The Heat Is On!

This week, on Team Support and Promote, the theme for this blog post is HEAT. The heat is definitely on here in the Sunshine state, where I live. I hope it is warming up where all my readers live. I chose items that were red, or orange, to represent heat for this theme. If you would like to be featured on this blog, and have an Etsy store, click the Team Support and Promote banner, in the left hand column to visit and join the team. Each item below will have a short description, and a link, for you to check each item out that you just have to buy. Come back next week for another cool theme, with more awesome handmade gift items.

First  up from Shelleyscrochetole, is this beautiful ombre wall hanging in orange and yellows.  Love it!

Second , from mspdesignsusa, is this adorable barn in summer, pdf quilt pattern.  How adorable         

Third, from Corvusdesign, this awesome fire red leather wrap bracelet,  She makes awesome bracelets!

Finally, from little old me, missy69, is this awesome horse abstract painting with flaming orange mane

I Finished The Fire Dept Blanket/Wall Hanging

When my husband asked me if I could crochet a blanket for the firehouse, I said sure. But he wanted me to create a logo to put on the blanket. I warned him, I had never done that before and was unsure of how it would come out. He said, ok. This was a very timely project, mostly because I didn't have a lot of time to devote to it. It is Red and black, and the logo is black with red writing. After I completed it, I think he was a bit disappointed. He said he thought the logo would have been larger. I made the logo that size for a reason, I told him. 1- it was hard enough to hold the blanket and sew the logo on the blanket, with the size of the blanket, it is even slightly off center because it was hard for my little hands to do that. 2- if you wanted a blanket why would you want a logo as big as the blanket? Why make the blanket then? Anyways I think he liked it, I hope he did. It will be delivered to the fire dept soon. I guess if I do another, I will make the logo a little bit bigger, oh and writing out words with crochet yarn, is not easy either. I think I will offer these logo blankets as a custom order in my Etsy store.

What Have I Been Up To?

My newest project is a tire garden. I had old tires donated to me, which is a bit tricky because they are all different sizes. I had to prop some up to make it more level. Now I just need three more cans of paint, one more board, and start filling with dirt. Three tires already have stuff planted in them. I will show the final result, when it is finished. I am still working on the crochet wall hanging for the fire dept, here where we live. I have not decided, yet, how I am going to do the logo. I have never crocheted a logo before, so it could be interesting. I took about 400 pictures yesterday, of my resin pieces, and jewelry. I got some really good shots. I did get to sand some of my pieces, to last night, and will have new pieces in my Etsy store soon. That is what I have been up to. How about you?