fall/winter 2011

at long last... here are the final items for my fall/winter 2011 line. hope you love them as much as i do  :)

find them all here!

new fall/winter 2011 preview

the bellingham cowl in grey marble $35

the san juan scarf in cranberry $55

the bowmans bay cowl (left) in raspberry $65

the bellingham cowl (right) in grass $35

more items to come as the week moves on :)

find them all here

photos are done by the talented Abbie Kunch. and i have to mention... she's only 14 years old!!

holy smokes!

if you haven't already, i suggest that you head over to sydneys blog and have a laugh... or five. she's a student/comedian/fashionista. i love all of her outfit posts but my favorite are her awkward & awesome thursdays. seriously people, go over and look... now!

i'm honored that sydney is wearing my very own friday harbor beanie in her latest outfit post, yay! she really did pick out the perfect color, it looks great on her. see for yourself...



it was a very etsy christmas

this year for christmas i decided that all of sunni's presents would be handmade. i appreciate so much when people buy my items so i thought, why not give some business to other people like me?!

before we get to the pictures and etsy shops i would like to state for the record that buying for sunni is NOT hard. basically i find stuff that i like and then get it. only problem is that i usually get one for myself too. oops!

so here we go...

honey almond

vanilla oatmeal

creamy grapefruit (for myself)

island cocounut (for myself)

these soaps are AMAZING! they smell so yummy. if i was little ralphie in a christmas story i would want my mouth washed out with these.

check out dianes other soaps & handmade scrubbies here

the bright forest pocket mirror

ladyship pocket mirror (for myself)

marisol's absolutely beautiful artwork adorn these handy little pocket mirrors. i fell in love with all of her artwork. i will be purchasing a locket and a print in the near future!

look at all her items here

leather mini clutch

i knew my sister would LOVE this... and she did  ;)  the craftsmanship is amazing. so beautiful and incredibly soft.

look at all of marketa's items here

i hope everyones christmas was as amazing as mine was! what were your favorite gifts this year?

december 2010

mind you... this is just a smmmmmall fraction of what the first 3 weeks of december were like. and i wouldn't have it any other way. thank you everyone that bought handmade this year for christmas! yay!

wow....

i've been MIA lately, sorry about that. i'm up to my eyeballs in yarn! i am so so thankful that people are ordering my creations. i have to say, it feels amazing  :D

i've been creating new pieces for the shop as well. we had a shoot yesterday here are some of my favorites...

see the rest of them here

and thank you all again for your support, it means so much to me  :)

don't forget to check out Lindseys photography blog!

so many ideas... so little time

i currently have a million ideas floating through my head for items to produce. i just wish i had the time to sit down and make them!! i do get to create when i get home from work in the evenings which are pieces that need to get out to their new owners  :) believe me, i'm not complaining about that!

so i thought i should make a short little list here so that i can look back when i need to. here we go...

-i recently learned (via youtube videos) how to knit (yes, i said KNIT) on circular needles. i now want to make a million new cowls! and a million of the beanies coming next..

-this beanie (and it's smaller version) by jane richmond, who produces the best knitting patterns! how freaking cute is that?

-i have been getting a ton of requests for kids size beanies. i think numero dos on this list might take care of that! thanks again jane  :)

-i realize that i make scarves but i'm always the last to actually wear them. why is that? i really don't have an answer. could be that i can't decide what color to choose (there are just so many!!). could it be that i can't choose what style i want (again, there's a couple)... i digress. the point, i usually wind up wearing this scarf that i've had for a couple years now:

although mine is black. so i thought, "i could make one of these right?" so my next goal is to make a scarf similar to this, but without fringe and add a little more detail... the detail i just can't give away yet  ;)

-next up: leg warmers. oh brother, or should i say sister, since she is the one that tells asks me to make her some almost everyday. my solution to this was to teach her how to knit... which i did. but... my number one reason to learn how to knit on circular needles was so i could make that little stinker a pair of leg warmers for her birthday. which is this thursday the 4th. my little sunni will be 25, holy hell when did that happen? then i also broke down and told her i was making her a pair. we really can't go a birthday or christmas without spilling one present to each other, it's just how we roll. i actually have to confess that they are pretty darn easy!

i'm modifying this pattern pictured. instead of a seed stitich i'm doing a stockinette. now to hustle and finish them by the big day!!

-finally, make cookies. i didn't say bake (cause i can't), i said make. sunni & i said we were going to make them last weekend but that didn't really happen. they are a cinch and maybe i'll post a "how to" when we finally get around to them. i don't think they have a name? sunni, do they have a name? they are ritz crackers with peanut butter in the middle, dunked in melted semi sweet chocolate and then sprinkled with, uhhh, yeah... sprinkles. they are so damn good. i want one now actually...

so that bascially sums up my list, for now, that is!

photo shoot 3, new products!

our third photo shoot was this past sunday and MAN was it cold out! after our first set of pictures we sat in lindseys van with the seat warmers and heat on blast. the cold weather is perfect for me, it's the reason i crochet my little heart out! i could honestly wear a scarf around my neck every single day, but the summer months don't allow it.... ok shawna, zip it! ...on with the pictures!

all of them can be seen (among others) in my etsy shop  :)

photo shoot numero dos

Lindsey did another amazing job! soooo happy  :)  thank you again to Lindsey for the great photos and to Sunni for modeling. this second shoot took place during the week around noon in downtown anacortes when everyone was taking their lunch breaks.
here's the scenario: me with scarves & hats in hand ready for the trade off (doing my best rachel zoe), lindsey shooting away telling sunni to stop blinking and sunni doing a great job of not cracking up laughing. people probably thought she was getting her senior photos taken  ;)

hello miss americas next top model! heee-aaaay!

they can all be seen here

new product pictures!!!!

i couldn't be more happy! Lindsey Koegel took some pictures of my scarves and beanies. they turned out so amazing, i love them ALL!! i can't believe how much of a difference these pictures make for the look of my etsy shop. i'm on cloud 9 right now  :)

a second photo shoot took place today... more pictures to come tomorrow  :)