Its been a while 2/21

So i started selling my hand made items on etsy in 2013. and i started craft-shows in 2014. I'm not a great sells man . I really don't know how to run a business, and i don't think i really want to . I just want to craft what i want and have people to give it to ya know.

So for the past couple of years i have been making between 100-300 items just to sell.and my hands have suffered for it a little .i started getting hand cramps more often then anyone under 30 should. So this year im trying to slow down. im doing more cross-stitch / embroidery , now thats a slow craft. Im thinking of doing more charity knits.

im slowly trying to either sell, or just donate all the stock from my that1girl business. thats not to say i wont make more to sell. but im going to be moving sometime this year, to a smaller place i need to get all my craft supplies and stock to fit in the cubes i have. An my husband is so busy with school/ work that he cant take me to as many shows .

I've meet alot of cool ladies thanks to that1girl online and at shows. I started going to a new knitting group this year also. It meets at a coffee shop/ bar. I now have two groups i can go to every week. my doctor told me that making more friends and leaving the house would help with my SAD. I do get happier around mon and tues.

I have been trying a little harder to stick to a more natural/ healthier diet this time around. Its a light paleo diet where i eat meat, fruit, veggies, and nuts. and a very small amount of dairy, premade/ packaged food, and sugar. and almost never grains, coffee, chocolate . i love all of these things but they do give me upset stomach . So i just try to not eat it , but mac and cheese singing to me, pizza seduces me, and baked goods call to me everyday.

I think thats all i have for today. here are some pictures also add me to instagram that1girl734 to see pics on a weekly base.

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finished

Star Crossed Slouchy Beretby Natalie Larson

Knit Picks Full Circle Worsted

needle size 10 ,11

 

 

Snapdragon flip-topsby Ysolda Teague

Knit Picks Swish DK

needle size 6

 

i accidentally placed the top to low. and i also don't really like the loop

 

 

Star Crossed Slouchy Beretby Natalie Larson

Red Heart Super Saver Solids

needle size 10, 11

 

Camp Out Fingerless Mittsby tante ehm

Red Heart Super Saver Multis/Ombres

Red Heart Super Saver Solids

needle size 7

I sold this set to a friend, yay

 

http://www.theprudentwife.com/articles/90-articles/322-quillow-pattern-for-baby.html

 

i got the fabric on a really good sale four yards for like seven dollars plus shipping

 

i got some of the fabric from the thrift shop, the backing i got for 1$ at wal-mart

 

http://www.homesweethomebodies.net/2010/05/infant-scratch-mittens-tutorial-and.html#axzz2IYItqmCE

yea these were really hard to make

 

Plans

 

yea I'm not going to even think about that any more i just cant stay on track. I'll make what ever catches my eye i guess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im a loser

so its been hard as heck trying to get all the information about this craft fair. i can't even get a call or email back from the orginazer. and my friend some how can, and never gets all of the info or just isn't telling me. this whole thing is a little frustating . she told me that i might need a tent in case it rains, so i guess that it's going to be out in a parking lot. let hope it's not bad out that day.  its also the day of toby and I's anniversary so yea.

i've been crafting up a storm for this things look
i made record bowls , picture frame earring holders, and price cards.
the record bowls are made like this .
the picure frame are made with an old lace curtain. its cut to be just a little bigger then the back piece of the frame. then you can glue it on i just shoved the back on and let a little hang over. it's not pro looking put it gets the job done.
the price cards took the longest. its made with consturtion paper, glue decrotive cutters if you got em. the paper is 12*9 so you can get 3*3 squares yay. glue two colors together. add a little edge to the front piece if you like. I got a stamper from vista printing, so i put my That1girl on the back of all the cards. and the price on the front in the area where your  name is. you can sew beads/ buttons to it. if you have post earrings you can just poke them though and put on the backer. or use a hole punch in the corner and string it to things.

 

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i won a few ribbons at the county fair. unsure what to do with them now

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these are my fav FO this week

update of the week

i haven't posted in a little bit

this is what i've finished latly

one WIP                     

one hat

second WIP

a couple of the grannys for the month

third WIP

i finished some one elses WIP's. the person passed away, and the daughter in law wanted to see how some of the items would look once they were finished. so she gave me all of the persons yarn and other craft suplies.

these two just needed a little work . the hoodie only needed buttons, the jacket only needed a collar and buttons. i made a little blanket to go with the jacket.

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i've been trying to sell a few of my crafted items on ebay. but so far nobodies bidding on them. :(

i was supposed to be saving the money in my paypal account for a gift for toby. but then i saw things on ebay that i wanted. barbie shoes and stands. i need them for the county fair.

oh im working on my last items for the fair i have until the 24th to finish. i finished all my WIP's so that i can work on that and my granny's for the month. i will work on the fingerless gloves for busy bees after i finish.

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life

not much happening. other then being behind in bills and low on food. cat using my bed like a litter box and going all over the house. gross cat

swap

i just got my partners name for my first craftster.org swap. in her post she said that she was very much a girl next door, and a girly girl with out the pink fluff.

i'm going to have to try to craft something that is not to wild. Something that you would see in a martha steward magazine. but i really want to try something from my Big Ass Craft book . i think i might be able to combine the two. it will take a little bit of time.

i have a month to make something and have it shipped out. so a few of my seven WIP's will have to sit.

i have to make 1 meduim , and 2 smalls .i'm not sure i can do "small"

but i think i have a really good idea of what i want to make.

i tend to make 5 times more for my swap partners then they make for me. but i don't get upset about that because i crochet/knit fast. and i like crafting.

oh no this means that i can't show off what i make until after the swap.

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things that i've finished in the past few days.

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53.

54.

55.

56. and a chain necklace, no picture

and a picture of knitting groups

friday night

tueday night