I love Stitch magazine! They have full size patterns and lots of modern fun crafts to make.

I am in the process of trying to make one of these Pot Luck take-alongs for my Pyrex dish. This is designed by Melissa Frantz. ( Thank you Melissa for sharing this awesome pattern) You can find it in this issue of Stitch magazine.

I don't like to cut any of my patterns. I use tissue paper to trace my pattern and then cut the tissue paper. If you do not have any tissue paper on hand I have used wax paper and parchment paper. You can at least get those odd shaped ones too when you use these types of papers to trace. I love full size patterns. I hate having to alter sizes myself. I never get them correct. You must get this magazine. I think there is only 3 issues a year? But really packed full of patterns. Its about $14.99 on the newsstand.

This is what a box bottom looks like on a handmade doll. Pretty much like a box. Now I am a stuffer. I like to stuff my bodies nice and tight when I make a box bottomed doll. I want them to stay seated. I also stuff a little bit of fish rocks (you know the kind from the aquarium) To give them a little bit of weight to them. I know you can use those poly pellets but I do not think they are heavy enough to keep the dolls up right. Now maybe If I made them bean bag style and loose in the stuffing then I could be ok. But I like firm bodies on my dolls. Its a texture thing. You know how I am about texture in art. I am sure you could use other materials to stuff your dolls but remember if you are selling your dolls you can not stuff them with food (beans, rice, etc) Mice just love that stuff and they have a wonderful sense of smell and the post office has some rules about shipping food products to certain countries and it might look like your smuggling. (haha that is funny to think of rice being smuggled) but its a health violation actually.

My favorite time of the day. Early morning as the sun is rising. I promised you purple sky photos. I am busy admiring them before I realized I need to share. They almost go as fast as they come.

I found this rather large vintage pink and white linen tablecloth. It has butterflies printed on it. There is a name printed on it, Tammis Keefe. When I first found this I thought the price tag said $25.00 but it was really $2.50. I almost set it back down. Thanks goodness! I love finding little treasures like this (in Goodwill no less). I did a little bit of research (not much) but this lovely lady Tammis Keefe made a variety of table linen in the 1950's and her style is very cute and collectible.

There is a few stains here and there. Loved and used. Perfect.

I found 2 sets of napkins in this 1970's flower (crazy) print. 8 of them total. I am going to use them as fabric.

Vintage Vera Napkin Linen. Sushi printed and I am like *meh* about sushi printed anything but then again it is Vera. Maybe someone on Etsy is more than *meh* about it and would like it. It feels brand new and looks to have been packed away. No fading or even used. Still has factory creases and its so stiff. Still *meh*.

Updated Sunday 22, 2009: I was informed this is not sushi its Licorice Allsorts Candy printed. My gosh. Like thank you so much ladies for telling me. I thought it was sushi. I am glad you told me. XO

Vintage 1960's Disney printed pillowcase. This is going on my bed after I wash it.

Vintage hamburger patty Tupperware stacking keeper set.

I found some more vintage 1950's bar glasses. Frosted elephant, tiger and a horse on carousels. I have been seeing this corning prints everywhere lately. I have 2 counter top savers in this print. Lately I have seen bowls, dishes, canisters and such. Today I found a lonely little mug and decided to purchase that and only that. I am not much for Corning-ware. I like it but not so much. Every now and then I do catch myself buying a piece but it has to be the right one and in the right print in order for me to do so. Now if I see another mug in this print I will pick it up. If I see anymore I will leave them. We all have our collecting ways. I found another large jar for my sewing area.

Yummy vintage scarf blue, grey, white, mustard, orange. Perfect for this fall.

I made this diaper bag. My friend is going to go bananas for these gifts, no? (giggle)

I made this mini baby blanket. Its for playing and snuggling more than wrapping one self up in.

