handmade challenge-

I will send a handmade gift/thingy/ something to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this ‘Pay It Forward’ exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be, and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! And truthfully, it will most probably be later rather than sooner! The only thing you have to do in return is ‘Pay It Forward’ by making the same promise on your blog with a link back to me. So basically, if you comment, I’ll send you something crafty that I’ll make! Be sure to include your email. Once you sign up, copy and paste the above paragraph on your blog, and three other lucky people will be recipients of your handmade work.

http://justdeesarts.blogspot.com/2008/01/pay-it-forward.html -------orginal source.

New Year, New Projects

A friend sent me the link to make these little dolls. You use them as ornaments or clip them to a bag, or trade them. I wasn't feeling well from a cold, didn't feel like doing much I made these two.

Lisa at Ten Two Studio's is having giveaways leading up/down to Christmas

Follow the link, the return each day to get the free pics.......

http://countdown. tentwostudios. com

New addition

I found a pattern for a little pumpkin hat. I made one for my great nephew. Target had little green socks with pumpkins all over them to match.

More hats

Here is another hat. I am experimenting with different kinds of yarn. we have 3 new babies coming in our church - gives me a good excuse to knit.

Knitted Hats

I am working on making different style knitted hats for children with my round knitting loom- this is the newest one I've made.

Christmas Crafts

Nov. 4 I am going to sell in a craft show. I made these Angels from pattern of a Colonial Church doll, added wings to make them angels- I used some vintage hankies I've been collecting.

Plate Craft

Do you have just one plate- an old one or favorite one you don't want to get rid of or do you need a small mirror. I made this mirror from a plate and purchased round mirror for my dresser - you could hang it up with a plate hanger too.

Hat for Premies

It has been 10 and 12 yrs since We lost 2 babies. I appreciated the crotched blanket and little gown I was given. I would like to give some of these to the hospital for the premies. The loom to make these are 6" across- Knitting looms.

sewing all saturday

I've been making tote bags and purse organizers. I made 2 tote bags and 3 purse organizers and one cosmetic bag to match one of the purse. 1 denium tote bag I add stuff to.

New Scarf design

I am making new scarf with a design I found in crotchet magazine- Crochet Fantasy no. 183

purse I made

I made this purse by taking apart another purse I bought from Good Will - I should have taken pic of the orginal purse- I have modified it some. This is gift for my mil for her bday- Sunday. On the bottom instead of making flat bottom way I usually do I folded the corner up and sewed a button on.

Card for my mil bday.

two knitted children's purses

I knitted a purse with a handle on a round loom- kind of an experiement- yarn was hard to work with- fraid badly.

the other is Hobo purse

finished the Magic scarf-

It is hard to see the scarf but it is black with white specks through it. Looks like mohair.

New eyelash scarf with knitting loom

This is my newest scarf- everybody loves them - they seem really popular-

New eyelash scarf with knitting loom

This is my newest scarf- everybody loves them - they seem really popular-

Scarves I am knitting

I love Knitting- I am knitting scarves for a couple of my friends.

Lighted Christmas package

These Christmas packages are wonderful gifts. They are made with hollow glass blocks- building supply store. Take block put it in bucket of water- use drill with bit made to drill glass- insert only bit part of drill on block in water (water lubricates- also, glasses bits won't fly) drill hole big enough to stuff the strand of Christmas lights inside. Let dry, put in Christmas lights- Use wide ribbon- wrap and make it look like a package. You can change the ribbon to keep it out yr around. Makes wonderful night light. My mother-in-law made this one. The doll was given to me by my mil too. She didn't make it- it is a purchase from Danbury I believe. Linda 1/21/05

tiny knitted purse

Here is another tiny money purse- this one is knitted. Took about 30 min. Very little yarn.