A Crafty Crafty Weekend

Lawdy, lawdy, did I do a lot last Saturday. 

I had been planning to do a lot of crafting since I finally got some energy. (Turns out I've been fighting a parasite for over a month. Go figure.)

I made a list of projects I wanted to do, got all my supplies together, and had at it.

Sadly, I didn't tackle quite my whole list, but then, I don't think I really expected to. 

Anywho, here are some sneak peeks of what I did accomplish with posts on all them to come.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

A Couple New Beaded Bracelets

You may remember my Beaded Bracelet kick from a few weeks ago. If not, you can refresh your memory here.

This caused me to branch out into a different kind of beaded bracelet. 

Not too blingy, understated, simple, really my kind of bracelet. 

I got 15 in strands of gemstone beads from Fire Mountain Beads for less than $2 a piece. The rose bead and heart charm I already had. 

I see a lot more of these in my future.

What do you think?

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Cross Stitch Results

Ya'll might remember me telling you here that I was taking up Cross Stitch for the first time. Well, I kept going with until Christmas happened. I managed to do quite a few little things before then and below are some pictures of them. 

Somehow, I miscounted when I tried to do the swag

And miscounted AGAIN on the top swag. One of these, oh one of these days.

The patterns that didn't come from kits came from Pinterest, no surprise right? Well, I was surprised at how many Cross Stitch patterns there are on Pintrest and plenty of ways to use the finished products. 

Link

I'm thinking of doing some necklaces like the one above.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day. 

Some Beaded Bracelets

After I made the bracelet's for our dear family friend Debbie, see here, I got in a bit of a bracelet making kick. I've had tons of seed beads and all sorts of other beads FOREVER and I figured now would be the best time to FINALLY use them. I went on such a kick I think I made nearly 3 dozen in one day. Granted, while they're not spectacular, they're still something.

I'll probably make some earrings to go with them in the near future. You can expect to see more soon.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

Bling Bracelets

One of our dearest family friends, Debbie Warren, came to me one day and asked for my help making some jewelry. 

She's what we like to call a Mary Kay Lady. Her proper term is Mary Kay Sales Director. If you're in the North Georgia area and would like an incredible Mary Kay Lady or if you want to join Mary Kay with a Lady who has been so successful she got a car in 1 MONTH, here's her webpage. 

As a director, she was invited to participate in a bracelet making party. She loved the bracelet she made so much she wanted to make more like it. Of course, she's so busy being a director, she doesn't have time to make them herself. Thus, I come in. 

She bought some strings of beads at JoAnn's on sale, (Woo! Go saving!) and some beading elastic. She gave them to me and I went at it. At first, I wasn't very crazy about them. They were too 'blingy' for me. If you know me, that probably seems crazy seeing as how I'm not of slight stature or anything. 

Below are some of the bracelets I strung up for her:

I also made a couple of pairs of earrings to match:

She was so excited when they were done and so was I. They've really started to grow on me in terms of the amount of 'Bling.'

Mary Kay is a great company. They do so much for their employees, after all, what was the color of the last car your company gave you? ;) They also do so much with different charities, they really do Enrich Women's Lives. Debbie is also a great person that has really been able to make Mary Kay work for her. You can be sure she will do her best to take care of all your Mary Kay needs.

Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

The New Year

And here it is! 2013! 

I don't know about you but 2012 has been a huge year for me and I know 2013 is going to be even bigger.

I've been trying new things and can't wait to show them to you. I also have plenty of things planned that I also can't wait to show you. In the mean time, here are some teasers.

Thanks for coming by and have a great New Year!

Goin' Old School

I was perusing through some of my favorite blogs and on Pinterest and I kept seeing the same thing.

Cross Stitch.

The first thing I couldn't help but think was, "My mom and Grandmother used to do that." Therefore, I kinda just shrugged my shoulders and went on. But then, I saw some really pretty and really cute ones and I began to change my mind a little. 

I already had my Grandmother's and Mother's stashes of embroidery floss as well as some of of my own. It was a match made in heaven.

I went to my local JoAnn's and they had these little 'My First Stitch' kits and some other little kits. I grabbed a MFS and another kit and headed to checkout. 

(Side Story)

We all know that I like LOVE to save money. I knew one of the kits was on sale and the other was a dollar. Not too expensive to begin with but, I'll always take what I can get. Back in the summer, JoAnn's had a discount card for students. It was something along the lines of 10 or 15% of you regular and sale purchase. It expired some time in August and I was so sad but, all good things must come to an end. 

I was at Plato's Closet a couple of days before I went to JoAnn's. They had a piece of paper taped to the counter that said when a customer showed their college ID, they got a discount. I could not believe I didn't realize that sooner. That got me thinking about all the places that can and do give discounts to college students. 

Back to JoAnn's, when I was checking out with my Cross Stitch kits, I asked the cashier if they had a discount program for college students. She asked to see my ID, grabbed a form, asked me to fill out a form and gave me a card that is good for 10% off regular, sale, AND CLEARANCE purchases, AND it's good until next year. 

WHOOHOOO!!!!

Since then, literally everywhere I go, I ask if they have discounts for college students. I was at a thrift store and asked and the lady said even though they didn't, she'd give me one anyway!

Moral of the Story: It never hurts to ask. All they can say is no.
(End of Side Story)

I started on the MFS kit and quickly worked through most of the pattern. I soon found a pattern online and used the material from the other kit to complete it.



Even with all the great patterns on the Internet and Pinterest, I couldn't find a pattern of an Owl. (Another little fact about myself, I LOVE Owls). I was perusing the embroidery section of Wal-Mart and I saw the perfect thing. A MFS Owl kit.


I wasn't crazy about the color combinations or the pattern on the stomach so I went my own way. Maybe that's a sign that I'm getting good?! ;)

I most certainly plan on pursuing this but, don't really foresee buying any more kits. Goodness knows, I have plenty of my own string I can use.

Thanks for coming by and have a Great day.