tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36357381447027838742024-03-12T23:59:57.984-04:00Crochet Blog- JellyBeansterJellyBeansterBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-65358466158016362222012-01-13T18:39:00.001-05:002012-01-21T16:17:03.435-05:00Rippletastic purse<div style="text-align: center;">
Ever since I made my mom her<a href="http://jellybeanster.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-first-purse-ever.html" target="_blank"> hexagon purse</a>, I have been wanting to make one for myself! I love the festive colors that the hexagon purse used but I wanted something a bit more grown up... more sophisticated... and I wanted to have a go at using thinner yarn too. It was perfect that I ran into this free Vanna White Patten on one of those little cardstocks they put up all over the store with free patterns. I was instantly in love and I knew I had the PERFECT yarn stashed away at home to make it too!</div>
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I rushed home and started putting colors together. I had 4 different colors and I only needed 3, don't ask me why but it took me forever to decide. FINALLY I figured it out and I went stitching away! Many many nights later, I came up with this!</div>
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LOVE the colors!! I think I made the right choice with the color combos if I say so myself :-) The yarn is sooo soft too!! It's made by Caron and called SPA and it's an acrylic/bamboo blend. At least the light gray and pink are. The dark gray is also Caron SPA but it's a acrylic with merino wool blend. They're both amazing and so easy to work with. The bamboo blend was a bit thicket than the merino wool blend so I just made sure that I made those rows a little tighter than the dark grey ones.</div>
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Because the yarns were a bit different in thickness, I made sure I blocked the poop out of it! I put a damp towel over it and just put the iron on top with the steam coming out. I didn't leave it on there, I just dabbed it on/off and on/off..... I did that until the towel on top was nearly dry and it worked like a charm.</div>
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The pattern included a method to fill in the ripples so i filled away! I was going to fill it in with stripes just like the rest of the bag but hey at this point, I was just kinda lazy for all that color work and I just wanted to be done!</div>
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I found this great grey fabric with little felt circles on it in the remnant section for half off at Joanns!! Talk about luck! I had to make sure it wasn't stretchy though so that it would take the stress of the contents in the bag instead of the crocheted fabric.</div>
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I stitched them together by hand really quick just to hold it in place so I could sew it up with the sewing machine. I used the bright green thread jsut to make it easier to see what thread I would have to cut out later...</div>
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I pinned the sides together and started stitching them up using the light grey yarn...</div>
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I just love all that rippley goodness!! All that's left to do now is put a strap on it and put together a matching outfit... so fun :-) I'll post pics of the final product when I get around to deciding whether I'm going to buy a strap or make one... what do you think??</div>
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-50413191207905569552012-01-13T18:06:00.000-05:002012-01-13T18:06:19.586-05:00Happy New YearI can't believe it's 2012! Crazy how time flies by... I feel like it was yesterday that the world was freaking out over the computers crashing bc of Y2K.... well I'm glad it didn't otherwise you wouldn't be reading this :-)<br />
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Everyone always says Happy new Year and has great parties but every new year I never feel any different.... except this one! It really is a happy new year for me! I finally finished my electrical engineering degree at UCF and .....wait for it.... I got a job! It's been a huge transition to make from student to "young professional" or at least that's what they call me but I wouldn't say i'm really that professional quite yet ;-)<br />
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For the first time in a VERY long time I could sit around and do NOTHING! And let me tell you , it was fantabulous!Well I guess we didn't really do nothing since we did road trip to New Jersey, then stayed at my parents house in Daytona Beach and then went to South FL for New years... But it was nice bc while I was at all of those different places, I didn't have to worry about school and when the next assignment was due OR about work! It was a very much needed vacation... One thing I did do... a whole lot of was crochet of course! I started a bit late on the xmas presents (and yes December 25th is only a <i>bit</i> late in my world) but the important part was that I got them done! ok ok I'm still working on ONE but I will get it done!!<br />
