New Tatting Shuttle

I have been having so much fun with my photo jewelry, that it has inspired me to use it in different ways.  So, I thought......can I make a tatting shuttle from it?

My computer had printed out a test photo of some beautiful flowers.  I cut it into shuttle shapes and then did the process.  Here is what came out of it.  And, it works.  I love it.

What I worked on for Christmas

What a busy end of the year.  I had quilts to get done for customers, right up to Thur before Christmas.  Not doing that again next year.  I also was working on gifts for my family and friends.  I really love the new photo jewelry I am making now.  I made several pieces for family and for myself.  I did not take pictures of everything, but here are a few of the things.  I made hair bows for my great nieces with their pictures on them.  I also made one for my dog with her picture on it.  I made a photo necklace with my husband, grandson, daughter & son.  I made one of those necklaces for my sister and one for my sister-in-law.  I made photo key chains for their husbands.  I made bracelets for several people and some earrings.  I made photo votive.  Lots of rings.  I also made this snap bag for a friend of mine.  In the jewelry I am making, there is a technique that looks like the Dichro technique.  I made a piece and turned it into a button.  It is sewn on the front of the bag.  The Batman piece, is artwork that my niece did.  I used it in the photo jewelry technique and made her a necklace pendant.

My sister-in-law and I will be doing a craft fair in Spokane, in March.  I plan to have my jewelry and dog cloths for sale there.  For the photo jewelry, I will be taking orders.  I have so much fun with it.

More framed leaves and Christmas ornament

My husband did another of the framed leaves.  My daughter keeps saying "I want that one".  It did turn out nice.

Here is  an ornament I made for some friends of mine.  This is a picture I took at their wedding

What I have been making for Christmas

I have been learning new techniques.  It has been fun.  I have been quilting, quilting, quilting.  Only a few more customer quilts to get done before Christmas. 

I learned how to make these wonderful ornaments.  They are a Japanese Kimekomi.  I loved how it turned out.  I made it for a gift exchange at my quilt guild, next week.  Don't want to part with it.  Oh well.

Made another tatted ornament for my women's ornament exchange at church.  It was a big hit.  I love this pattern.  I also tatted a snowflake.

I learned how to make photo jewelry, and have been busy making some for me and some for gifts.  Will also be taking orders after the holidays.

My sister-in-law started making these wonderful pictures with the skeletal leaves we brought home from MN.  So my husband started making them too. 

We are just having so much fun making gifts for everyone.

Annual Mutt Strutt

They have an annual Mutt Strutt in Pullman.  http://www.firstgiving.com/wchsmuttstrutt The had photos, costume and look-a-like contests.  They had a form of musical chairs.  There were lots of vendors.  So many different dogs to see.  It was fun, but oh soooooooo hot.  Unfortunately the canopy's they set up for us, kept people from coming in.  It was too stuffy in them, plus it was too small of an area too keep the dogs from getting into little tiffs.

I was able to get a few things sewn for sale.  I sold a few of the kleenex covers and bandanna's.  I made three different sizes of the bandanas.  They slip onto the collar so they are easy to change.  Some  of the smallest, were sold to people for their cats.  I put the smallest ones on my Maltese, the medium on my Morkie and the large on my golden.  With this nippy weather, my dogs are already wearing their cloths.

Here are a couple of pictures of the collars and bandanna's.

Tatting this month

On the trip to Minnesota, I brought my tatting along.  I had Ruth Perry's Celtic Cross but had never made it.  I decided to make one for my aunt.  She loved it and then asked me to make one for her sister.  So I did and got hooked on the pattern.  I have been tatting them up like crazy.  Here are some pictures of some of them.  I used Yarnplayer's HDT for all but the teal one. 

Speaking of Yarnplayer's HDT......I saw her profile picture and loved the colors.  Being a WSU fan and having a d-i-l there, I always look for these colors.  I asked Marilee about it and she died some new thread in Crimson and grey.  I can't wait till my order gets here.  Go Cougs!  To purchase her threads, go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/yarnplayer?ref=em 

Here is some other tatting I have been working on.  I am tatting up seahorse bookmarks for an upcoming event.  The pattern is by Jane Eberall.  Here site is http://www.e.n.e.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm

Fun 3d card

After I got home from MN, I found this fun card tutorial at http://extremecards.blogspot.com/.  I thought it would be perfect as a thank you for my Aunt & Uncle.  I used pictures from the reunion. 

I made it larger then the instructions.  I added a little pocket under the cake picture that I slipped in my thank you message and added a tassel on it.  1st picture is the inside.  2nd picture is the outside.