I can’t believe it’s almost time!! Brian, Lucy and I are leaving for Nogales Monday morning. This is a picture from the Cuirim House where we’ll be staying. I am nervous, excited, scared, anxious and thrilled among other things. We will be gone for 51 days but who is counting??

The suitcases are out and filling up. Lucy’s laundry is done and her bag is almost packed. I just got this itch to sew and do more poly clay before I leave. I sorta feel like I did before I had Lucy. Like I needed to try EVERYTHING, cause when she got here I wouldn’t be able to do anything. So I should do it all now! I’m really trying to pace myself but my crafty side is taking over. I just can’t stop. Brian, can I please make some Fimo stuff tonight??

I made her this sheet/blanket from this super soft fabric. It’s really light weight and it will be nice for Mexico cause it’s so hot there. She looks like Mary in a Christmas play..

And i’ve been trying my hand at some Polymer clay techniques. I even had a “poly party” and I’m doing another one before I leave. I’m slightly obsessed. Here’s what we came up with before we baked them.

God provided all of the funds we needed for travel and we are so thankful. I put up an Etsy shop with my Cuirim Craft Fair left overs. What ever sells will go toward the rest of our time there. If you would like to order something, my mom is going to be shipping it since I’ll have no internet in Nogales. This will be quite the adventure. I’ll post more clay, knitting and sewing goodies when I get back. I just wanted to say good-bye for the summer. May your summer be filled with crafty goodness and excitement. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. If you’d like to see more Mexico pictures go here.

I have found so many fun things to do with my polymer clay this was my first try at a pen for Candace on her birthday.

I always knew that this stuff would be a good time but didn’t think it would be this fun! You basically construct everything as you normally would, bake at the same time and degree that the instructions say, just be careful when touching the pen tip after baking as it will be quite hot.

Then thanks to Joanna’s tips on making canes in different colors I came up with this. It makes me so happy to write with it.

Been working on a few things. Thanks for your help with this yarn I just couldn’t do anything but a scarf. I know it’s getting warm here too but it is going to be soo yummy this winter. My winter self will thank my spring self for knitting it.

When I bought this yarn I also picked up this ginormous spool of yarn. I was inspired to make Lucy an Easter dress. And here it is. Good thing I had a plan B. Maybe it will just be a summer time dress

Brian and I were talking one night about how often he has to take out the trash. Not exactly complaining but wondering if there is any way we can get a bigger trash can. We like to keep the trash under the sink but we had to keep opening the side door to throw stuff away. He was literally taking out the trash every few days cause our trash can was so little.

This is what it looked like.

He suggested we get a bigger trash can and just put a flap up there. You know like a fast food restaurant? We popped the wooden piece out. It was just clipped in and I made a flap that can Velcro in. This is what it looks like. I just sewed some thick fabric together and glued some piece of drywall I had laying around on the back of it to make it close..

Now all we need is a Thank You sign on it. So random, but it works. He was thrilled and so proud of our little trash flap. Love coming up with this stuff with you baby.

You paint your water bottle with nail polish.

I got the idea to knit this baby rattle for Lucy. I was so excited that it turned out ok. I had an old mitt rattle that was too tight on her hand so I took it out of the fabric and stuck it in this one.

I started with an icord by casting on 7. Then I increased as you would for a raglan sleeve on every stitch and knit in the round. I did the same thing 3 times till i ended up with like 40 stitches give or take a few. Then when I thought it was big enough I started decreasing and stuffing it before I ended up with just 10 stitches that I pulled together at the top. She loves it. Oh, I needed something hard to hold it up, so I broke a piece of a plastic hanger and stuffed it in there. It’s sorta floppy but Lucy loves it! she can hold on to it really well.

I tried to get a picture of her with it but she was just going to town. Here she is wacking her self in the head. too funny!

This is the yummiest acrylic yarn I have found in a while. I was in Florida for my brothers wedding a couple of weeks ago and thought I would look through the craft section at the Walmart there. I was so excited to find this. It was 50 cents a skein!!! It feels a lot like the Angel Hair yarn from Joanne’s. Yeah I pretty much bought every one – I love it! I’m trying to decide what to do with it tho. I mean I can hardly think of anything but a scarf cause it is sooo cozy, but knitting a scarf in April?? Come on! Any ideas?

I can’t believe it is almost time for the Cuirim Craft Fair. I am excited about it, altho i’ll be glad when it’s done. I have learned a lot about what to do and not to do when putting a Craft Fair together. I’m sure next time i’ll do things a little differently. It has been fun coming up with the little things.
We have been meeting every Thursday night to make more stuff for the Craft Fair. We recently did a stencil night. (big surprise I know!) I was so excited to teach the girls how to make the freezer paper stencils. We had some onsies and bibs to stencil. We practiced on some plain fabric first.

I think they are just as addicted as I am. I can’t wait to do it again with them. Thanks guys for a great time. You have been such a help with the craft fair stuff! muuuah!

I wanted to share with you a little project that has changed my knitting life…

My knitting used to look like this:

Sure I have a huge knitting bag with ALL my knitting in it, but what about taking the wip with me somewhere. Oh quick, grab a ziplock.. Sound familiar?

So I came up with this easy drawstring bag. Now I can stuff my knitting in anywhere and the drawstring keeps my yarn coming out nicely from the top. It only has one seam. It is one big piece of fabric folded over and stitched up the side. Tada.. This is a bag I’m working on for my future sister-in-law (apparently I can’t stop knitting bags – help!)
you likes?

I have been feeling kinda poopy lately. Brian and I have been getting over a mean cold. It is so hard to be creative when you are feeling bad. I wanted to make something quick just to prove to myself that I’m still a crafting genius. Just something to make me feel better. Ah ha! Glam it up! Of course! What could be more fantastic and more importantly, FAST! I just needed a quick fix. Found this at Michaels for a $1 yippee! You just iron it on. Sweet!

Ahhh Delight. I still have it in me, and my baby’s got bling

Now as long as she doesn’t chew it off we’re good. tee hee.