Year of Crafting?

dunno why, but it never feels like I do much crafting anymore, so before I forget what they are, I'm gonna list out my completed craft projects this year .. here goes

Needle and Thread:
9 purses/totes - 2 sold on etsy, 4 made as gifts, 2 in my shop, 1 in storage
3 packable shopping totes - 2 as gifts, 1 for myself which I ended up giving to my mom, 1 tote still on order
1 extra large diaper bag - made as a gift with tons of pockets!
3 patchwork baby quilts - all gifts, 2 with batting, 1 with fleece backing
1 paper cut wallart - most tedious thing EVER to make
3 tshirt collar refittings - converted too-small collars into wide boatneck collars .. love 'em!
2 tshirt surgeries - converted 2XL tees to cute small sized tees complete with ruffles, pintucks, and bellybands!
1 wrap cardi - fully reversible super soft cotton jersey cardi, inspired by one of my banana republic knit cardis ... completely reversible .. black on one side, black with gold specks!
1 star trek tee - a totally spontaneous project made for hubby .. lol! .. now he has his own captain picard shirt!

Needle and Yarn:
1 cowl neck cap sleeve sweater - crocheted, inspired by a deep V neck cardi pattern
1 super bulky cowl - knitted, long enough to be wrapped twice around the neck .. super warm!
1 forecast sweater - knitted, 1/3 done.. woot!

Mixing Bowl and Spatula:
Rice krispy squares - lots and lots of them .. regular and chocolate drizzled
Bagels - for valentine's day .. sesame, onion, poppy seed
Chocolate chip cookies - lots and lots of these too! ... mini m&ms, white chocolate and cranberries
Egg knot bread - so much fun to make and so worth the wait! .. sweet egg bread how I love you!
Smore brownies - hubby's first baking initiative! .. turned out awesome!
Roasted pumpking seeds - lol, this doesn't really count but they should since they were soooooo good!!!

Hmmm ... okay .. so after going through the list, I have completed quite a number of craft stuff ... bleh, still doesn't feel like it though maybe cause none of them were jewellry related?  ... Let's hope I can keep the crafting up especially since I'm on ravelry!!!

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Currently Listening: Kay Tse concert
Currently Wanting: To go home and knit all day and all night until I'm done my forecast sweater!!

Bobbles and Bubbles..

The weather's been GREAT these past 17 days .. sunny skies, warm weather, cool breeze, no rain .. woot! .. and although it's still summer, fall is not far away. In honour of this, I decided to pick up the largest crochet needles I have at home and a ball of super soft chunky gray yarn (made from miscellaneous fibres) that I bought from a street vendor in HK last year while on my honeymoon. I was planning to make a scarf out of it but decided that a bag would be more fitting for the fall weather

Since it's been a while since I've crocheted, I wanted smthg fun to make. Smthg that would keep me interested until the end of the project. I remembered seeing a knitted bobble cluth a while back on the internet so I thought I'd do smthg similar. I started my research on google images, which eventually lead me to this:

And while this bag is super cute, it's not quite what I'm looking for so I've decided to use it as my inspiration for my own bobble bag instead of following the pattern. I managed to get 3 rows of bobbles completed last night while vegging in from of the tv but I'm starting to worry that I might not have enough yarn to finish my bag  .. it's still a little too early in the game to know for sure so I'm just gonna keep my fingers crossed and keep at it .. hopefully I won't have to tear it all apart in the end.

Pics of my ongoing bobble bag to be posted when I get around to taking pics .. I'm still recovering from my cold ... arms are numb, sinuses are still clogged, and now my ears are plugged too .. ugh  

And if my bag turns out to be a hit, I just might pick up my crochet needles again and join the wonderful world of The Counterfeit Crochet Project, which I stumbled upon just now!!! ... some of this stuff is absolutely awesome!!

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Currently Listening: Random people talking around me
Currently Wanting: To be well again and my numbness to go away and my plugged ears to be clear again!!!

Another Successful T-Shirt Recon!

