2012 Has Been a Blogging Bust

I have been so busy this year.  This is the last stitchy thing I stitched up this year. Not sure what I'll do with it, but it will probably be gifted at some point.  Maybe I'll gift it to myself.  It's from the Sublime Stitching Kokeshi collection.

I'm Not Dead!

 Hello there.  It's been too long since I've posted and therefore, I have done far too many things between March and now to post, so I will just post what I have been working on recently.

I did take a brief hiatus from much crafting because I just got busy at work and with other responsibilities, so here is a picture of some tiny stitches I have done recently.  They are just adorable.  They come from Makoto Oozu's cross stitch book.  

I plan to make pendants out of all of them but for now, I've just managed to make the one.  I used Mod Podge Dimensional Magic resin and it turned  yellow, which I do not like.  I need to find some that doesn't turn yellow.  I can't make and sell pendants that are yellowish.  It is not a cute look.  Sorry, Mod Podge.

Easy like...well, Saturday Evening

While my friends are enjoying the final bits of SXSW, seeing The Cult (cry!), and having a Rock Band party equipped with a green screen and crazy glam rock costumes, I am home with El Gripe (the flu). boooo! I so wanted to leave and go to a craft store for fabric, stuff to make cute jewelry, and to make more cute stamps with which to decorate some of said fabric, but I know I should be a good girl and stay home. And instead of leaving and risking passing out all dramatic-like in the fabric aisle, I was good, stayed home, and made some new kind of bows.




These are SUPER easy. Here's how I done 'em!

You'll need felt, scissors, a needle and thread and maybe a tape measure. I only used my tape measure to give you all a good idea of how big to cut the felt. Or you can just go at it and eyeball what you think will be a good size.

Cut your rectangle. Mine is 4" x 2.5". Also, cut a little strip of felt for the bow's middle. Round the corners of the rectangle.





Squish the rectangle, like so:





Wrap your strip around the middle and sew, or you can hot glue it. I just don't trust hot glue to hold certain things.

Viola! A cute and really easy bow!

So Good...

 Happy Texas Independence Day!  I am so proud to be Texan.  We have the most interesting history and I love Texas Pride!

I was contacted on Etsy to do a custom piece.  They wanted it to say "So Good", so I created the pattern and sent it over.  They approved it, I stitched it up and in a few minutes I'm going to HEB to sell it!  I will get $15 for it so not bad!  Thank  you, customer whose name I've already forgotten!

Here is a pic of it propped up against my cute thermoses!  How cool is the cross stitch one??

Hair pins and bows and pendants

I have been making these cute hair bows and pins. The pins are fabric buttons I made.

Cute Anevski

Just a cute little Cate Anevski bear for today. I'm sure if she knew I referred to her as "Cute Anevski" she would be annoyed or creeped out, or maybe both.

Mini Bookshelf Wall Hanging

Hi everyone!  It is my birthday and here I am with a DIY!

This is a tiny and cute bookshelf hanging.  Here is how I did it.

You'll need:

Paint in a color of your choice
a small wooden plaque
a miniature bookshelf (I got mine at Hobby Lobby)
miniature books 

wood glue
a picture hanger

Paint the plaque whatever color you want.  While it's drying, glue the mini books together.

When the glue has dried, pure more glue on the bottom of the row of books and press it onto the bookshelf.

When the books have dried on the bookshelf, glue the whole thing to the plaque.

When that's dry, glue a hanger to the back.  I used Amazing Goop for mine and let it dry for a couple of days.

TA-DAH!

Love is in the Air

This probably fits better in a Valentine's Day post.  However, my sister is getting married in a couple of weeks, so love-themed things are on my mind.

I did this for my boyfriend.  It's framed in a 4" frame and took me about half an hour to stitch up.  I washed and dried it so that it's not all stiff and you can't see the transfer lines.  

What I've Been Doing

Here are some photos of things I've done over the past few months.  The cheeseburger is from Mrs. Wooly and the rest are from the Makoto Oozu book. 

Oh and how could I forget these stupid moostaches from Andwabisabi?? (She's not stupid, the pattern is not stupid... my colors and stitching are stoopid.  The pattern is lovely!  Maybe I can make some sort of hair clip from these...

Tomorrow- a new project and some goals for the year!