Made it Hap-Pin #2

Here's my first canvas piece in my set of 3! Number two will likely happen next week (hopefully)!

The original project called for spray paint but I wanted the look of brush strokes in there so I switched it to acrylic and I'm quite happy with how it turned out! Still deciding which one of the remaining two silhouettes I'll do next week!

I also simply taped the stencil to the canvas temporarily, painted the first coat over it to get the silhouette and then I used a smaller brush to define it on the following coats :).

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FO Friday #13

FO Picture time! But I won't be modeling the FO's today. I'm quite comfy in my grey fleece PJ pants and my "We all can't be morning people" t-shirt and I don't wish to publicize that look :-P.

This is my pink Lyla cowl. It's all puff stitch, works up insanely clip and it actually buttons closed but I haven't found JUST the right buttons yet so I didn't share the temporary ones holding it closed right now. I used Bernat Waverly which I never intended to buy any of but after that weird find of it on clearance, I picked up a few. It's so nice and squishy!

This was my first attempt at a mobius wrap and hopefully you can see well enough in the picture that it actually turned out quite well. If you've been reading my blog recently you'll also notice it's the same yarn as my bellflower cowl. I can't wait until May to pick up more of Tess' yarn at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival!

WiP Wednesday #12

So I've at least made some progress this week! Happy Leap Day as well!

On my mitered baby squares blanket here's where it stands

It's actually a small bit further because the first two rows are joined so it's halfway joined!

My Hex bag should be done by Friday (yes that's one of my little helpers in the far right...he sees this opportunity as any other cat does, "yay Mommy laid out another kitty blanket").

I'm also doing the Waverly for Bernat CAL and I keep falling slightly behind just because I have so much going on! This is the Week 2 clue. Week 3 actually comes out today but I still have 2 more of the below motifs to make! Shouldn't take long at all, they're 11x11 motifs.

Now for a few quick sneak peaks at Friday FO's and upcoming projects

FO to be revealed Friday

Another FO to be revealed Friday

Finally, here's an upcoming cast-on I hope to share next Wednesday. I'm going to use my skein of Bernat Sox for Wingspan

My craft time is starting to be limited during the day because of this next picture...

She got up there by herself...she's 7 months next Wednesday. OH MY are we in trouble sooner then we thought or what? Hehe

Pick A Pin #1

Time for my first Pick A Pin post!

My first one is off my "For the Home" board.

The project comes from V and Co. whose site has a lot of very, very cute tutorials (both free and for sale). Her book, Make It Sew Modern has officially caught my eye as well. It came out the beginning of this year, I'll have to look into it more because I'm highly intrigued!!

So my project for the week is somewhat based on her "Make Your Own Custom Art" tutorial that silhouettes a shape on a piece of canvas and then spray paints the background remainder of the canvas. Feel free to click the link for the tutorial so you can see exactly what I'm talking about via her beautiful pictures.

My take on the project will be still on canvas but using a cutout to block off my silhouette area and paint the remainder of the canvas in acrylic. I want to see how the brush strokes will pan out looks wise for a unique effect.

The husband and I have always enjoyed Maine so I'm doing a 3 canvas "set" of these silhouettes. It'll be a several week process as I have many projects going on and a little one on the move. My crocheting can be done during the day but paint will have to wait until the evening.

Can't wait to show off the first canvas on Friday!

Supplies are all ready to go! The only difference is the paint in the picture. I thought I would have enough for all 3 but shook the bottle and quickly realized that wasn't going to happen so I have 3 new colors for the set :)

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Made it Hap-Pin #1

So I'm going to be joining in over at Knit2Together for Pick A Pin Mondays and Made it Hap-Pin Fridays!

Any ideas as to what those may be? Well, you're going to find out!

Many of us have become addicted to Pinterest and have been creating tons of boards, pinning all these things we "plan" to do at some point. Well now is the time!

Choose something off one of your boards and share the idea on Pick A Pin Monday. Maybe give little hints on how you'll give it your own twist, background as to why you like the project, whatever it may be!

Then on Friday's Made it Hap-Pin post, share the finished product! Voila, you've put your Pinterest addiction into action!

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I think for mine I'll probably have a good mix of crafty things, trying out some of those random recipes on there, party decorations, oh heck, we're keeping all doors open for this!

Obviously this week I don't quite have a finished product to share but I did spend my week planning out any supplies I need for upcoming projects and what those projects might be so I have a running list so it was more of a planning week for me!