Limbs and head flopped out to sleep. Looking d-e-d.Filed under: Gifted it, Made it, Uncategorized | Tags: baby, blanket, crochet, green, present, yarn
Ok, they’re not clever. But I think they’re sweet. And I still have some of the teeny blankets my mom-mom made for me and for my baby dolls. Plus the crochet makes less noise than the sewing machine late at night when one of us feels like a movie.
Happy blankie, baby!
Filed under: Fixed it, Love it, Made it, Refashioned it | Tags: beads, green, necklace, refashion, silver, teal, wardrobe refashion
I always forget to take the “before”. So kindly use your imaginations.
Imagine the teal necklace without any of the silver beads. And imagine three green drops smooshed between each beautiful carved round teal bead.
So sad.
A coworker — the lady who keeps the office humming and makes my life a whole lot simpler — won the necklace in some sort of raffle. Brought it in to me, horrified about the combination but hopeful the beads could me made into something else. She also brought me tiny glass silver spacers and I dug into the stash for clear glass with silver insides.
And voila!
Silver spacers between the teal shell pieces and round beads stretched long enough for a new necklace.
The spiral in the green necklace wire is a happy accident.
I was pulling the teal cord as taut as I could before crimping the ends and didn’t realize yanking the cord through such small holes would act like a blade on curling ribbon.
But in the end, I think it’s winning.
Filed under: Grew it, Love it, Made it, Refashioned it, Sewed it | Tags: applique, green, shirt, sprouts, t-shirt, wardrobe refashion
It went up into double digits this week in Chicago, up from a weekend average of 7 F. Yikes – a hibernating sort of cold. Georgie-girl was just coming out of a winter fast, tearing up a little sausage, but she’s back in now. And still, this lovely surprise popped up on the kitchen sill. An old terrarium – a Christmas gift years ago from my brother and his wife – made for an apt salad starter, catching enough sun in about four days to sprout some winter mesclun.
Speaking of green, I’m working on this top from a favorite old shirt printed with a fake-o girl band. The original white top grubbed up quickly, and the excised design had been sitting on my desk for many moons. I asked my crafty friends at Wardrobe Refashion what to do with the sleeves – whether to hem them as it, or stick the t-shirt’s sleeves back on in a puffier form.
The refashioners always know what’s best. I await their advice.
