Hats, Hats and more Hats

Despite my relentless headache today I am still in search of ideas for hats and gloves and such. I have made about 24 hats total now and I plan on making many more. Life is hectic though. You never know how much stuff you can accomplish in one day until you pressure yourself to do more than the usual amount. As quoted from a Empire Records "...There are 24 usable hours in everyday". Some of my recent hat ideas have been good, but I feel that there aren't any golden ones yet. I have made cupcakes, spiderman, monsters, animals and the like but I feel I am in need of the classic hats. The adults will require it I'm sure. In ever person there is a childish spirit but rarely after the age of 30 do you see anyone act on it. In lou of that I pledge to never give up my creative spirit...I will continue to watch cartoons, my friends. Because with out smiles and laughter the world is no longer a magical place.

Dead Feeeeeesh hat

Can one person ever have too many hats? The answer, my friend, is no. I am on a roll. I have made around 15 hats and a few pairs of fingerless mittens. I am completely stoked that they are selling and that people want to wear them. I would have never imagined that someone would wear my art. Spring is in the air and the sun has arrived. I am ready to get excited about everything again including my art. I have painted a few pieces lately and they turned out beautiful. I have been trying to keep myself busy inside during this never ending winter but now that I see a break in the clouds all I want to do is play in the sun

Ridiculous Hat Making Extravaganza

I am on a hat making craze. My friend Katie requested that I help her at a booth for Ocktober Fest in Asheville, NC this year and I have accepted. I have also received several inquiries and one order for theses hats. I need more ideas for hats though. I am pushing them out as fast as I can but I am short on ideas. I don't really want to copy what is already out there. I would like each and everyone to be original and unique. For now I have to settle on what I have seen and go from there. It is going to be a busy year with lots of exciting things. I have 2 mini vacations and one long vacation planned for my last year in my twenties and it is turning out to be an exciting year so far. Keep your fingers crossed. I just might make some cash off this big adventure.

New Year's Resolutions

Seeing as this is turning out to be the longest day in the history of days, I have decided to write a little piece on New Year’s resolutions. Here goes.

I do not make resolutions. I even made a resolution one year to not make resolutions, ergo contradicting myself for my own amusement. Since this hasn’t been extremely profitable for me in the past and I am leaving my twenties behind this year, I have decided this year to go overboard on the resolutions. I am fully confident that I can concur all of these resolutions.

• First: Lose weight and tone up. Since I moved from SC three year ago I gained 20 lbs. I can stand it and I procrastinate so I am stating this as my goal to get moving and stop complaining.
• Second: Pay off Credit Card Debt! This should work well because I most likely will not have time to spend money because I will be too busy losing weight and attending to my other resolutions. (It’s my theory no matter how flawed.)
• Third: I would like to crochet a sweater this year. I have progressed and am steadily moving along in reading patterns. I think I am at the stage right now to try something more difficult.
• Forth: Stop biting my nails. This is nasty habit I have had since birth. I am an extremely nervous person, but this must cease.
• Five: Learn to make Hollandaise Sauce. This is something I was planning on learning before I turned 30 and since that’s this year, here I go.

This is all for now. I think five should suffice.

Nina's Zombie Feet

So It's been a while since I posted and I always mean to post when I have completed something I think is really cool, but as it turns out I don't have a great deal of time. I completed these Zombie feet before Halloween a few weeks ago for my sister. She saw the pair I created and likes so many others wanted a pair of her own. I was ecstatic to build another pair so I did. I think in the future I will try and design a different pair of feet, maybe cartoon summer feet or mummy feet. Who knows? not I. Enjoy Nina

Fingerless Gloves Galore

I've been on a fingerless glove making kick lately. Winter is coming and it is freezing in my office, so my logical reasoning is, I need a pair in every color. I went to Greenville, SC this past weekend and perused the lovely shops in downtown checking out the new trends and such when I came upon these lovely handmade fingerless gloves. Now, I had already began a pair for myself, after finding a pattern online that was extremely easy, but none the less these intrigued me. I can see how handmade items should cost more because love and work has gone into them, but for individuals like me, I look and say "hey I can make those" and I instantly go to work. I have so far made 3 1/2 pairs. I plan on making so many more because they are delightful. I will try and work up a pattern for them, but for now you can just watch this lady make a pair and see how it's done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWce01q3H_4

Happy Crocheting ~ B

Zombie Feet Complete!!!

So as I promised here are the zombie feet. I wish I could add a tute, but these would really take some art/drawing/painting skills. I purchased a pair of $10 shoes and 5 bottles of fabric paint. Whole project was $20. This will be a cool addition to a Halloween costume though. The fabric paint colors were a dull grass green, crimson, black, white and brown. I used a tiny paint brush for most of the decorating. This project was a lot of fun and took a total of about 4 hours.

Next will be the Pinky and the Brain masks I think.