so, last count was 349. then i posted a few more things bringing it to 359. and ive got a bunch to add now

- 4 things for my swap partner, one she knos about is a skirt, th rest are secrets :-)
- 5 pair of pants, 2 were supposed to be tests but i kinda like them so they are getting added to th wardrobe. and i finished th patchwork pants!! wore them out and got TONS of compliments!!
- 5 more hoop pieces, im quickly becoming addicted!! now just gotta get another commission so i can get some more hoops!
- 40 bottlecap thingies, i did th opening song for The L Word in bottle caps, now have to figure out how im gonna mount it.
- 1 new hat, this one is a mini top hat that i discoball-ified, gorgeous blue rhinestones this time.
- 1 test of a shirt pattern, gonna have to tweak it just a bit but ive got 5 pieces of fabric (some i have had for almost 10 yes!!!) just waiting to get cut and sewn!!

and that brings th grand total to.......... 395!!!!! woohoo!! ive passed my goal!! i honestly wasnt sure when i started that i would make it (although th bottlecaps and my mini discoballs helped alot!!) and trust im not stopping now! th next goal is 700. and with th to-do list i have, plus th fact that Tedibear is bout to be gone alot, that goal will be passed in no time!!


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ive been a busy little beaver

lately! in the last few days ive made 3 pr of pants (have th 4th cut out and will make tomorow), cut out a skirt, made 2 pr of socks, 2 shopping bags out of tank tops, finished th blackout curtain for th bedroom, and cut a bizillion 6in squares to make my patchwork pants. thats 6 projects, and9 things to add to th list of things ive done this yr. not sure what that takes th total to, i'll check later.

and i got a commission from my ad on craigslist!!! woohoo!!


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5-25-11 update

ok last count was 256.......

- 2 plaid candle holders for a gift
- 85 grannys daughter squares!! (lots of time on th bus ;-P)
- 1 pair of 'spankie'-ish shorts to wear under skirts (took apart a pair that was dying to make th pattern, adapted it a smidge to have longer legs)
- 1 pair of pants based off another pair i had, that was a fail tho. used a woven instead of a knit and they were too small. luckily i can reuse th fab!!
- 2 tops cut out (need white thread for th serger before i can sew those up)
- 1 49square patchwork pillow, another gift

oh my goodness, that puts me at 349!!! i am almost there!!! so very close!!


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way past update time!!

oh goodness i could have sworn i updated before now!! last count was 123.......

-12 felted dryer balls
- 75 fridge magnets (i even gave some away!)
-15 grannys daughter squares (but i think im doing them wrong, gotta check on that)
- a small needlepunch sampler (got th wrong kind of fabric tho, gotta fix that soon)
-3 pieces for th start of my hoopla wall (they are iron on designs that i painted with fabric paint and rhinestones)
-25 pebble magnets
- 2 more decopauged candle holders

and a few more things prepped ;-P im really proud of myself, ive been a busy lil beaver!!! this brings my grand total to................256!!!!! i think i will probably way excede my goal for the year!! woohoo! go me!! lol


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crafty utopia ~ 365 in 2011 4/20

well i only got 30 mins to shop at hobby lobby on monday, but i actually managed to get most of th stuff i wanted!! it helped that Tedibear and th Mime went and got stuff off th list while i was getting some fabric cut! lol!!

so i was up to 106 things made....
- got 12 round bean bags mostly made, still have to hand sew 8 of them closed, but 4 are totally done!
- 2 mod pauged candle holders - layers of 1in tissue paper circles
- a crocheted washcloth for Tedibear and a handtowel sized one for me from leftover cotton yarn
- and started on th green rhinestone fedora, im counting it cause im almost done with it :-P

so that takes th grand total up to....... drum roll please.......... 123 things!!! woohoo!! go me!!

back to crafting!