We adore Charlie Brown in this house. My oldest son and I share a deep love for him and his pals. I have made this ornie for my tree this year. I think I should scan this up as a freebie pattern don't you? Its very easy to do really. You could make a few in an hour.

I have been debating on a few things these past couple of weeks. Debating on doing a few more craft shows. I have been contacted by a number of people this year to take part in local craft fairs that are going on this year. I wish I could attend all of them, but weather down here in South Florida permits me from attending them as a vendor. I have been invited and accepted that invite and shall be attending the Sugar House Holiday Bazaar its December 19th, 2009 from Noon till 6pm. I was also invited and accepted at the Odd Duck Indie Craft Fair in March on the 27th in 2010. I was also just invited to another Indie Craft show called, "Ain't Your Country Kitchen Mamma's Crafts. This show is Dec 13th of this year. There is no email or website to drool over. Email invite only. I have to react fast. Should I go or should I shop? I love indie craft shows.

I made this monkey for a local friend of mine who is having a baby boy. She has chosen green and brown as her baby colors and her theme is yep, monkeys. I am making her a diaper cake in these colors. I also have a few other handmade goodies to make. I told you November was a busy month. We still have Thanksgiving plans to make. We were going out of town and those plans changed 2 months ago. We are staying home. Which means I need to pick out a turkey very soon.

It was my birthday on Saturday! Another year older and wiser. And RICHER in thrifted goodies. I really have not been thrifting lately. Honest. I havent. I am trying to keep at home sewing and creating and filling my Etsy shoppe. I have been trying to make ornies for my Christmas tree too. I hope for this season to be a "Handmade Holiday". I have been busy lately. I have been invited to so many parties. It's that time of the year. Birthday's and Holiday cheer. I have my tree set up already. I do. I have 3 up so far. I have 1 more to go. Photos will come soon. I visited a thrift store over the weekend that is a bit out of the way for me but sometimes can be really worth the trip. They are currently cleaning house at that thrift store and everything is 75% off. They are going to clean the entire store and set it up differently. I heard them talking about it. I was able to find this hard shell white suitcase. It has a blue lining and is in great shape. It is not as big as the red one I found a few weeks back but its not that small either. I have been using the vintage suitcases I find to store all my vintage linens in them. I have only 2 closets in this house I rent so you can imagine the creative ways one thinks of to store items. I found a few Vera items. I found a pillowcase and 2 scarves. I also found a vintage yellow scarf made by Scarves by Nasharr. (I have been waiting to find a yellow scarf, one of my winter color themes this year is grey with yellow) I found this vintage yellow floral jar. Its made by Hilda. I saw there was a smaller mate to this (on Etsy). But I only found the large. I am currently using them to hold the white roses hubby bought for me. I found a vintage sewing book. There is a craft in that book that I have been looking all over the Internet for. Finally, I found it. All it took was a thrifting adventure and 25 cents. I found this vintage blue and white dish. I am not sure if it was handmade or not. Its very pretty. There is writing on the back of it. Someone etched in the clay these markings: BBJ JJ 8:84. I have no idea what that is or means. I found a set of orange, white and yellow floral pillowcases and some vintage poker chips.

I have a new line of dolls that I am going to be listing on Etsy. The stuffies! This is Lady Momoko.

I found this sheer vintage black scalloped apron.

I found this large vintage Pyrex bowl Its yellow with black. This is the Gooseberry pattern.

Found this large square flowers pattern, "Verde" Pyrex bowl.

Also in the Gooseberry pattern I found a medium size bowl. This vintage Pyrex bowl is white with black print.

This $2.00 wood shelf is getting a makeover and then going above my sewing area. It already has hangers on the back. It just needs to be updated! I think my baby jars will fit in there.

These do not look very big, but trust me they are. They are a very nice size and vintage and made really well. Not thin little ones (like they make now) You can see how thick the wood is. I paid 25 cents for them. I am going to use them for crafting and prolly decor.

I found 2 of these. They are like brand new. No really like never used just folded and forgotten. They are so adorable.

