so crafty!

Was so crafty yesterday I didn't even have time to blog! Here's what I did on my craftastic day off!

1. The Fish Extender.

One word: AWESOME! It took longer than it really should have, but turned out so beautiful I'm almost speechless. Fantastic stuff! The hand stitching of the felt letters took a bit long, but looks so great. I really love working with felt. So pleased! A full project, beginning to end -- even got the dowel "painted" ( I cheated and used a sharpie...).



2. The ruffled recycled sweater scarf.

Umm. To be honest, it looks like the picture... I'm just not sure it's really.... all that nice. But I used an old sweater that had been sitting around for years (decades?), some ribbon I had downstairs for years (since my lavender summer a decade ago), and even some ancient blue thread. The only purchase for this project? The yarn needles. Which will come in handy for other projects. So it isn't the greatest result, but all it cost me was time.

3. The "joy" and "noel" trivets.

Another great project wrapped up! Okay, the hard part was finding the perfect frames... or was it getting the pieces centered on the sticky mats? But when I finished, the looked perfect. Sure, I had to make purchases, but it's thrilling to use some old stitching.

4. The travel incense kits.

Okay, they had been nearly finished, but I hadn't punched the little hole. So I did that yesterday, too.

5. The running scrapbook.

My scrapbook pages and posts arrived mid morning, so I was able to fix my broken race scrapbook, including adding a few more blank pages so that I can keep scrapping. Yay!

6. The Edna Looney Christmas banner

I finished putting this together a week or so ago, but only today did I cut the dowel and paint the finials. Can't wait to decorate for Christmas!

7. Not a craft project, but a project nonetheless: I posted the packing peanuts on Craigslist after spending 10 minutes bagging them up and moving them on to the porch. Was thrilled when they magically disappeared. No fuss, no muss. Maybe next week I'll get rid of the bubble wrap...

Also took delivery of my earring supplies; I'm nervous about the epoxy, but just need to suck it up. Excited to make those as they stones are absolutely amazing!

Was busy today with the Girls on the Run 5K and my brother's Christmas show (which was great!), but arrived home to find my scrapbooking paper storage had arrived -- yay! I think that will help me get some projects done. I have a scraptastic week planned after Christmas!!!

So. Next projects -- the earrings (maybe brave up and to the epoxying tomorrow?) and mom's bookmark. That should keep my stitching jones under control for a little while. Oh, and I have decided to make stationery for Jen for her Secret Santa gift. Maybe work on that tomorrow after the long run...