I've learned to be frugal again. Not that I ever was a crazy spender. My trouble was all the little less than $10 purchases that "couldn't hurt". Anyway, the other day I went to Barnes & Noble with my boyfriend so he could get the latest book in the series he has been reading. Well, no trip to the bookstore is complete without a trip to the craft section. Lately, I've been thinking about trying yet another craft so I was searching for books on embroidery this time around. My favorite book was one of those items that I would consider a small purchase at only $15. Not bad for a book! Instead of buying it on the spot however, I did a sneaky thing. I took a picture of the cover of this book and a few others with my phone. In the innocent sense, this will help me to keep a list of the books I really want. On the other hand, as soon as I got home I searched the local library catalog online and found two of the books and immediately put them on hold. I picked them up from the library today and again am so excited. Now I just have to wait for tomorrow to get all my supplies at JoAnn's. The coupon isn't good until tomorrow after all.

Kanzashi Set

My first kanzashi magnet set has finally become an Etsy listing. I'm very excited about these and have plenty more sets planned for the future. After listing this item yesterday, it already has 60 views and 4 hearts! Not sure how that ranks with everyone else, but that's pretty good for me.  Here's another picture of leftover quilting squares I've picked out to make more magnet sets of 2 and 3.  Yay!