custom orders

make something days one hundred through one hundred-three

I finished this sweet custom order for a rasta fringe bikini top and I've also been working on some little extras for the shop. I guess every one's getting ready for summer by showing off their One Love pride!

mushrooms lighter holders // bow hair clip // bikini tops

ninety through ninety-nine

I've been doing nothing but filling orders for the past ten days. Most of my orders are for the same fringe bikini top in various colors and sizes. Because of that I haven't bothered to document everything and instead I've been putting most of my energy into my shop. There are a lot of time consuming aspects of running it even though Etsy makes it pretty easy there's still effort in packaging, shipping, marketing, advertising, keeping everything up to date, communicating with customers, making improvements and of course, creating the products to meet my buyers expectations. Oh, and my computer has been damaged and the tracking pad isn't working properly which has been making blogging and other computer work pretty difficult. But there's always time to crochet!

I know my posts are usually clumped together and not as frequent as they were in the beginning. I thought that maybe I could really make something new, that I've never made before, every single day but now I realize how impractical that sounds considering some of my projects take a few days to complete and I still have a shop to run. I'm not going anywhere though I might be terrible at documenting and I'm definitely not going to stop making awesome stuff. If I don't blog for a while, don't think that I've quit, I'll just be working and crocheting in the background.

xo neena noel

make something days eighty-six&eighty-seven

For the past two days I've just been filling shop orders, but I have a few projects up my sleeve that I intend to carry out soon.

seventy-nine through eighty-five

A bow a day. I finished my bow ring project and even got them up for sale. I made a whole rainbow but I have even more colors available in my shop. These are so much fun to make, I really hope that the public likes them as much as I do. You could even pick out a bow ring to match your bikini top, how adorable would that be? You can check these rings out on Etsy and look for the rainbow on my facebook page for a special offer. :)

make something day seventy-eight

Today I made a bow ring, yes, a bow on a ring. I'm really excited to add these to my shop, but I don't want to over work myself by making a bunch of them all in one day, so I'm going to make a different color every day for the next six or seven days until I have a whole rainbow of bows! That will save me from having to think up different projects this week too because even though I'm capable of making something every day and I consider myself to be a creative person, sometimes it's hard to get inspired. But I always love working on new products and filling orders for my shop.

make something day seventy-four

Today I made a red bow tie pin. My friend, Torrie, made and designed the bow stamp so I can use it for my shop. I make them to order in a bunch of different colors and each one comes in an adorable little box.

bow pins on Etsy

make something day seventy-three

Today I made a couple of bikini tops which will be going out to new homes tomorrow morning. I've been super busy with shop orders, spring cleaning and a few other projects and responsibilities, so I'm definitely taking advantage of any little chance that I get to sit back and crochet. 

Happy Pi Day!

We ate pie, thanks to Brittany for bringing it over.

The circumference of our pie was 25.12in. and it was delicious.

make something day seventy-two

I've been cleaning and crocheting all day.

make something day sixty-seven

Today I made: a bag of scarves. Actually I only made the purple, or "fig" one, I just thought the two looked nice together. This scarf is in my shop in a bunch of different colors and it's exciting to see which colors people choose, make them special and send them off to new homes. <3

chunky cowl scarf on Etsy

make something days sixty-two through sixty-four

The beanie alone took me two days to make, but it was worth it because I really like the outcome. It was kind of a lengthy project but now that I know what I'm doing I'll be able to make them a lot quicker. I'm still counting it for both Sunday and Monday because if I never took the time to finish anything I'd just be piling myself up with side projects. Oh yeah! I used my first tag for this beanie, I think it makes a pretty nice finishing touch. 

Today I made, a couple more bow pins. I wanted to make up a variety of colors so I could get some good pictures for my shop. So I did that and put the bows up for ten dollars each! Request a new color and help me expand my color options.

Bow Pins on Etsy

Beanie coming soon!

make something day sixty-one

Today I made: a new lighter holder. While shopping for yarn I picked out this multicolored blend because it reminded me of Easter, so I couldn't resist using it right away. Plus, these are just fun to make. I have some for sale in my shop and I also have a tutorial on how to make them yourself. :)

make something day sixty

Last night I sliced my finger open with razor blade on accident. So, today I made a bow for my bandage to cheer me up. It worked and looks like it's going to heal okay. This all happened because I was cutting up my own business cards using with an x-acto knife. Needless to say I did not finish the task. But hey, I can still crochet so this shouldn't affect me too much.

make something day fifty-nine

Today I made: hearts.

I'll be sending them along with anything ordered from my shop until I run out. <3

& it's February 28th, two months down and ten more to go.

make something day fifty-seven

Today I made: a new bikini top. I thought I'd change things up since I always make them in solid colors, and I just happen to love these two colors together. There was a debate about whether I should put fringe on it or not, but I've decided that if I do put this top up for sale I'll just give my customers the option to have it made with fringe, there now everyone is happy!

make something days fifty-five&fifty-six

Yesterday I made a brand new, coral colored bow and attached it to a pin that you can clip onto practically anything. Then today I made an aqua-blue one and put it on a key chain. I already went and clipped the keychain onto my scissors though that might not be very practical, but I guess bows are more cute than practical anyways. Remember how I said I wanted to put bows on everything? Well I did.

make something day fifty-three

Today I made: a bow that you can wear on your wrists! I used the same bow pattern that I use to make these necklaces. After making this bracelet I thought to myself, "what else can I put bows onto!?" and I've come to the conclusion that the possibilities are seemingly endless! Bow pins, bow keychains, bow earrings, bow ties, bow clips, bow shoe clips, bows, bows, bows...

make something day forty-nine

Today I made: well almost made a new bikini top. I didn't quite finish it, but hey I've been pretty busy filling orders so maybe it doesn't need to be finished just yet. 

make something day forty-eight

Today I made: a pair of green heart earrings. Who wants 'em?

make something day forty-six

Today I made: some bows for my boot cuffs. I didn't know what color to make them so first I asked my followers, and though most of them decided on using a different color I had to work with what I had available. I like the red one but I think the cream bows with red or grey in the middle will look the best.

make something day forty-five

Valentines Day !

Today I made: a bow-tie necklace. Too many bows? Maybe, but I think they're adorable nonetheless. I admit this little neckie was a bit uncreative for me because I do make so many bows but I thought it was a cute project for Valentines day and it just so happens to match the bow headband that I made yesterday.