Winter Shop Update

You guys...I update the shop today with a few new wintry things for the holidays!  I didn't get to create as many items as I wanted, but I'm over the moon with the new items that I have up now.  Mittens, scarves, cowls...plenty of warmth and coziness.

Hopefully I will have the opportunity to make each item in more colors soon...I want to have more color options listed for my lovely customers.  Each item can be made in a wide variety of colors, though...so if you see something you want in a different color, send a message my way!  I'd be more than happy to create any item in a special color for you.

It's been a dream creating these items to share with you.  Right now, I have a special coupon code that's valid through tomorrow for free shipping, international and domestic.  That means free shipping to anywhere in the world!  Hooray!  That code is THANKFUL1.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, American friends.

And to everyone else, happy Wednesday.

xo, A.

Crocheting For Little Ones

A couple of weeks ago, I sat down and crocheted these sweet little baby hats for a friend of mine from work. Oh, what fun it was! I don't often get the chance to make baby things because, well...I don't know too many people with babies. Actually, I take that back - I know plenty of people with babies...none that I'm close enough to to feel the need to spend my time making them cute baby things. :] 
I just adore how both hats turned out, though.  I made the football hat first, and I'm not a football fan at all, but I loved it when it was finished.  It made me think that someday, when I have little ones of my own, I'll have to make them a basketball hat (for me) and a baseball hat (for my dad).

I then made the munchkin hat, which was quite a bit harder than I expected...but fun, nevertheless!  It reminds of something Tim Burton's children would wear (or my children would wear)! :]

I certainly need more little ones in my life, so I can spend my time making them sweet, tiny things.

xo, A.

P.S.  There's still time to get 10% off a print from The Beloved Bird!  Just use the code OFALLTHENONSENSE!

Time and Balance

Lately I've been thinking more about how I spend my time.  As much as I hate to admit it, I can be the world's worst procrastinator.  I have my moments where I'd rather spend my time just laying still and resting, because even when I sleep I don't feel as though I've truly rested, since I'm still tired every second of the day.  

Alas, there simply aren't enough hours in the day for such laziness (as much as I wish there were).

I've been trying as of late to fill my days with a more healthy balance of what I need to get done and what I want to do.  My days had become quite lop-sided, and in neither of the two directions I mentioned (I had become far too lazy for my own good, succumbing to the television far more than I would care to admit).

So, today I spent time doing what I needed to do (cleaning), then a little time doing what I want to do (crocheting, resting, photo-taking).

On another note, I whipped up a couple of new sets of handwarmers, in gray and this lovely peachy-pink.  I'm still tweaking the pattern a bit, but thinking of adding them to my shoppe soon.  I'm still quite new to making up my own patterns, so they're simple, but nice I think. :]

Happy Monday!

xo, A.

Lately.

 

Lately I've been crocheting like mad.  Partly in preparation for the holidays, partly because I'm bored and trying to pass the time.  I think that the results of my boredom have turned out quite nicely, however.

1. & 2. A pair of granny slippers made from a pattern found in the Nov./Dec. 2011 issue of Crochet Today magazine.

3. & 4. - A new pair of "glittens", to keep my cold hands warm.

5.  My comfiest crochet spot.

I hope you all are keeping warm.

xo, A.