Crochet Cowl with Pattern link!

This was a really fun and easy crochet project to get me back in the swing of crafting. I looked through alot of crochet patterns online and I finally found this one. Crocheting is really relaxing when you don't have to follow a pattern exactly so I loosely based my cowl on the free crochet cowl pattern above. I'm already working on a blue one and will post a picture when I'm finished.

I opened my Etsy shop!

I am excited I finally have a few projects completed and I decided to open my Etsy shop back up! I have one item already listed & just need to take pics of my other creations to upload to Fashion Compassion. This magazine vase took hours upon hours to create but I really enjoyed it. If you click on my shop you can see pics of the bottom and close-ups.

Magazine bowl

Another craft in progress...i cant wait to see the end result! I think its going to be at least a week until this is finished. It took so many pages to make just this itty bitty base! I've seen baskets 'n such at Pier1 similiar to what I'm trying to make above...so I'm excited to try & make my own. And reusing i always better than recycling.

Today I woke up to a great surprise in my email. I won a blog giveaway over at Couponing 101. A $20 gift card for Kroger & a bunch of coupons for free Hefty brand supplies. Yay!

mobile post..........

A little test to see if this pic makes it to my blog :)
I have so many ideas swirling around in my head for this cut-paper-art. So many crafts so little time! sigh!

Crafts Gone WRONG!

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I was at the library with Isaiah & Jessica and grabbed a book on basketmaking while Zay was watching a puppet show. I skimmed through it and it grabbed my interest immediately. Even tho the book is era 1970s - the techniques were interesting to me. So i decided to try with newspaper. Well, basket making is ALOT harder than the book makes it look~ LOL!!!! i am determined to learn if it kills me ( which my hands ached after this disaster so bad!)

PS notice Isaiah's green shake sitting over there? its ingredients are banana, kale, pineapple, lemon, stevia & coconut oil. Yum yum!