This was created for the crafty detective swap.  I have been saving/finding bottlecaps for a long time and have quite a collection in many colors.  I sorted them and laid out a couple of different designed; this one is what I liked best.  Attaching the bottle caps was a bit more difficult than I anticipated, but hot glue did the trick eventually.  (the picture is of the frame before I put the mirror back in).

I made these for the crafty detective swap.  Both are 6x9 on canvas with acrylic paint; the request was for textured art in autumn colors.  I think they turned out a bit brighter than autumn, more like fire, but I really like them.

I made this for the crafty detective swap...definitely one of my favorite projects!  I saw some pictures around craftster and on wists and freeformed a basic beanie and the mohawk.  The gray is acrylic and the blue is wool; for a stiffer/more stand up mohawk the recipient can wash the beanie, felting the mohawk but not the actual hat.  Sorry I don't have action shots; I sent it before I thought of getting them.

I received!  and SAHmama spoiled me silly!  This is very picture heavy, so I posted thumbnails for most of them.

So, first I received a teaser letter earlier this week with this adorable needlebook (and a letter saying "Whooooo am I?":



Then today, I came home, wet and tired from moving a friend on a cold and rainy New England day, to this wonderful package:



Inside there were many goodies!  Wristlets form a recylced felted sweater and a cute lip balm holder ('cause I always lose mine...)



A West Wing tshirt:



an amazing treehugger for when I go camping:



a furry monster case for my DS:



the BEST DINO HAT EVER!!! (which, I will add, I haven't taken off yet...)



a zippered bag for when I go letterboxing (an outdoor treasure hunt of sorts)



and (I know, I know, it just keeps coming!!!)  TWO REVERSIBLE aprons...my partner has already claimed the alien one as hers!






SAHmama, thank you so much! It is all amazing!

I have totally been a slacker on the picture posting...ack!  At any rate, here are the lovely yarns I received from Fosca, Phildude, and Kartiana.  I am excited - I should FINALLY have time this weekend to plait my scarf!







Thansk so much!  I'm excited for my scarf - I think all these textures are going to work really nicely together!

I received my package from SilentMynerva a few days ago and haven't had a chance until now to post pictures...but, here they are!

Group shot:



Close up of the lovely Random scarf (my nickname from camp):



and of the AWESOME rainbow messenger bag!



and inside the bag is also a rainbow!




Thansk so much!!!

One of my coworkers has a hat her mother made her which I absolutely adore.  So, I did what any self-respecting crafter would do - I made my own!

In Paton's Essentials Tweed Chunky:

   


I love it!  Next time, though, I think I'll start the stripe one or maybe two rows earlier. 

Yarn goodies in the mail!

From Myklia:




From heartsanddaggers:




Yay!

Oh my gosh, such amazing packages!  I just realized today that I somehow never bookmarked the gallery...iw as starting to wonder why no one was posting pictures.

and in that vein, here is my package from Vegan Pickles (sorry it took me so long to post pics, my camera went AWOL!)



The protractory bit is actually a magnet, as are the pigs (several of their magnets fell off in transit and I haven't had a chance to reglue them yet!) and the crochet hook is much improved by the new rainbow-y handle it has.  Thanks Vegan Pickles!

This was a self-portrait-ish project I did.  Perhaps symbolistic is a better term - every single thing in the painting has some sort of personal meaning for me; for example, the fence is a classic Kentucky fence, which is where i was born and raised, one constellation is Lyra, which I have a tattoo of, and another is Cancer, which was my father's astrological sign, and the fleur-de-lis in the bottom left corner is from the years I lived in New Orleans.   I am debating about putting more stars in the sky, but we'll see.  For now, it is done.