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th actual list!! :-)

so heres th list i just put on craftster

- wool dryer balls, how i hadnt discovered these before is beyond me!! hopefully i can find th wool in a rainbow, and if my set works im totally making more for present day gifts!
- a cd mosaic disco ball! found th tute on spazztastic crafts i think. basically u cut up a bunch of cds and glue them to a styrofoam ball! Tedibear says i can only do one this month but if it works im so making more!!!
- discoballify more fedoras! green is next on th list, then i plan on making myself one a month til i run out of rhinestones!
- patchwork pants from th bag-o-scraps i got last month
- round beanbags for Th Boy. used a cd for th shape, and some bluebonnet fabric that was in th scrap bag, got thoes cut out tonite, gonna sew them up tomorrow.
- aquire some maternity and baby patterns. not for me, for th DIL!! yeppers imma gonna get a granbaby!!!
- find the fabric for a beanbag chair for Th Boy
-FINALLY finish th rainbow blankie for Tedibear
- scrappy fabric flowers, got some cut out just need to sew together

these werent on th craftster list but i want to try and fit them in
- more bottlecap fridge magnets
- bottlecap tealight candles, in rainbow as favors for friends at pride this year
- attempt resin jewelry, im at least gonna get th supplies during my shopping spree!
- at least get th bottles painted for my halloween display, ive got a ton of beer bottles that i saved from a party last month and Tedibear washed them all and removed th labels for me, yeah, im spoiled, im lucky i kno!!
- finish th piece for th yarnbombing i have planned

i think thats it for this month, now ive got to make my shopping list for next week!! i cant wait!!


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want to do's for april

so i joined craftster, and they have a 50 in 2011 craftalong going on, so i joined that to help keep me on track for my 365 in 2011 goal. i was kinda nervous jumping in cause most of them have been posting since th begining of th year, i kinda feel like th new kid in school, but they are a friendly group so im sure there is nothing to worry bout! i went thru th whole thread before i posted (over 3000 posts!!!) and i got LOTS of new ideas for things i wanna try!! and since im finally getting my settlement check from my wreck (that happened in 07!!!) i get to go shopping for new supplies next week!! Tedibear has been so cute, i asked if i could get somethings and she keeps saying 'its ur money hon, u can do whatever u want' (th wreck happened before we met), i think she still hasnt fully accepted that im an our money type of gurl, not a ur money and my money type. although i am totally getting a lil bit in ones for my allowance!!! lol! see, anytime we have cash, if there are any ones then i get them as my allowance that i can spend however i want no questions asked, but that way we also always have emergency gas monies if we run out before payday ;-P

and ive totally gone off on a few tagents so i will have to do another post with the actual list of things i want to do this month.... its next


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kinda 365 but not really......

not yet at least. we got th last disc of Lost season 3 today, so i prepped a few things but i didnt actually finish them so they dont count yet. ;-P

im also working on getting my wip and plan to do lists in order. ive been cruising thru craftsters boards and getting all kinds of new ideas!! got some good ones for some present day gifts! i cant wait!! but for tonight im going to try and get to bed early (3 instead of 5 like its been lately) but i wanted to check in here first, another one of the goals is to post every day, even when i have nothing important to say ;-)

nite nite


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365 In 2011 ~ 4/10

last count was 104......

ive been sick so i havent done as much as i wanted to :-(

- i did my first attempt at quilting, kinda. its a pillow but i pieced the 2.5" squares together so im calling it quilting. i need to work on lining up th seams better, but for my first attempt im pretty darn proud of it!!
- i disco- balled a fedora!! ive been threatening to do this for a while and i finally did!! i used my pink rhinestones and pink sparklie fabric paint and im so fucken proud of it! cant wait til i feel better so i can wear it out! and i totally plan on making a few more! will even try my hand at selling them!!

so that only takes me to 104, ive gotta get busy if im gonna make this goal!!!


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365 in 2011 ~ 4/1

last count was 102.....

i didnt do much, just finished th skirt i talked bout, and made th matching top. its an awesome stretch lace i found at joanns back in october, black with metallic pale green splatters all over it. it was gorgeous and on sale for only $3/yd!! so Tedibear let me splurge and get 5 yds. then i had this lime green fabric that i had gotten at walmart when they were clearancing out th fabric dept, got a bolt of 20 yds for $5! for th skirt i used part of a pirate costume pattern, its a 1/4 circle, but i cut 3 on th fold, so its basically a 1 1/2 circle skirt. i layered th lace over th green then added a (new to me technique) yoga waist, this way i can adjust th length of th skirt as i want ;-). th top is just a chemise really, and i did it out of just th lace. i ran out of fabric for th sleeves so they are only half instead of full length gathered at th wrist, but thats ok, i kinda like them better that way.

so that brings th total to 104. i had plans to make pants out of th green but i seem to have come down with th walking death :-(


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365 in 2011 ~ 3/26

last count was 90 things

- 12 more beanbags!
- started a skirt, not finished yet but its gonna be oh so pretty!! im not counting it yet cause its not done, i just wanted to brag bout it! ;-P

so th total so far is 102!!! im so proud of myself!! :-)


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365 in 2011 ~ 3/10

so, last check in was 78 things made.... im dropping that to 77 for th moment cause i took apart one of th styrofoam balls to try a different project.

so 77 plus.....

