Neauveau Ear Jangles

These earrings are a fiber artist's dream. 

shiny silk

natural locks

soft, funky, elegance

Ashley from Neauveau Fiber Arts crafted these beauts.

Find a pair for yourself here.

She has a sale going right now so I doubt these ear jangles will last.

Love 'em!

xoxo

Newborn Vertebrae: Work in Progress

One sleeve down...

And one to go...

 

I started another little sweater

with yarn that rivals this in softness.

It might have taken precedence over this one...

I'll share soon.

xoxo

Sewing, Socializing & Spinning

I go through spurts.

Spurts of

baking, blogging, book reading

dabbling, drawing, dyeing

sewing, socializing, spinning

This week I conquered the three S's

[ess's?]

sewing:

Made a stack of newborn fitted diapers with the EZdipe pattern. Tried production line style sewing and it worked out really well. Cut one day, Sew the next, Turn and Topstitch the next. Now they just need snaps!

socializing:

I had my first zoo experience this week with my sister-in-laws and their kids. Caught these two little animals banging on the bongos!

spinning:

"Yarn of my Dreams" Take III - 200 yards of worsted to bulky 2ply, alpaca, merino, shetland, latte silk, banana silk, & tencel neps. Soon to be an Oslo Anorak sweater for my little one.

xoxo

Barter

patchwork pillow cover

thanks Sugaree!

i'll call you on my tin can phone

got these super cute pillow shams in a swap.

thanks Lo{ve} !

coffee mountain

I need to start a soap journal so I can keep track of when I made what... and what recipe I used haha.

Tea tree essential oil and vanilla fragrance, swirled with freshly spent coffee grounds. This one was definitely an experiment, but it went surprisingly well! I split the batch and added the tea tree oil to one part, and vanilla fragrance and the coffee grounds to the other. Then I flattened them out a bit, put the one on top of the other, and rolled it like a cinnamon bun. I need to collect some more pringles cans to use as molds :o)



So I kinda let the soap cool a bit TOO much before taking it out of my crock pot. There was a thick layer of hardened soap stuck in there. So I remelted it with some of my morning coffee (the coffee pot is right next to the crock pot lol) also threw in some more coffee grounds. and some oatmeal milk & honey fragrance. It's basically the most yummiest soap mountain ever.



I bet it's gonna take forever to cure due to the excess amount of coffee I added in. Buuuut it will most definitely be worth the wait!

Man oh man I need to order more soaping supplies. What better time than the midnight before a major art history exam?