Projects galore and a small kerfluffle

Don't you love the word kerfluffle??  Other than sounding kinda cute and funny it also sounds just like the situation it describes.  I had a bit of one at work this last Friday.  I was being a busy bee at work when my body decided it didn't like something (we are guessing dust in the warehouse) and closed off my whole throat.  I couldn't breathe or swallow, had neck hives, my boss had to call 911, like basically sucked.  Thankfully the firemen and paramedics were fast and efficient and they had me in much better shape fast.  That was a first for me though and I hope it never happens again.

Other than that actually I've been having a very good week and weekend.  Been busy working on projects mostly for sale and some fun things with the hubby.

I week back we made shrinky dinks together, his sister gave us a set for Christmas, it was a moment of full blown whimsy, something I feel there is not enough of.  I decided to make our little robots into a garland and hung them with our plants, they are cute and colorful and make me smile!

I also finished a couple doll kits I got, a fairy and a mermaid.  The mermaid looks like me strawberry blond hair and everything!! :)  These were fun kits I got as part of my Christmas gifts this year.  I think they look adorable don't you?  Hard to see but the fairy has a cute flower wand and little heart details on her wings and the mermaid's tail is shiny!

I also mentioned Twig the Fairy last week and she commented!!!!! :):)  That made me major happy, squee moment.  If you like fairies or know kids who do btw she has the most adorable book out about her adventures in the land of real.  Plus her calender is just gorgeous.  She is sweet and pretty and nice and spends her days making life sweeter for everyone else.  I really wish there were more folks like her.  If you go to her facebook page you can get your own fairy name, mine ROCKS!!

My fairy name is Violet Whisper Rowan Notchwood

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(that stuff at the end is fairy dust *giggle*)

 

Love my name!  I know I mentioned before the flower fairies I've been making I have the first one I did using silk flowers, I wanted her to look like an Iris and it is hard to see but she is holding a tiny silver butterfly.  I am very pleased with how she turned out, she is only about 3 inches tall.  I am thinking of selling some of them on my etsy store.  They are addicting to make!

 

 

Well I think I've droned on enough for now, more happy gum later!

Kir

We Are Very Busy People...

I can't help it I love that song, for one thing at least in my case there is more than a little truth to it.  No matter what is going on with me I somehow always feel both really busy and like I'm not getting anything important done.

Take my blog for example, you don't want to know how many posts I have written in my head but then I never have the time to actually get them down.

The upside dear reader (I have exactly one follower) lol, is that today is the first of what I hope will be mainly positive posts from here out.

First I thought it might good to explain the goal of my blog, I figure that will help anyone coming in at this early stage decide if they will be interested or not.  Mainly I want to use this as a journal and practice for my writing skills.  They used to be good but are more than rusty now.  I also figure a good chunk of the posts will be about craft related things.

My BA was in Fine Arts and I am now at this point in my life trying to get my art to support me.  It is time for me to move to working for myself and my customers and not other people.  That being said I still have to eat and have a family so until my career really takes off I am very happy to say I have gotten a job at a scrap booking supply place.  Great job and awesome location for me and with some elbow grease this should help my husband and I get to our debt free goal that much faster (we do not for anyone who cares count the mortgage in that).

Health of the family seems to be improving finally and spirits are returning to their positive positions.  What a difference in the time since I last posted.  Things had actually gotten even worse after I posted but sunshine is finally returning.  PHEW!!

So lately my projects have been mainly of the kit variety.  For Christmas my very cool in-laws gave me a nice gift card to amazon SHWEET!  I have a fondness for kits, I love all kinds of crafts but so many require tools and materials that would break the bank but a kit has everything ready to go for a typically reasonable investment.  Also I like following directions, designing rocks in it's own ways but sometimes it is nice to be able to follow a set path so you can just totally focus on enjoying the materials and process.  This was a very wordy way of saying I got some craft kits for myself.

I got two different make your own doll kits, a fairy and a mermaid.  I have to say that the dolls are very cute BUT, these were made with kids in mind and I struggled with them plus the dolls are VERY fragile so you couldn't play with them.  I kinda think a kid would have been very frustrated/disappointed personally.  I will have pictures of my two new cuties posted soon.

I also got a kit to make a wallet out of duct(duck) tape.  I'm in love!!  The fabric this made is so nice feeling and it really looks awesome IMHO.  I got a pink one because girly colored manly tape cracked me up.  It was the highlight so of the kits so far.

I just got the last of the four kits though, I got the Klutz Flower Fairy kit/book.  CUUUUTE!!  I so cannot wait to make these little sweeties.  Ironically I've never been huge into fairies but I recently found Twig The Fairy (check her out online she ROCKS) and she kinda got me going in the direction.  My real love is dragons so I'm hoping the new skills I have from my kits will translate into some cool dragon sculptures.

I'm hoping to sell some of my creations online along with my regular craft products which are knit and crocheted items plus some metal jewelry/chain maille.

For anyone who wants to come check it out and support a gal trying to live her dream ;) come to my Etsy store!  www.etsy.com

Well I will leave you for now.  I hope to have fairly regular posts, I may even set a schedule I'll post later.  I'll also be adding some fun extra features to the blog as I go so stay tuned! :)