2 Vintage yellow pillowcases. I hardly find just all yellow or green or blue. I hope to find more solids with pattern.

Ask and you shall receive. Oh my! Remember I just posted a pillowcase just like this? (scroll down a bit you can't miss it) I found another one. Now I have 2. I love it when a set comes complete thrifted. Its so hard to do and you have to be really patient.

Oh this pillowcase is a little worn but still has enough life in it to craft with. I just love the mod floral ones.

This vintage set will be going on Etsy. Its really pretty.

I have no clue how to crochet. I do however know how to cast off and chain stitch. I am learning but its a slow process since I am doing this by myself from tutorials I find online. My sister-in-law knows some. She has taught me some. I need more. I want more. I see how fast those ladies go on youtube and it looks just amazing to me. Like they are magically transforming boring string into fabulous creations. I just need to have some of that magic slip in my hands. I have made some squares and that is about it. Now I can add necklace scarf to my crochet resume.

I made two poms and put them on each end of the necklace scarf.

I think when I am not wearing a printed outfit I feel a little plain. So I wanted to create something that would jazz me up a bit. Something whimsy and fun. I have seen a few adorable scarf necklaces on Etsy and locally this year at a craft show. I really liked how they looked when worn. I used felted wool on the inside petals and non felted wool for the back petals. I did this to keep from feeling the itchy wool on my neck. Then I just used a vintage blue button in the middle. Cause I just LOVE my vintage buttons. I am going to play with this a bit. It was very fun and easy and hello ADORABLE!
Updated with one more photo. These are just too much fun.

I officially have a bookcase in my room. For weeks I have bothering/hinting/annoying hubby that I really need a book case. I mean unless you want to stare and the stacked books on the floor. Forever?! Him being the neat freak gasped and we were off shopping for book shelves. I chose a black one cause I love the contrast of black and my bright books things. It also matches the bedroom furniture which is dark brown w/black. I now have 5 glorious shelves. 2 are almost full of books. One is full of Barbies. 2 have nothing on them.

I am currently making Christmas Ornies for my tree this year. I am doing a mod woodland forest theme. I have searched high and low on Google these past few days. All those searches paid off. I was able to find a bunch of free patterns and tutorials to help me along the way. You can not believe the stuff that is out there in Google-land if you look. You just have to keep looking and play word games. The bird on the left I made using a pattern from Spool. They are so fun to make and look so cute. I can't wait to get a bunch of them made. The owl on the right is actually my own pattern. I did see a few photos on flickr.com and I really loved how this guy looked but there was no link. So Google again played superman and brought me to Moonstitches tutorial. She does not have patterns. She just made a tutorial on how to construct it. So I had to make my own pattern. I can't wait to show you what I have next on the crafting table.

On a side note. I totally need to choose colors for my main Christmas tree. I am slacking in making that decision right now. I am doing Mod Woodland Forest Theme. I just don't know how much color I want. I will have to research more color schemes again. Once I get done making all the tester ornies I am going to need choose.

I found 2 of these vintage bright pillowcases.

I found one vintage mod pillowcase. I wish there was another.

3 Vintage Pyrex daisy printed mugs were found. These are heavy.

Vintage Vera Scarf. I wore this the same day I found it. Its so pretty.

These were all previous finds from the previous week. I just never shared them with you. I have a bunch of projects piling up on my crafting desk. I finished 28 ornies (ornaments) for the annual Prim Mart Christmas Ornie Swap last week. I have to wait to show you what I made. I know. I do this a bunch. But we are not allowed to post who made what until everyone gets their box. And I just sent mine in and I am thinking my box won't show up till the end of November? I will then post my creation. I will also post my Christmas tree I will be setting up in the bedroom.

I hope your Halloween was the cat's meow! This is my friends kitty. She is so cute and little. She dresses her up in the cutest little clothes. I stole this photo from her to share with you.