Sprrrrring Fever

Spring is in the air, and my head is swimming with creativity. These peices are a different style of jewelry you're used to seeing from me. Most people would call it "normal", or "society friendly." Whatever. They're awesome. I like these little lovelies, and I hate to sell them, but a girl needs purse money. Ya know?

necklaces:







bracelets:





rings:




earrings:

punk my clutch

Ross had these clutch purses for only $4, so naturally I snagged 'em. Here's what I did with them:



Clutches are way to small for me, (did I mention I also spent $150 on 4 Harajuku Lovers purses while I was there?) so if anyone wants these, let me know. I'll swap or take $$ (unless you're family. all i need is your address). First come first serve.

Joe's Love Monster

Happy Birthday Hunny!
My daughter drew a monster for her daddy's birthday while he was on a business trip. Since I'm a SAHM I don't think buying him a present really counts as a gift from me, so I made him one. I thought it was great that Melody came up with the idea for buck teeth all on her own. I didn't get braces until after she was born and Joe says how much he misses my "food grabbers" sometimes. I added the hearts in the eyes and gave him a best friend that I had been working on.

Meet Huggy Monster.


Here he is with his best friend, Fluffy. Fluffy got ran over by a car. After a mad scientist put him back together, Fluffy ate off all his limbs.


Huggy likes to vacuum.


Huggy and Fluffy's favorite game is "vacuum the dust bunny."


Here they are going out to lunch.


Bye!

My first aprons!

I love aprons! I have about 10 of them from swaps. I called the first one I ever received my "magic apron," because it mysteriously made me want to cook and clean. I had some leftover fabric, so i decided to give it a shot. Of course I didn't use a pattern, I just kind of guessed.

here's a full apron for my daughter (a crafter in training):


a half apron for me:


thanks for looking!

i've been a bit fabric-ish lately

Nitting Ninja hasn't really been knitting a whole lot since moving to Florida. It's hard to get motivated enough to invest so much time into knitting something the weather won't allow me to wear. Just looking at my yarn stash makes me want to turn up the A/C, so I looked to my other stash...fabric!
I've really kicked up my sewing skills a notch or two. I went from pathetic attempt to novice! woohoo! In the past month, I've made a cute top for myself, baby stuff, and get this... a quilt! Who new?

Here is what my sewing frenzy whipped up:

The old trusty boy-beater tank in super awesome $1/yard fabric:


some baby gear for a swap (bib, booties, hat and hooded blankie):


and this tink quilt!

in progress:

close up:

matching pillow (front and back pics)


Now if only I could sew as fast as I accumulate fabric.