Woot! .. so I had so much fun the other day reconstructing tees that I decide to do another. I wanted to do smthg a little different this time. Smthg a bit more challenging. Again, I had no idea where to start so I just picked up my "template" tee and started cutting again.

The sleeves for the panda tee worked out great but I wanted smthg a little funkier this time so I decided to make the sleeves shorter and add ruffles to them .. woot! ..  I then worked on creating a "belly band" since I wanted a looser fitting tee but without the "ventilation" that comes with it  .. After that was done, the tee still fit a tad looser than what I had wanted so I decided to take a chance add some pintucks to bring in the width of the body in a bit. 3 for the back and 5 for the front. Next I increased the V neck and sewed everything together.. and voila! .. that's how my men's XL tee was transformed into a funky, slouchy, V neck, ruffle sleeve, and pintucked shirt fitted just for me .. woot!  

While I had loads of fun reconning this tee, all the sneezing and coughing and breathing through my mouth that came with it was not fun at all ... argh to being sick with a cold... I was hoping my cold would all go away within a day or two but boy was I wrong cause I'm still sick as a puppy ... oh welly ... guess that means no more crafting for me until I get all better again .. not my first choice but a definitely a wise one! Hubby would be proud!

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Currently Listening: My heavy breathing due to my clogged up sinuses ... booo!!!
Currently Wanting: To be all better so I can go out and play .. it's such a beautiful day outside!!!

Operation T-Shirt Surgery...

So, when Threadless.com was having one of their fab sales a while back, I stocked up on a ton of tees. They all look awesome but none of them fit quite the way I had hoped. A couple of them fit but were NOT flattering .. the rest of them I bought were men's XL, 2XL, and 3XL .. unfortunately the tees were selling so quickly I couldn't get my hands on the ones I wanted in my size so I went a "few" sizes up  .. if I can't wear them, then at least I can use them as fabric to make other stuff .. what exactly, I don't know, but $5 tees ... who can resist that??? Anyhoo, ever since I bought them, I've stashed them away in my craft box not knowing what to do with them. Then it all changed yesterday...

I was going through my morning routine of checking my mail and lo and behold, threadless was having another sale .. $9 tees to commemorate 09/09/09 .. woot! Usually, I would go crazy and order a ton of tees, but I was wiser this time around .. smart shopper (my alter ego) says if you already have tees from before and haven't done anything with them then you're not allowed to buy any new tees ... I knew smart shopper was right so I dug into my stash and pulled out 3 tees ... 2 of which fits but weirdly so I reshaped the collar to smthg more to my liking and now my tees fit just right! .. not at all restrictive like it was before ..  

The next one I worked on was the white panda tee. It was a men's XL so I was practically swimming in it. Unfortunately, I forgot to take before and after pics, but it pretty much fit like the pink one .. bleh! I didn't know how to begin so I picked another tee that I like and used that as my "pattern". I ended up having to sew the shirt from scratch but I was able to reuse the hem of the sleeves and the body .. woot!! .. I quite like it now  ..

Simple, but not bad for my first tshirt recon! .. hmm ... wonder what I should do with my next tee... oh the possibilities!!! ... Having a rotatary cutter really helps .. I just have to remember not to cut pieces of my finger off next time

Now that I've actually done smthg with my past tees, I can get more .. woot! .. thanks smart shopper!!  

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Currently Listening: Right now - Akon
Currently Wanting: Hubby's root canal to be all healed and my sore throat to disappear!! *kazaam!!!

Champagne Supernova....

Woot! .. Shehnaz got her diaper bag and Aliana got her quilt. Both are rocking it like only they can  

I haven't done anything crafty since then .. well, that's if you don't count house painting and kitchen backsplash tiling with hubby  but while sorting through my craft stuff, I did find a pair of chandelier earrings that I made a while ago. And while I absolutely love them, I thought I'd put them up for sale on Etsy instead of keeping them for myself. After all, it's always better to share

Woot! ... presenting my sparkling champagne earrings!

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Currently Listening: Richardo on food tv walk us through making some yummy soup!!
Currently Wanting: To finishing grouting our kitchen tiles with hubby .. ttyl!!