One Year Later...

One year later
2 jobs, one post grad program at the university, one toddler, one husband and one very stressful year I have not crafted. However, I do see potential for craftiness very very soon....I get summers OFF!! yeah! I have to go to work 5 more Mondays and the following days and then my 35 hour per week job is done for a couple months. I will get crafty again, I will I will I will.....

so lately I have been into chunky little things
here are some chunky little houses I have made for a swap on craftster






Now I am getting screached at by AC, who makes it really hard to get anything crafty or creative done, so I must go, now my job as a mom takes over

back in the swing

I used up a lot of my craftiness making that baby, and continuing to take care of him. But I found myself extremely irritable, moody and mad all the time. I decided that its because I no longer have my stress outlet....creating crafts and art work!!!
I am finally making a commitment to at least one hour a day (night actually, right after AC's bed time specifically) to either work on swap items, or my own creations! I have been absorbed in the Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine and want so badly to start creating stuff again...maybe a little bit more artistic and less crafty this time...we shall see
well, mr. I am not wearing my glasses just turned on the soundtrack for the movie RENT and I didnt even know we had that...so I better see what buttons he pushed...pics of my creations to come

Anthony is here

anthony, mommy and daddy, Birth-Day!

He is not really a craft project but my biggest project ever, Anthony Craig Manton is here. I cannot believe that I actually made this little guy. He grew inside me for 8 1/2 months. He was 2 or 3 weeks early, depending on who you talk to. He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long. He has just enough brown hair and had dark blue eyes that most likely will turn brown. We are getting used to his routine and just starting to understand how he has and will change our lives.

anthony, 2 weeks old

WANTED: HAND MADE BABY STUFF

I would love to trade some craft supplies for handmade baby stuff, either sewn, knitted, crocheted, anything handmade for my baby boy. Blankets, toys, clothes, hats, socks, shoes, decor! Anthony Craig is due in July and I would love to have a nursery full of handmade love from all over.

I would be willing to trade the following things:

1. envelopes/ boxes full of paper and such ephemera, great for ATCs, handmade cards, decoupage, etc

2. Fabric scraps, various types and prints

3. Upholstery samples, various textures, colors, themes

Also, I have some old patterns, some craft books and other random craft supplies!!
Send me (WYOKrista) a PM in craftster.org

thanks!

what I have been up to....

been busy here is some of my stuff lately, my 2 jobs are interfering with my craft (obsession) hobby....



this is my hair, not a craft project, just a picture that turned out neat! wow, my hair is curly....thanks grandma merezkothis is an ATC holder that I made for a swap....it was a little lunch box tin that I bought at the dollar store and it had those really gross boston baked beans candy in it...

the turtle card I made for the tin....
this is a shadow box with cornhusk doll from Alex's mom, arrow heads from ???, a little flower pot and a post card that came with the stationery tanie gave me...
onesies I embelished for a baby shower....


this is one of my favorites, its a flower vase made of magazine pages rolled up!!! and glued to a soup can...man I have mad skillz

for the vintage halloween swap, an altered soup can made into a planter
somebody is watching you door hangy thingy
and finally a corn candy ATC punchneedle style....a punchie!!!

CHURCH craft night proves productive!

Went to my new church last night for craft night, all 4 of us had a fun time. Here are 2 punchneedle (ATC sizes 2.5 x 3.5 inches) that I made last night! more to come,,,I am calling the ATC size punchneedle pieces "punchies" isnt that just so cute?

last flowers of the season

sadly, I think these may be the last flowers of the summer....good bye summer, I loved seeing what would pop up in my yard everyday...the orange daisy is my favorite

fall fantastic!

I have been super busy today making crafts for my vintage halloween swap on craftster.org and I am nearly done....one puzzle left....what to do with this guy???


here are some things to get you (whoever may read this if anyone does) in the fall mood
a shadow box


a punchneedle pumpkin votive holder

the big reveal

sorry, its been a while, but I have been busy with labor day, going to denver, starting a new job and walking the dog...here is the bathroom after
the color is called "spirit river"

COMING SOON TO A BATHROOM NEAR YOU

I finally "just did it" and bought paint for my bathroom. These are the before pics. I will take after pics when its all done. I had already put the painters tape up so that is the purple you see. right now the painting is done but I need to accessorize!
no more boring white walls!!!!!!

ONCE YOU POP and SECRET CRAFTSTER RECEIVED!

Saturday was a good mail day, but TODAY was better!!!
I received some crafty goodness from my partner who is still unknown in the secret craftster swap, here is what I got: some ATC doodads

some super warm slippers that I LOVE, perfect day for them too, it is rainy!



AND I also got a pringles can filled with such wonderful things from my ANGELan old bottle and ATC ephemera :)this is what the can looked like on the outside!!! I LOVE sunflowers :)
the leaf is a cute pouch with sunflower fabric insidethe flower itself is a pin cushion! love love love it
a super cute handmade dolphin stuffy fibers to embelish ATCs with

some fabric scraps for my stash, future ATCs :)fuz likes the sunflower, too