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This is one of the xmas presents i actually finished! It was a gift for the bf's sister. I've been wanting to make her something and just couldn't figure out what color to use... well she's getting married and this was the exact color on her "save the date" magnets she sent out! Perfect, I saw the color and fell in love with it. It's pretty awesome what 1 skein of yarn and 1 crochet hook can do!</div>
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It needed something else though, so I made this little butterfly to hold it nicely folded while it made its way back up to New Jersey</div>
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Then I whipped up a nice cozy 100% wool scarf for the bf's momma. The yarn is stitch nation by Debbie Stoller and it's amaaaazing! The color is to dye for (hehe) and it was super easy to work with. I loved the end product too! I used Debbie Stoller's pattern "One Skein Scarf". It was pretty chilly up in Jersey and this scarf is going to be perfect for those windy winter nights.</div>
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When giving a gift, I feel like presentation is key... You have to make it look nice otherwise it doesn't really have the same affect, ya know? I found some lilac ribbon and made a little bow on it to hold the scarf nicely folded during transit. Put them side by size and wrapped them up in tissue paper...<br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-60983822719218971782011-12-21T15:04:00.000-05:002011-12-21T15:04:16.310-05:00Crazy HolidaysI'm sure everyone is running around during the busy holiday season trying to buy those last minute xmas gifts and plan their holiday parties. Mine has been even a bit more crazy this year since I had to take my (last ever) final exams and graduate! Yes, so I am now a college graduate *insert happy dance here*<br />
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I start work in January 3rd and am very much enjoying the time I have off to crochet and hang out with family. This is literally the first moment I have had free since my last post! I had final exams then I flew out the next day to take a training for work. Then I got back home and the next morning was my graduation! I ended up getting sick :-( but had to suck it up b/c the next day we got in the car to start our 17 hour drive to Maple Shade, New Jersey to visit the bf's family before the holidays. The dogs even came with us fast asleep in the backseat, they were so good I couldn't believe it! So, now we're in Jersey and I've been crocheting up xmas gifts like a mad woman just in time for the holidays!<br />
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I have also been working on those stitching charts so please stay tuned if you've been waiting for those! I promise I will get them done!<br />
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I hope to keep working on my mario blanket this upcoming week. Maybe we can do a crochet-along?? ooooh tempting!! I will have to get my act together and post those stitching charts first!!<br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-84011083146658518402011-11-30T20:24:00.000-05:002011-11-30T20:24:30.713-05:00Sewn Dog Bed with bumpersMy dog Shelby LOVES to sleep with her back against something. When I first got her 2 years ago, I knew I wanted to make her bed since all the dogs beds I saw were like $40 for a comfy one! $40 is a bit much so off to Joann Fabrics I went to find some soft fabric. I picked out this brown one with pink, green, and orange polka dots. I think it suits her well :-)<br />
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The bed was my first sewing project so I wasn't 100% sure what i was doing I just kinda figured it out on the way. 1 old pillow, some stuffing, and 2 hours later, I had this bed! The only problem was that the sides wouldn't stay up!! I had put in too many panels and so they drooped. To fix this, I made this cardboard bed frame lol... it looked so ghetto!! But it did the job holding the side bumpers up!<br />
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Tonight, finally after TWO YEARS in the making, I have fixed it! It only took about 15 minutes too lol... I dunno why I put it off for so long. Now the bed can stand up on its own and I don't need to have that ugly cardboard box in my room anymore!<br />
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After much debate, I decided to continue my Mario Blanket in TSS. I haven't decided if I'm going to use all of the characters I have already made even though they're in different stitches or if I'm going to scrap the <a href="http://jellybeanster.blogspot.com/2011/10/mario-blanket-1-my-biggest-project-yet.html">2 mushrooms</a> and <a href="http://jellybeanster.blogspot.com/2011/10/crochet-mario-blanket-part-2-piranha.html">piranha plant</a> and redo them in TSS.... we'll see!! Maybe I can just use the mushrooms and piranha for some pillows instead? I dunno... i gotta sleep on it..<br />
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Anywho, I finished Yoshi!! I was super motivated so it only took me like 3 nights to do it, 2.5 hours at a time so around 7.5 hours GEEZ!! I was also watching TV aaaannnnd I must have checked the stitch chart like a million times before each row just to make sure I didn't fudge anything up.<br />
