{**NEW FriLLy-DiLLy FloWeR DESIGN**}

-Red-

*Frilly-Dilly* 

Flower Headband/Ear Warmer

$17.50

{more-more-more... and a great deal!!!}

Black & White

Headbands

-Black & White-

*Large* Layered Flower Headband/Ear Warmer $16.00

-Black & White-

2 Strand, Single Flower Headband

$9.50

-Pink & Turquoise-

 *Large* Layered Flower Headband/Ear Warmer

$16.00

 

*Buy 3 

of any kind...

headbands  
and/or 

corsage bracelets 
{all the same type or a mix}  

and get 

the 4th one 1/2 off!

{promised photos}

These have been done for a while now.. I did them last Friday, but we had company staying with us and then the kids started back to school and I just haven't had time to post them.

Anyhoo. Here's a photo of the *smaller* layered flower headband/ear warmer if you like that better and a corsage bracelet!!! Aren't they cute, I've wanted to wear them so bad but I've refrained since they're for sale! 

*small* layered flower headband/ear warmer

$15.00

corsage bracelet

$12.00

This is a corsage bracelet I made for Syd & I to share!

{leave me a comment, send me an email or call me if you're interested in purchasing this headband/ear warmer (and-or) the corsage bracelet}.

~sandee.

{shop update}

Okay.. so my husband who I've trained to have an eye for {all things gritty} said that he thinks I should offer the wide layered flower headband/ear warmer with a smaller layered flower option for those with shorter hair or who just prefer it that way, {I think that means he prefers it that way.. anyhoo} and actually I already had someone with shorter hair ask that I make hers that way and I'm totally fine with that.

{this is the bigger flower option}

So with the smaller flower it will sell for $15.00 each {instead of $16.00} and still $14.00 each when you buy 2 or more!!!


*Stay tuned for photos of one with the smaller layered flower & a corsage bracelet!!!


**Oh and one more thing, if you want your headband and/or bracelets to be made with more than one color of yarn be sure to let me know. For example: You could do the band color 1 and then on the layered flower you could use another color and layer with color 1! Oh the possibilities of warm flower fuzzies.~

{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~

{Oh, by gosh, by golly... It's time for mistletoe & holly!!!}

Here's a look through my house this Christmas time. I was kind of late decking the halls this year, and what is up.. has only been up for going on two weeks now, because of this I didn't include a few things that I normally do in my decor each year.. like the garland with red berry lights around the banister & on the shelf above my sliding glass doors, lights outside, my little north pole village on the table in the hall {i still might do that though.. i had every intention of including the village because the kids love it so much and we just haven't gotten around to it yet.. thoughts have crossed my mind on not doing it since Christmas is right around the corner, but i think it's a must.. even if it is only up for a week or two}. 

Since last year, I've gotten some new furniture pieces and completely switched around existing furniture to different parts of the house so it was kind of fun decorating in a new way this year! I usually put up a tree downstairs too and decided not to this year, although I did put up a little tree in Sydnee's room and am loving it! I've been wanting to do a flocked tree in there for a few years now with the multi-colored lights, splashed with pinks, blues & greens! I've never actually done it though because ornaments were always so expensive.. but this year at the end of October I made a trip to the Dollar Store for something and found a whole slew of ornaments exactly like I'd been looking for all these years.. and at the right price too! I snatched some up right then and there. Woot-Woot!!!

I feel bad because I wanted to do a little tree in the boy's and Tanner's rooms as well and of course after seeing Sydnee's they wanted me to too, but because I was behind in decorating the house in general, as soon as I finished Syd's tree I moved onto the house and by the time I finished that {not even to the level of what I normally do} I've been meaning to do their trees and things have just been busy while times been running out. {Writing about it is making me want to go ahead and do it... but in reality, I think I'll just wait until next year and get a head start so I can carry out all my plans}.


One fun thing that they still get to enjoy in their rooms is a holiday night light.. The one below is Sydnee's, Tanners is a little fireplace with stockings hanging from it and the light is a flicker bulb so it looks very realistic {he loves it!} and the boys have a Santa Clause one. 

~back to the family room~

This basket full of pine cones got a makeover this year.. I've always loved it {my sister spray painted it green, filled it with pine cones and put a big raffia bow on the front with the red bell and berries and gave it to me along with some other Christmas decorations she made when I got married so I'd have something to make my little home festive with, and that's still how it was up until a few weeks ago}. It's been 14 years now and I thought it was maybe time for a makeover, so I spray painted it white added a new bow with the existing red bell and berries and some little bling-bling balls in with the pine cones! I love it cuz it's still what my sister gave me with a new look!


*Oh, and I fall-in-love with my chalkboard everyday all over again! Major crush goin' on there...

This wreath got a happy makeover this year too! Elisa & I each made one of these forever ago and the only thing that remains of what it used to be is the ribbon. Along with the ribbon it used to have some sparkly/furry fruits on it.. I know- don't ask me what we were thinking, and don't ask me why it took me so long to do such a quick and simple makeover to this now totally Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Wreath!!! All I did was use up what I had.. some left over ornaments from another project and some glittery berries here and there!

~the tree~

Santa praying over Baby Jesus is one of my most favorite decorations I have.. I look forward to putting this out year after year.

I love those

J-I-N-G-L-E

bells

OH!

Say hello to:

IBFIST CELTHRIC USELI

You can call him

MR. I.C.U.

for short though!

Mr. I.C.U.  is the little elf that's been coming to our home during the holidays for a couple of years now!  He magically appears the day after Thanksgiving and hitches a ride back to the North Pole with Santa Clause on Christmas Eve. While he's here he watches to see if we're being naughty or nice... if we're being kind and giving to others... if we're keeping our rooms clean, clothes put away and helping around the house... if we're cheerful, happy and most importantly thankful for our blessings and remembering the true meaning of Christmas. He moves all over the house, in places where he can get a good look at what's happening, he's even snacked on little treats that the kids have set out for him too. We love spending the holiday with Mr. I.C.U. -- he never ceases to amaze us with the places he chooses to watch from and his incredible flexibility. He's pretty funny!