March is National Craft Month! Bringing the past to the present! « Oldentimes’s Blog. a very nice post by my mom honor some of the crafters she knows and many i know as well. i will include her in this, as she has always encouraged me in my crafting endevours (and all other endevours…
Category: crafting
crafting
yea, i play with shrinky dinks…
by Tara Jo •
i just love going to Jazi Crafts for classes, i have so much fun and so far no one has kicked me out for being my usual obnoxious self 😛 this weekend i got to play with Shrinky Dinks, well that isn’t what they are called when you are a grown up, but it…
crafting
2 page layout class
by Tara Jo •
Today’s class was SO MUCH FUN! we did a 2 page scrapbook layout for Jan 2011. We will be doing 2 pages for each month and we got this cool frame to display them in as well. some pictures below…
crafting
More on the hat…
by Tara Jo •
here is a pic of the hat at its current state. this is from the top down. I will probably work on it some more tonight. I REALLY! REALLY! like the colors together. I am liking the spiral and might just go with that all the way down rather than switching to the checkerboard pattern
crafting, crochet
My new hat
by Tara Jo •
definitely crocheting a hat.. new colors.. purple and teal.. thought I would try something new 🙂 it will be a checkerboard pattern.. sort of a challenge with some stitch counting and color changing, but nothing too crazy, just single crochet all around. it was Knit Night at Jazi Crafts tonight. lots of awesome people to hang…
crafting, knitting
clearly…
by Tara Jo •
I need more than one project at a time, lest I bore you all to tears with the Earwarmer update du jour. I spent a lovely evening at my old haunt, the 4S branch of the San Diego County Library… Caught up with old friends from the knitting group, including my first knitting teacher Allison…
crafting, crochet
Next Project, planning ahead
by Tara Jo •
I think I am going to tackle this next, I need a dedicated craft bag, and what the hell.. why not make one 🙂 Crochet Bag i found the pattern on Ravelry and it looks like it isn’t too complicated and looks very cool when all put together.
crafting, Off Topic
apologies to the hat
by Tara Jo •
So….. my awesome crochet teacher, Dee, assures me that the hat does not hate me, and I am doing a fine job. perhaps my yarn is a bit thin and so perhaps it is taking longer than I might like, but it will be a fine hat when it is done. we discussed the addition…
crafting
Trying new things…
by Tara Jo •
branching out a little today. I made a bracelet with stampy stuff and beads. I was a little heavy handed with the color on the backs so it bled through on some of them thanks to Jazi Crafts & Genevieve Rodriguez