Rumbly in my Tumbly

OK let's try this again! I had this all ready to post and I have no Idea what happened. Anyway this was my project for today. It started life as a Fleece tie pillow kit I bought last year. I had my Mother-in-law in mind when I bought it. So today Idecided it would be done so at least one Christmas gift was finished. Instead of making ties I made a removable cover and sewed really cute pooh blanket binding on it. It is big. THe pillow for itself is 18x18. It seemed to take me forever to finish this. I had to make sure the pooh picture went on the form just so. Then I was all done and put the pillow form in for the hundreth time.....and the back didn't want to close by about a 1/2 inch. Somehow I didn't take into account how fluffy the pillow was. So after wanting to cry I pulled out some stitches and ran a piece of blanket binding down the opening in the back. The binding is so cute. It has pooh and the gang on one side and honey pots of the other! Anyway the bottomless pit of a craft closet now has a bit more space and I am one step closer to being done with my Christmas projects!

Smelly Jellies

Well I am back. I promised some people I would explain what a Smelly Jellie was and I will. I even included a picture! Although I am not sure why it looked much better on the camera than it does now but oh well. I will get better at all this!

A Smelly Jellie is a wonderful creation. It is the best properties of a candle without the flame and smoke. You take the seal off or poke holes in it and set it out. Wonderful fragrance will come from this little jar. These are great for people with pets, in nursing homes, dorm rooms, closets, cars....just about anywhere! You can also put a little bit in a popouri burner! I make 8 scents in 3 sizes now! These were quite popular at the last craft show. I make the following scents.

Banana, Pineapple, Pina Colada, MacIntosh Apple, Beach Breeze, Black Cherry, Passion Fruit and Honeydew Mellon.

In the Spring I may be able to add a new scent. I am trying to figure out which one to add! I love the way my craft room smells! All the finished jars makes for a nice fruit salad effect!

Gobble Gobble

Hello! I thought this little guy was kind of cute. I made him at work today. Sorry the picture is not a good one but I took it with the cell phone. We set up a craft table so client scould make turkey's this week! IT sure made work fun. All it took was a little glue, fun foam, pine cone, pompom, googlie eyes and some time to cut and assemble! Easy as can be!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Herbie Lives!

Hello agin! I was trying to see if I remembered how to post these pictures and I will admit it took me awhile to remember. I just did it a little bit ago! But the important thing is......I remembered! One of the first things I did for someone in the way of candy were these Herbies! I did 45 of them for a little boys birthday party. They are solid white shocolate that I painted with colored white chocolate to look like Herbie! They loved them! I will admit I had no idea how long they would take me! but in the end they came out pretty good.

Candy Roses

This is a test picture to see how posting pictures go. I made these a couple of years ago as part of a favor for a baby shower. These ones are peanut butter filled.

Candy

Ok everyone. Here is the big question of the day! What is your favorite candy filling. I am always trying to think of new flavors to add so that is your mission. Give me new ideas for candy filling!

Also I know I promised you pictures. I intend to have pictures. I just need to figure it all out yet. So I am going to try a sample picture here. If this works I will try to get some pictures of some of my stuff and get them posted.

Christmas crafts

Well I think this will be a year for busting my rump and making some Christmas gifts. With 2 car payments and 2 cars to get repaired because they do not work at all it is going to be a year with a little Christmas gift budget! So I have a bunch of craft supplies in the house but now is the hard part. What on earth do I make for people. ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME! I have a couple of projects to finish up for people this week then it is Christmas craft and restocking for February Mode. So I can knit, cross stitch crochet and sew. Now all I need is 4,000 days until Christmas and I am all set.

And so it begins

I have always said I would not get sucked into the world of blogging. I have resisted until now. I guess the saying is true. Resistance is futile. I finally gave in. I gave in because I love to craft. I love to create new items and to see people's reactions to them. I wanted a place I could post pictures of my crafts and also a place where others may be able to help offer suggestions of things they would like to see or ideas to improve upon my existing crafts. I also make homemade candy. I am usually very busy around Easter with candy.

Craft shows and making candy have become my stress release, hobby and passion. It is something I truly love to do. What better way to share my love with people. So this is the start. The start of the blog I swore I would never have. The start (I hope) of a way to help my little craft hobby gain new life all it's own.

My hope is that i will eventually be able to post some pictures of some of the items I make. For now don't hold your breath. I am just happy I made it this far!