Contests, Projects, and Summer

Hello bloggers and friends....where has June gone to? It is summertime already and I haven't finished 1/2 my projects...

I was over at "Grosgrain" and she has a wonderful tutorial on making vintage earrings and has a give-a-way.... I just love those pink ones. ....so hop on over there to try your hand on winning..oh and check out her "Frock" dress give-a-way too...it is the cutest idea....

I think I love the skirt one best for the idea of how to use my 1 yard stash of fabric I have in my craft room.....great idea and athe best part is anyone can sew it together as no pattern is needed and no measuring tape either...WOW....go check it out!

I had a stitching group party for the Summer Exchange with a beach theme at my house last Thursday and I won 21 skeins of yarn from our Left, Center, Right game we played where each player had to play with 3 skeins of yarn. It is a dice game and there is a "c" and a "l" and a "r" and a blank on the die. You roll and if you get a "r" you pass one skein to the right and a "l" to the left and a "c" you put it in the middle or if you are lucky and get a blank you get to keep the skein. You keep playing till they are all in the middle and there is only one player left with a skein and she wins them all...voila....that was ME!!!! Or you can play with quarters or dollard too...as we did and Pat won the $$$$$....what fun...my group loves this game...then we played pass the chain....before the party I made a huge chain of 453 stitches and then we passed it around with everyone holding the chain...then I went around and asked everyone to guess the amount of chains.....the winner got a small prize "summer" themed....and Shanda won that....then we played our "Exchange" game...I made up a story with left, across, and right in it about our group and we passed the packages around till the end and that package was what you got....lots of laughs and lots of fun!!!! I won that gorgeous pink floral bag filled with yarn and a pattern for a shawl along with several past Crochet magazines...yummy.....See the groups photo as we had a sun glasses contest....we all had to wear glasses Denise won by the most votes.....she had cut out pictures of her son and glued them on her sunglasses...leave it to Denise to think up some good ones....I put a card I made on the computer with the name of the party, and our logo on it and everyone had to sign it as it will go into our scrapbook along with all our photos of the party...a huge success....I love giving parties and the gals look forward to them.... :)

I think next year I will have a guessing jar with sand and shells in it....oh check out my centerpiece I made with a sand pail and skeins of yarn and hooks and needles... :) What fun!!!!!

Funny Yarn Ball Video

You have to see this funny video...it is too much!!!

http://www.funnyshock.com/video/rolling-yarn-ball

Some Projects from May 2009

This is suppose to be Sebastian....He is for a swap I am in for The Little Mermaid. IT was fun to make....I put his name on his shell..

I made a garden bag for a swap from All Around the House...the bag I made in fleece with a frog clasp and the front I crocheted with worsted weight yarn and pony beads....

Sadness of the Loss of an Online Friend

I am adding a post of sadness of the loss of one of our friends form Posty Pals, Carol from What's Happening With Carol passed away on May 14th from cancer. She will be missed her husband and young daughter Maya who just turned 7 yrs old had faith that she could beat this awful cancer and her family was with her in everyway. Carol we will miss your posts. Our hearts and prayers are with Maya and Bo and all the family. God Bless you.

Some Projects and Fun Things

I am in crochetswapbuddies and was in a "small Ami" swap so I decided to make my partner a little mouse in pink. She came out so cute... And she sent me the cutest frog!! I am also in a Yummy Recipe Swap and we had to make something to do with this month's theme of "Cooking Tips" I had fun and made 2 crockpot recipes for breakfast and then made a whole sheet of cooking tips. So I decided to crochet and stuff a little tea bag. I also beaded the words tea on the smaller tea square. I stuck a flower on it and finished it off with a netted bag to hold it.

Lookie what I Designed!!!

I am in a "Alice in WonderLand" swap and we are to make something from the story and I chose to make the "Chelshire Cat" since there are no really cute crochet patterns available I decided to design my own...I started with a photo and went from there... I had a ball making this and feel sad now that I have to send it off...but I may make another one of these days...now to test the pattern and get it up for sale....

Next month is The Little Mermaid....hmmmm what shall make for that and then there is The Wizard of Oz...oh boy my favorite movie....thinking caps on... :)

Hope my partner likes my little kitty...

PB Designs Newest Items

Check out some of PBD newest items to be on sale soon!!! :) If they are not listed in the Etsy store be sure to email me with your requests....

Some of My Projects and Swaps

These little purse accessories I made for my partner in the All Around the House purse swap for April. It is a cell phone carrier, and I made the button out of th elining material, a flip flop mirror, acrocheted pen with sea horse charm, and a little crafting pad....

This material was sent to me by Tana because I loved her photo of it so much..how nice is that!! What a sweetie.....

Lookie the wonderful button package I got from my partner for the April swap Buttons, Buttons, Who's got the Buttons?

My partner Jackie, put a lot of thought into the cards she made for the buttons. This one had a story and she even had a gold button that was to come off his coat while riding..lol...so cute...and check out all the wonderful beads she included as an extra gift....yummy.....

and look at the cute appliques and other buttons....

I made this for my partner for the Handmade Theme Post Card swap...the them this month was "A"...I used "ants" and made little paths for them with floers and buttons and I even threw in a bunny ....

I got this from my partner for the March Bedroom swap All Around the House. The flower pot hanger is so cute....love the little doily too...


I sent these PC to my Posty Pals for April, Easter month...I made them a little different and made the smaller one with a good luck charm one attached with yarn...I thought I'd be a little different this month... :)

This was the April Car or purse seat belt covers I made for Janet in All Around the House swap. She has an orange car with black interior....she really liked them...I loved when I found the car buttons too...this is an afghan stitch and very sturdy...

Lookie what I made for my March All Around the House partner for the bedroom swap.....

These were the buttons I sent to my April partner for the Buttons, Buttons, Who's got the Buttons? swap.

This was my March button swap I received ... I just loved the buttons.. :) especially the froggie ones and look at the dino ones too!! Buttons, Buttons, Who's Got the Buttons?

Contest to Finish Those WIP !!!

Jacquie over at Tall Grass has a WIP contest going on to finish all those projects we have stored up..well at least get a tart on finishing at least 1... so I joined the race that is on till April 30th...go on over and check it out!!

I learned about from amy at Bad Skirt....

My "B" Day, Shopping, and Swaps

Lookie what goodies Miz Allie Cat and I got from our "Swap n' Tails" swap from The Creek Cats!! thank you....I loved the cream too.. :)

This lovely package came from my Fat 1/4 Fantasy March swap. I just love love the fabric with the kitties... :) and also the insects ...ohhh.....Well Saturday was my "B" day and the family was over to celebrate! I got some wonderful gifts....I really needed the printer supplies and new garden clothes...and my daughter got me the lovely Red Hat and scarves....:)

Sunday I went out and spent some of my "B" day

$$ with my crochet group and visited Velonas...and Tall Mouse...looky all the goodies I got!!!
We had so much fun!!! And I found my "jewel" yarn I had been searching for...Velonas is an incredible wonderland for yarn junkies!!!

This is the New Kind of "Tagging" Called "Knit Tagging"

Urban knitting: the world's most inoffensive graffiti
There's a new form of graffiti in town, and it's extremely pleasant. so pleasant that it hasn't even disturbed the harshest critics of regular graffiti amd it's getting wound up. I mean, who in their right mind would come face to face with a sweater-wearing tree and do anything but smile? This video from a group going by the name of knitta please, a renowned and nimble fingered group of rebels has been covering public property with guerilla knitting for some time.