{my love affair continues... with Mr. Yarn that is~}

I'm tellin' ya.. it all started with Spark! I've wanted to brush up on my crocheting skills long before that, but after going to Spark... I guess it just lit the fire within and gave me the confidence to just do it! I hear they're going to be planning a Spark No. 2!!! If you didn't go to the first one, you MUST make Spark a priority for 2010~~~ You won't regret it!


Back to Mr. Yarn, I'm so glad we've gotten so close lately.. it was so fun being able to make flower headbands with you for Christmas gifts this year. I made three for my cute babysitter and she texted me and said all of her sisters and her sister-in-law would like to know if they can buy some from me. I've thought about selling them, but it wasn't until someone actually asked if they could buy some, that I realized I really should! It's so exciting... 


So... Mr. Yarn & I are asking you to spread the word, we love spending time together and really want to handcraft some warm flower fuzzies for anyone that wants to partake in their gritty goodness and not look like the rest of the girls out there wearing the EXACT SAME ONES FROM certain stores in the Mall! If you like to be different, here's your chance.. It's all about you! YOU tell me what colors you want, YOU tell me what kind you want {if you can actually settle on just one} and Mr. Yarn & I get busy just for YOU! 


Warm Fuzzies & Goodies For Sale:

• 2 strand and/or 3 strand single flower headbands, $9.50 each or 3 for $25.00- {if you want to add a second flower for the layered flower look, I'll charge only $1.00 extra per headband}.

• wide layered flower headband/ear warmer fashioned with a button clasp $16.00 each or $14.00 each when you buy 2 or more.
• I'm also excited to sell wide single or layered flower corsage bracelets fashioned with a button clasp. Working on one right now and will post pictures when finished!
• single or layered flower with hair clip and broach pin to adorn whatever you can think of... your hair, your shirt, your purse, your shoes...

• I can also make all sorts of fabric flower goodness too for those that are interested!!! 

*I'm thinking about eventually setting up an Etsy store, but for now if you want to place an order just give me a call or email me at {sandrasosa5@gmail.com} and don't forget to spread the word locally and abroad... Mr. Yarn & I would be very flattered if someone were to walk around Iowa, Kansas or elsewhere fashioned in one of our warm flower fuzzies!

{i just had to share...}

...this a-ma-zing gingerbread house my sister and her family made! Can you believe it??? I asked her if I could just take up permanent residency! She's always trying to deny all of her Martha Stewart talent and there's just no denying anymore. This things a mansion bursting with oodles of creativity! I told her that my store bought gingerbread house looked like crap now that I'd seen this masterpiece and all I wanted to do is go out gingerbread house smashing.


We all keep telling her she NEEDS to do a blog and she simply refuses, she says she doesn't have time for it. What??? So here I am blogging for the two of us. I already have another post I need to do in her behalf  to showcase some very cute scarves she finished crocheting a while ago..  I'll save that for another day though, I wouldn't want to overwhelm anyone with her abundant knowledge of goodness and talent all at once. Maybe I should just change the name of my blog to "all things gritty... {WE} heart."

Anyhoo~

{vintage fabric necklace}

I got pretty sick before Thanksgiving with a nasty cold/sinus infection and who knows what else... I really think I might have had strep too. I felt horrible- One night Andres took some of the kids and went to visit his parents while I stayed home with McKynlee  and made this embellished flower fabric necklace. I used these crystal blue earrings I made back in October when I went to visit my sister, as inspiration in designing the necklace.

After finishing the necklace I made this little tulle flower hair clip to go along with it. I'm bummed though because I put it in McKynlee's hair for school one day, very r-e-l-u-c-t-a-n-t-l-y because I didn't want it to get lost and sure enough... she didn't come home with it in her hair. It didn't get lost at school, but later when she'd gone to a birthday party with Abu & Papa. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to make another one sometime.

~The Full Set~

Necklace. Earrings. Flower Clip.

~sandee.

