Kitten and Mouse done

Here's the pics of the kitty and mouse I crocheted:

Midweek

Yesterday I did up several decals and today I will finish the kitty and hopefully have another pic to share later.

First of the Month

I crocheted Talia a necklace to hold the beautiful Grandaddy Angel charm my friend Diane made here. You can see pics of it below.

Monday Morning

Here's a pic of my mushroom

I got this pattern for free from Kristie on Crochetville bur I highly suggest you visit Kristie's Etsy shop for some really awesome patterns.

Late posting/busy morning

The kids and I watched Chicken Little this morning and I also worked on my new votive holder design and crocheted more of my mushroom. Here's what I hope to get accomplished today:

* Finish Mushroom
* Complete at least 5 rows on Kye's lapghan

Week's almost over

I know it's late to be doing this but I have been busy. Not going to get the pic of Mom's votive holders on here because she came by early to grab them. Pictures of the faeries to go up during nap.

Here's what I am doing today:
* Finishing up the hats
* Work on Kye's lapghan
* Make a crochet mushroom with a top that opens and a little mouse to go in it

Accomplished today

Well, I got the faeries done, cleaned up the livingroom, worked on Kye's blanket and got 2.5 hats done. Pretty good for working around 2 very mischevious children!

Picture of Kye's Lapghan in progress

Here's a pic of it 1/2 way done:

Wednesday Morning

Last night I got several rows done on Kye's lapghan and more painting on Mom's votives. I finished them up this morning and started a neat little project that will be a secret until it is done.

Today's List to do:
* Finish the Faeries
* Sew those darn hats
* Work on Kye's blanket
* Get to that shopping cart software

Tomorrow morning I will have pictures to share of Mom's votive holders, and a preview of the lapghan (it's at the 1/2 way point. I will also have pictures of Alicia's dolls to share and the hats if I get them done.

Half Done

I worked on Alicia's dolls, Kye's lapghan and signed up on a crochet forum. I also painted Mom's votive holders. Didn't get everything on my list done but hope to get more done tomorrow.

Back on track

Okay, having the dental work done has thrown me off kilter but now that I am fully recovered I plan to start regularly making my "to do" lists and follow-ups letting you all know if I kept to it. So here goes...

To do Today:
* Work on Alicia's Faeries
* Get a couple more rows done on Kye's Lapghan
* Sew hats for kids
* Start setting up my shop with the new cart software

Monday afternoon

Spent the weekend Re-arranging the dining/craft room. I expanded my daughter's corner a little and gave her some storage as she's following in Mommy's crafty footsteps.

I've been working on Kye's lap afghan as well.

Nearly done with the 2 faery dolls I am making for a friend of mine, they are looking so cute!

Sewing fleece hats for all the kids since I can make them for $3 a piece or buy them for $19 each. :-O

I think that's it...

Oh wait, I nearly forgot, I set up a page to sell my Birds, Bugs and Flowers Decals as well.

BUSY

Been exceptionally busy lately. Working on 3 faeries and crocheting my son's lap blanket. Also had another trip to the dentist. I also made some awesome peppermint fudge. Here's the recipe:

Peppermint Fudge

1 bag milk chocolate chips
1 cup Andes peppermint baking chips (plus extra for topping)
1 - 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
pinch of salt

Prepare 8" square pan with aluminum foil. Melt all ingredients in pot over low heat. Pour into baking pan and tap pan on counter to get bubbles out. Sprinkle with Andes peppermint baking chips. Cool in fridge for 2 hours then remove from aluminum foil and cut. Enjoy.

slacking

I know, I have been slacking in my posts but with the dental issues...

I am nearly done with my mermaid and will be starting my angel soon.

Ugh

My scroll is 100% complete. Will post a pic of it Monday.

Faery #2 has body and hair finished, but the wings are drying. Tomorrow I will finish putting her together and will post a pic when she is done.. My next 2 doll projects are an angel and a mermaid.

I also forgot to mention I started a cranberry cordial. Really looking foward to that.

Hump Day

Sorry about my lack of post yesterday. I broke a tooth and had to go in for emergency dental repair which turned into a root canal. Needless to say I did not get anything creative done.

Today I have finished lining the scroll and it is 3/4 finished being painted. I plan to finish it up at the beginning of nap and work on another faery for the rest of nap.

Monday afternoon

I finished my faery, here's some pictures of her: Top, Front, and Back.

I've also nearly finished outlining the scroll with black and will be (hopefully) finishing it tomorrow. Will post a pic of it after this weekend since I can't post it until after it is given to the recipient.

Chili is in the crock pot and has been simmering all day.

Last post before the weekend

Okay, so here's the results of lesson 2

I don't know if I will be able to make it until Monday to be able to work on it some more. :-(

I don't think I ever mentioned that I have an online store but I am slowly building it up. I hope to make a little extra money since we are a family of 5 living on a single income. Until my 2 youngest can go to school it would be cheaper for me to stay home with them.

Friday

The last day of the week, and the last day I will check in until next week. (I take weekends off.)

Didn't get to the scroll yesterday unfortunately but I did get 2 sets of body parts sewn and turned. Today I add the wires and stuff. Will share what they look like stuffed when I am done.

Well, have some cleaning to do so I will check in later.

Afternoon check-in

I've finished lesson 1 for my class and here's a pic of the bits. They are so very tiny.

Tomorrow I do the wire and stuff them. How exciting. :D

Class Starts Today!

So yesterday I nearly finished sketching the scroll. Today I will finish it and do the outlines. Then I can start painting it tomorrow. I also baked the bread, filled the decal and even finished racking my mead.