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What do you think?! I was so excited to finish! But now that I've stared at it for a while, there are definitely some things I would change if I had to do it again. For all of the Mario projects, I took a really small pixelated picture and made a small stitch chart on graph paper (each box = 1 stitch) Then to make it bigger, I just made 1 box = 4 boxes (2x2) and that kept it proportional and made the picture bigger. BUT the downfall is that it looks terribly pixelated when you blow it up like that!! I should have definitely "smoothed" the edges out a bit instead of doing the black outline so abruptly. It does look pretty good from far away though and I think it definitely preserves the true age of the mario nintendo game! Remember back in the day when the characters were actually this pixelated??</div>
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And an even closer close-up: (Please ignore my shoe holding it flat in the top left corner :-)<br />
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I used Vanna's Choice yarn for all the colors except the outside gray. For the gray, I used Caron Simply Soft just because I had like 5 skeins to burn through! Even though the Vanna's Choice and the Caron are both classified as Worsted weight, they're not exactly the same weight. Vanna's Choice is definitely a bit fluffier and so the stitches that make up Yoshi came out a little bigger than the gray ones. The only thing this really affects is that it makes my work curl up a bit more than TSS normally does but that's nothing a good blocking won't fix!! Before I put everything together, I will be sure to block the crap out of it!<br />
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<strike>Sometime in the next week, I'm going to put up a new little tab on my home page with all the posts for this blanket and stitch charts so that </strike>you can make it too if you want! I would love L.O.V.E to see fellow yoshis and mushrooms that are roaming cyberspace out there!!</div>
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I FINALLY finished the stitch chart for Yoshi! Enjoy and please post whatever you make on here, I would love to see :-)<br />
In my project above, I made each sqaure in the stitch in the chart below actually equal to 4 stitches (2 stitches tall by 2 stitches wide). This just made the yoshi bigger in size but still proportional. Beware though that by doing this, I simply made each "pixel" larger which is why my yoshi looks so pixelated. You should "smooth out" some of the edges once you make your chart larger which is what i should have done... oh well. This is why this will most likely end up as a pillow and not as part of my final blanket. Happy stitching!<br />
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<u><b>Yoshi Pixel Picture</b></u><br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-17842749397093337912011-11-27T23:31:00.002-05:002011-11-27T23:39:42.936-05:00Yummy T-shirt yarn crochet rugs!Didn't I say I was OBSESSed? I L.O.V.E the simplicity, the reusability, the versatility of these rugs! They brighten up a room like none other! And like I said before, the doggies love this!<br />
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This is the first one I ever made!! As you can tell over on the right, this was BEFORE i figured out that to make crochet rugs, you should always keep crocheting in a spiral instead of joining and chaining for the next rows... live and learn!! This one's going in my office :-)<br />
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Here is the trio of my creations. Now that's what I call a colorful eye orgasm :-)<br />
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Let's see how long I can last before starting another one!! AHA the count begins...<br />
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P.S. Can you tell I bought a real camera and stopped using my phone?? :-DBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-3269551014771381382011-11-27T04:05:00.002-05:002011-11-28T02:33:20.541-05:00Best Online Shoe Club IMO<br />
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I'm one of those people who loves LOVES shoes. I have been using Shoedazzle for a few months now and have purchased 4 pairs of shoes and only 1 which I love. At first i thought it was a steal, i thought that nice shoe could only be purchased for $80 or more so with $40 at Shoedazzle I would get a pair shipped to my house, I thought it was a pretty great deal. Now after a few months of intense shoe shopping, I can honestly say that Shoedazzle's shoes are not the best deal... <i>actually they're not a good deal at all.</i><br />
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Let's start with their quality. To this day, Shoedazzle has NOT put out ONE pair of shoes which contains high quality materials. All of the materials are man-made and every shoe I have received has had some sort of small quality defect. Yes, small but still there and for $40, they should be pretty damn near perfect. Now don't get me wrong, not all man-made materials suck. I have plenty of shoes that are faux patent, satin, or faux suede. However, there are some really great faux materials where you can barely tell that they're not real and there are others who seem like they don't even try to make look real!<br />
