Sneak Peak

New cards will be available the website this week:Order them soon, before they're gone!

The Train Has Left the Station

Up until May of this year I was painting wooden name trains. The train pieces are no longer available in my area, and I haven't been able to find them for sale online.

I sure loved painting them. Many color combos and many patterns.

Here are few of my many favorites:
For my sorority sister's little boy, Owen Patrick

This went to a lovely little lady in Alaska

One of my favorite color combos

Mason got a Packers themed train

Crochet

So, I bought these plastic crochet hooks on clearance for like $1.99 and this skein for like $2.95 to see if crochet is something I could tackle.

I watched/listened to Bethintx1 on YouTube to learn some basics. This tutorial was on making a granny square.

Uh, this is not exactly a good start to the granny square! More like a flat sombrero!
Now, that's better!!!

And I think it's complete! I was so proud!
Ta-da!

It's definitely not perfect, but it took me 4 tries to get it like that.
The good news is that I have been working on it and learning some of the basic stitches and have been impressing myself. ;) More to come later...

SOLD

A very happy birthday goes out to my Aunt Robin down in Cajun Country! These are the cards she ordered from me this week. Two Birthday and two Belated Birthday. I hope they get to her today.




(Long time friend, Crystal, is celebrating her birthday today too! I still remember her first birthday party like it happened yesterday... Happy Birthday!)

Hipstamatic

I've had the Hipstamatic camera app on my iPhone for awhile now. Our dog seems to be the subject of the majority of the photos we take, Hipstamatic or not...

Here is a series I'll call Liddy is my Muse:

Christmas in August

I did my first "blocks" creation last year in hopes of selling them before Christmas. They didn't sell at the craft show, but I liked them so much I decided to keep them for Erik and myself. Yay for holiday decor!

Nursery Project

My best friend, Marisa, is having her first child (a little girl) within the next month! Yipee! This is the bedding she purchased for the guest bed in the nursery:
I used the flowers and dots as inspiration to create complimentary art for the nursery walls.

They now hang like this in the nursery:

(And a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Miss Maris on this day, August 7!)