your one of a kind baby... annnnd the winner IS

your one of a kind baby
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BReNDA aka pretty pink tiara who wants to live in a pink house. i say just paint the mutha PINK. remember john mellencamps pink house contest?

i wonder what happened to that house??? song facts says this

MTV ran a contest based on this song where they gave away a Pink House. Unfortunately, the house was on a toxic waste dump in Indiana. Mellencamp did not want to poison his fans, so he refused to let them give it away. MTV ended up buying another house and painting it pink for the contest. The winner moved in for 2 days before selling it. Mellencamp is good friends with John Sykes, who was working at MTV at the time and now runs VH1

ANYHOW CONGrATS TO BRENDA girl send me your snail mail address foundthings AT cfl DOT rr . com



i'll be giving another WIP and a mask away this weeek too....but right now i have to go work on an event i'm hosting.....more info to come!

the bag lady

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i'm GIVING AWAY a WIP that never got embellished...all these grand plans of embroidery and doodling and beading...man i get tired just typing it. i have tooooo many bags. really i make one for every outfit and usually like 15 minutes before we have to be somewhere!! anyhow tell me something about YOUR house...what makes it funky and cool and unique to you. a memory,a painting,a place...your house,your life. i'll pick someone in a few days. BE sure to check back!

i will have several or hmmm maybe LOTS of giveaways. i finally photographed them as i know i've said i was gonna giveaway then never actually did it...so i will. i will!!

here are some bags i did months ago...freeform crochet on rug hook canvas.

i seen prudence & some of the freeform gang on uncommon threads and finally realized i had hoarded enough canvas to do many many bags-i just need fiber as i normally used them for making rag rugs. i had resisted for SOOOO long to not buy fiber. i have to many loves to start another lust. i gave to temptation though i now have lots of LUSH (lust for) fiber. its a good waiting while "watching" the kiddo tae kwon do thing to do.




this was the first one i did




this amazing BIRD retro bag is on etsy.









this one i just wanted to use all sorts of fancy fibers to crochet a bag....and i LOVE it too.

learning by living

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the boys and i went to our favorite trails yesterday the "enchanted forest" an endangered land park & education center....as you can see its beautiful!!

we recorded lots of video and took lots of photos.
they are learning how to edit & do fun stuff with the camera.
we're just diving into all of them but these are some of my favorites.

siano found this cool rock at the quarry.



we love to take photos cramming ourselves in....i usually get cut off
but wow not today! its also the only way my oldest (12)will let me photograph him. i snuck a few in while he wasn't paying attention but he would not be thrilled if i showed ya! he has beautiful green eyes and freckles i wish i could capture more. *sigh*

orange

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i scored this HUUUUUGE bag(a comforter size) of vintage yarn allllll delish in retro colors....it sat forever in my garage as it was originally meant for kerry's sister in the islands but it has sat there for years because no one has been able to take it to her and its ridiculous to send!!! plus she'd never see it-it would get stolen in a heartbeat as she doesn't have a box and it would be general delivery,not to mention she lives 2 hours from the post. soooo finally i decided i would just USE it!!! these colors totally inspired me and in the process of cleaning one of my fabric carts i found this pile of fabrics that were in the same scheme!!! oooooo talk about meant to be!!!

its been a month or so since i've made a dashiki...so saturday it all came together & i wore it to church....well not the scarf it wasn't cold enough!


i even found a necklace that i haven't wore in forever and it matched perfectly!!


more close ups on flickr



also as if you didn't know i love crochet chokers...here's a new one too.

valentine-be the keeper!

ok this one has the most DELISH fabric...the cuff is from a vintage western shirt (well so is the LOVE one too but its not as FUNKY!) this one YOU can add pictures (or could for you) and add little notes and gifts into the pockets. your lover would seriously LOVE you to pieces for this gift!! you can see all the pages=clicker 2 flickr.

its available on my etsy----> look to the right for the mini---for some reason the link wont show here!!

of course as well as some FUNKY new crochet necklaces too!



this RED hot lover is suede yarn -IT FEELS amazing on!!

the journaled wrist-my heart on my sleeve

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another journaled FABcuff.....this one about my true love

clicker to flickr to see inside


a few months after we met (in the Kingdom of Tonga) i went back home to the states and he then went on to Fiji...we have a sweet love story and most of it was spent oceans apart so this verse held us together.



"many waters cannot quench LOVE rivers cannot wash it away" songs 8:7

i think i will bead the cuff where the words are....need to look through the stash.

when we were married a few years later in Samoa we were together for 2 weeks then apart for 7 months while i had to return back to the states to work & wait...his visa was only posed to take a month!! now almost 11 years later we avoid any time having to be spent apart. ahhhh but he was worth the wait. *big dreamy smile*



i have another one which will be up for sale on etsy later...its a GREAT valentine present!! your lover would fLIP for it realllllly....my dh loves it! although its for me...but its ALL about HIM....if you have a true love you would like me to create one for-email me we'll work something out!

can i have a castle please??

inspiring!! thanks to idiot the wise for inspiration


i've been REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlly yeah REALLY wanting to do a local graffiti project wih kids-hoping someone will let me do a building or wall or something. i've been wanting to do more public art for oooooh so long. its on my agenda to GET r DONE this year. i have some phriends in the city....so we shall seeeeeeeee.