{recent makings & thrifty finds}

Yesterday turned out to be quite the crafty Monday...

I've been dying to sit down and make all sorts of fabric flower creations ever since I got back from Spark and I just haven't had the time... so frustrating and I was going through serious withdrawals from not making a regular visit to the thrift store since before I'd gone to Spark, so last Friday I used up the whole time that Tanner was in preschool at Savers!! In my mind I was singing "Heaven... I'm in heaven!!!" I found so many gritty things + lots of fun fabric sheets for tearing up and making into yummy flowers! 

Oh my goodness... you have no idea how giddy I was about my whole thrift store visit and bags full of treasures - and I could hardly wait to get home and craft! I thought for sure I'd find time over the weekend at some point but I was coming down with a cold/sinus infection and just didn't feel up to it when I did have a little time so Monday came and still no crafting. 

Amber saved the day, I'd been practically begging her to get together sometime and craft with me.. hee hee-  she called and said she was in the mood and had nothing going on.. before she could finish I said, say no more and get your butt over here!!! The kids had a blast playing and we crafted -n- gabbed for hours. It was so much fun, I can't wait to do it again.



We both had been wanting to make a fabric rosette necklace, so that was our first project! 

After my kids got home from school and finished their homework, they were all bugging us to teach them how to make the flowers. Amber taught Marcus and Sydnee how to do it and Marcus whipped up this flower in no time flat, {minus the embellishments}. He had glued it to a ribbon that didn't really match as a necklace, so I tore off the ribbon and made it into a hair clip with all the hand beading to go with the necklace I made. 

This is Amber's awesome necklace! 

Sydnee kept saying she wanted to make one and Amber saw her yellow head band she had on and found a cute scrap of fabric she had and made this flower to clip on it. After she left I added the green beads and clip. Thanks Am.. I love it! Syd wore it to school today.

I made this headband out of an shrunk up Aeropostale t-shirt and old headband that needed a serious makeover. I love kelly green... {Oh and that big glitzy jewelry piece on the polka dot/lace clip is an earring I used to wear while competing ballroom dance}.

More shots of the necklace and matching clip... I just can't get enough of it!

~Cherry Blossom Headband~ 

Me: in my pj's, no makeup, early morning...

Last week's Thrift Store finds...

HellO--- Lantern

{been lookin' for one for a while now}

-Christmas Runner- 

~Old Vintage Christmas Records~

{can't wait to decorate with these.. two of them didn't even have the records with them I just loved the cases! It would be fun to find an old record player though and see how this one plays}.

Tulle canopy for Sydnee's room! 

We actually used to have this *exact* one and then we got a different one and gave this one to a friend. We didn't end up liking the new one as well and quit using it, so she hasn't had one for a long time now. She's been saying that she misses it and wants another one and here it is, the same kind we had to begin with. Love it when you find what you're lookin' for! 

I found another one with colored ribbons flowing down it that the round form is broken in, bought it anyway.. I figured I could fix it somehow and it was too cute and cheap to pass up.

Polka Dot Sheet Set for the girls rooms!

-Set of Cottage Pillow Shams-

Totally Awesome Star Wars Sheets for Tanner's bed!

~Vintage Metal Colander~

-Snowflake Sweater-

{I really should open it up and take a photo.. it's gritty}

-Anne Taylor Sweater-

{thought it would look nice paired with a skinny belt at the waist}

-Tommy Hilfiger Skirt-

Look at all these fun trimmings I found for so cheap!!! I got the gritty Ikea organizing jars too and a bunch of mismatched printed sheets for crafting.

Owl Necklace + Earrings

I made while visiting my sister

Gold Leaf clip I made a while ago...

 

{I stole this pic. of me wearing the green headband from Amber.. she did some funky editing to it and I thought it looked kinda cool!}

Now go do some thrift store shoppin'

and some craftin' -n- gabbin'

it brings much joy & happiness!!!

~sandee.