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The fact that they give free shipping and returns may seem like a great perk but in reality they should be giving you more than that! They sell you shoes that cost them no more than $7 to make in some 3rd world country, sell them to your for $40, and then tell you you're getting free shipping just to make you feel like you're getting a good deal. $40 relative to many other shoe brands may seem like a steal but also realize that Shoedazzle rarely ever has sales or deals. This is because they're already selling at their "rock-bottom" price, they don't want to go any lower! A while back they had a BOGO event and I bought 2 pairs of shoes that looked super cute. When they arrived, I realized just how crappy the quality was and realized, yes this makes sense why they had BOGO, who's actually buying this stuff at full price! ah! (please don't tell me you are!!) The stitches were crooked and the <strike>faux leather</strike> plastic dug into my feet horribly. I tried everything with these shoes, I wore them in by walking around the house, using them for short trips to the grocery store, but nothing worked! No matter how hard you try, if the shoe is crappy, it will never be comfortable (assuming you bought the right size and heel height for you!)<br />
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Enough with my rant about Shoedazzle, let's focus on some nice shoes now!<br />
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It just so turns out that i found this great site<a href="http://www.solesociety.com/invite/BGarcia031"> Sole Society</a>, have you heard of it?<br />
They are also an Online Shoe Club BUT the biggest difference is what? QUALITY, they have shoes that are made with REAL LEATHER not this Chinese equivalent similar crap. I don't care how textured you make plastic, plastic is NOT leather! And let's face it, if you want your shoes to last more than 3 months, you need them to be stitched up well made from durable materials --> leather shoes.<br />
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Sole Society has some great shoes for every style and like I said they're made with REAL materials!! Are they still made in China? probably.... but we have to understand that the quality standards in China are not the same throughout... they're good some places, ok in others, and just plain terrible in the remaining areas. <br />
Their monthly price runs a little more expensive at $50 instead of $40 (Shoedazzle) but I can't stress enough that the quality is FAR superior!!<br />
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yada yada yada.... ok so what's the deal?? Everytime I post a new rant/rave about something I hate/love there's always a deal involved or an alternative.<br />
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Have you heard of <a href="https://www.plumdistrict.com/?ref=u8f86d50f657">Plum District?</a> They're having a GREAT Black Friday sale! Use code <b>SUNDAY40</b> to get 40% off any voucher. They just so happen to have a $50 to Sole Society for only $25 which makes it <u><b>$15 </b></u>after your 40% off code!! So here's your great chance to get awesome leather shoes for <u><b>$15 SHIPPED TO YOUR HOUSE</b></u>!! It really doesn't get any better than this!<br />
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So what are you waiting for? Try it out.. better yet gift it for Xmas! I know I would be ecstatic to get this as a gift! <br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-49926988424588517262011-11-25T22:49:00.000-05:002011-11-25T22:49:40.688-05:00Crochet Recycled T-shirt yarn Rug<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have had these great cotton t-shirts sitting around for the last 5 months! I always said I was going to do something incredibly crafty with it but never really found any motivation... FOUND IT!!<br />
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Everytime I'm cooking or crafting or doing ANYTHING for that matter, my dogs always want to sit right at my feet. It's cute yes but I always end up tripping over them and stubbing my toe or just completely falling on my face... not good! I began to notice that they LOVE to sit on rugs though so I said I will make a rug for my craft room!! That way I can put the rug on the other side of the room and they will lay there, only there and can no longer accidentally sit on my sewing pedal and scare the crap out of me (yes, it's happened)<br />
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I made sure to keep track as I went just in case someone else wants to try this! I started by cutting the shirts in strips. I used almost EVERYTHING even the neck part with the seams on it and stuff, it all gets put together and you can't even tell! After you cut the strips, be sure to pull them so that they curl up!<br />
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I haven't done one of these in a WHILE! It wasn't too bad of a week this time around especially considering that I got a bunch of stuff I needed for Thanksgiving and not necessarily just what was on sale.<br />
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I paid $80 and Saved $100 :-) It's always nice to save at least 50%!! <br />
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The bf even got lunch (which you can see him holding in the bottom right corner of the pic). There was a $2 off a Turkey/Cranberry Publix sub combo so he lucked out because apparently that's his favorite sub during the holidays AND we had a coupon... love when that happens :-)<br />
