Oh yay, I got an award!!!!

My school is out for the summer! I can breathe a huge sigh of relief now. This semester seemed more difficult than past ones, due to lots of outside stress, but I'm better about everything now. Especially since I won an award in my speech class!



The John F. Kennedy Speech Award!
This is rewarded to the best speaker in my speech class, and it's chilling out on my family's mantle. I broke down and cried when I received this bust on Thursday, and gave a happy speech, thanking my fellow classmates for letting me learn about them through their speeches, and thanking them for listening to me. It was quite a lovely experience. I've still got this surreal feeling about it. It was nice hearing 'Congratulations!' from everyone in class.

In crafty news, during my last school week, I picked up a copy of CrossStitcher magazine from Joanns. They only had copies from the Royal Wedding Celebration edition, so I grabbed it, unsure if/when they'd get more.
Why have I not discovered this magazine before? It has so many cute designs in it, and it came with a stitch kit for a pincushion, which I'm slowly working on. In my adventures in flipping through the magazine, I came across a section which taught you to dye your stitch fabric with teas, and had some cute tea cup charts.



No clue what I'll do with it, but I like tea, so it fits.

Are any of you out of school? What are your plans for the summer?

Take Care, and Happy Crafting.

Supply Run

So after class, I made a quick craft run. And by quick, I mean very quick. I surprised myself by not giving into seeing yarn on sale and buying it like it's the last thing on earth.

But it was a very small craft run. Only embroidery hoops, and floss.



The larger hoop I bought a while back, the two smaller ones are the ones I got today. I'm thinking of spray painting one, and turning whatever will be stitched into a lovely gift. (or ya know, keep it for myself. Teehee)



I spent a good bit staring down the floss. I wanted to get a lot of the blue, but the one I have was the only one in that color-way (which I've nicknamed Tardis Blue... -cough- Nerd? Who me?)



Last night I made another heart for my hearts cross-stitch, and I think it looks lovely with a 3rd heart. No clue what I'll do with it now. Maybe turn it into a bookmark?



And this little number is a test for something I'll be working on soon. The lettering is a tad wonky, but I like it. It's readable. :3


I think I'm going to try to bring my camera with me more. I'm smack dab in the middle of so many pretty things, and every other blog I'm reading is posting photos of flowers, and awesome things they encounter. I encounter awesome things on my walks, but I never have a camera on me. And I'm sure lots of you would love to see photos from Balboa Park, right?

Have any of you gone on supply runs lately? Or have you snapped any pretty pictures?

Take Care, and Happy Crafting!

Weekend Crafts

My productivity level sort-of waved this week. It mostly went into various planning stages. But I have some lovely completed items I can show off to you!

Now a bit before my Spring Break started, I got my first request on etsy(to which I squee'd and flailed about happily). A sweet lady asked if I could make a tiny octopus for her boyfriend. I gleefully obliged.



It's a tiny 1.5x1.5 in.



It was hard to part with, but I made one for myself, and it somehow ended up with 9 tentacles. Heh.

Next on the list is a granny square.



I remember when I was younger, I'd watch my grandma make a huge blanket from just one granny square starter. I might sink into the 'Must make huge granny square blanket' mode once it starts to get cold again. But for now, I'll make random ones, in bright colors as a form of relaxation.


Cross-stitch is quickly becoming my new favorite thing.



I made the red heart last night when my sister was visiting. And the pink heart just today, in aprox. 40mins. I can't wait to figure more patterns to make. I've scribbled out one, and I'm itching to start stitching it up.



And last on the list, a hair bow!



I knitted this one up while visiting a friend a few days ago. I finished it on my train ride home, while sitting with a nice lady who was knitting up some socks. :3

My sister liked the bow, and remarked it looked like it should be a bow-tie. Now, us being the nerds we are giggled, and after she left, I snapped it around my neck.



I wear a bow-tie now, bow-ties are cool. -11th Doctor.

Knowing me, I might actually wear this as a bow-tie.


Now tomorrow, my blog will be 1 year old! Hurrah! Do I have any plans to have an epic blog post? Nope. But I will be plotting to re-design the blog. I have it sketched out, I just have to re-look at some photoshop tutorials, and take some photos.
I'm still planning the give-away, but it won't be for a while.

How are you all? Create anything awesome lately?

Take Care, and Happy Crafting.

Little bits of happy

School is taking over everything, you guys!
But I'm doing good with small things to keep me happy, while I work on bigger projects.

For the longest time I wanted to cross-stitch, yet was intimidated by it. I mean, I can embroider fairly well, but cross-stitch seemed like a totally new territory. After hearing a bit of buzz from fellow crafters, I decided to dive in.

Yesterday I bought some 11 count Aida fabric, and scoured the internet for a simple pattern.



I came up with a simple heart using a pattern from about.com My grandma looked at it, and asked 'How long have you been doing this?' I replied "A few hours ago?"
I was linked to some videogame cross-stitch patterns, so I might try a few of those out! :3

Next on my small crafty agenda, a pink headband. Now I bet you're wondering, what's so special about a pink headband? Mine will have pompoms on it!



It'll be a shell stitch edged band, with pompoms on it. The idea came across thanks to my friends, and our obsessing over accessories on the internet.

Last bit of happy will be something that will expand my blogging again. The fun reason I started this blog in the first place. The Knitting and Crochet blog week!


(Photo by Eskimimi)

I wasn't successful in completing it last year, but I will try my darn-est for this year. So during that time, expect a full week of posts from me :3
If you have a knitting/crochet blog, and you'd like to participate, here's the link with the information. Knitting and Crochet Blog Week

Well I have some knitting to catch up on, as well as a Wolverine phone cozy to un-pick...again -sigh-

Take Care, and happy crafting.