I AM STILL ALIVE!

i guess i took a month off. that isn't to say that i haven't been doing anything - i just haven't been blogging about it. or listing anything new in my artfire store (until now).

december was full of crocheting, snowstorms, christmas get-togethers, birthdays, and having colds. i also spent a few days working at the prairie chick, where some of my stuff is on consignment. and there are very slow-paced rumblings going on about a new skelectica handmade website! wait and see, because when it comes, it's going to be AWESOME! it'll be so nice to have everything all in one spot - blogging, shopping, tutorials, linky-links...

so. my new year's resolution probably should be to keep on top of my artfire listings and blogging, but in reality, the only resolution i've actually said out loud is to "do something with that 2'x4' canvas i've had sitting there for a year". so i unwrapped it.

oh, yeah: there's a skelectica handmade facebook page! go be a fan! (and can someone let me know if that link is any good? i'm still learning about facebook settings....)

happy december!

good morning everyone!

i thought i'd let you know that all the hats i posted last week have been UNlisted from artfire, and they're now at the prairie chick in red deer.

AND there are more to come!

in other news, here's why i've been crocheting so much lately:

NEW HATS! YOUR FRIENDS WANT THEM FOR XMAS!

here's what's new at my artfire store! go check it out!

free "shipping" within red deer!

new listings over at artfire!

click HERE to make my day!

accountability

my friend marianne had an awesome idea (over at her livejournal, in a locked topic) about starting an accountability group. somehow. i'm not really clear on the details, but IMAGINE if i had to explain to someone WHY i procrastinated my way out of updating this thing for the last two weeks! that just might inspire me to work on NOT procrastinating.

imagine the things i could accomplish in life if i only just DID them!

olivia's birthday present

our friend olivia turned 6 on tuesday. i forgot (as i usually do with birthdays/anniversaries/name that holiday), until i talked to her mom on wednesday and she invited us to olivia's birthday party on saturday.

so i thought i'd make her something and i thought she'd like this.

amanda beach, sorry for the spoiler. i couldn't wait to post. (ps. i added the glitter just for you. now it's EVERYWHERE).

olivia's birthday ©2009 sh

artfire

http://www.artfire.com/users/skelectica is my new online store.

there's not much listed there yet (i can't seem to find any of my re-sized pics on this dang new computer!), but there's more to come.

as usual, custom work is available - just comment here, email me, convo me on etsy, or, apparently, "chatterbox" me on artfire. if you can figure out how. i can't.

hello, everyone! i've been busy!

so, now i'm back, after a bit of a vacation. from the internet, at least.

yesterday was remembrance day here in canada, and when q went downtown to the cenotaph, i stayed home and listened to utah phillips' cd called "i want to know". twice. i think it's my new remembrance day thing. i don't want to get into politics here, so i'll just say, if you can find that cd, it's DEFINITELY worth a listen.

also, i have a piece of my art in a show that opens at the harris-warke gallery here in red deer. the show is a fundraiser for the gallery, and all the pieces in the exhibit are selling for $30. doors open for buying (and socializing, and i heard something about drinks and snacks) at 6pm sharp, on friday, november 13. there's a "name that tune" theme, so all the pieces' titles are (i think) song lyrics, and there's a guessing game for a $50 gift certificate to sunworks (an AWESOME little store here in town).

here's a pic, but you should really go check out the show - this piece, i'm really proud of in person, but it's not AT ALL photogenic.

(this is what ~650 dime-sized spirals looks like. i counted.)

"would you love me through the winter?"  ©2009 sh

we spent a lazy weekend at my friend lise's house, and while i was there, i made her a scarf and a hat, and i finished this scarf i'd started last week for another friend of mine.

it's a variation on the charcoal scarf i posted about a while ago, only this time, with moda dea "tweedle dee" in i forget what colorway. some kinda purple, anyway.

is anyone interested in a pattern? i could probably work out what i did - i did write it down, sort of, somewhere.

in other news, i'm working on a "how to tie a pretty bow" tutorial, possibly for tomorrow. it seems i possess a skill that a lot of people haven't picked up, so i'd like to share it here.

ATTENTION INTERNET!

i'm looking for a couple of crochet pattern testers. as you know, i've been working on the oz gang for the last couple weeks, and i've got dorothy and the witch just about done.
this is an unpaid position, aside from a free copy of the pattern that will eventually be sold over at my etsy shop.
comment if you're interested, and tell your crochety friends if you're not!