Queen of the Couch

I deemed myself "Queen of the Couch" for the weekend, after a somewhat stressful week. After spending most of the morning surfing the internet, I decided to spend the rest of the day beading.

The pictures below show the true purpose of the kitchen table, and my two beading buddies! :)

Halfway There Day

Since last week was winter break, it has been a long beginning to the week. I am in desperate need of some quality craft time... I have a couple of projects in mind but more than likely it will have to wait until the weekend.

Spring Fling is next Friday and I have decided to purchase a table and sell my jewelry. Two good friends of mine (Amanda and Laura) are going to set up and sell things with me. Guess I have my work cut out for me this weekend. I'll be sure to post pictures!

Baby Gifts

Since today is Laura's baby shower I can finally share what I've been working on without spoiling the surprise (I doubt she'll have time to read this today)! :)


I cut my own appliques from a matching flannel and stiched them on. Then I went back over the edges using a zig zag stitch.


What a wonderful personalized gift for baby Emma Rose!


















Incase you could not figure out what the picture below was, here it is! A pair of watermelon pink booties with pink ribbon. You can find the pattern I used at
http://www.crochetnmore.com/babybooties.htm

Crocheting...

So here's what I've been up to the last couple of days...

The first is a surprise for a friend of mine. Can you guess what it is?


The second picture is a mitten that I am working on for myself. This is the second mitten that I crocheted. The first was large enough for a giant. I started over using a child's pattern and it fits well. Now I just have one more to make...

New Hair!

Every few months or so I feel the need to change my hair; I guess I just get tired of it. So today I saw Whitney and she worked her magic and dyed my hair a lovely deep wine color and gave me a rough, thin cut. It is very different from anything else I have had...

I will post pictures soon!

Birthday Brunch

In a fit of frustration on Saturday, I called Melissa and confessed that I misplaced her address and needed it to mail her birthday card. To my surprise I learned that she was just getting to her mom's in Georgia. We made plans to get together over the short weekend that she was here. So at a not-so-early hour this morning I met her in Macon for brunch at one of my favorite down town places: Market City Cafe. They make the BEST breakfast sundae (yogart, fresh fruit, and home made granola); we both had one and shared an order of french toast... So yummy!!!

Happy Birthday Melissa! I am so glad we were able to spend some time together.

Blogging

Here are some of the things I made yesterday... (sorry about the pictures- it started getting dark when I was taking them).


A close up...



Double strand blue cloisonne necklace



Turquoise and black chunky necklace




This is my "Laura Necklace," it's very long and meant to be doubled over and worn. I named it my Laura Necklace because she was my inspiration for this one (she always wears ones like this).




Simple, yet elegant.

So this week is winter break and I have the week off from work. Originally I was supposed to be somewhere up north skiing, I will get there one day, but instead I ended up buying a new car. A week at home is needed from time to time as well. In the weeks leading up to this break I began to think and write a to do list of all the things I would like to accomplish... Today was the second day of my 9 days off and how many of those things have I accomplished??? Yes- none. I have a paper to write, a survey to create, and a research application to complete by Tuesday. What can I say, I work better under pressure.

Instead, I have spent much of the afternoon web surfing. I spent some time on esty and really have developed an appreciation for those crafters. I wish I had the time to create so many things instead of starting about 30 and never finishing them. I shouldn't say never, eventually I do go back and finish most of them. Maybe I will be motivated to finish somethings now...

Valentine's

Happy Valentine's Day. Even though I don't have a sweetheart I have lots of people who love me!

A special thank you to my 18 sweethearts!

Searching for Research

So...
2009 is full speed ahead and what a busy start! I started back to grad school the second week in January. I am one semester away from graduation (this summer). That being said, I am currently taking a research class where I have to develop a topic, submit a proposal to the International Review Board, implement the research, and synthesize the results. Blah!!!

Work is also equally as hectic. Here's a glimpse of all the bodies in my classroom: Me (general education teacher), Special ed teacher, two student teachers, sometimes a para-pro, sometimes an autism specialist, and sometimes a parent volunteer. Most days I feel like I am a belhop standing infront of a revolving door at a hotel. It is amazing to me that I get any teaching done with the constant interruptions.

Inspired

Hello and welcome to my new blogspot! After hours of searching through random blogs I have become inspired to create a blog of my own. However, maintaining it will prove to be a challenge (but I will do my best). I hope to use this space to showcase some of my work, share my thoughts on random subjects, and post ideas. Thanks to all of you crafters who have inspired me to create a space where I can share my projects (photos to come soon)!