Stamps in altered art jewelry

I will try to get a better pic of these later today. I used a vintage foreign stamp for these 2 pieces . Both are very bright and colorful designs . They will look good with a solid color dark shirt.
I am finally getting down to the stash of odds n ends of things i have saved over the last year or two that i thought would be interesting turned into jewelry.

soap !!!!!!

I made 6 pounds of soap today :)  Now has to sit a few weeks and harden up .The deep purple dried roses were a nice finishing touch to it

More new designs ......

I have had so much fun relaxing this last week and designing wearable art ..aka jewelry :) Here are few more of my designs I made Sunday .........

Projects the last 24 hrs :)

Rug Hooking Video on youtube

Great video on YOUTUBE on locker hooking .see how fun it is ..... .here

Sold Designs

These designs are sold...they went to a friend who works at UKY  to wear blue and white day ......I think they turned out really fun with a bit of funky thrown in with the earrings ...........

New designs i decided to keep .......

I have started watching Vampire Diaries on dvd...love it too :) 

Also gives me a chance to work on some new jewelry designs. These are the ones i kept for myself from the last 2 days of designing. The stones are all so beautiful .I will be making some to sell also in my Etsy store .......
I just had to keep one of the Irish ones i made to wear come St Pats day ...

Rug hooking and stuff........

I have started working on locker hooked rugs..I am having so much fun with it all . I have decided to use fleece for the first several that i make. Fleece is as close to wool as i can get for durability . It makes a nice sturdy loop. I am finding that patterns on the fleece add a nice bit of color to the rug. Sweat shirt fabric would be another that would hold up well .

Finding the rug canvas is bit tricky. It can be expensive if purchased at a craft store. I am watching Ebay for vintage rug hooking canvas ..it is bit more affordable that way. The rugs are time comsuming but not too expensive in cost since i am using leftover fabric pieces from other projects.
I have so many ideas for the rugs using designs ...you are basically painting with the fabric pieces :)

On The First Morning Of a Snowy Vacation

Yay!!!!!!! First morning of vacation :) Of course it snowed some overnight. I woke up at 4 am and couldnt sleep so I went out to feed and water the stray kitties and the porch was all icy.....ughhhhhh!

So I came back inside and fixed a cuppa hot tea and curled up on the couch with my yarn stash . I am enjoying crocheting these little baskets alot. It uses up smaller balls of yarn and is interesting . I made the red and white doiley last night while I was watching Burn Notice .

Snowy week fun........

Here are  a few of the things i have made this week.

Snow....................psssssssft!!!!!!!!!

 Well ........once again we got snow....... 4 or 5 inches this time around. The good thing is that i was able to get these 2 containers that held snowmelt . I have been wanting tall and narrow storage for all of my soap making supplies .
These 2 are just perfect. 
All the big stoneware bowls i use to mix the soaps in were bit expensive and i was afraid they would be broken. They are all safe and in one spot now and it frees up a shelf i can use in the pantry .

Crocheted Baby Seadragon

Somedays I just never know what i am going to make till it is actually done.... 
Didnt plan to make the baby seadragon all curled up in his fluffy bed ..but he was ready to be born. He is still a little shy and hasnt told me his name yet........

I do freeform crochet in 99% of all my designs. I cant seem to follow a pattern at all .....  

Fairly Productive afternoon......

My foot decided it needed an ice pack for the afternoon.So i tucked my little ice pack down inside my warm      slippers that Bonne knitted me and decided to finish up a pair of  fingerless gloves I started last night before bed. I had enough scrap yarn left to crochet a thick coffee cup coaster.I like the way the yarn matches my coffe mugs my daughter gave me several years ago. Then I had been eyeing these pink crystal beads in my stash so i decided to create a necklace for myself with them. I am not normally drawn to the softer pastel colors but these have an inner pink glow to them.I added some freshwater pearls and then soft pink faux pearls to the design . The camera couldnt catch the glow I am afraid :(