Marathon crafting!

I have been working on a few different crafts lately. I had planned on making an evil minion hat, but then I got a last minute order for 2 hats! The same day I found out that 2 of my styrofoam wreaths were broken. And I decided to make a patriotic wreath to send to my grandfather-in-law, to hang on his door. Having cleaned the house yesterday, I had my hubby take the car to work his 10am-8pm shift, leaving me to marathon craft and marathon Harry Potter movies! =) And I'm done! 2 hats, done! 2 wreaths fixed! Another wreath made, start to finish! Now, I have to folds one load of clothes out of the dryer, and I can get back to working on the minion hat. =)

For the pictures - 2 hats, 2 fixed wreaths, and the wreath for grandpap.

Chugging along!

I'm working out, losing weight, knitting and cleaning house! Besides that, still battling with losing weight and trying to get pregnant. But thankfully, I seem to be surrounded by love and support. Some from friends and family and friends I consider family, and others from people I hardly even know. It's just great. So I'd like to share a blog from a wonderful lady who had been experiencing infertility and just announced on her blog that she's about 13 weeks pregnant! I'm so happy for her! And this is the link to her blog posting that pretty much hit my feelings on the nose sometimes. =] Go Read! =]

Mothers Day & Belated Bday Gifts

 I made this for my mother and father in law's birthdays. They're only a day or two apart in April, so their gift was LATE, but they loved it! It's a girl outline with Pittsburgh over the heart, where my mother-in-law is from. And a boy outline with Denver over the heart, where my father-in-law was raised. Plus, their anniversary date and a Beatles quote, as my fil is a HUGE Beatles fan. =] They love it!

Tutorial at The Crafty Scientist

And then I made these necklaces and photo pendants! I bought chain and clasps because I couldn't find any necklace lengths I was happy with. Then I used this tutorial to make my photo pendants. This set was for my mom, a picture of all us kids & her favorite picture of her mom who passed away a few years. We miss her a lot. Each pendant can be removed and worn one at a time. I already have plans to make more for future holidays! 

And this one I made for my mother-in-law. These pictures came out lighter and I couldn't figure out how to fix them, but they worked out in the end! One pendant is a picture of my hubby and I, with his mom and stepdad from of vow renewal. The other is a picture of my MIL and FIL from our vow renewal, the picture is actually of something else entirely and they were caught in the background. I managed to pull their portion out and tweak it a bit and TADA! lol She loved them both! I have more pendants planned for her too! =]

I'm alive!!

Haha! I'm still around! Currently, I don't have any orders or even really any projects going right now. I thought I was getting two orders recently, but the customers didn't really follow through. Oh well! So, I had an idea for a knit backpack, so I'm thinking and designing a little something. And I am definitely about to make an EVIL MINION hat for Despicable Me 2!!

EVIL MINIONS!!! I want to make a hat asap! I just need to get some better purple yarn. I only have a very dark purple and a purple that is a little too light.. To the yarn store! lol I'll post about it after I get started! =]

Dinosaurs! =]

I made an awesome dinosaur gift a little bit ago that I forgot to post! =] Hat with matching 'claws'!!

Green hat with orange spikes

Orange gloves with green claws

 RAWR! 

I am completely loving them! And I made two sets. Orange and green for a 5 year old little boy and pink and green for a 4 year old little girl who is in love with dinosaurs. =] Both kids loved their gifts a bunch, making me a very happy knitter.

National Infertility Awareness Week

Although it is coming to a close, this week is National Infertiltiy Awareness Week. And to share and show support, I'm going to post my story. It's personal and might be a little too much information for some, so I'll edit here and there. But just fair warning, if you don't want to keep reading. =]

First stop - wagon falling

Yes, falling off the wagon. It is disappointing, but I'm starting over again. I don't want to be fat anymore. I don't want to be the reason we can't get pregnant anymore. No, I haven't been to a dr in a while, but I believe that my weight is the reason we haven't been able to get pregnant. And I want to have kids, I want to give my husband beautiful little ones. And losing weight is the first step. So my starting weight, on Tuesday April 23rd was 254.8. And I'm done making excuses. I'm going to do this.