Crochet butterflies - mariposa

I had so much fun doing this little project!  I love how this little butterfly came out.  Now to figure out what to do with it.  I found the tutorial on youtube.  It's in spanish, but if you don't speak or understand spanish I think you'd be able to follow it.  She does and excellent job showing it.

Rainbow stripe blanket

My current project.  The inspiration for this blanket comes from a cloth diaper.  I really love rainbows; they remind me of being a kid. This is a very easy project.  It uses sc and a seed stitch.  You work in the spaces making it very easy to work the rows.  

Crafts are theraputic

I have always loved to do crafts.  I've been into scrap-booking, jewelry making, crochet, needle point, sewing, and probably others.  My latest and greatest craft loves are crochet and sewing.  Right now, I am in the process of trying to revamp one of our spare bedrooms into an amazing craft room.  It will be a work in progress for a while.  I will be posting before and after pictures as changes are made.    I have been searching for inspiration along the way, but of course money can be such a downer on getting things exactly the way I want them.    I'd like to invite anyone and everyone to follow my projects and join me through them.   This should be fun!

Blog Newbie

So, I am super excited to start this blog!!!  I came up with the idea when I decided that I'd like to share my crafting projects with people who would be interested in them.  I didn't want to overload my facebook friends with my projects, so my blog was born.  I want people who love crafts and hand made items to follow and try their hand in them along with me.  I love getting feedback and my hope is to give others inspiration to make and use hand made items.