A Little Window Shopping

I'm just sitting here getting ready for the last season of Downton Abbey  :'(

and I thought I would do a little window shopping for some great handmade.

I popped over the Scott's Marketplace and found these adorable Funky Chicken earrings in the shop of KATs-n-Thats.

Over at Handmade Artist's Shop there is an interesting shop called Cabochon_Persnickity's that not only has great items, like this Thimbles for Buckets earrings, but they tell stories about their creations.  A great item description is as important as great pictures.

One of my "old" friends on The CraftStar is Kristen from Quirky Bits N Pieces.

She not only makes amazing artisian yarn, but also these wonderful mini weaving looms, complete with special yarn and directions.

That's it for tonight.....

Downton Abbey is calling!

Be blessed,

Debbi

Friday Finds - getting ready for the cold

Well, our temps are finally dropping, fast.  I love the cooler weather (cooler, not cold!) and wearing sweaters and hats and scarves.  So let's go check out some wonderful handmade scarves.

I found these wonderful scarves over at The Craft Star.  Clockwise from the bottom left...

a cotton crochet skinny scarf from Bernoulli's Attic. 

a tweed knitted cowl from the Yarn Star.

a rainbow colored scarf from Annesknits.

Over at my old hangout, Handmade Artists, I found these beauties...

Starting at the top left...

a knit infinity scarf from Oaklies Fashions.

Cloud 9 scarf with flower by Magnolia Road Designs.

and I absolutely LOVE this fox scarf by dolly's designs.

And this week, I created 2 new scarves myself, and added them to the pot of handmade scarves.

shades of blue pom pom scarf

red sashay metallic ruffle scarf

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.  And support your local handmade artists.

Be blessed,

Debbi

my clean studio

I finally got some time yesterday to clean my studio from the mess I made at Christmas.  I had cleaned the downstairs shortly after my son and his wife left (my studio doubles as a guest house), but the upstairs?  Wrapping paper, ribbons, boxes, glues, holiday trimmings, beads, wire, what a mess.  But yesterday I got it all put away, and now I'm ready to get creative.  So today I decided to go shopping for supplies, because you can never have too many beads, paints, and yarn.
So let's run on over to Handmade Artists and see what we can find to play with... 

Wow...what amazing pieces of jewelry I can design with these beads.  The first is a Pink Flamingo Porcelain Cabochon from Abella Gifts, match this up with pretty pink and green beads for a very feminine statement piece.  And then I saw this cute little girl at My Craft Basket, a polymer clay dragon pendant that would also look great with pink beads.  HEY, look...I found some pretty pink and green beads!  You'll find these organic lampwork beads (with spacers) in the shop of Gaby.

 

Next I found this bag of handrolled paper beads at Jsouza's Shop.  Sure, these beads are something I look at and think "I can make them", but I never do, so it's time to just buy them.  And it's a great price for 100 beads.  You can get these adorable Sock Monkey Felties from Lil Bit Sassy.  Great for an added touch on anything, from quilts to scrapbooking.  Plus, if you ask, she can change the size and/or color.  And for more scrapbooking ideas, how about these die cut hearts from Creative Jem?  They would be great to use as a mat for your photos.

 

Yarn...yarn...I need more yarn.  Love the color, love the feel, love the fiber.  I found these on Etsy.

First the beautiful blues of this Iceberg handspun yarn from Cool climates.  You know what I love about handspun yarn?  The challenge of matching colors.  Not at all like what you can get at the "big" stores, where most every skein is the same.  I like the slight change in color and thickness in the handspun yarn.  Check out the differences in this amazing Siren Song yarn from Spincycle Yarns.  And I could just lick this Creamsicle Merino yarn from the shop of Sleeping Beauty.  Heck, I even love the name of her shop, lol.

Ok, my muse is now awake and raring to go.  Is yours?  If not, click on a link and visit a shop, and get creative!

Be blessed,

Debbi

what's new Friday finds...

I have been having the most unproductive month....I think my muse and my time keeper ran away together.  I don't seem to have time to create, and when I make time, my mind goes blank.  So for inspiration, I did some searching on HandmadeArtists.com and Etsy.com for new listings.  Look what I found on Etsy...



Now how cute is this Crochet Wolf by REcreationsyarn? His name is Timber and he is 9.5" tall.

Then there's this amazing roving combed fiber by TheCritterRanch.  I could just see this finished as a beautiful soft scarf, I can feel my creative juices starting to drip.  How about this original modern abstract art piece from ModernHouseArt.  These flowers are painted with a pallet knife instead of a brush which makes them just pop off the canvas.  I love it!

Now we're off to my newest favorite place...HandmadeArtists.com.

 

I find these Mustache Mens Cuff Links by Baronyka to be a hoot!  My Chuck shaved his mustache off last month, and everyone bugged him, so now he's growing it back.  Yeah for me. :0)

The Red Butterfly Pendant is made of acrylic and can also be found in the shop of Baronyka.

Now, there is a story behind these Ice Skate Baby Booties by IKnitQuiltSew.  This is a new original pattern that Sandi created, and when it came time to attach the blades, she shared it with us in the forum, and it was fun to see all the different ideas, which is why I love the HandmadeArtist Forum, what a great family.  So, I feel that we all should get credit for the skates!  Ok, not really, but aren't they adorable???  And you don't have to have a shop on the site to join the forum, come and check us out.   Now it's your turn, what new items have you created this week?  Share it with a comment.  And I'll hopefully see you all tomorrow.

Be blessed,

Debbi

Attention all vintage loving knitters!

Do ya'll remember when I shared about the stash of stuff that my step-son brought me?  No? Well, you can read about it here.  In the stash I discovered a vintage Boye Needle Master and a vintage Boye Needle Master Junior.   They are in excellent condition, and for sale right now in our Etsy shop.  You can click on the links above, and to see our complete Etsy line, just click on the tab at the top of this page titled Fun With Yarn.  The tab titled For Your Home is our home decor shop at the Handmadeartists site.  I'll be sure to let you know what else I uncover in my pile. :~D



a craft collectors dream

I have been so swamped lately, I think my to-do list has learned how to reproduce while I'm sleeping. Not only do I have my normal housework, my responsibilities to my children and foster care, I am redecorating (very slowly), switching all our business stuff from ourhometoyours to yankeeburrowcreations, and taking new item pictures to update our listings.  Well, the other day Chuck's son brought me a truck full of crafting...stuff. It seems an older woman they know was moving into a nursing home and they were helping her clean her house. She graciously allowed them to have all her crafting supplies, which they brought to me. I love those kids!

In this pile of bags and boxes we found...

knitting and crochet projects started but not completed, the needles and instructions included,

needlework kits,

leather working supplies,

hoops, needles, floss, storage boxes,

yarn, yarn, and more yarn.

All this made me so delightfully giddy!!!!

Right now it's all just dumped in the middle of my studio, Chuck has graciously agreed to help me build racks and on one wall I am going to make cubbies for all the yarn.

But first...my kitchen floor is sticky from spilled koolaid...

Debbi