P's Leaf Collection

P has been collecting leaves for a while now, and I finally came up with something to do with them. We made a tree poster together, and glued his collection onto it. When it's dry, we're going to hang it on his wall so he can look at his leaves whenever he wants. Even one of his rocks made an appearance on it (just a little one).

(Plus, this will keep the dog from eating the leaves. YUCK!)

Yeah, I suck at blogging, so far...

Ok, I haven't been the most avid of bloggers since I started this, but I am becoming quite an avid crafter! Most of this creativity has been spurred by my recent shop opening on etsy (http://flutistyva.etsy.com/). I started the shop quite some time ago but just started posting items about a month ago.

I've sewn diapers, flute and piccolo covers, and knit and crocheted a couple hats! I even sold my first item a few weeks ago, a set of coasters. So this has thoroughly spurred my creativity and now, the only thing I can seem to think about is crafting. What can I make? What would sell?

I've also been checking out some message boards, and came across basket coiling. "Hmmmm, what's that?" my crafty-brain wondered. So I googled it and found out some information. Then my crafty-brain kicked into hyperdrive, and said, "You must try this!" But what to use for the core....Hey, what about plastic bags. I have a million-zillion of them cluttering up my mudroom! What a cool way to get rid of them!

So I used plastic bags for the core, and pulled some yarn from my stash to start my coil! Yay, so easy, and totally fun....

Flash forward to 4 days later....

Man, this is tedious. What the hell was I thinking! Anyway, I am definitely NOT coiling with yarn again. But I do think I can adapt the technique to strips of cloth and make a larger basket quicker. I can now feed my basket addiction without having to buy baskets! YAYAYAYAY!!!

Anyways...here's my one and only coiled yarn basket. Just big enough to use as a cell phone holder.