Rocketship Shirt

My son has rocketship pjs that he loooooves. It's been too hot to wear them so I said I'd make him a rocketship shirt he could wear instead.



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A few goodies

A bib and 2 hair elastics (the beaded fabric flowers) and an Anpanman sunhat and onesie. The sunhat material and patch for the onesie are from my brother and sister-in-law's trip to Japan.



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Ribbon hair clips

I just got my hair cut again yesterday and made these to have a cute way to keep my hair out of my face while playing tennis and volleyball! melissa

Gifts from a Friend

These were all made by a friend of mine, which she sent in a lovely package to DS and I.

Bear toy



Headband



Knit hat for DS



Felted Firefighter hat




She is hoping to have an etsy store, I can't wait!

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Headband & babooshka (sp?) lol

I fixed the tension on my sewing maching today and gave it a good greasin'. I spun off a headband for me ( oh lordy check out my bed head) and a babooshka (sp?) for Karlynn...I love the word babooshka...just wish I knew how to spell it! m

Knitty Calorimetry

I was lamenting my lack of knitting skills to stitch up one of Knitty's Calorimetry headscarves/ponytail-liberating-toques when my lovely friend Andrea made a couple and sent them up to me. Merci, you are now in my will and I bequeath you all my unfinished craft projects!

Pattern here



PS- note the earrings. It was a fabulous mail day, a trifecta of headscarves, earrings and the lastest copy of BUST.

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Slacker crafter

Wow, Amanda has really been keeping the ship afloat while I took my hiatus..I didn't really intend to but I think I got all crafted out after Xmas.

So here we are, 2 wraps..the very summery one is for a friend who left for Palm Springs today..the wintery one, which feels like fake suede, is for a new sasky baby!




Then I made this rad belt during Cooper's nap today. LOVE it, going to wear it to a party on Sat night :) idon't even care that I used dark brown thread lol. (didn't have orange or green, or cream...)

Organizer, Headband and Bookmarks

Latest attempt at the organizer and I am pretty happy with this one! And you can never say I didn't get enough out of that fabric.. mei tais, headbands, pouches, wallets, organizers..







Plus a headband and some bookmarks (lined with felt on the back) for a swap.



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Snowball's Chance in Hell

People are finding this site when searching for arm cozies and instead finding my attempt at a thermos cozy, so I thought I would share a link to a pattern for my favourite arm warmers:

Thermos Cozy

I knitted a cozy for my thermos but it's a bit too loose.



I am going to reknit the cozy, and then knit an identical sleeve to this one to wear as arm cozies with my t-shirts in the winter. I never really got arm warmers before but it's actually quite soft and warm to wear.

Craft Room Therapy

I've been feeling kind of blah lately* but some of my unpatented craft room therapy is helping.

Christmas present. Yes, I've started making them and no, you're not a slacker for not starting yet.



Close-up. Cross-stitch takes lots of stitches.



Headband from the Horray for Headbands post on One Hour Craft (see post below)



In my messy hair. Helps cover greys!



Baby blanket. Super cute sea turtles and super-soft fabric on the other side.



oh I just have to add a sea turtle close-up. They're so sweet.



* post comments. It'll make me feel better.

I Bought a Rootbeer Just to Make This

I saw it in a DIY book called Alternacrafts. They used resin to seal theirs and added all kinds of little trinkets inside. I am going to make a necklace with mine.



And yes, I did work on the Project That Shall Not Be Named today too. And I should admit to Melissa and Nicole, that yes, Lord of the Rings Part II does have a lot of stuff that happens in it and is not totally pointless.