Coming Soon- Americana Bottle Caps

Recycled bottle caps +





Recycled fabric=





Cool Americana pins/brooches!

Today I'll start assembling these. I got a little excited with the camera and started taking photos before they were done! There will be necklaces too, without the fabric yo-yos. Stay tuned...

birthday socks!

I bought this beautiful yarn for myself as a birthday present in December. I bought it from the fearless knitter on etsy and I absolutely love it! This will be the second pair of socks I've knit, both for myself. There are plans to knit socks as gifts, some yarn has been purchased. We'll see how long it takes for that to become a reality!

As usual, I've been busy making cool stuff. Lots of my newest stuff can be seen over on my facebook page. Go check it out and become a fan while you're there! I usually post my initial photos over there or on flickr before I get the perfect photos to list in the shop.

March 20th is my next craft show (details coming soon), so I'm busy making inventory. I also need to make some changes/ improvements to my display before then. Sounds like I need to get busy!

Tons of new stuff coming...

I haven't been turning the computer on much lately, every spare moment has been spent making stuff! I can keep an eye on the etsy shop and stay on top of my email with my blackberry, which can be a good thing or not. It is good that I haven't neglected my email, but I have pretty much neglected everything else I need to do online. I'll try harder.

What I've been working on:

Mini notebooks with cardboard covers repurposed from food packaging and 100% post-consumer recycled pages. All hand-sewn.

Repurposed bottlecaps into pins, magnets, ornaments. Super cute.

Card holder/ wallet from repurposed coffee bags.

Pocket shrines. Just wait and see, they're awesome.

Christmas ornaments from jar lids.

Bathmats crocheted from sheets.

Do you see a theme here? I've also started knitting socks in my spare time. I will put down the crafting supplies soon and pick up the camera!

Recent Projects

A gift for Narboo.

Megan's birthday gifts. She really wanted me to knit gifts for her, but in the end they were no match for the store-bought gifts. Oh well, she's 5 so I'll try not to take it too personally.

A baby shower gift. I didn't get a single decent photo of this matching hat and doll. Maybe I'll get a picture of the little guy with them after he's born!

My contribution to the National Gallery of Australia.

Progress Report 4/21/09 and Excitement!

These are tiny little cozies I made for fun. I have a whole list of little things you could keep in them. They will probably be a little novelty item I include in orders, my mini business card fits nicely inside. Actually, a whole stack of them fits and I have one in my purse full of cards right now!
I especially like this little flower girl. What started out to be a monster body somehow turned into this! I love when it happens that way and the yarn just turns into what it is meant to be. Those items are always the best.

These little monsters are much smaller than my others. I think they'll be cute, I can't wait to get them done!

And now for my excitement... In a period of 8 days, my items were featured in 3 treasuries on Etsy! One of them was even on the front page! I guess my photos have improved. My other exciting news is that I am going to be at a local event. My first one! Details to follow.

Darn it! The bigs just woke up the baby. I guess my internet time is up for today.

Progress Report 3/18/09

So, I've hardly gotten any knitting done this week. We have been busy with our Big Clean. Pretty much packed everything up, cleaned, moved back in. There was simply too much stuff in our house and a bunch of it had to go! I did make this prototype of a plush Blackberry baby toy:

Here is an example of why we needed to do the Big Clean. This was under the couch:

Clearly, I never clean under there. It looks great now, though! We also celebrated Maddy's first birthday.

I did finish her stocking and a baby doll, but I haven't photographed them yet. I am much closer to finishing the spring cupcakes and easter egg bunnies and hope to finish them in the next two days. Now if I could just get myself to work on my photography I could get some new items in the shop!

Progress Report

This will be the first weekly progress report at PinkAndGreenChick. I plan on posting my progress on all works-in-progress each week so you can see what is coming up in the shop and also to keep myself accountable. The first photo is a little guy I've been working on off and on for a couple of weeks, I finished him a few days ago.

Clockwise from the top: Easter egg shaped bunnies, spring cupcakes, Christmas stocking for baby's birthday. I also made these gift tags from cereal boxes. They are a little thank-you gift to put in with my orders.

Also this week, I assembled a doll I've been working on for Megan. This one definitely falls under the category of "not fit for the shop" but that was kind of on purpose and she loves it. Eventually this doll will have fuzzy pink hair (Megan's choice) and some clothes. This doll is an example of how much better my items are when I create them from my imagination instead of from a pattern. (this was a pattern)

Next week I'd like to finish the bunnies, cupcakes, and stocking as well as a different type of baby doll for Maddy's birthday. The fun part is seeing what I make that I hadn't planned on. It is usually a surprise to me too!