I just love giving gifts to my mom

My mom needed new cell phone pouch and I was happy to crochet one for her. And how can you not like giving gifts to someone who appreciates handmade gifts?

I have used a silver thread and I absolutely loved working with it. This silver thread looks very fancy and elegant at the same time. I’m thinking of making a silver bag using this same thread.

You can see that I have added one crocheted flower.

By the way, my mom adores this pouch. She immediately showed it to everyone at work and friends. She is very happy and proud of me when I crochet something for her.

 

where did all my hooks go?

I just can’t find my crochet hooks. They are lost somewhere in my room. I have to stop losing my hooks . That’s why I have crocheted myself a hook case. Well, it’s not some kind of fancy case, but it will do.

I had a little trouble crocheting the flower that I used it as a button, but at the end I think  it turned out well.

These are the hooks that I have left now. I’m buying new ones these days.

 

I am back!

I am back, people!

My summer vacation is over and I’m back home now.

Croatia is a beautiful country. I had the chance to visit my relatives there and also I relaxed a lot (that means swimming and sunbathing). And the not so good part of my vacation is that Me and my family were working at our house.

I had my crochet kit with me there so I can crochet a little bit, but I didn’t even touch the crochet hook. I wasn’t in the mood for that. This year I was reading books. I was on the beach all day and enjoying the view. You can see my beach bag here:

This bag is a gift from a friend and I love it very much. As I’m looking at it, I can see that this is an interesting crocheted technique. It’s not crocheting with a wire but is crocheting on a wire.

 

I’m on a vacation

Tomorrow I’m going on a vacation. It is going to be a long one – a month. And the destination-Croatia.

Finally, I will be able to swim all day, read books and relax .

Dear blog friends,

see you when I get back.

 

I’m wearing it

This is the first time that I’m wearing my green crocheted dress. I have shown the dress to you before in this post.

Now, you can see how it looks on me.

I was taking a picture by myself so I couldn’t catch the whole me(I mean the lower part of the dress) .

 

It’s to hot here!

You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting for two weeks. Why? Because it’s too hot here, that I can’t do anything. It’s 40 degrees in my house.

The weather is not the only thing that’s bothering me these days. I have to study for my exams, too. I always end up asking myself when I’m gonna finish this damn college! Don’t get me wrong, I love my college and everything about it, but I’m getting to think that this stage of my life will never end. And I can’t wait to finish it. I’m ready for new things, people!

And that’s why today I’m showing you two bags that I had previously sewed. First one is this beautiful pink bag that I absolutely adore.

And next, is this black messenger bag. This bag was great when I was using it to cary my books to college. I personally think that the fabric is gorgeous and it’s kind of a disco fabric if you know what I mean.

 

New things

There are a lot of interesting things that you can find on the net. These days I was getting a lot of inspiration to do crafty projects.

First, I made these boxes by a tutorial that I found on the net. I will use them for jewelry or maybe for storing my future craft projects.

Second, I made the bottle cap pincushion that I originally saw over at Craftzine :

I wasn’t happy with the first one that I made. But, practise makes perfect as they say. Look at the second pincushion on the pic. It looks better and I have a secret. Instead of putting a stuffing , I have put a pom-pom inside. This way, it looks a lot better and it’s easier to be made. The pom-pom makes the oval shape perfect. Also, I didn’t use hot glue gun. I used all-purpose glue instead.

And at the left bottom of the picture you can see the felted flowers that I bought at the store yesterday. They are super cute. They are attached at the my monitor.

The third thing is the granny that I made a week ago. It’s big, I can tell you that. The measurements are 13.5×13.5.

And at last but not least, I had a surprise in the mail today: a letter and post stamps from Lorna (sorry, no pictures).

 

I got an invitation…

A couple of days ago I have been accepted in Ravelry . I couldn’t wait to test it. This site is great. “A knit and crochet community”- as they say.

There are a lot of interesting things. There’s a personal notebook where you can put (write) about your projects (finished, in progress, frogged..). You can also put the name and a picture of the project, the yarn, the pattern, and the hooks(needles) that you are using for this particular project. And this is only for your projects.

You can organize all of your stash here. There’s a place in your notebook where you can place the numbers of the needles and hooks that you have. You can organize your books, too. And the best thing off all, everyone can see your projects. Also, there are a lot of other things that you can do there. If I tell them I will ruin the surprise.

A great place where you can organize your crochet and knit stuff. I am glad that I joined them. So, go on and add your name to the list. Ravelry is still beta, so you will be beta testers.

 

Pink tote

Here’s my new bag. It’s pink and linen.

Maybe the handles are are not placed on the right place. I should of put them a little closer, but I don’t mind.

This is a very simple tote bag. I’m adding a crocheted or sewed flower later on for the final touch.

 

Recycle-yarn container

I have seen this projects at Ljerka’s blog . She made a yarn container. Having a Yarn container is good and very useful thing. First, your yarn will never get dirty or it won’t tangle.

I have used an old plastic container. Previously this container had spices in it. I have a lot of this containers, so that means that I can do different yarn containers for me and friends.

I have glued a ribbon on the lid. Maybe I shouldn’t of done that because it looks pretty without the ribbon, but I wanted to add my personal touch on it.

And if the yarn balls are smaller the container can keep two balls. That’s why I have drilled two holes on the lid.

Recycling is a very good thing. You get rid of the thins that you don’t need and by recycling them you get to create new more useful things.