I *do* still craft!

Cross posted at my family blog a while ago.

It's been forever since I updated , but I haven't abandoned my true love - no worries. ;)

My friend Tori has been crafting up a storm and making me completely envious of her skill and determination! I wish I had half the talent she does, but crafting is partly about the process so it is (thankfully) very fulfilling despite. ;) I haven't knitted in forever and am sewing machine-less at the moment, but I've done a (very) few other things.

Presents for my little sister with a new undecorated college dorm room. Pencil/pen holder or vase, crocheted. And her name plate. Yay for Dollar Tree craft supplies!

Bracelet and Brooch for neice Skylar's 10th birthday! My older sister pointed them out in this month's issue of Family Fun (see it here) and I thankfully had all of the supplies on hand.

Way back on St. Patty's day I made Aidan a shamrock shirt:

And I thought I took pictures of this when I made it, but evidently not. Too bad b/c it's tattered and torn now. :( I'll have to write a whole post about our applique party sometime.

A is for "Aidan" and "army men."

Christmas Gifts

Geesh! Almost 2 months without posting! I couldn't post about the things I was making for Christmas, so I had a hard time keeping up with this blog. And of course, Christmas crafting was taking up most of what would have normally been blogging time. I got photos of almost everything I made for Christmas and almost everything was sewn. My friend Kim is letting me borrow her machine right now and I can't tell you how refreshing it is to be able to whip things up in a matter of hours rather than weeks!

Not the best picture, but probably the most satisfying project. I made a taggie blanket for little Timber that was so cute I almost couldn't give it away. It's black on the underside and so soft. :)


For another special little girl, my neice Kaeleigh, I made a doll-sized baby sling. I didn't make the doll, it came from my favorite local boutique, Luticia Clementines. And here's a photo of my little guy modeling how it's worn. He'll love me for this in 15 years. ;)


Kaeleigh's big sister Skylar is becoming such a little lady that I made her her own adjustable apron. She'll be able to grow into it for years. This photo is of me wearing it:


Quite a few relatives got variations of rice, barley, and flax seed filled heat and cold therapy packs based off of the ones on the Sew, Mama, Sew blog. What a wonderful tutorial! And everyone enjoyed them. yay!


My little sister Patty got a cell phone charm, the only non-sewn gift this year, based off of the crochet pattern from anapaula:


And would you believe that I made the same scarf for my friend Kim and my mother and failed to get a picture of either of them? geesh!

There are at least three things that I didn't get finished this year that are on my list for next year, and I got a ton of ideas. Hopefully by this time next year I will actually have an area in our new apartment dedicated completely to crafting! yay!

My Queue

I'm going to add to this later today - this is just what I found in my bookmarks.

Free Patterns from around the web that I *will* get to:

Toys:
Fuzzy Lamb (k)*
Baby's First DNA Model (k)
Toy Net (c)
Mouse and His Cookie (c)

Babies:
Punk Knitters soaker (k)
Curly Purly Soaker (k)
Baby Yoda Sweater (k)
Baby Legs (c)
Baby Legs (s)


Children:
Sundress (k)
Pillowcase Dress (s)


Women:
Isabella (k)


Accessories:
Hearts Scarf (k)
Warming Belt (for Rob) (k)
Pretty Puffs Slouchy Hat (c)

Misc:
Breastfeeding Advocacy Cloth (k)
iPod Nano Warmer (k)
Dog Bone (c)
Birthday Banner (s)
Wool Dryer Balls

*(k)- knitted (c)- crocheted (s)- sewn