Oct 1

Where does the time go? seems its just flying by lately. Which means I lost all track of what day it was and am making my weekly post a bit late. whoops.

Anyway, things are going well in the craft-world.

I finished 3 holiday presents:


First, some felted Piggy Banks in teal & lavender.

And then a nifty knitted bunny made almost entirely from just a knitted square. How neat is that? Mine ended up with lop ears since I made them too big, but I think it looks cute that way. Lop bunnies are always so adorable :)

I'm still working on a few more yarn-based holiday presents and am right on track to finish with lots of time left. Which is good, given the house buying, DAT & DAT prep, packing, and moving and all over the next 2 months. Eek! So much!

Jewelry class started again on Saturday and its kicking serious butt. My session has only repeat students, so thats super fun. On the one hand, it means the instructor can leave us alone more and spend more time going around to everyone. On the other hand, it means we're all doing more advanced things and need more instructor focus. It all evens out.

The leaf I had originally cut out has been given texture and looks just great. I'm going to put it on a plain cuff bracelet. It was intended to be a gift for my sister, but as it turns out she would prefer a pendant. Darn, guess I'll have to keep this one for myself :) But now I need to figure out what to do for the sister...

I started what was supposed to be a bracelet for the SIL but accidentally hammered the wrong side. Nothing wasted, I'll just throw a stone on it and give it to the MIL instead (and now I don't have to think about a gift for her!) Win-win.

Silkscreening is most likely gonna be on hiatus till December. We have to start packing for the move now, so all non-essentials are being packed away first. Luckily most of my crafty stuff is already in boxes so I won't need to re-pack those, but the screens & other accesories will be put away for now. I doubt any emergency printing will come up until then, but if it does I can always unpack. I think when we're all settled I'm going to look into creating my own lightbox (or buying one) so I have a better set-up for my printing.

I'm so very excited about this house. So much space, and I'll have 2 craft areas! squee! Can't wait!