Kitchen Rug

I crocheted this using regular run-of-the-mill worsted weight yarn. I held three strands of yarn together and used a size N hook. It didn't take me very long at all. It was pretty easy. I have a number of other rug patterns in the book I picked up. It's pretty cool.

Craftiness for a Good Cause

My Eco-Friendly Beach Bag.

Many many many grocery bags went into making this. It's going to be a raffle item at tomorrow's middle school concert. I hope it does well! :-)

My latest creation

I made this sweater for Lindsey out of the purple yarn I bought at Building 19 the other day. It's hard to see some of the detail in the photos, but in the one without the flash, you can see a little bit more of it. It's a ballerina sweater - a wrap. The left side snaps underneath the right, and the right comes over and ties on the left with a long ribbon. The pattern called for a button, but a ribbon was just so much cooler! ;-)

poor neglected blog

aww...poor blog! I have ignored you! I didn't mean it, I swear!

I have been busy (sorta)

Last Saturday was spent with the NVCB. A parade and two concerts (including the YDDB), my lips were DEAD at the end of the night!!!

Sunday the boy and I went to church at Groveland Congregational Church, where we are going to have our wedding ceremony.

Monday I worked around the apartment for a bit, then went to the last yoga class until August. :-(

Tuesday was spent around the house, where I made a REALLY yummy tuna salad. It was totally different than normal tuna salad. It's mostly rice. Try it! It's good and light for a summer dinner! (easy to make too)

Wednesday the boy and I went to Cambridge to visit Greg (who was house-sitting for an aunt) and his gf Debbie. It rained lightly off and on for most of the afternoon, but we still had fun. In between the showers we grilled up some "rollers and sliders" as John would call them. That's hotdogs and hamburgers in case you were wondering. We also got some frisbee in, until Debbie threw it over the fence....we got it back, but the rain stopped us from continuing. :-)
We played Nintendo Wii - my arm was SORE the next day!! (btw - I STINK at Wii baseball, I'm pretty good at bowling and golf) Then we played some cards, which was a lot of fun. We ended up watching the fireworks from an upstairs bedroom (all four of us were crammed around one window, it was hilarious) because it was still raining at fireworks time, and we didn't feel like getting soaked.

We spent the night in Cambridge (and BOY was my stomach sorry that morning) and we took the T back home. We came home and spent the rest of the day hanging out in the apartment, napping and watching TV.

Friday (finally caught up to today) I am still trying to clean up and organize around here. I bought a shelf (nothing special) for the kitchen so I can put some of my appliances on it so that they are more accessible. I made a kick butt pizza for dinner. I used Pillsbury pizza dough, and made a pepperoni and chicken garlic sausage pizza. We had some pepperjack cheese that I grated onto the pizza with the mozzarella. It was yummy!

I've also been crocheting a lot too. I can't post the picture of my latest creation until I give it to the person tomorrow (I don't wanna ruin the surprise). The other things I am working on I can't put on the blog either, because I am making some gifts, so I can't put them online without giving away the surprise of it. If you email me, I'll show you pics (as long as YOU'RE not the one I'm making it for!!) ;-)

Tomorrow I'm heading up to to York to see my aunt, stopping at my mom's on the way to drop off/pick up some stuff. It should be a fun day! :-)

wow

ok..wow...I have received A LOT of feedback on my purse.

People want me to make them. People want to PAY me to make them. Who would have thought that I would be paid for turning 20 grocery bags into one smaller bag??

Handles are approximately $4-5 (depending on style)
Grocery Bags are free
I have to cut the bags, and crochet it all together, which takes a few hours (approximately the time of one baseball game)

How much should I charge to make a grocery bag purse?

Any ideas?

My latest project

Ok, so I know one of these pictures is a little washed out looking. Deal. ;-P

I started crocheting this purse at the beginning of the ballgame, and was done by the time the Sox finished losing.

Really cute, huh?

Who would have known I made it out of PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS?!?!?!

Seriously.

About 20 plastic bags were cut into strips and made into one pretty cool purse. I used Dunkin' Donuts bags, Roche Bros. bags, KMart bags, CVS bags, Target bags, TJ Maxx bags, PETCO (it's where the pets go) bags, and some other random bags that I have absolutely no idea what stores they came from. The only requirement was that they were sturdy and mostly white. PS-to anyone who would like to try this, I would HIGHLY recommend staying AWAY from the CVS bags, they rip too easily and are generally a PITA.

It was a simple pattern to follow, and the hardest part was just keeping track of the rows, which I figured out you don't really need to do if you're just going for size. Unfortunately, I figured this out in the last three rows.

It's fun, and it's environmentally-friendly. Who knew?

Biggest crochet hook EVER

I bought the speed hook from Lionbrand the other day. I have finished a child's scarf, and I am almost done with the hat. I'll post pics of the hat when it's done. This is actually three different yarns held together. It's hard to see, but it's a pale yellow, and two variegated yarns that are pastel colors. Apparently since we're getting snow tonight, the hat and scarf could actually come in handy (if I were a small girl that is...)

Update on my craftiness

These are actually from a while back, but I am just now giving them as gifts, so I thought I would post them. There are two teachers expecting additions (of boys) to their families, and we are having a shower on Monday for the both of them. Since I have started the tradition of giving sweaters to expecting parents, I suppose I cannot stop now, and must continue to do so for all of my career at the school! :-)

Better than when I taught on Nantucket, I started giving out baby blankets....I made 4 in one school year!!!

I'm so Crafty

Yay crochet!

I think I am going to donate this to the Music Boosters to sell at the December concert.

Our new bathroom decoration

This is one of those shadow-box type frames that you can tack anything you want inside. It has a magnet so you can easily open the front and change it whenever you want. Inside now are pictures from our last vacation, and a ticket from the sox game we went to over the summer. :-) It's fun to have changeable decorations. :-)

I made this a while ago...

This is my autumn door decoration. It hangs on our apartment door. I feel festive whenever I open the door. :-)

I bought the wooden cutouts a while back at AC Moore, and I painted them a few weeks ago, and just hadn't had the chance to post the pics.