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Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Monday, March 3, 2008
Wee Wonderfuls
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Krafting with Karen
My friend Karen joined me for some crafting fun last weekend. We worked on these adorable little key chains using a tutorial I bought from Magda at Craft Pudding (wow! I love that shop!).
Karen volunteers as a mentor to young women in her church, and had wanted to make a personalized key chain for each girl. Unfortunately, we had serious issues threading our needles. Sheesh! She wound up keeping the one key chain that she finished. It featured the initial "M," which we decided stands for: ME!!!
Umm, also (too, in addition, as well as), she stabbed herself in the elbow with a needle. Ouch.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! I will be back on Jan. 2 (if not before) with a recap of the Met Opera's Hansel and Gretel!
Karen volunteers as a mentor to young women in her church, and had wanted to make a personalized key chain for each girl. Unfortunately, we had serious issues threading our needles. Sheesh! She wound up keeping the one key chain that she finished. It featured the initial "M," which we decided stands for: ME!!!
Umm, also (too, in addition, as well as), she stabbed herself in the elbow with a needle. Ouch.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! I will be back on Jan. 2 (if not before) with a recap of the Met Opera's Hansel and Gretel!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Christmas Stockings
It's true confessions time here at Sweet Bean's. I am not crafty. Not at all. Sandy, my business partner, is the creative and talented one. I'm glad I got that off my chest.
However, I have always wanted to create with my hands, and I've really been inspired by all of the talent that I've seen on Etsy. Since I grew up in a house that had handmade Christmas stockings (made by my creative and talented mother) , I decided that I would make some of my own. My mom kindly guided me through the process. Here are the results (OK, I'm nervous to show these, so please think encouraging thoughts):
Pretty cute, huh? I'm especially proud of Hal's little snowman. I modeled Tony's design after something I saw at rikrak (they have REALLY cute stockings!). The hardest part was the machine sewing...those suckers are complicated! My shoulders were very tense by the time I was done.
What surprised me the most about the entire experience was how therapeutic doing handwork was. It was very energizing to design and cut and stitch (unlike staring at a computer screen), and really helped to defuzz the brain, so to speak. I can't wait to get to work again!
Thanks, Mom!
However, I have always wanted to create with my hands, and I've really been inspired by all of the talent that I've seen on Etsy. Since I grew up in a house that had handmade Christmas stockings (made by my creative and talented mother) , I decided that I would make some of my own. My mom kindly guided me through the process. Here are the results (OK, I'm nervous to show these, so please think encouraging thoughts):
Pretty cute, huh? I'm especially proud of Hal's little snowman. I modeled Tony's design after something I saw at rikrak (they have REALLY cute stockings!). The hardest part was the machine sewing...those suckers are complicated! My shoulders were very tense by the time I was done.
What surprised me the most about the entire experience was how therapeutic doing handwork was. It was very energizing to design and cut and stitch (unlike staring at a computer screen), and really helped to defuzz the brain, so to speak. I can't wait to get to work again!
Thanks, Mom!
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