- 8 more disco balls! found some more beads while packing and luckily i bought like 15 packages of xmas balls on clearance! now just have to figure out where we are gonna hang them in th new place!
- 5 loom knitted easter eggs. i found th pattern on line (i kno, i really need to get better at keeping track of where i find things so i can give proper credit! bad Princess!!) and they make up super quick, i made 3 while Tedibeae and i were watching a movie. ive been using th leftover yarn from th rainbow blankie so yes i do have rainbow eggs :-P

which brings th grand total to 90!! and most all my crafty stuffs is packed now so im on hiatus til we get better moved in. which is ok cause i can still feel th funk hanging around :-( just not as strong as before :-)


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365 update 2/15/11

last count was 78! not bad for only 2 months into th year huh?

what ive done since th last checkin
- 2 styrofoam balls covered with conversation hearts for v-day.
- a pretty for Teddibear (not completely finished yet but will be today!)
- 1 embellished hat, i took one of (i have 7 so far!!) my fedoras and used a tulip butterfly stencil and glitter fabric paint to make it even prettier!! Teddibear posted it on her facebook (she loves to brag on me for some reason!! lol) and i got more than a few compliments!

so that takes me up to 82 things made so far. im hoping to get a bunch of stuff done this week, cause then we have to start packing!!! woohoo! kinda, i really hate moving!! but im looking forward to new opportunities!!

365 update

last checkin i was at 45 items made, here's th newest things to add to th list:

- made 8 more fridge magnets (im trying to cover our fridge :-P) these ones arent bottle caps tho, i tried a new style that im very very proud of! im sure someone in blogland has done them before, but i havent seen it, im gonna make more and try my hand at a tutorial.
- i made Th Boy a knitted hat, hes already requested another one! lol
- 17 bean bags (would have been much more but i ran out of serger thread :-( ) 6 for a friends baby and th rest for us ;-P
- 3 more rice foot warmers, one of them is much bigger, i kinda like it more.
- 4 jean-seam coasters, found th idea on favcrafts, Tedibear loves them! not that we really use coasters in this house but i had th seams so i figured why not? lol
- and i started an ambitious project, im making heavy curtains for th bedroom (i like it cave dark since i sleep better during th day) out of old jeans and backing it with a wide wale cord i found a while back. ive got 52 8" squares cut so far. just need more thread to get them sewn together.

that takes my total to 78 (not counting th curtains yet) now im gonna go work on th rainbow blankie :-)

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365 (not 356 like i put on an eariler update) in 2011 update

so i was at 34 things made last time i checked in. new to th list of finished items

- th red stripe for th rainbow blankie.
- 8 more fridge magnets
- i made a specimen style picture for th kitchen. it has alternating pink elephants and blue tedibears on a white glitter paper background. its in a 16x20 frame. im kinda proud of it if i may toot my own horn! :-)
- does dinner count?? ;-P although if dinner counted i would have to raise th number of things to do! i dont cook every night, Th Boy helps ALOT, but i do a few times a week at least. but anyway....
- i started my idea book, just need to decorate th outside.
- started 2 other projects as well, but i wont count them til im finished.

so that takes th grand total up to.....45!!

im going to try and get some ideas i have transfered from my phone to th idea book, depends on how the printers acting. id rather type out lists cause i HATE my handwriting! ;-P Th virgo in me likes neat lists.

later!

356 status update

arrrrgh!!! i had typed everything out and then my phone ate it!! grrr

here is th list of what ive made in th last 2 days...
- 6 more fridge magnets
- i finished Th Gurl's hat
- i used an empty clothes washing soap container to make a lil bucket to hold my left over yarn balls, will prob decorate it soon
- i made one more stripe for th rainbow blankie and started another that i will prob finish before i go to bed tonite.

bringing the grand total of things made in 2011 to........ 34!!

oh i undid th scarf i was making Tedibear, i decided it was too wide, im going a diff way with it i think, but i cant say how since i kno she reads this!! :-P