Here are my latest creations

Yesterday, Clayton and I went thrift shopping. He needed another pair of shoes and I wanted to see if I could find an interesting method of displaying my cards at the craft shows. I ended up with a couple of baskets (which may be used for jewelry sets instead), a goofy laundry hanging device, and a suitcase. I also happened upon a bag of fabric scraps. I used some to make a Kufi (type) hat for Clayton. He looked so cute when I put mine on him I decided to form a pattern by examining my hat. I don't have it perfected yet, but it came out pretty well. I'm pleased. The black fabric is from a pair of Matt's old pants he thought he threw away.
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I recently finished a bunch of baby shoes. I like the sole because I used some left over home decorating fabric. On the back it's sort of rubbery and would be great for traction.









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Also, I never photographed a couple of my knot bags. The sun is not shining today, so all of these aren't the greatest in quality.

Tom Robbins in person!

Last night we went to a reading by none other than the amazing Tom Robbins , one of our favorite authors of all time. It was a long wait to get our books signed and we were even allowed to cut the line. Clayton was charming all of the 300 plus people and he was really good during Tom's talk. We tried to wear him out beforehand, but he was raring to go after the talk and while we were waiting to have the books signed. Matt thought he took a picture of me, but he doesn't know how to use the camera. I'm disappointed. I am in so few pictures as it is. I have to read my Cormac McCarthy book and then I'll read B is For Bear.

New Monster purses and backpacks

I was pretty busy last week with purses and I think I perfected a backpack design. I think Clayton will keep the blue one. It fits him perfectly. I'll photograph him later. Right now he's napping.

Low Fat Brownies

Yesterday I made brownies from a box. (I know- I should make home-made). I bought some flax seed flour to add to smoothies for better health. I used it in the mix INSTEAD of oil. Very strange, but you replace it with a 3 to 1 ratio. So, if the recipe calls for 1/2 cup or oil or butter you can put 1 1/2 cups of the flour. (according to the source on the bottom of this post, you should reduce the flour. Well, because we are high altitude I'm supposed to add 3 tablespoons. Next time I just won't add the flour.) They came out really good. With ice cream, even better.

Here's some more information about the use of flax seeds. http://www.ellies-whole-grains.com/eat-flax-seed.html

Monster Hood

Clayton loves taking a bath, but not posing for pictures. Here's a hooded towel I made for him out of three old towels, an old pair of baby socks and some acrylic eyes. It works really well.

Fused Glass Pendant Giveaway

My husband pulled a name out of the hat. Alice is the winner!

I thank everyone who entered the giveaway. It was great to get feedback about the items in my shop!

Check my shop again soon because I have more to add.

Fused Glass Pendant Giveaway and More

I am offering a Fused Glass Pendant to one lucky person.
This pendant is made with a clear base and hand cut black based gold/green striped dichroic glass and purple/pink, gold honey comb pattern dichroic glass on chips of yellow. Full fused. Simply stunning! The pendant is 2"L x 1 3/4"W and mounted on a large 18K gold plated bail.

It’s difficult to see the beauty of the glass in photos. You’ll be thrilled to see it in person!

Large bail size: 7/16” above pendant, 5/16” opening.

HOW TO WIN:
Please visit my Artsy Fartsy Boutique shop, find something you enjoy, come back and leave a comment along with your email address. The drawing will occur at 8:00 pm on April 27th.

This giveaway is also shown on Tip Junkie

I'm glad I am doing this giveaway. I have gotten some good feedback. I've been working on monster purses and backpacks. I'm hoping people will buy them at my farmer's market booth.






Here are some more of my knot bags. I have several more, too. The last 4 photos are actually 2 bags showing what they look like reversed. The other day I made a monster hooded towel for Clayton. I'll photograph that later.






Here are some photos from the strange weather we had last weekend. It hailed and thunder and lightning-ed. Clayton got a kick out of it.


I am intrigued by the work here: Petit Plat The neatest miniatures!

Errand Day- Without Clayton

Giveaway:
Check out this great giveaway for the cutest potty. I hope I win it for Clayton.


We thought we had an appointment today and planned to put Clayton in Day Care. We finally managed to get a spot because of a cancellation and then realized our appointment was for next week. I decided to bring Clayton to day care anyways. He'd only been to this center on base one other time, so he cried when I left. He's used to the Part Day Enrichment center and loves it now.

Today I went to the library and renewed the Carl Hiasson book, Nature Girl and picked up Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (I am still waiting for The Road...), so that was a success. Then, I searched for a couple of architectural salvage places. I brought the wrong GoogleMap piece of paper, so it wasn't specific enough. I did find one, which was a Habitat for Humanity RESTORE. That was a great success. I found a couple sets of shutter doors and 2 window shutter sets. I want to use them to display my earrings at craft shows. I managed to fit them in the car, just barely. They also had some hanging pegs that I am going to try out. If they don't work for my displaying of purses, they will work on my pegboard in my studio. I also got a ceramic tile to use for paper circle cutting. The directions on the device recommends cutting on something glass or completely flat. Then, I went to Joanne fabrics. I went away with 4 types of cheap fabric: 3 really soft stuff for purses, 3 yards of a pretty patterned silk for $1.50, and some notions...
The only hiccup, was getting a little lost on the way home. I was trying to save time. I didn't get too far off, but didn't save any time.

I picked up Clayton and I guess he stopped crying as soon as I left. He had a great time. I came home and looked at an email from Tipnut.com and was led to a neat blog I want to continue using Everybody Likes Sandwiches.
I want to try making these granola recipes.

Monster Purses

Here are some of my latest creations. The designs are based on my stuffed animals and onesies. Two of them have velcro closings. The blue one has 8 legs: an octopus. It's a little hard to see in the photo.