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Some of the highlights were FREE Rachael Ray dog treats, FREE publix eggs, super cheap shredded cheese, free Dr. Pepper, 30 cents for each bag of Alexia frozen breads and super cheap evaporated milk for all of the baked goods that are coming!<br />
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I'll do a break-down if needed just let me know!<br />
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My friend told me about this yarn store in Orlando that I never heard of before! It's called the <a href="http://www.theblacksheepshop.com/">Black Sheep</a>, have you heard of it?? It's one of the 2 LYS here in Orlando so I'm very excited to go scope it out tomorrow especially since we saved $100 that were going to go to groceries :-) Maybe I will splurge on some of this amazing Noro that everyone is talking about?<br />
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Or maybe I will get some organic cotton to make myself a pink version of the <a href="http://jellybeanster.blogspot.com/2011/11/celtic-knot-beanie-for-bf.html">celtic beanie</a> I designed for the bf!! Only time will tell :-)<br />
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I don't really know who Queen Anne is but she must have been a really popular lady!! This scarf is a super easy project and it stitches up beautifully!</div>
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I used Caron "Country" yarn (merino/acrylic blend) and it feels so nice and warm on my neck, I just love it! I got lots of lovely compliments from buddies at work so that definitely made my day!! :-)</div>
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I think I'm a bit obsessed with scarves right now especially being that winter's coming up and quick!! I feel like everyday I step outside, it gets just a little bit cooler... and I love it!! It really just gives me an excuse to stitch up more gorgeous projects...</div>
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I finally finished the super secret project I was working on for the bf... whaddaya think?<br />
I've always wanted to crochet him something but could never find anything that was "manly" enough... I always saw patterns that he said were cool but wouldn't actually wear.... *sigh*<br />
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I was looking through Debbie Stoller's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Son-Stitch-Bitch-Projects-Crochet/dp/0761146172">Son of Stitch N' Bitch</a>" and saw this awesome design for a hat:<br />
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But it was a knitting pattern!! BAAAH! It's times like these that make me so jealous of knitters! There's so many more knitting patterns and books out there than crochet.... oh well!!<br />
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This only made it a bit more of a challenge.... NO, I didn't learn how to knit to do this pattern but instead I converted it into a Tunisian Crochet project :-)<br />
I made it from a bunch of wedges starting from the top center of the hat to the rim. Then I stitched up the sides and voila!!<br />
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For the yarn, I used all Vanna's Choice in colors: White (don't remember the label name for white) and "Charcoal Print"<br />
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At the rim of the hat, I went around and did 1 round of front post single crochet and then another round of normal single crochet, this pulled it all together and gave it a nice rim.<br />
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I love love L.O.V.E this hat!! As soon as I finished it, the bf said "Awesome, this is perfect" What better words could a mad crocheter hear after finishing a masterpiece!! I love that he loves it so much but I'm thinking I might just have to make another one in pink for me!!! How cute would that beee?!??!<br />
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tempting, very tempting.... but I have so many other projects flowing through my head that I think I will do those before repeating a pattern :-)<br />
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I have oodles of other projects to share I just haven't gotten a chance to post them... Also I realized that I really hate the quality of my pictures on this blog! GAH!! I always take them with my phone and well they just don't come out so good :-/<br />
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This black friday I will make it my mission to find a sweet camera so i can take some better pics... until then, you're stuck with pics like these<br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-13596902328504570522011-11-18T11:02:00.000-05:002011-11-18T11:02:28.664-05:00MORE Joann Coupons!! Better ones :-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have them sent to your IPhone or Android phone instead of printing paper, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>GO GREEN!</b></span>!</div>
<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-54165545741888106332011-11-17T15:29:00.000-05:002011-11-17T15:29:49.435-05:00Free Shipping at Joann Fabrics = New Crochet Book!AWESOME! Joann has ONE DAY of free shipping on EVERYTHING!! Only today Nov 17th though...<br />
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They have amazing books, yarn, crochet & knitting supplies but by far my favorite are the BOOKS!! Michael's does NOT EVER discount books so whenever there's a coupon for Joann's I go straight there to get my crochet books! Paying full price for those gets expensive quick as I'm sure many of you out there know...<br />
