Crochet

So I have been crocheting like crazy! I have also felted for the first time! I really like the way it came out!
I have started working at Michael's and it's not that bad. I work up at the register, and as long as it's busy I don't mind it. Also this week they are having employee appreciation week, which means anything not on sale is 50% off. Um hi can you just keep my paycheck this week. I picked up a Christmas present, and of course some yarn. I will have to grab some more yarn before the 24th (sale ends). Also might have to look at the potential of some other kinds of Christmas gifts I could make. The men in my life (dad, brother, boyfriend, grandfather) are so difficult to make things for. Any ideas??? They are already have scarves from me.
This Friday, is the Friday! We make our annual trip to Salem. So far weather looks good. The place is so pretty especially in fall. The houses are pretty much kept historically accurate. I love just walking through the town.
Any places you like to visit in fall?

oh so crafty

So I made two skirts yesterday. I love the fabric, puts me in a fall mood!

I am also working on a teddy bear (crochet) with some fabric accents. I think I am going to use some of the left over plaid. Should be cute!

Have some fun today!

Fall

So the official first day of fall is this Wednesday. It has been feeling like fall, which is OK with me. The leaves are starting to turn and it is so pretty! The Fryeburg fair is in a couple of weeks. I can't wait! One of my favorite parts is checking out to fiber barn. The center table is filled it wool! I haven't worked with wool yet, just haven't bought any yet. I also want to try felting.
I finished my cute cupcake apron, and made some yummy red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I brought some to work, and they went over very well. Yay!
I nearly have my sister's Christmas gift done.
I finally got a picture of me in the dress I made, it doesn't look so weird on me as it does on the hanger.

Now I am off to find some hot apple cider! Oh and go to work.
Have some fun today!

muggies again

So Maine got some relief for maybe 4 days. Nice comfortable weather that makes it oh so easy to be outside. I have to admit though, after all that 80 and humid weather, it kind of felt like some fall weather.
Shhhhhh! don't tell anyone! I do love fall, for all the colors, and cozy clothes. Fall also brings our trip to Salem, Mass. Yes we go to some of the witch trial attractions, but after 4 years of going, we have been to all of them. Salem is also a gorgeous town. A lot of the house are kept up historically, and there is the oldest candy shop there. Also every year we have gone we have found something new, although I will say the coolest thing so far has been this person's backyard.

We were just walking down a side street and found this. HOW COOL!! I love how they used all these things that other people would call junk, and brought it alive.  That is why we go back, there is something you could have missed the first or third time around.


I love seeing things get reused. I have some jeans that got pretty torn up last year at work, but I am inspired by Poor Pitiful Pearl, Violet Bella, and Craftster. I can reuse them as shorts, but they would be a bit shorter than I would like, but I have some great fabric left over from other projects, to lengthen them.
Oh I also got my sundress from Lucy Magnolia on etsy. I love it.
I have been in love with this, and with this summer we have been having, I would totally wear this a whole lot. Can I convince myself to buy it?? I am always so careful about buying things, but do you think looking at it over and over again for over two months, means I should own this?

Poor Pitiful Pearl

I might be thinking about getting this one all day.
Well I need to go get ready for work. Muggy all day today, should be fun!

Have some fun today!