rubber baby buggy bumpers!

I have stumbled upon a new project.  Baby onesies.  Being a former embroidery business owner, I still have a kickin' machine to dust off and get going every once in a while.  So this idea all began when I went to a baby shower for a friend of mine who is refusing to tell anyone the name of her baby.  I usually monogram baby gifts and this just completely threw me off.  I knew it was a girl so I decided to come up with a couple of cute phrases to put on onesies:  "nobody puts baby in the corner" and simply "baby cakes."  They were a hit.  My friend immediately asked me to put more phrases on a few onesies for people that she knew.  Then, my sister in law asked me if I had some baby stuff laying around that she could use for a shower she was going to.  I gave her a couple: "rubber baby buggy bumpers!" and "I'm not pooping, I'm just thinking real hard."  Another slam dunk.  So I decided to make up a few and have my own little etsy store showcasing my new stuff... so anything baby related belongs here.

If you're too lazy to click, here's some of what I've done...

bottle bottoms

I got inspired a few months ago when I found a project on Etsy where the artist cut the bottoms off of plastic bottles and decoupaged them to make a brooch/pendant/cool piece of art.  So here's my take on it.

I put a little clip on the back to attach the bottoms to a necklace or a pin or a barrette.

Maybe a new hot seller???

give me your scrabble tiles!

Since NaNoWriMo is over, I can finally blog again!  Whew!

I've been seeing these little scrabble tile pendants all over Etsy.  I like them so much, I figured I'd try to make some myself!  Here's what I ended up with...

they look better in person.  I need a better camera... or better lighting.

How can you resist a fat cat, nonetheless?

bangle sale!

I couldn't resist buying out all of the wooden bangle bracelets marked 90% percent off at my local craft store last weekend. I busted out the Modge Podge and decided to decoupage the bracelet with an old magazine I wanted to cut up.

So here you have it! I may even list it on Etsy!!

Birmingham Folk Festival

It was weekend before last... I'm finally recovering from it. Made a little money... here's what went down...

found my stake...

Got all set up with Katie...


check out some close ups of my stuff...





and Katie's stuff...

a link to her store...

honeypie designs

Other stuff at the festival...

Robbie and Dana's hoops... they make for fun times!


Emily's stuff...

Emily looks like a dude in this pic... weird.

and David's band...

It was a hot day. It was a fun day. I'm glad it's over... leaves more time for blogging.

my lips feel good.

my latest passion... lip balm. I can't stop making it. I made more last night so I figured I would show and tell. So far I made a natural one with a slight fruity flare to it, banana, watermelon, and last night was a tangerine night. So here's how it went...

supplies out and ready to go.

beeswax in double boiler.

everything in and melted... ready to pour.

freshly poured lip balm!

almost dry!


labels added and ready to sell!

tangerine.... mmmmmmmmmmm!
here it is on etsy...
alleykat's tangerine lip balm... smack!

scarf it up!

So I can't stop knitting scarves. I think it may be time for me to move on to something a little more advanced but I can whip them up so quickly and then take a headless pic of myself and sell them on etsy... why would I stop??