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I made another scarf, thicker (on purpose) and slight shorter (oops) than last time:

In purple for mom.

My first attempt at weaving, more about it here.

-robyn 

A little white star lantern, embellished with buttons and ribbon and a battery operated candle.  This is my sample - I’m going to sell this craft as a KIT in my etsy shop.  I’ll list it in the a.m.!  It’ll include the lantern, 4 different ribbons, plenty of buttons, star rhinestones and sequins.  It’ll also have the little tealight and I cut little paper tags to match!

I’ve been more productive today then other days. There was a lot of cleaning and then a stitch marker set and some envelopes. It seems my envelopes run out faster then I assume they will. I made around ten thinking no one will buy anything and they do! I’m trying to use the scraps of paper from the other envelopes that I have made to make more. This set of stitch markers I have made similar ones before and they have sold fairly fast. Like always I hope these sell well also.

This is a set made with beautiful faceted glass beads and swarovski crystals. These were the last of my faceted amethyst drop beads. Seems like everything runs out when you don’t have any money. It took me a while to make these since I hurt my wrist sometime yesterday. Not sure what I did to it but it’s been difficult doing what I normally do without any pain.

Another beadwoven bracelet. I started this actually about 2 days ago. The previous bracelet that I was working in is practically done. The only thing left for my previous bracelet is to buy the tube bar clasp to finish it off and get the correct size. So there wasn’t anything else I could do with that once and started this one. I had actually started a bracelet with these beads a few weeks ago but the tension was nice right and it looked horrible. Now I’ll be done with this one in a few days and all will be left is the clasp again. I have to wait to get money before I can buy the clasps for these bracelets.

When I bought these beads I thought they were a whole different color. I’m slowly getting used to the dark bronze purple iris colored beads. I really wanted a warm reddish golden bronze color.

Another busy day for me. School and homework and searching for jobs etc. I managed to sneak in these stitch markers though. I’m trying something new with my Etsy store Pedras. Instead of photographing everything with the clasps I will try the jumprings. I have a strange feeling that I’m losing tons of customers because of those clasps being shown. I wanted to make it so that both crocheters and knitters could use my stitch markers but knitters seem to be set in their ways of jumprings. That is fine with me. So I will be photographing with the jumprings and showing the clasps as an option. I do hope I don’t lose my crochet customers though. Oh the woes.

Sometimes, I gotta make something for the wee ones. It’s an i-chord with a crochet flower. The kid likes purple.

Here is the mother load of stitch markers. My normal number that I make is 5 but these were the last of the beads so I used them all and made 8 stitch markers. These will be great for those that are big spenders and want more than 5. I love these beads and it’s sad to see them go.

I didn’t draw anything today, but I did sew my first stuffed toy for sale on etsy! I slapped together this flyer with photos and my shop banner. Shameless self promotion indeed

Today I made a magic scarf. I call it cotton candy.

Whew! I cannot believe I have made it to day three!!!  I created a Gothic Lovie:

I also started a Princess Lovie:

For the rest of the month I will NOT be focusing on Lovies *smiles* My husband said he doesn’t like them because of how folksy they look.  Ummm, they are naive art and they are supposed to look folksy, but he got to me.  I am going to put my attention back into my normal sort of creations like clothing and housewares *smiles*

Thanks for the challenge — it keeps me in line!!!!

I am trying to upload my scarf again from yesterday.

I finished this scarf today. I tried new stitch patterns and after some ripping out and reknitting I am happy with how it turned out. I think I will wear it on my birthday Tuesday to brighten up a cold winter day next week.

Nancy