gray-marle aviator

I finally found the time to knit one of my popular hats to have in stock (they are usually special order only.) It's a beautiful, soft, gray-marle wool. Arlie and I went out to shoot for our stores today, and she got some beautiful pictures of it for me. The scarf in the last picture is one of Arlie's lovely shredded pieces which you can find in her store. Check it out:

terrariums

For my lampworking midterm, I decided to make glass mushrooms and "plant" them in terrariums that I made from thrifted containers and moss harvested from my parents' yard. It was a relatively easy and inexpensive project, and it got a good response. Several people are interested in buying them from me, so I'm pretty excited about that. I think they are adorable, and it's cool that the moss will keep living and growing in there forever if you take care of it. I also made a whole army of terrariums from baby food jars that I saved, and I'm hoping to make some tiny mushrooms for those soon. If I get around to that, the small baby terrariums will probably make an appearance on Etsy. Check them out:

mbgvintage

I have a new store! I had a few vintage things lying around, so I opened MBGvintage on Etsy. Check it out! http://www.mbgvintage.etsy.com

sold!

My cowl of many colors that was in the Etsy Gift Guide sold! It was a quick and easy knit (I basically knitted a short, wide ribbed scarf and sewed the ends together) and an equally quick and easy sale. I need to make more of them! I have a ton of scrap yarn in beautiful colors, so I can make a lot of variations. Maybe when I finish all of these hat orders. One down, two to go. . . I realized that I never posted pictures of the cowl on my blog, so here are a couple below:

etsy gift guide

Oh Etsy, I love you. I don't have enough time to put into my store and it doesn't get much attention, but every now and then I get a pleasant surprise. Arlie texted me today and told me to check out Etsy's Winter Accessory Preview Gift Guide. Sure enough, there I was on the bottom row! It's my "Cowl of Many Colors" which I knitted from scrap yarn. I'm so excited to be in a gift guide, and I'm hoping that a bunch of people will place orders soon!!! Below is a screen shot of the guide:

the happiness project

I just posted about this on my Senior Portfolio blog, but I know that some of you don't look at both. Anyway, it's kind of self-explanatory, and pretty cool. Charles Spearin pairs the natural melody of the voice with musical interpretation. Check it out.