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AND Books are 30% off right now!! waaaahoooooooooooooo!!<br />
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Joann's has a HUGE variety of books MANY of which are ONLY available online so I went ahead and snagged this one for about $15 shipped :-)<br />
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<br />Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-83173572790981259602011-11-14T14:32:00.000-05:002011-11-14T14:32:40.412-05:00My first purse ever!When I first started crocheting, I made granny squares like a mad woman!! I loved the ease and verstility (is that even a word?) of them. AND the best part was that even if I had a terribly busy day, there was always time to crank out a granny!! <br />
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Eventually, my granny squares graduated into a different shape, granny HEXAGONS!! Of course, my addiction was newly fueled and I just made as many cotton, colorful granny hexagons as I possibly could.... Within 10 days, I ended up with about 24 granny hexes! <br />
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After <strike>stalking</strike> reading a certain spectacular crochet blog: ( <a href="http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2010/11/hex-bag.aspx">Futuregirl!!</a>) I ran into this <a href="http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2010/11/hex-bag.aspx">BEAUTY of a bag</a>!! I was obsessed! AND I was oh so excited that I already had the granny hexes to make it :-) I quickly stitched them all together and....<br />
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With all of its loveliness, I couldn't think of anyone better than my mom to give it to :-)<br />
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Now I'm thinking I need to make more of these!! I bought the cotton this week so it's coming!! Next time though, I'm going to try to stick to a more defined color palette: some neutrals with a couple bright colors to POP....Maybe I'll start it next week, this week I'm working on a celtic knot hat for the boyfriend! Let's see how that comes out first... stay tuned...<br />
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Anyone else make a sick nasty granny project?Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-14373213376279172002011-11-11T13:54:00.000-05:002011-11-11T13:54:04.622-05:00Buy 1 Get 3 Free Ulta Online Sale!I doubt this will last more than a day but they still have some great stuff left! Check it out! And FREE SHIPPING over $25 wahooooo!!<br />
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There's a sweet little deal at Walgreens going on, check it out!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> <b><u>$1.00 for 20lbs</u> of Tidy Cats Litter at Walgreens (Deal is valid until 11/19)</b></span></span></div>
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I love making new projects, especially for gifts... I mean what am I going to do with 10 pillows? But I also want to make sure that I add a little personal touch so that my homemade goodie can always be linked back to me wherever in the world it may be!<br />
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I got my sewing machine, Brother SQ9000 last Christmas and it is AWESOME! It has this monogramming feature that I hadn't tried out until this week. It has all the letters in the english alphabet as well as some foreign accented characters!! It was super easy to program the letters into the sewing machine and once that was done all I had to do was put the pedal to the carpet and VOILA!! Awesome little personalized nametag on my finished pillow.<br />
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Yes, yes, I know my name's actually a bit crooked on there but hey! it was my first time using it and I guess my head was tilted a bit when I started the machine..... yea that sounds good we'll go with that...<br />
Honestly, I feel like it adds a little more flair being crooked and all so I can't say I'm disappointed.<br />
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The thread I used was part of this set that I bought on EBay from this little store in INDIA!!! The colors in the set are AMAZING and shiny as you can see in this picture. The thread I used for the lettering is a mixture of pinks with white in it all swirled, all gorgeous looking. To stitch the tag on, I used the blue thread which was a variety of blues and white in it too. I used a purple non-stretchy fabric for the tag so that the letter wouldn't crinkle or risk the thread of the lettering to get torn from being stretched. I also made sure to make the tag a bit bigger than I wanted so that I could fold over the edges of the tag and make it a nice finished edge and avoiding the future fraying that may happen from use.Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-29119215863681421002011-11-06T20:14:00.003-05:002011-11-08T11:39:09.149-05:00Ribbon Holder made from scratchWhile snooping around Michael's today, I walked by the "organization aisle" at least that's what I call it... They have everything you could ever want to organize your craft room but always at a price... unfortunately too high of a price for me. Their ribbon holder was $35!! REALLY? I have to pay $35 just so my ribbon can be "held"? A little ridiculous, nevertheless, my ribbon still longed to be held so I came up with this uber cheap alternative. :-)<br />
