look at me!

i thought i would pop in and prove that i am not completely lame on the crafting front. i try to always have something on the needles so i can pick it up when i am about to fall asleep in class. i can get some serious knitting done in my 3.5 hour friday lecture! can't tell you what it is yet, but hopefully it will be done and received soon so i can share more!

need 'em!

i have become mildly obsessed with these shelves this morning. i WANT them! aren't they amazing??

house ornaments

i was late getting these to their respective recipients so i am just now able to share! several of my friends bought houses this year so i thought house ornaments for christmas were in order. i used this pattern and went to work...

sorry for the sucky pictures - i only had a few minutes to take them between finishing them and getting on a plane for christmas!

they were pretty quick and easy to make and i was pleased with how they turned out! i love a pattern that still works out when i sew wonky seams!

dog treats

before Olive even stepped into our life i had several dog treat recipes saved on all recipes. i found a tiny dog bone cookie cutter at hobby lobby so i decided to try it out with one of the recipes a few weeks ago. the recipe i tried was really simple and was mostly made from whole wheat flour, peanut butter, and pumpkin - i tried them and they tasted really bland, but Olive loved them!

i ended up throwing most of them away, because after a long car ride - poor little puppy puked a ton of these up. i think they might just be too heavy for her sensitive little GI tract! i will let you know if there is a round two of homemade doggie treats...

patchwork napkins

i had been wanting to make something with my scraps for a while so when a friend came to visit - we went to work making these patchwork napkins. i had several flour sack dish towels laying around so we used those for the base.

we tried not to be matchy when we chose the fabrics for each strip and weren't picky about everything being straight or the same width.

we were able to use up almost all of my scraps and came out with two sets of four napkins.

they were pretty quick and simple to put together and we didn't spend a dime!

i am IN LOVE with them!

Craft Hope for Haiti

Craft Hope is truly awesome. I, like most everyone, am horrified by the disaster in Haiti and feel paralyzed by an inability to do anything to help. If I could I would adopt a baby - so so many orphans!

Luckily, Craft Hope is providing a way for crafters to help! Crafters donate items to be sold in the Craft Hope for Haiti etsy shop and all proceeds to go to Doctors without Borders!!

I donated my original buttercup bag - Rae allows donations of bags made from her patterns! I was so happy to be able to do something and with school starting tomorrow I couldn't make anything new. Worked out perfectly!!

If you too want to donate see details here.