All Day I Dream About Crafting

Use Your Wand, Harry!

In honor of the golden snitch around my neck today, I think it's time I re-blog something Harry Potter related! I am in the middle of so many craft projects right now, yet all I want to do is drop everything and make myself a wand after reading this! Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to make your own Magic Wand!

It seems fairly simple, however most things I get excited about seem that way...then I manage to spend all sorts of time and money working on said thing, and it turns out to be horrific! Hopefully my wand isn't a failure. I would hate to end up with a busted up piece of wood like Ron Weasley sports after breaking his Unicorn Hair infused first wand.



My Final Choice



My crafting this weekend will revolve around 2 purse orders (my personal long strap pattern), and crochet flowers by the dozen!!! It took me hours to find the right crochet flower pattern to make into a cute little spring style pin. Here is the site that I used to locate such a pattern: FLOWERS!

Next time I blog, I'll upload some pics of my latest craft excursions.

Can I Get A....

 What? What? (<-in Jay Z voice)

It's all happening! Finally, I got my cute boyfriend to help me snap pics of my crochet projects. As a result, I was able to actually post them in my new etsy shop! Feast your eyes by clicking the link below!
 
MY ETSY SHOP! <3

More items will be posted throughout the week so keep checking folks.

“I'm thinking balls are to men what purses are to women."

Out of the night, when the full moon is bright....rides the pursestress known as ME! **pursestress is a made up term, used to express that one is a maker of purses. A seamstress of purses, if you will.**


Busy, busy, busy! That's what I have been lately. Last minute Christmas gift crafting is common in my world of procrastination and unpredictable hours, but this year has been especially crazy. So many things to crochet/sew/design/glue/whatever else! Not to mention, these gifts need to be WRAPPED. As it turns out, my level of crafting expertise really does not influence my ability(or lack there of) to wrap...anything. Who knew that wrapping is a craft unto its damn self.

I spent a good hour ruining Christmas the other day by somehow making my once adorable penguin paper, ugly and horrible looking. Honestly, I now completely agree with those stands at the mall filled with people who fancy themselves professional gift wrappers. I wish I could say I've never mocked this service, but that would certainly be a lie. My most sincere apologies for not recognizing the skill behind tactfully wrapping a present.  

Now that I've successfully insulted and applauded gift wrapping in one blog entry (I'm a confusing individual, it seems) I would like to share with all who take interest,  a few pictures of a recently finished purse. Although this resembles a yellow purse from my blog entry months ago, it is in fact GREEN! Can you believe it? Vanna's Choice Olive to be precise. I would love to start slangin' these bad boys places other than over my own shoulder right after the holidays. The contrasting liners combined with a fun/unique yarn color really please me. Can't wait to make more!

Hobo Baggins

Thanks to Ravelry, I was able to track down a pattern for an adorable hobo bag! I added my own little twist to the pattern by weaving ribbon through the front side and tying the ends into a bow at the top. This particular purse shown is going to be a gift, so I chose a purple liner that was sewn into the purse and the strap. Finally, I added a snap closure so it doesn't have to be just an open bag. So much fun to make and a nice alternative to the longer strap styles I've been making.

Looking out the window with a blue hat on

Last winter I was on a slouchy hat kick for months. I probably lost sleep and friends during this bit. There were quite a few different styles that turned out pretty well, but my favorite of all is this bubbly looking stitch. These are extremely fun and fairly simple to make. I made a few of these bad boys for friends, who seem to enjoy them greatly.

I am hoping to post these in my (sadly/currently empty) Etsy shop very soon. I just need to get through my holiday gift projects before I can focus on promoting the slouchyness.

The yarn I use is Vanna's Choice, and the color of this blue hat shown is using Sapphire. (LOVE!)



So tell your friends, tell your kids, tell your wife...a whole new world of slouch will be available soon. I am willing to provide these hats to anyone and everyone who chooses the color and hooks me up with $25.(get it, 'hooks' me up...because I crochet them, with a hook..)

My goal is to crochet a few randomly colored hats to have in stock to post/sell, but also give customers the option of choosing their own specific color.

I will post more pics in various shades at a later date. Perhaps plop one on my own head to give a better idea of how one should look on a person! In the mean time, do me a solid and spread the word! Uniquely and custom made hats for your head wearing pleasure, sold by yours truly!

So many hats and only one head!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/brain-waves-beanie

Brain Waves Beanie

by Liz McQueen

I crochet hats constantly. I could probably end up on some sort of hoarding show with the amount of crocheted hats I have accumulating in my bedroom. Slouchy hats, beanies, flapper style, brimmed...you name it, I've crocheted it! 

 Luckily, I have a supportive boyfriend who appreciates my crafting habit and has no problem sporting one of my hand crafted man-caps. This particular hat had me totally geeked from the moment I saw the FREE pattern on Ravelry. After some doubt and hesitance, I took my bf to Joanne's to pick out colors for his very own Brain Waves Beanie. Whenever I see a project that requires a lot of color switching, I tend to shy away from the entire thing. Overwhelming for an easily distracted person, with a tendency to spazz, like me.

This beanie shown is white, navy and grey...I ended up making him another just like it, only instead of navy I used a deep purple. I had a blast making these hats and highly recommend trying out this pattern to any fellow crocheter who finds this as fun as I do!