fingerless mittens

Arlie took some beautiful pictures of the fingerless mittens that I made for Sami's birthday. They are a gorgeous shade of purple (Knit Picks Shine Worsted in Wisteria) and extremely soft. This is the first pair I made and I just made up the simple pattern as I went along. I think they turned out well. This style is for sale in my shop. You can also find the shirt I am wearing for sale in Arlie's store, Urban Revisions.

Henry and Carr

We went to my grandparents' for lunch today, and Henry got a chance to play with his adorable cousin, Carr. I took about 200 pictures. A handful of them landed on Facebook and the prettiest ones are here. Check out two of the cutest kids ever:

my first treasury!

I'm so excited! I just made my first Etsy Treasury, and I think it's beautiful. I included an item from my store and one from Arlie's (of course!) so here's to hoping it makes the homepage and brings us lots of sales! Check it out:

a cool mommy blog

I just found this adorable blog by a cool mom, and it's called Made. I'm in love with the Halloween costumes she made for her beautiful kids, pictured below. Check the blog out here.

random post

I feel like I am always too busy to post anything other than the occasional Etsy screen shot on my personal blog these days. It's sad; I remember a time when I used to post an update about Henry at least once a week. Those days are gone until I graduate, I suppose (although I'm sure I will post a lot over Winter break, which is coming up soon.) Anyway, I just had a few random pictures I wanted to post, so here they are. I will explain as I go.

Henry and I had a photo shoot for my Senior Portfolio project this morning. At the end, he was feeling a little pouty and I got some close-ups of him, just for fun.

I'm working on another glass project for my lampworking class, and it's due on Monday. I felt totally uninspired for this critique, and I needed to make something I could do relatively quickly. I made these "gestural" flowers on Tuesday afternoon, and I think they kind of look like sea urchins. I was experimenting with them earlier today, and I think I am going to plant them in some kind of overgrown and broken terrarium, but the one in the picture below is completely unfinished. I have 5 flowers all together, and I need to try to go in before critique and work on the stems before I can officially plant them.

This is one of my new prized possessions: a glass figure made by my instructor, Emilio Santini. He is considered a master of glass making, and I will miss him when the class is over.

Anyway, this was just random. The end.

new items

Thanks to being in the Etsy Gift Guides several times recently, the majority of my scarf inventory got wiped out, so I had to replenish it. I made a new Cowl of Many colors (this one is large enough to be worn as a hood), an all-natural cowl made of wool that I tea-stained by hand, and a chunky circle scarf which I dubbed "The Silver Fox." I also created a quick and easy pattern for some simple fingerless mittens, which I hope to be whipping out with the leftovers from all the hats I have to make. The pair pictured below is a little snug on me (I wear a medium in gloves, they are a small), but you can get the idea. Check out the pictures below, and see my store here.

once again .... etsy gift guide

I just thought I'd peruse Etsy for a bit tonight and see what was interesting, as well as price some things so that I can list a few new items accordingly, when I saw another one of my items in the Gifts Under $25 Guide. This time, it is my mohair circle scarf. Despite the fact that it needs new pictures (I remember that I took the existing ones very quickly before Henry lost patience one day when my hair was still long) it made it into the guide. I hope it sells soon! I've been having a lot of success with being in the gift guides recently, and I am almost out of inventory. I need to get those new listings up quickly, and knit more! See a screen shot of the guide below:

in the gift guides again

I feel like Etsy loves me recently. My ruffle scarf was in the Gifts Under $25 guide last week, and when it sold it was replaced by my lacy scarf, which also sold. If only I were in the Gift Guides more often...