New Item!

I could not get up this morning.  The poor heater could not keep up with the cold and I kept waking up feeling all cold, because I guess it got down to like 2 or something crazy like that.  As a result today has not been as productive as I hoped.  But I did get this listed.  Here's a picture.

 

Stay warm America!

Treasury!

I am so very excited that I made it into my first treasury on Friday!
I have to post more things!  Must post more items! I want to be in more treasuries!

I decided to do my own treasury as well. It really wasn't that hard or mysterious after all. :0) 

I didn't get Mike to help me with the stuff that I wanted him to help me with.  I guess I'll have to see if I can do them on my own.  I am woman hear me roar!  I did go thrift storing and I got a whole bunch of t-shirts, but it sure does take a long time to cut them into yarn.  Mike and Molly can only take so much Murder She Wrote while I sit in the middle of the living room floor  and yell at the cats to get away from me! 

Misc.

It's Friday and I'm done with my first week of blogging for the year.  This weekend looks busy.  I have a list of things to get Mike to help me with.  I have to get the Knittingbyheather Fanpage like button up on my blog.  And I need his guidance in designing a new business card and tags for my products.  Yay!  I still have so much to learn and do.  I was a bit sick Tuesday and got discouraged because I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but Wednesday I felt great again and Molly and I  walked to school.

It's payday and I'm so excited!  But we have to get a new garage door.  :(  That damn hail storm! When will it all end?  Anyway,  I look forward to a little browsing at the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, among others. 

 I leave you with one of the greatest joys of my life:

Thrift Storing

This is one of my plans for the new year.  I want to join in the reuse and recycle thing with my crafting.  I have discovered how to make yarn from old t-shirts and you can do it with any tube of fabric.  I love going to thrift stores, and on occasion, besides finding pieces of fabric, I have found giant bags of CRAP!  I have increased my knitting needle collection immensely in this way.  I've also gotten bits of yarn and fabric and crayons and pens and markers.  You never know what you are going to get.  I like garage sales too, but that involves driving around neighborhoods at seven o'clock in the morning, and it's seasonal.  We'll see what happens with that.  Anyway, I have so many ideas about stuff to make with t-shirts, socks, etc.  (I accept donations as well!)

Does anyone else have any ideas? 

Hump Day!

With my new found confidence in myself comes a passion like none I ever felt before. The self doubt, the inner critic---silenced!  I won't miss it. Not one bit.  I am me.  Yay!  Laugh if you want.  I can't hear you over the internet anyway.  ;0)

Mike sold some soap on ebay.  We are a bit excited.  Also if anyone is interested in season 2 of Northern Exposure, it's on auction.  His user name is aspirinkid66.

I am not much of a fashion person, but I was inspired by the middle picture at the top on this blog. Well, not the shoes, of course.  Can't do the shoes.


One set back in my life is that the yarn store near my house closed up shop.  I think I always knew this would happen, but it still came too soon.  I have had to start looking for fancy non Lion Brand yarn online.  I did find some lovely cotton, and I'm checking out the websites for stores in the surrounding states.  I have also found some lovely, lovely stuff on etsy.  Here's a good example.


I read some advice from a much more successful etsy seller.  The advice is to have at least 100 items for sale at all times and to have an etsy bill of 200 dollars every month.  So I'm enlisting all of my friends and family to help me achieve the goal of being able to afford the 200 dollar a month bill!   I don't think I'll be able to get there right away anyway, so you know do what you can.  I will be looking into giving out a coupon code soon, as well.  Thank you in advance!  And thanks for all of the emotional support!  

Patchouli Soap














OH! yeah!  I also take special requests.  It may take more time, especially if it's something I haven't done before, but email me or if you are on etsy, you can convo me.  I like to learn new things.


I'm out!

Knittingbyheather!

Molly thinks it's funny to sing along to Spongebob Squarepants,  but she calls him Pungebob Uglypants.  This has been going on for months now.   She also got sick in the middle of the night last night, and having never had to clean up vomit (except when people used to puke in the bathroom trash at Conoco when I worked there) before, I'm not happy this morning.  She seems to be fine now which makes it all that much more annoying. 

Anyhoozit, I've got a few new things up on etsy.

Raspberry soap

Still have a long list of this things to do and I got up later than I wanted to.  I hope everyone has an enjoyable day. I will do my best to have one as well. 

Bath matt with matching washcloth and hand towel. 
 

First Blog Entry of the 2011

So, I begin my new year of blogging with my new found sense of confidence and resilience.  I am still open to constructive criticism, of course, and I welcome all comments.  Just no bully boy bull crap!  Yay! Not that I've ever gotten any. 

My etsy sale didn't go as I hoped, but I did sell two bars of Mike's tea tree oil soap.  I'm super excited about possibly developing a follower.  =0)  Let's cross our fingers.  The cat broke my printer though, I'm afraid, so I can't print off an invoice.  (It was the old, much calmer cat, Charlie that did it this time!)  

Mike has been working on his soap formulas and we are excited about the 8 oz. blue raspberry bars that are currently curing above the oven.  I'm going to put up a couple of patchouli, melon, and pink raspberry bars on etsy this week if anyone is interested.  Molly starts back to school tomorrow and I am not going to waste my time alone anymore.  I'm so much more grateful for it now, but that's a whole other post that I probably won't ever write.  =0) 


Lots of work to do! I shall plug away with a cheerful disposition!