Baby Afghan

Just finished a baby afghan for a good friend of mine, and thought I would share a bit about it here.

It is a Granny Square afghan made with blues and brown variegated baby boucle yarn. I need 4 1/5 skeins of yarn and about 20 hours or so to make this lovely soft blanket, and cannot wait to give it to my friend later this week.

When I showed another friend what I had been working on the past several days, their comment was, "All this work for a baby that won't ever know the difference." Well, the baby may never know, but I am sure the parents will appreciate the work.

My how time flies....

WOW! I knew it had been a while since my last post, but did not realize it had been almost 2 months! OY!!!

I have several things I need to write about, so I'll be working on those and posting them over the next several days, so please check back often. New projects, updates on Bubba, and some really cool new tutorials I've come across -- all on my "To Write About" list!

In the meantime, here's a really cool photo of Earth and the moon that I found while looking for photos to use on a custom order (yes, I'll tell you more about the order later!)....

It's time for our First Monday SALE!!!!

Yep, it's time for another First Monday sale with the Etsy Texas Crafters! There are 92 shops participating this month, so be sure to click HERE to check out all the sales!

As for me, I will be having a 25% off all items sale in my Thistlecraft shop and a Buy One, Get One 50% off in my Thistlestuff shop. And be sure to check my shops often, as I will be adding new items throughout the day!!!

Just checkin' in....

Yes, it has a been a week since my last post....No, I have not given up on my goal to be a better blogger....I've just been really, really sick. Am working on a post about the Funky Finds Spring Fling craft show that I attended over the weekend and hope to have this posted soon. It was AWESOME to get to meet so many Etsy Texas Crafters in person, but boy was it HOT!

In the meantime, here are some more kitty photos for you. These are of my "Outdoor Gang"! In the first one, there are nine kitties huddled up together sleeping on an overturned trash can. In the second one....what can I say? They loved just sitting around in my flower pots! And the last one shows them on on the front porch at supper time -- I loved how the little gray one was patiently waiting its turn to eat when it suddenly realized there was only one kitty at the pan behind her!!!

Etsy Day 2009 & Etsy Shops Update

Independent members of the Etsy community, both buyers and sellers, have joined together and declared Friday, April 24th, to be Etsy Day -- a day to tell everyone you know, and even those you don't about Etsy.

In honor of this, I have re-opened my Thistlecraft shop on Etsy (after a brief vacation) and am working on getting my new Thistlestuff shop stocked with crafting books, kits, supplies and other such stuff. I had hoped to have lots of new and awesome goodies added in my Thistlecraft shop when it re-opened, but I've not got them quite ready for their public debut. Stay tuned, though, I think you're really gonna love what I've got in store!

After getting these two shops stocked and looking better than ever, my next main project will be to get some items listed in my ArtFire shop!