Valentine's Day favors for Nathan's class.

i'm kind of bored and one of my boys is asleep (the one that wakes up in the morning and looks like this and this), the other is playing video games, and the other had a late nap, so he left with grandma to take mary to work.

I thought I'd share some crafty stuff with you. First, check out this really cool basket I found at the thrift store, last weekend:



it says "Regaline, Made in the U.S.A. #203" on the bottom. It's really cute and when (if) I ever get a dedicated craft space, it has a spot reserved right up front with colorful balls of yarn. I wanted to paint it, but the white has grown on me. This weekend, I started filling it with these:



Little heart pins made using THIS tutorial from thepurlbee. My initial plans were to make a few for some girls in my family and 2 for Nate's teachers. Well, I couldn't stop making them! Andrew was napping and before I knew it, I had finished my first sheet of red felt (it made 6) and so I started with pink, then white, and then I made another batch of red. Basically, I have about 24, now. I made them throughout the weekend. During naps, late-night movies, when my kids left on a lunch with grandma, etc. I would have made them during sex, but it was too dark and my needle was sharp.


I might have gotten a little carried away with the photos, but they're just so cute. The gorgeous texture in most of them can be found here. It's the "sand and stone" texture, desaturated, set to ~50% soft light opacity.

I'm probably going to attach them to [more than likely car-themed] Valentine's day cards for Nate's class. We'll see, though. They're not allowed to have a party, so I don't even know if they're going to be allowed to exchange Valentines.

do you want one? email me your address and color preference. lisa@goodknits.com

stuck in my head: "the darkest side" by the middle east

personal details are friends only.

for [crocheted cupcake containers!]



right on time for Valentine's Day. They're the perfect size for little treats/trinkets for your littlest or biggest Valentine.

<3


p.s. also available: 2 bigger cupcake containers, including one that's 64 ounces!

I kind of fell in love with making pom poms, this week. I used to hate it, but I discovered a technique to make them by wrapping the yarn around your fingers or your hand (for bigger ones) and I've been turning a lot of my smaller scraps of yarn into these wonderful balls of fluff.

I've also been knitting & crocheting things for a goodknits shop. this is the first--a knit beret/slouchy hat. I still don't know what it technically is. I say beret, because it isn't as long as those super slouches. I'll be making some neckwarmers/scarflettes and some slippers, this week. I knit when house-hunting makes me crazy.

...and last days of my Project 365.

365.363: why my pants are too tight: junk food. especially caramel corn. that stuff's addictive. and i don't even like caramel! much.



365.364: I finished a beret for myself. After delivering 13 handmade gifts, this season (everyone loved them), I finally made something for myself. A simple beret with some eyelet rows. I added a big red pom pom the next day.


365.365: Jason doing the chicken face. You know what I'm talking about. The face certain people make in every.single.photo they take of themselves. youuuu know!


New Year's eve was fun. Family, jeans, too much food, etc. It was warm. I drank a little glass of cherry beer (kriek, as them beer snobs like to call it ;). The kids were wonderful.

Project 365 is over. Congratulations to me and Donna, who is the only other lovely on LJ who stuck with it all year. I missed 3 days: 99, 126, and 151. I took a photo today (the 1st) and will take some the next 2 days to make up for those.

what i do on saturday nights. read about these guys and nathan [[on goodknits!]]

I wish I could say my baby always wakes up in a fabulous mood, smiles and giggles. Alas, my Andypants is a wreck upon waking about 95% of the time. sometimes, he wakes up exactly like [[THIS]] and I LOVE it, but most times, he gives me these creepy glares:



At this particular moment, I suspect he was just PO'd I wasn't in bed with the booju right there for him when he woke up. Sorry, kid.

I took some photos of Andrew modeling some baby/toddler hats I listed on my etsy, today. I really like them as Andy portraits, though, so I'll share.




all natural light. eat your heart out!
I love sunny days on the third floor.

blogged and buhhlogged.



I'm on my last pack of IMAGE film. so scary! I hope they make film for the Spectra available when they relaunch, next year.



also--
andy was up early, so he did some fish rockin'.



a few seconds after that second photo, he waddled over to me and gave me a giant HUG. TWICE.

I also took a few Polaroids, but I'm too tired to scan them tonight. Tomorrow!

ring slings are just not for us. I got this at the thrift store for a whopping $3. I'm not looking to make a profit, so if you are interested in it, $10 will get it to your mailbox (in the US; contact me if you're elsewhere). lisa@goodknits.com

buy something from my etsy shop and you can have it for free! contact me first, if you want to do so.

I don't usually condone jumping on the bed, but he really wanted to and he had posed oh-so-nicely for me.

let me share my photoshop texture fun with you lovelies on LJ.



I found this painting at a thrift store run by the Southeast Area Ministries. it's called SeAM and their logo is a heart seamed together by a needle and thread. It's tiny, but they have a good selection of old goods there, including a crapton of vintage knitting and crochet patterns. Anywho, this is a print on some sort of metal. It's pretty.

I used like 3 different textures in Photoshop to make my wall look more interesting. It's similar to what I did with this photo of Andrew. For this photo of my feet, I used this really sweet black and white texture I found on google. It looks just like a cracked wall. I've been scouring my surroundings for anything I can take a photo of and use as a texture. Photoshop is fun again!