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 day forty-one

Today I made: a bow scarf!

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 fourteen

Today I made: a purple scarf for my grandma. I'm notorious for giving late christmas presents, but I've finally checked everyone off of my list! 

Thanks for reading and looking at my crappy pictures, I wanted to try on grandmas scarf without spending too much time taking photos. I'm really OCD about my pictures and especially how they look on my webpages, so grainy cellphone shots can really bug me. Even while reading the Etsy blog today I read and I quote "Makers and creatives tend to be perfectionists. The devil is in the details, right?" and it is so true. This is a problem that I'm trying to get over because I think as long as my shop looks nice and the content of my pictures is unique and well framed then people will like them, and that not everything needs to be perfect especially when it's just taking time away from my main focus. And hey, I'm going to be doing this a lot this year so I think I can put my name on this, be proud of the work I've accomplished and let this one fly for today. I'm off to go fill some orders for my beautiful customers! xo

make something day seven

Today I made: the third scarf in this set. The other two were already completed but my plan was to make a bunch of them for my shop so I decided to crank out another one. I intended to tie dye them in solid colors once I had a good amount of these done but I'm not sure how popular they'll be so maybe I'll just start with a few and see how it works out?

In other news, today I started out with a troubled mind and bad thoughts but these days all I have to do is think positively if I want to change my mood. Though sometimes it's difficult to be happy or even content, I just need to count my blessings and realize that the bad thoughts are just a waste of the time that I could be using to make improvements on my life. Also, I promise to get my camera back out soon but for now I'm just using these instagram pics so I can make my posts quickly and get one in every day to keep updated on my msed365 project. 

coloring in

I have a couple of new scarves up in my shop.

Craftily hand crocheted and available in different color options. 

This winters perfect infinity scarf

I'm looking for more popular colors to add to my options,

what's your favorite cozy winter color?

old and new

Just in the middle of preparing for Black Friday.

I, personally never go shopping on Black Friday

because I can't stand the hoards of people going crazy over stuff they don't need.

However, nowadays all of that can be avoided because we have THE INTERNET!

And I believe that both the buyer and the seller can benefit

from having an excuse to mark down the prices and put on some sales.

So, to all of those awesome, amazing people buying handmade this year,

Black Friday will be the day to check out Etsy.

Thanks to them all shops having a sale will be covered.

I made sure to put a bunch of pre-made items out there for quick delivery.

What better time to knock some presents off of your list?

I'll be supporting handmade by shopping around all over Etsy next weekend, 

and by crafting my hands off and making trades to check everyone off of my Christmas list this year.

And heey crafters! 

Don't forget about those near you who may not have much to celebrate this year.

There are always local groups and organizations accepting donations for warm clothes, 

and you know how to make them! 

I'm sure those affected by Hurricane Sandy could use a little love too, 

so empty out your stockpiles of unused handmades and show your helping hand.

<3

What's new:

a variety of scarves

a few hats and beanies

a handful of headbands

and some mushrooms

Sale: Friday, November 23rd through Monday, November 26th

xo neena noel