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<b> </b>And there you have it... simple, cheap, and oh-so effective :-)Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3635738144702783874.post-33009033587739747612011-11-06T18:52:00.000-05:002011-11-06T18:52:19.366-05:00Pink Stuffed Dog from Victoria's Secret- Craft Idea<br />
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Sure, the little pink dogs you get for free when you purchase X amount of dollars worth of stuff from Victoria's Secret but after a while, the novelty wears out and they get dusty and thrown aside. I was going to donate it thinking that a little girl somewhere will love it more than I do but then an idea was born....<br />
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I love that Joann's and Michaels always have coupons out, it definitely makes crocheting a much more affordable hobby. However it does suck that most of the times I need to get like 2-3 different skeins of yarn and Michael's only lets me use 1 coupon per visit BOOOO!<br />
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I've noticed that Joann's is a bit better about letting you use coupons. They let you use (1) 40% or 50% off regular items coupon AND a % off your total purchase coupon too. Unfortunately, Joann's is like 7 miles away from me and Michael's is less than 1 mile away so I end up going to Michael's since going to Joann's usually means using my savings on yarn to pay for the extra gas to get there. <br />
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What's AWESOME about both stores is that they both accept competitors coupons! Around here, there's no other competition besides Joann's and Michael's. Every once in a while, they put out 20% or 25% off your total purchase coupons that are good on BOTH sale and regular priced items. What sucks is that they usually end the really good sales BEFORE the start date of the coupon, so it ends up cancelling out but they kinda make you FEEL like you're getting a good deal, don't they?<br />
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Starting tomorrow, Michael's is having this great deal on many of their yarns AND Joann's has put out a "Family and Friends" coupon for 25% off all sale and regular priced items good from Nov 4-6. So SUNDAY is the one day where they both overlap!!<br />
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Vanna White's yarn is going on sale for $1.99 meaning after the coupon, each skein will only be $1.50!! Crazy!! That's cheaper than red heart super saver and her yarn is sooo much better and has a much better selection of colors too! It stitched up nicely too, I used it on the Tunisian Crochet Pillow and on the Piranha Plant block too.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman',times;"><span style="color: black;">Once you've selected a good quality<br />dog food, that's all you need, right? </span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ModernDogmagazine/b00602a58f/607e648076/35829324a6/PLcode=720725&N=CDog" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><br /></a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Once you have selected a quality dog food, that’s all you need to feed, right? Despite what many dog food companies tell you, we are starting to find out that may not be the case.<br /><br />It seems intuitive that dogs weren’t intended to get all of their nutrients from a single food. Just like all mammals, dogs are meant to thrive on a range of different foods obtaining the unique nutritional benefits from each.<br /><br />Rotating your pet’s diet provides a lot of benefits including a broader spectrum of nutrients and prevention of mealtime boredom. It can also help avoid the development of allergies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ModernDogmagazine/b00602a58f/607e648076/8aa0077072/pa=5390912466" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: teal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">ROTATIONS Pet Food</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is the first pet food that follows this philosophy. Their recipes change all the ingredients, not just the protein, and you can switch from one to the next without having to transition thanks to their patented recipes.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">As always, there is currently an awesome deal going on to get this great dog food SHIPPED to your house! Visit the <a href="http://www.rotationspetfood.com/">Rotations Pet Food website</a> and use code: <b>MDFREE15</b> to get <u><i>15lbs of their food for FREE!</i></u> All you have to do is pay standard shipping of $9.99. That's under $10 for 15 POUNDS of food.... I feed my dogs Wellness and Organix and I usually buy the 5lb bags for around $5 at stock-up price, this price is EVEN BETTER AND it's shipped to your home! Sweeet!!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">As a reference, 15lb Wellness bags of food run for around $25-$30 and Organix for about $30-$35 </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If you don't have dogs, please consider getting the free sample and donating it to your local shelter!!</span></span>Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231755515905829471noreply@blogger.com1