My latest crafty endeavor

So I mentioned in my last post that my buddy has asked me to make her 7 month old baby girl a crocheted apple beanie hat. I found a pattern and put my own twists on it. Behold! The Craftafarian’s Crocheted Baby Apple Hat:

I was so excited to make and finish this for her. She was one of my good buddies back at Univ FL Veterinary ICU. We helped to keep each other sane, or insane. Ha. It’s shipping out Monday and I hope they love it. I purchased a special yarn so it would be nice and soft for the baby. I can make it in newborn, 3-6 months, and 6-12 months. Actually I’m pretty sure I could figure out how to make a larger one for an adult or older child. This makes me want to figure out a pumpkin beanie with ridges for October….hmmmm

Ravelry here I come! Oh if you are on ravelry you should totally friend me! Ravelry is a free site where people who knit and crochet can come together to share projects, get help, or search patterns. Its really cool.

With the jewelry I’ve sold and this hat my etsy shop will be donating $8 so far at the end of the month to Faith Hope and Love Rescue Inc. You know, I need to talk to the rescue admin about creating a blog to use as a website since that one is a Pet Finder one and doesn’t do their work justice. You can also check them out on facebook, they have two. So this one or this one.

Well I’ve got pet sitting, kennel, and check on cats type pet sitting to do today. Busy busy busy. No rest for the weary! And as I said to my friend in vet school who decided to take an elective class on the weekend:

Knowledge is power and sleep is for the weak!

Keep your chin up!

We are still hanging in there! The boyfriend has been getting around 20 hours the last two weeks at work so we are headed in the right direction. However somehow we neglected to pay our cable/internet bill and that has been disconnected. Sad times, luckily we both have iphones and therefore internet. So that is why I havent been around much in the blog world or social networks. I just use my phone which does a good deal but I hardly have time to go sit at starbucks to leach wifi from.

Thanks to some help from parental units I am still going to start school this semester. I officially registered for veterinary medical terminology and made my first payment--I still have to order my book but I have about a week til class starts. Im really excited! Ive been a vet tech for almost 13 years and I am on my way to earning my license! this also means I will be able to attend conferences for a discounted rate! Eventually (I recently decided this) I will go to vet school. :)

I start Monday!! All online.

Saturday I went to the Aveda beauty school for a friend as a hair model (shes a student) and got a new haircut/style. My hair is really thick and since shes a student and has to check in with the instructors it took forever!! But it was free, kinda, they ask that you do make some purchase when you have services done so I got a roll-on tube of natural headache oil stuff. I already have something similar so I knew I would like it. My hair had gotten so long and the girl took off about 6 inches in length then a bunch all over by putting in tons of layers. I wanted to cut it shorter but my boyfriend would die (oh the things I do to keep him happy--well he does deal with my crazy ^.^). Its kind of short in the front but I really like it. So that was fun.

I finally listed a few pairs of earrings I made on my etsy shop. (www.etsy.com/shop/craftafarian) I use natural gem stones and hypoallergenic metal when possible. $1 from every sale goes to a non-profit animal advocacy group: currently our local SPCA. The rest will go to supplies and other bills. Eventually my kitty needs surgery and the money will go towards that. One thing at a time. So yeah, buy my stuff! Ive designed a few more things but need wifi access for at least 20 mins to list everything.

Tonight I will photographing my friends very first art exhibit during a gallery hop in Downtown Orlando.
www.artbymichellemelendez.com

<3 Lindsay

Etsy!!

So I’ve just listed a few new items in my etsy shop. It’s a few pairs of earrings that I had been working on last week. They are pretty and cute so I’m hoping they sell. I listed the larger ones for $12 and the little ones for $6.50. I think that’s a fair price for my supplies, creativity, and time.

So check it out :)

New items on Etsy! AKA Show-n-Tell

So I wanted to share some new things I made…one pair of earrings and two charms for a necklace. All handmade! These will be available in my etsy shop as I’m hoping to get a decent amount of traffic to my blog tomorrow due to SewMamaSew Giveaway Day. You should definitely check it out monday after 9:30am there will be a list of around 300 blogs who are hosting giveaways on May 23rd! The item I am giving away is my favorite pendant that I made from a shell from Cocoa Beach, FL. That post will go out tonight around 11pm so it is ready for tomorrow. I’ll try to post a link to the blog list whenever they put it up on monday. Anyway…here’s some fun stuff:

Clay bead earrings

Shell from Cocoa Beach, FL smoothed edges with dremel tool. Pearl bead attached with small bit of chain. Necklace not included, pendant only.

Same deal with this one. Sanded down rough edges. Attached a pretty pink bead to the top. Chain not included, pendant only. From Cocoa Beach, FL.

You guys may have seen these before, this was my valentines day project. I’m listing it on etsy because I can just make new ones and I thought it might  be a cute gift for someone for their anniversary. Hide little gifts in each box, or a cute love note.

These are handmade plastic canvas boxes with acrylic yarn. The letters have some dimension as I cut them from plastic canvas as well and stitched them onto the boxes.

And well I had another pair of earrings I was working on but those lil bitty shells did not stand up to the dremel or bits of wire that I use to connect them. If they are too weak to be made into jewelry then they are too weak to use at all.

And….. SNEAK PEAK! Cuz I want my current readers to see what they may be able to win tomorrow.

The photo of this will be much bigger tomorrow :) Good luck <3

ps-All my photos are edited in picnik—I highly recommend it :)

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