Something for my Daughter

As you probably already know, I craft for charity. Well, one of the sweaters that we do for babies is from a free pattern on the Bundles of Love website. It was also featured as a tutorial on the mikeyssmail Youtube Channel.

So, Mikey put a challenge out there to see what people could do with this very basic sweater. He gave 2 examples of his own - a Ladybug version and a Bumble Bee version. I did the Pink Ladybug sweater that I showed in an earlier post and also used the same pattern for the bunting.

My 5 year old daughter has been bugging me to make a sweater for her, so I decided to see what I could do. I kept the same stitch count, but used a VERY bulky wool and a larger hook. Here is the result:

I know I already blogged about The Little Black Box but, I am so excited about this! I am just about ready to send my samples and discount coupons out to them to be included in the August box.




Keep an eye out for the August order deadline and sign up for their newsletter!

July boxes are on sale now.

New Designs and a limited edition

I've decided to do a limited edition bracelet - Allsorts - who doesn't love allsorts? I made enough beads to make about bracelets. I really don't want to make them again, so this is it, get it while it's hot!



And a new addition...Milk and Cookies

Crafting for Charity

Since I need to keep my hands busy at all times, along with making beads and jewelry I also do MANY crafts. One of the things I love to do is crochet put together with my addiction to yarn, this can be a huge problem. soooo...... about 2 years ago I joined a group called All Crafts for Charity. Each month, this group takes on a different project that we knit, crochet and sew for. It's an amazing group. I am amazed month after month at the amount of items that this group provides for those in need.

AC4C's mission statement:

This list promotes sewing, crocheting, knitting, quilting, tatting, smocking and other fabric arts for the good of charities all over the world! We have free patterns, free advice and lists of agencies in need of your hand made donations. We mostly specialize in helping premature (preemie) infants and but also promote other charities that may need our help. Please join us in a positive and loving atmosphere that thrives on helping others. All we ask from you are loving hands and a kind heart.

Some of the charities that we work with are:

• Bundles of Love
• Small Home for Elders
• Center for Grieving Children
• Woven Lotis
• Balboa Children's Hospital
• WRC Pregnancy Center
• Oasis for Hope
• Knit Your Bit
• Ships Project

and many others.

So far this month, I have sent in a few sweater sets and some squares for our amazing joiners to make into afghans.

So...to all crafters out there. If you want to join a great group and put your crafting to great use, please think about joining. The reward is unimaginable.

More New Stuff - Earrings

I'm doing Little Black Box this coming month. I'm really excited to participate in this program. It's a great opportunity to get a bunch of my stuff out to a niche market...people who love handcrafted goods.

Sooooo, I have been working on getting samples ready, I decided to do cell phone charms/zipper pulls and earrings for the boxes. I am also including a business card with a free offer on it. If you order a bracelet, I'll throw in a free pair of matching earrings. I have been getting all the little sample packs ready, making the beads, assembling the charms and earrings and was getting bored. I decided to do a few new earrings from my bead collection. So here are the new earrings:

Here is the new logo that I'm using on the website








And....DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... the new earrings which are available on my website, Ebay, and my Etsy shop.

Pepperoni Pizza Earrings








Designer Style Cherry Earrings









Pony Earrings









Apple Earrings


Tuna Maguro Sushi Earrings



Tuna Roll Maguro Maki Earrings




Wish me luck!

MUCH New stuff!

I was inspired by an old High School friend to make a few more rosaries. He asked if I would make one for him (out of Lapis) and one for his daughter (with a Noah's Ark theme). He liked them and I was motivated to make a few more and offer them up for sale.

Here they are:

NOAH'S ARK Child's Rosary










Lapis and Lampwork Rosary











Aqua Crystal Rosary











Sea Opal Chaplet










Lourdes Chaplet











I have also done a new bead - this means there are new Stitch Markers and Wine Charms!

Charity Crafting

I need to talk about a group that I belong to:

All Crafts for Charity consists of over 1000 members. An amazing group of giving, caring and generous woman (and some men) who month after month give their time, money and talent to people in need all over the world.

This is from the group's Home Page:

This list promotes sewing, crocheting, knitting, quilting, tatting, smocking and other fabric arts for the good of charities all over the world! We have free patterns, free advice and lists of agencies in need of your hand made donations. We mostly specialize in helping premature (preemie) infants and but also promote other charities that may need our help. Please join us in a positive and loving atmosphere that thrives on helping others. All we ask from you are loving hands and a kind heart.

Each month, we have one or two projects for different charities. We knit, Sew and Crochet for those in need. Here are a few of the projects from the past and some of the items I have contributed.

Bonnie's Babies




















Pine Ridge Reservation


















For a small elder care facility in Virginia










Balboa Children's Hospital























WRC Project






















If anyone is interested in more information on this group, please contact me.