finally . . .

for months i have mentioned my new lover - knitting.  finally i am ready to show it off.  behold:

the colorway of this yarn was 'electric blue', and it is.  i made the red/aqua barrette there to go with it, and it happens to be adorable either worn in the hair or attached directly to the scarf!  ridiculously cute, if i do say so myself.

this is a sky blue baby-sized hat with ties.  the ties are absurdly long, which is either cute . . . or absurd.

colorway: driftwood. yah, it's not very sexy sounding, but it has loverly blues and greens hiding in the brown.  again, i made a flower barrette to match.  

 this colorway is called 'fiesta', but i want to call it 'after my own heart'.  i wanted to make a coordinating barrette, but everything i tried to pair with it just seemed insignificant.

adult sized pom-pom hat.  adults secretly yearn for the days when pom-poms were appropriate.  i'm with toys-r-us on this one - 'i don't wanna grow up . . . "

this cowls is a darker grey, but not nearly as dark as it has photographed.  the coordinating barrette is made from an old fleece sweater, and it is stunning together.  i actually made a headband almost the exact same as this barrette because i love the contrast so much.

this is not nearly all of the things i've made recently, nor is it all the things i have knitted or photographed, or anything.  i have oodles and oodles to show off!

if you like anything you see, come by the ics craft fair in columbia, il this saturday - dec 4!  it will all be there.  otherwise, check out my etsy shop next week or get ahold of me!

jo

prodigal blogger

it has been a while since i graced this blog with my presence.  life is getting a bit crazy.  the little man is moving, and so are we!  buying a house with much more space, suitable for small mobile kiddos.  we are thrilled/exhausted/busy.

also, i have a craft fair coming up this weekend.  why not?  nothing better to do, eh?  so my life is cleaning, producing, and packing.  oh, there's some sleep in there from time to time as well.

today you get to see more of my airbrush stuff. 

first, some of the more cheesy, typical airbrush stuff that i made at work on a daily basis:

the not-so-typical:

this is the 'georgia bulldog' bulldog on a grey t-shirt.  it was painted for personal use, not for sale.

this is actually painted on a 12"x12" cork board

using the airbrush for other things:

white felt, painted rainbow, and used to make this dove barrette

 the fade from purple to pink on this felt barrette is paint - ta da!

again - airbrushed felt.  makes it a bit more special, don't you think?

alright, the natives are getting restless.  hope to post again soon!

jo



i've been featured . . .

on an etsy treasury!  check it out . . .

HERE


enjoy!

jo

you don't wanna hear my excuses . . .

and i don't want to have to give them.  i have all but abandoned my poor blog.  i am sorry.

tis not for lack of craftiness!  halloween brought out some real creative juices, and i'm working on photos to share those gems.  today i am merely popping on to let you know that i am still alive and still making stuff.

jo

my hamster wheel

the little man of the house has reached the 4 month mark!  he is laughing and jumping and making sounds . . . and sucking the life force out of me!  don't get me wrong, cause i love my little dude way more than i ever thought possible, but he is an energy drain like i have never experienced.  and these days he is learning to play, which is seriously infringing on mommy's creative time.

so i have been absent as of late, and i do apologize.  i've been putting some time into etsy and promotion there.  i have also started pushing christmas orders and they've already started coming in!  oh, and did you know halloween is next week?  yah - so i've been toiling away on pumpkins and costumes and and and.  breathe.

tonight i finally finished fixing my headband model pics.  my little girl has been my model for, well, ever.  she's getting a bit more attitude about helping me out with this so it's taken a bit more bribing this time around.  alas, i bribed, she posed, i photographed, and here they are:

it's dinner time and i gotta get crackin'.

jo

where does it go?

i do not understand how i have whole days that simply disappear.  what did i accomplish today?  anything?  geez.

today i did spend a bit of time working on a bulletin board for my daughter's school.  i signed up to be a room mom, and while there are 3 other room moms for me to be working with none of them seem to be stepping up to any of their responsibilities.  so there's this bulletin board that each grade gets a turn at and october is our turn.  yes - october is half gone.  i had hoped that with all the craziness that october has brought me that somebody else would have taken this on.  i'm done complaining, i promise.

so i've been preparing to put this bulletin board up, but you won't get to see that until it's done.

so into the archives i dive . . .

i made these as an experiment in embroidering on paper:

i have since turned them into brooches - soon to be found in my etsy store!

it's been a long day.  see you tomorrow.

jo

joyful exhaustion

wow.  a weekend of sheer exhaustion.  if there were no children in this house i imagine i would still be asleep, but if i had no children i doubt i would be so tired.  hmmm . . . children both cause tiredness and prohibit sleep.  who came up with this?

anyhow.

it is unseasonably warm in st. louis right now - shocker!  st. louis having weird weather - who'd of thunk it?  so all my adorable matching family outfits for the 2 weddings this weekend didn't happen.  i'm still bitter, but perhaps they will be even more awesome at thanksgiving.

i have recently taken up a new craft - knitting.  it is one still that has long eluded me and i have completed a hat and a scarf in the spare moments i've stolen since thursday.  i am quite impressed with myself.  i'd love to show them to you, but i wanna make them a bit more special and awesome before i show them off.

so today i've fished around and i've got one of my all time favorite drawings to show you.

balance

pencil drawing

2007

balance detail

this is another example of my scribble drawing style.  i don't know if there is a straight line in the whole picture.  i don't recall the exact measurements, but i'll guess it at 22"x36".

the image i drew this from

ah!  it's 3!  this day has all but disappeared.  much to do . . .

jo