The Bobbin's Nest

My friend Lisa, gave me a knitting class at The Bobbin's Nest for my birthday. So yesterday, we packed up our knitting hand-me-downs, (Lisa's mom bestowed upon her about 100 knitting needles, crochet hooks, baubles and whatnots, from her late Oma), and headed over.  First of all, this studio is so cute!  They have really great, high quality fabrics and yarn.  Our teacher, Charlotte, walked us through getting the right yarn, casting on, knit and pearl stitches, and she taught me a little fixer trick with a crochet hook!  They give you a beginner scarf pattern project, and since it's a two part class, I'll be back next Saturday to finish up mine.

For those who would like to learn to sew, they also have sewing classes.  My friend, Maria, took one where she made a beautiful reversible tote!  

The Bobbin's Nest Blog

(Photos courtesy of The Bobbin's Nest Website)

In Bloem: Felt & Paper Flower Hair Combs

A bouquet of flowers made mostly from paper and felt.  I've set the flowers on combs so you can wear them in your hair!  Check 'em out in my etsy store, Bloem.

Custom Wedding Invitations for Karla

Custom designed and handcrafted wedding invitations for my friend, Karla.  I also designed and made her engagement party invitations, featured here

Invitations by Bloem

Packaged to perfection?

Still working on ways to package my sales.  Here's how I did up my last order from bloempot.  What do y'all think?  These little guys are off to their new home in Canada!! (I'm always a little nervous shipping my items away)

Wine Charms - Farm Animals from bloempot

Bring on Spring!

What happened to February and March? I can't believe we're already half way through March!  It's crazy how time flies when you're busy.  For the last couple months we've been enjoying lots of snowboarding and warming up with wine ;P.  Plus, my 28th birthday!!

I'm practically a bear in the winter.  Don't bother trying to get me to do ANYTHING.  Not even crafts. But thanks to Daylight Saving, and some nice weather, I'm back in business.  Oooh, and I am so excited!! 

On My Work Bench: Paper Crowns: "Blusher" Mini Tiara

More tiaras where the first came from!  Still need to order some more materials to get the full size tiaras finished.  Right now, I'm loving making minis :)  This one will be in my etsy store soon!

Mini Tiara - Blusher

Life on Hold

For once, everything in my life was working smoothly.  I can't credit improved time management skills, I think Roger and I had just gotten into a groove that really worked!  We were ready to take on a new commitment, volunteering at the new Humane Society of Silicon Valley.  Ronin and I were really progressing too.  I had just had a great ride, we even cantered.  When I got home, I checked my phone messages....it was from the ranch...apparently, five minutes after I left, Ronin kicked and got his legs stuck through the fencing. He was cut up a little. One cut probably could have used stitches, but we decided to take care of it ourselves (ha!). 

 When all our pets are happy and healthy, we forget how hard things are when they're not.  Well, I guess someone thought I needed a reminder.

That was three weeks ago, and since then, our lives have pretty much consisted of going to work, driving home, driving to the ranch, walking Ronin, cleaning, dressing his wound, driving home, and going to bed. The dog isn't getting enough exercise and the bird doesn't get out either. We've canceled dinners with friends, riding lessons, snow trips and just about everything fun. And what about that volunteering we were so excited to do? uh....maybe someday.  The good news is, Ronin is getting better, slowly but surely.  And that's the most important thing right now :)