#23 Gnome Embroidery

My mom kinda has a thing for gnomes, so this year I wanted to make her a themed gift basket for Christmas. I bought her a gnome ornament at a craft fair (thanks CutesyPoo!), and I also made her a little something to hang up. I'm not sure whether or not make it an ornament too because it is a smaller hoop...Hmmm. (Other things include coffee for the tassimo that pops said he's getting her, bath bombs, chocolate, etc - I'm so excited to gift it!).

I finally found my camera, hence the massive (well in comparison) updating and cruddy night shots, haha.

I wrapped the frame in green ribbon. Looks much better in natural light!

And another shot!

On another note, I'm almost half way to 50! I did start this in May, so I have till May to achieve my goal of 50 projects. I'll probably keep going on using it though because it's nice to have a craft journal. :)

#22 Bacon Ornament

I found a really cute tutorial on how to make a felt bacon ornament! From this blog!

I kinda winged it because I didn't have all the materials (like wire). Work has been really getting me down so I just wanted to make something quick and cute to relax. :)

Picture time!

Ho hum.

The past few months have been super slow for crafting. :( I mean, I still do but I just don't feel like "OMG I NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING" as much. Eh I know it's just a slump, but I hate being in them!

I have a few things to post up at least, holiday related. I wanted to make things for Christmas presents, but unfortunately I'm not really sure if that was as well received last year as I had hoped it to be. I tried in the past to make something and get something for family but they're always like "Gee, thanks" and I'm never sure if tey really like it or not. Aaaawkward. :S

Oh man, I really want a mini Christmas tree for the apartment but this year it's too late to get one. We're both going home on Saturday for 2 weeks so there's no point. Sooo the plan is for me to make a bunch of cute things to save up for next year! ...Well that's ~my~ brilliant plan. Will's not exactly on board... "I still want to get glass ones!" hehe. I agree, but the homemade ones are the ones I remember most...besides the awesome Hallmarks (Princess Lea and Snow White I'm looking at you!).

Anywho, yay the holidays are almost here!

#21 Patchy Skirt

My halloween costume! I know, crazy late on this but it's been a slow November for crafting and I didn't take any decent pictures of what I did do yet.

The picture:

I was pretty much a rag doll sort of thing.

I think next year I'll start way earlier on a costume. I basically just sewed patches of fabric over top of each other into larger sheets of scraps, then sewed them together with a waistband. What a mess! I found the vest in my fabric box, which just goes to show how much stuff I have that doesn't really have much of a purpose.

#20 Jack O'Lantern Table Cloth

Hurray for scraps! I had a lot of orange fabric left over from my halloween banner, and got inspired to find a way to cover up our fugly ikea table for the living room.

Here are the results of a whim sewing adventure:

And a close-up!


Yup, I made a jack o'lantern tablecloth. :) Or it could hand on the wall. It's versatile. +1!

#19 Spooky Candy Jar Display

More Halloween crafts! I really want to have a party this year, and the craft bug is helping me get inspired to have a spooky-ish home, haha. The skull now resides with some pumpkin lanterns on the tv stand! Anywho, this craft is for candy storage!

I finally made use of some old jars that I was saving for just such an occassion...actually, I have a compulsion to keep jars and Will ~hates~ it, haha. I made 3 labels/jars to hold spooky candies in.


Jar 1: Filled with candycorn and labelled as "Tears of Rainbow Brite".
Jar 2: Filled with black/orange gummy worms labelled as "Nightcrawlers".
Jar 3: Filled with chocolate eyeballs labelled as "Pickled eyeballs".

They're going to live on the kitchen table. I want to make that the main attraction of our place if we do have people over for Halloween. Also coming up, a Hitchcock wall display! It's not quite done yet.

#18 Skull Candle Holder

Still on Halloween crafts! I was inspired by a recent craftzine post where they showed how to make flour dough and bake your own clay, so I decided to make a candle holder. I'm really going all out this year with the decorations. :D


Tadaaa!
Pardon the crappy photo, it's my work space!

I've also made an Alfred Hitchcock silhouette for the kitchen wall (thanks Meg from Decor-it-yourself for the great idea!), which I'll post when I get a decent picture of it.