One of my recent projects is a knitted lace jewelry holder. I came across the pattern/project on Ravelry and thought it would be a fun project. I've already completed the knitted part. I found this frame at the dollar store (yay!) and had some fun mixing up some of my craft paints to get the dark bluey-green color.





I want to add some kind of shimmer and then a glossy overcoat before attaching the lace to it. *sigh* Can I have a vacation from work just to have some full-on crafty fun?

Ooo, and my first Granny Square! I finally had a small chance to get my edumacation on while learning the strings (haha, get it? *slaps knee* ...I know, I know.) of being a ~Happy Hooker.~


haha, this yarn is some variegated acrylic that I aquired yeeeeeeeeeeeeaars ago. I think there's some braided Beanie Babies leashes I made out of it floating around in our attic...

I finally got a job about a month ago (yay and boo at the same time). I haven't had a lot of time to knit or bead. :( But I was able to buy a few fun items that I've been longing for with my new (and extremely limited) income!

Before knitting I used to "crochet." Well, for years I thought I was crocheting (self-taught after watching someone else one time who could actually crochet), but long story short, I then found out that what I was doing was sooo different from what actual crocheters do. lol, it really was a major bummer. I decided to opt for buying Debbie Stoller's Happy Hooker since her other notoriously titled book was the first knitting instruction that I came across that actually helped me learn to knit after failing for 10 years. I also got the Art of Bead Embroidery since I've been longing for it ever since I started toying around with the art form. I love the pictures in the book.

I also bought some #3 circular needles and crochet hook at JoAnn's a few days ago. Oy, I won't even begin on the story about thinking I had #3 circulars...but now I finally have them (which is fantastic since a lot of projects I want to work on will require me to use 'em). And the #3 crochet hook will allow me to work on a project I so desperately want to create from the Happy Hooker book, yayness.

I also hit up my fave. thrift store and bought a few sweaters for a-fa-rogging. I think I did quite well with the fiber content of one of 'em in particular, hehe. But I'm exhausted now so I'll just end this post here. :)

I'm trying to revamp this blog and keep it updated. We'll see how well that goes...haha.