New Photos

I recently made a little trade with a photographer (in Spain of all places!) for some new product photos for the Etsy shop. Her name is Lix Hewitt, and so far she's photographed two pairs of gloves and one of my specialty hats.







I'm quite pleased. Very pleased in fact. Taking product photos is the bane of my etsy existence, so sometimes it's nice to turn that part over to the pros, you know?

The Loot

Saturday I participated in another trade event over at Etsy.

I traded all this:




for all this: 



Love, love, love trading.

If you're jealous of any of loot and feel like doing a little shopping of your own, you can check out the links to the etsy shops below.  I'm sure any and all of the proprietresses would be more than happy to have you browsing around through their shops.

Gingham Life
(aprons)

charming kitty
(hair clips)

Funnykindagirl 
(hair clips)

MazzyBlueStudios
(note cards)

SmoochyBabyDesign
(wooden dog toy)


Jodaycraf
(necklace)

babymoon
(baby sling)





In other news, I got a little time over the weekend to finish up a fingerless glove pattern that I created on the five-hour drive from Southern Utah (where we spent Christmas) to Northern Utah (where we live).  I've made the first pair, but I want to make a few more pairs, just to work out the bugs and get it into my fingers.  Then I'll take pictures of the finished product and post the pictures and the pattern here.  So, watch for that. 

Warning:  If "finding time" from here on out is anything like "finding time" has been over the past month, it may be awhile before the pattern sees the light of this blog, but I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll have it up here within a week or two.  

Time will tell.

I found my round tuit

Remember when I wrote that I was going to decorate my toddler's room with a bunch of beautiful Waldorf stars that I acquired by trading my crochet things?

Well, I did it. 

I used fishing wire, and hung the stars from different lengths around the curtain rod.  I absolutely love the effect, and now being in that room is even more of a pleasure now than it was before.

Hooray!

stars and sun on a cloudy winter day

Thanksgiving weekend was great.  I ate, laughed,played with family, and participated in a trade event on Friday and Saturday, which resulted in some really fun trades.  Rather than put up another collage of what I'm getting, I thought this time, I'd just highlight two of the trades that I'm most excited about.

I'm adding this Waldorf-inpired star to my collection.  This will be my fifth one, and I'm planning to hang them from fishing wire from the curtain rods in my little girls room.  Originally I was planning to attach them to the window, but we've been in cold/flu/cough mode around here, which is also humidifier/vaporizer mode, which means that the windows in the bedrooms have a fair amount of condensation on them.  So, I'm thinking that hanging from the curtain rod is a better plan than trying to stick to the window.  I'm hoping to get that project done this weekend, so perhaps I'll have pictures to show off soon.  We'll see.

Waldorf Star made and sold by Harvest Moon by Hand

Next is this lovely dress, made and sold by SewOriginal.  I'll be getting it in a size 3T, in hopes that when it gets warm enough around here to wear a fun springy dress, my little girl will be just the right size for this one. 

Sew fun!

(I know, my puns are just amazing, aren't they?)

As for crocheting, I've been working on some Christmas gifts for my sister (as in, my sister is giving them to some of her in-laws).  Hats & scarves mainly.  As I've been putting together the color combinations and sizes that she needs, I've been making a few extra of each (with some variances for colors) to list in the etsy shop.  I've found that some of my most popular items have been things that I've created based on specific requests from customers or family.  Win/Win!

So that's what I've got for today.  I'm hoping to do a post with some brief yarn reviews soon, listing some of my favorite yarns, and what I use them for.  So, you'll definitely want to stay tuned for that.  

:)

If you're on my Christmas list, (and you want to be surprised) DON'T READ THIS POST!

Much of our Saturday was spent trick-or-treating, visiting friends and lazing around.

However, this post is to celebrate the fact that in between all that,

I managed to trade all of this:

For ALL of this:

(and even a little bit more that I couldn't fit into the collage)

Trading is one of the absolute joys of my crocheting life. 

(Thanks Etsy!)
(Thanks fellow Trade-a-holics!)

(thanks muffintop!)
(thanks peculiarparchment!)