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-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-one

Today I made a simple hand chain. I thought that it would look nice plain, with nothing else on it but now I'm beginning to think that it needs something more. 

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 fifty-eight

Today I made: a dreamcatcher that I actually like! It was a random dream catcher making party with my girls and this one turned out very nicely compared to my first two attempts. I spent all day working on it too and was excited to have an opportunity to use my new little metal feathers.

In other news, I have a tendency to make these blog posts days or even weeks late. It's just too much to make something, take a good picture, write about it AND fulfill all of my other responsibilities all in one day. However, I have successfully made something new every day so far, it's just the posts that are late. Plus, I've been getting massive amounts of spammy comments on a few of my posts and it's rather annoying. I'm trying though! And the goal is to have this to show with a photo of each new project at the end of the year.

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 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-three

Today I made: boot cuffs! Now this is something new and different from my usual creations and I think I did pretty well for my first try. They're made with 100% pure new wool in a pretty cream color. I want to sew bows onto the back of them just like the fingerless gloves, but I don't know if I should make them in the same color or in a different color. Any suggestions?

make something day forty-one

Today I made: a bow scarf!

make something day thirty-eight

Today I made: a SUPER pink bikini top. I really do feel like I accomplished a lot this past week by more than doubling my inventory of bikini tops. I think I've made enough tops for now so I'm definitely going to think up some new projects tomorrow. After all, it is cloudy, windy and cold so maybe I should get back into the spirit of winter before it's gone again. 

pink fringe bikini

make something day thirty-five

Today I started making: a summer beach sweater for myself. I'm using the same pattern that I came up with for this top only this time I'll be putting sleeves on it. I've never made a sweater before and I know with this pattern something can hardly even be called a sweater, regardless, I'm both excited and anxious to finish it. I'm a little bummed though because as the body gets longer it's also shrinking! I've never had problems with this pattern until now, and now I'm debating whether to continue on and accept the flaws or unravel half of it to fix the pattern. 

Thanks for reading, xo

make something days thirtyone through thirtyfour

I made a different bikini top each day for the past four days, oh and they're all in a different color! And apparently spring is coming soon this year so the timing is perfect. I worked my butt off to get all of these in my shop at the same time and now it's starting to look very bright and colorful. All of the bikini top colors in my shop are interchangeable so as of today I have over 10 colors now available for my customers to choose from. 

yellow ruffle // neon green // aqua fringe // neon orange

make something day twenty-eight

Today I made: a simple cross necklace. I now have a full set of cross jewelry including this bracelet and these earrings from days 19 and 25. I'll try to get these up on Etsy soon now that I have all three finished.

make something day twenty-one

Today I made: a green rectangle. Later I turned it into something useful by crocheting in a couple holes and attaching buttons. And I'm fresh out of this yarn now, so this cowl will most likely remain an original, one of a kind, unlike most of the patterns I come up with and make multiples of.

In other news, my lips are chapped and I cannot stop coughing.

make something day fifteen

Today I made: a replica of my most popular top but in my favorite color, coral! I know I've made this top a million times but I always love seeing it in new colors, and with this one my shop is finally starting to get a pretty color scheme. Annnnd it's already up for sale. I'm hopeful that something to be proud of will come out of all this, and as of day fifteen I think this project is already making improvements on my creativity, my integrity and my overall attitude towards life.