A&C Weekly Challenge 2008

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New Year & a New thread - post what you hope to start/finish this week!

I have bought lots of fabby gemstones & I want to try & make some different types of jewellery, different ways of stringing etc.

DH also bought me some rainbow fluorite & I want to make myself a necklace & bracelet, although am still pondering what style I fancy!

(& my bog is sadly neglected, I must try harder!)

Tilly - Etsy seems huge - could it just be that people havent trawled through the shops to find yours? That would be my worry.

I tried looking at the UK shops, and it put me on to the shops that had recently added new stock, then I seemed to lose the way to look at other shops.

I hope you do get some sales though, your stuff is really cute!

I got my tri-loom!!!!!!!!

Can you tell I'm excited?

Got in at 8:30 tonight to find it waiting for me, got the dcs into bed in the fastest time ever & settled down to have a play try. 2 hours later I have 5 finished triangles & another on the go. It is so easy & very soothing (& much faster than knitting or crochet). Am just trying out different yarns at the mo but have already decided that my first proper project will be to waeve a bag to keep it in.

Am well chuffed

BTW I've started a thread to see who would be interested in a regular A&C themed swap.

If anyone fancies it please sign up on the thread.

what's a tri-loom when it's at home?

TB - I bet it is the January syndrome - I am not buyng anything other than necessities this month (or next actually!)
also, I do find etsy a bit big and sprawling - I assuem you've checked out how other people with similar stuff are tagging it? I dn't really know if many people sell a lot on there - I guess GM is our expert...

I made a dress for my old rag doll last night - no pattern but the winging it went ok. I need to slightly alter the armholes I think. Then may make her a little cardi or somthing (or maybe not) - I am pleased with how the old dear is coming along

I did rip teh le slouch beret and am reconstructing at the moment, it honestly wouldn't have worked - was bursting at the seams with my enourmous noggin

I have now signed up for 3, yes 3! swaps. Someone stop me, please, I am getting totally addicted to blogging (well, reading other peoples anyway) - does this symptom wear off or is it terminal?

jg, it's terminal i'm afraid , blogging that is, once you are in the vortex there's no way out

forgot to mention, i've joined a group blog site just for plush/softie makers called the needle

jeangenie - this is a tri-loom.

'tis great fun

gm- I'm so relieved that you like the bracelet and it got to you nice and safe... no post here today yet.. but the postie is always late and I'm waiting on an order of beads..or two...maybe three small ones honest... am currently fighting off DH cold so got sod all done yesterday.. hopefully this am goes better before DS returns home...

gingermonkey your packagage arrived 5 minutes ago, with to bead orders too.. so its like Christmas again for me! THe pug is absoloutly brilliant! He is so cute and quirky and loveably just jike the real thing. My mother will love him! thank you so much! And I love the brooch thank you...

GM - C'mon post a piccy of 'Pug', can't wait to see him finished. I'm just starting a new Hugglie ....
x

tillyboo- i tried to take a pic of the pug but the light was too crap and he didn't show up well.

I did manage to finish this bracelet buts thats all i have done today... friday is mega blitz day as we have a babysitter tonight and my DH is actually taking me out to see a movie!

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Meridian - your jewellery is lovely. I don't have any adult birthday's until May so I'll be in touch then. If I'm allowed to treat myself, it'll be before .
I'm allergic to nickel and can only wear silver so how does that fit in with your designs ?

I've just finished a new 'Hugglie' but want to get dd in bed before I take some photo's.

I'm really pleased with it but would appreciate some other views

TB - pics for you!!!! Meridian, I'm really pleased he arrived in one piece and you're happy with him. I pinched the pic of my bracelet from your blog and put it on my blog and linked to you (so you never know, you might get an order!)
I have been so good today and have only been near the computer when I was having my lunch, I've been working on some new designs I drew up over the past few weeks so I can show them when they are finished, made a doorstop frog for Leo (to stop him nicking Grace's) and one for an order too. I finished my creation for the valentine's swap, and DH went to the farm shop on the way home and bought a Victoria sponge and a big chocolate cake, so I had a piece of each for my dinner, and am going to sit down now and have some more for my supper, lol!!!
The teapot is calling me....speak to you tomorrow!!!!

GM, you are my kinda girl with all that cake for dinner - enjoy your supper (am dead - I was made to eat pasta. They don't let you have cake for tea in my house, meanies!)
off to oogle that pug now

I've finished my new 'Huggly', he's lurking here if anyone wants a peep

GM - Aw, wish you hadn't mentioned cake ! I want some but have only got a tiny incey wincy smartie cake and that's Tillys for tomorrow so I daren't eat it.
I'd be in BIG trouble

have posted messages on blogs, great work ladies

I finished (finally) my dollie last night and have just blogged her here - just noticed she is still in need of an eyebrow tidy, but she does look much better than before I think

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ooh i've made a blog too and i think hope i also learned how to do a link

maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/

my blog

hi everyone!! not slept yet...yawn!! gonna be a loooong day!

inspiring stuff here as usual... blogs have been lurked, will comt later gonna see if i can snooze between feeds now.... yawn

ps, i am now hooked on my coconut chocs.... not a good thing as i had to make a few last night to much while dh was at work.. it was the white choc baileys one that had me before but the coconut one has taken over!!

comment later!!

tillyboo- most of the clasps I have are silver plated but I can order sterling silver, I also have some tigertail that is silver wire coated in plastic, My mother is allergic to nickle and other metals so she can only wear silver too. the new huggly is very cute...

right back to working on Dior's order!

Ooohh....some really scrummy crafting going on you lot!!!

Weird - I dreamt about the pug last night - I was talking to someone in a children's play area and she said look what Ive been sent. I said ooh, its GMs pug! and she went all funny on me like I was stalking her.

fubsy that's really funny - walk away from the computer !!!!!!!!!!!