My class starts today!!! I have the lesson and patterns printed up and am ready to go! Today when I put the kids for nap I will start on my first lesson. This is so very exciting!

Hump Day

Goals for today:
* Finish drawing scroll.
* Fill Mom's cat decal.
* Make apple cinnamon granola bread.

Right now I am drinking some Blueberry coffee and trying to get warm since ot's only 68F in here, and 55F outside. Brrrrrrr Perhaps this is a good time to start that bread!

Wow

This blog thing really keeps me on track.

I did work on my scroll a little today and I finished the outline for the black cat. I also made some leaves for my faeries out of some really neat green organza and some green floral wire my Mom dropped off.

It's been too cold to do anything outside unfortunately so I have been neglecting the gardens. :(

Well, better go start dinner. Doing chili in the crock pot and it needs a couple hours to simmer.

Good afternoon (almost)

Mom came over to visit so I didn't do much this morning. Yesterday I got the side border done on the scroll, it took me a while to figure out how to do the celtic pattern I wanted. Today I will get more done on it. I also need to do the outline for the large black cat decal my Mom requested.

My class starts in a couple of days... Can't wait!!

Good afternoon

I finished off the lemon-lime cordials this afternoon. Worked on the scroll a little more and decided on my themes for the first 2 faeries I will be making for my class that starts Thursday.

Here's a pic of the supplies I gathered for them, I marked what goes to which faerie to make it easier.



As always, be creative.

Back to work

Saturday we had a medieval wedding we went to so I didn't get too much done. There was archery so I did get to shoot and they even remembered the lefty loaner bow so I got to play with that.

Sunday was a trip to JoAnns, Michaels and then grocery shopping. After coming home and starting laundry I went to my Threadworker's meeting and learned to knit. Not sure if it is my thing though. Then I cane home and made dinner and finished laundry.

Today has been a fairly lazy morning so far. I started the mead filtering and also filtered (3 times) the banana cordial and added the sugar syrup.

In about an hour the kids will go up for nap and I will continue to work on my scroll, until then I might try knitting a little more. Don't know if I like it yet.

Until later, be creative!

Finally planted

I finally planted the little cuttings and spider babies I started about a month ago and it's resting happily in my garden window until I crochet a hanging holder for it. Another thing to add to the to-do list.

* Work on scroll (cut out the piece of hot pressed water color paper already)
* Work on towel topper
*crochet holder for new plant

Here's a pic of the plant...


by Pixie

Until later, be creative!

Good Morning

Good chilly morning.

Well, the peach cordials are aging but boy do they have a delishly strong peach flavor. Did the finger dip taste test.

Yesterday I received a scroll assignment so it looks like that's my main priority since I need to get it done by October 1st. Of course I am going with something celtic-style with knotwork and such.

I have a wedding to go to tomorrow so it looks like some of my projects are going to need to be put on hold.

That's about it for now, remember to be creative!

Afternoon check-in

Peaches are filtering (this tends to be a long process to get a nice clear end product. Drew up a couple spider web decals as well and Started the crochet project. Looks like I am actually going to get everything done I planned to do today, perhaps I didn't plan to do enough. LOL

Have you visited my friend's blog yet? This lady is amazing! Go see what she's up to. :)

As always, be creative!

Brrr cold morning

49 degrees out, 69 in here. Doesn't make good weather to get me going creatively. Makes me want to curl up under some blankets and get warm.

So far this morning I have started rendering an image for a friend and will do the touch-ups and get it to her as soon as it is done. I also filled the Doves decal and cleaned up the kitchen a little.

I didn't get to my crochet yesterday so definitely today and perhaps draw up some more halloween decals. I also need to strain my peach cordial and add the sugar syrup to it.

Until later, be creative!

Got some work done

I was able to finish filling the 2 large deer decals and draw up the other doves and heart one for an order.

I also got several Halloween and Fall decals up on my Etsy shop for sale finally. I also have some Christmas ones but it's a bit early to go putting them up LOL.

The bread came out AWESOME. :)

Well, that's it for today. Have a great day and be creative!

Overcast and Blah Day

So far today I have not done all that much creatively (had to wash my son's bedding as he had a diaper malfunction during the night.) I started a loaf of Banana wheat bread that is currently rising and a half pint batch of Hot Toddy.

Will be starting lunch then putting the kids for nap and hopefully get time to work on some decals and start another dress towel topper.

Until later, be creative!

Introduction

Well Michelle you gave me some incentive so here we go...

I guess I should start with what I do now and what I plan to learn.

Doing Now
* I am brewing my very first batch of mead and have several types of cordials brewing. You can see my journal as well as recipes here.
* I have started up an Etsy shop where I can sell my handmade things.
* I crochet lots of stuff as well as make window decals. I am into soap making, painting, sewing and many other creative hobbies.
* When I have the time I work on scroll illuminations for our local chapter of the SCA as well.
* I create a lot of digital artwork many of which can be seen on my website and my Deviant Art page.
* I started to do archery as well, not necessarily creative but ties in to something I plan to learn below.

Plan to Learn So here's where I post what I want to learn and hopefully by doing this I will give myself the incentive to actually do it.
* Starting September 27th I will be taking a class at Crow Mountain Doll House online on Flower Faerie making. I have made some of her larger faeries and a mermaid but these dolls are just so cute.
* I want to learn how to make stained glass items as well. I added many of the supplies I would need to my wishlist for Christmas so here's hoping.
* I want to learn to make my own armor so that I can start doing combat archery.

So, I guess my plan is to post what I accomplish each day (if anything) and hopefully do all that I want to do.

Thanks for listening to my babbles.
~Pixie