On Facebook

well, its offical, i gave into facebooks temptations..yes, my facebook boycott is oficially over. LOL. Nancy set up a facebook page for Kindred Spirits, so i kinda had to sign up. i dont know if that was her sneaky way of getting me over there, cause she was sure excited when i signed up...sneaky sneaky.. so i have my page with nancy, and my own personal page under Jody Blanchette. it shows tons more pics of my children, and my crochet items. its odd though, within an hour of signing up i had 12 friends, then this morning im up to 21. kinda scary! but neat at the same time. I hope my followers on this blog make their way over to my facebook pages and check it out... i keep saying it, but i seem to be everywhere!

so here is my first skirty. its made with a yarn that my friend Summer dyed for her first time. she sent it to me, in hopes i could make something beautiful out of it for her little girl. and this is what i came up with, it wasnt the original plan, but i couldnt stop myself. i made large ruffles and scallop trimmed shorties. they really are pretty. im going to attempt to make one for johanna, but minus the shorts cause we're potty training :)

nectars grand opening

Nectar congo stocks today, i hope everyone checks it out at 8:00pm. i cant wait to see what sells, and how many shoppers we have, i think thats one of the most exciting things, checking out how many people are shopping. at Mainstreet at one point we had like 32 shoppers, and it made my heart pound!! so, i hope i sell atleast one thing. Nancy did a great job with the graphics, and vendor choices. i think its going tobe a fun congo.

www.hyenacart.com/nectar

this is Erin. her hair is made from homespun yarn, so its wavy and kinda curly, she reminds me of the girls in Ireland. i did her dress in a cornflower blue fabric, with ruffle trim and ribon across the chest. to me she dainty, and like a breath of fresh air. i hope she goes to a really nice home.

plan to do some catching up now on customs. i have an alien to make, longies and a skirty, and hopefully get to nancys coasters that i shoulda done months ago!!LMAO!! thank god friends are patient.

so tomarrow is Nectars grand opening. very excited. i only have a couple things listed in Kindred Spirits, hopefully next month ill have more. i hope something sells, i need to get my dog groomed. he stinks sooooo bad, i swear he finds the nasty things to roll in. i want him hairless and stinkless!!

i dont know about yours, but my husband has a habbit of ruining my favorite things. last year i ordered a gorgeous soaker from smartypants knits, for my daughter. it wasnt cheap, and the craftsmanship was amazing. well, cory accidentally washed it and dryed it. so it felted up and shrank like 2 sizes. so i put it away thinking i could save it for her dolls or something. well i found it again today, and had a brainstorm. i decided to make it into a purse. now i have a seriously hard time cutting anything up that has been already made by a crafter. it just seems wrong to me. but it was either this or its sitting forever.
so i cut equal sized squares out of the front and back of the soaker. then i cut around the waistband, and cut that once to seperate it. i sewed up the squares into a pocket, then sewed the strap onto the sides. its not perfect by anymeans, and it lays a little funky, but my daughter is so thrilled with it. now she has a little purse, made from something we both loved.
i can be creative when i try!

Lucy is complete for the august 3rd stocking on MAinstreet. she has robert kaufmanns cupcake confections print, as her dress. with matching sprinkles fabric for her apron. her hair is mousey brown, and falls to her waist. i think shes really sweet looking, but then again im really bias toward anything with cupcakes on it!
today im finnishing up a custom slipper set for a HC momma. we are doing pink VW bugs on a blue/green varigated yarn. and i recieved an email last night about my aliens, so i might have to do a custom alien order as well! i still would like to get one more doll completed and possibly some playfood as well..

another thing done for the Twilight inspired stocking on Hidden Element. these are wristlet gloves with apple buttons. my own pattern, and they fit rather nicely! i want to make more of these but in thinner yarn so theyre more elegant looking. but these came out pretty cool in the regular wool, and i think they should sell. theyre very teenagery to me.lol
its been super humid here. we have the AC on constantly. my son has decided he cant swim in the kiddie pool with his swimsuit on. he doesnt want to get it wet and ruin it!LMAO!! hes too funny. so yet another summer of naked children in the pool. Johanna just takes her clothes of randomly now, i dont think she likes the confinment of clothes.. my little free spirit!lol
still have massive amounts of zuccini invading. we did zucinni omelettes tonight for dinner. i think we're running out of options though, for what else we could make with the only vegetable we have growing this summer.