Working Wednesday

Hi everyone!

I know it has been a really long time since my last post and I apologize.  Things get busy when you have a house full of kids and cats.  Oh yes, we have 2 cats now.  Oscar joined us a few days before Christmas.  We adopted him, and he's the sweetest, snuggliest kitty ever!

Alright, last year I did What I Wore Wednesday.  That was fun and all but honestly, I just don't think what I'm wearing is that important, and so... Wednesday has now become Working Wednesday.  I'll talk about what I'm working on.

So let's get started!  Today I'm working on a TARDIS!  I've made one already and have since gotten orders for 2 more.  Here is what my last one looked like.

It's really big and squishy!  I think it turned out really well for my first attempt.  I should add, I've never seen Dr. Who!  I hope all my Dr. Who fans forgive me.

I'm also working on a very large blanket.  I'm hoping I can get my measurements right! This thing is crazy huge. I've only gotten about 7 of over 130 rows finished.

Alright, here are some pictures of a few other things I've made so far this year.

Pikachu

Zebra

Newborn Owl Hat

Eban bear

Alright, and because I really like my shirt, here is What I'm Wearing Wednesday.

It's my Sandy Hook Promise t-shirt.  

sandyhookpromise.org

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday!

Good morning.... err... well, Good Afternoon everyone <3

So it is the last Wednesday of Summer break for my kids.  On Monday (26th) I'll be packing lunches and sending 2 of 3 kids off to school.  My oldest will be heading off to 2nd grade this year.  I think he's excited, which is good.  And then my little kindergartner!  I have no idea if he's excited or not.  He seems kinda neutral about the whole thing.  At first he was excited, he thought he'd be with his big brother.  But then, we broke the news to him that he won't get to hang out with big brother all day.  He'll be in the same school but separate rooms.  He only goes half day so I think that makes things easier, it'll give him a better chance at adjusting to being away from me.  Or I guess, it makes it easier on me being away from him...   Yeah, I'm nervous.  I was nervous sending the first one off to school and I'm nervous about this one as well.  I'm rather attached to this guy though so I think it's going to be hard.  *sniffle*  We got this!

I have some pictures to share of some of my recent finished projects.  Let's see, there are these adorable little kittens:

Cute, huh!

Then there is my Hello Kitty-like toy.  She's rather cute too.

Adorable? Yes.

Both of those can be purchased through my facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/neezy.crochet

I'm currently working on a Spongebob, which is quite large!  He's cool though, here is a picture of the first one I made, posing with my boys.

And now on to What I Wore Wednesday!

Alright..

On the top is a beautiful tube top from Soulflower (LOVE Soulflower!!)

On the bottom are my white shorts from Target

The jewelry is the same stuff I always wear minus my St. Baldrick's bracelet :-(  The boys got putty stuck all over it and now it's in the trash

And on top of my head are the only sunglasses that fit me decent.

And there you go.  A blog, from me, to you <3  I hope everyone has a fantastic Wednesday!  

Oh look! The mail is here :-)

I'm Still Here!

Hi! did you think I disappeared?
I didn't. I've been here, just kinda busy.
So here it is my What I wore Wednesday post AND some other stuff.

Let's start with the other stuff first.
I'm busy.  Busier than I have been in quite awhile.  I had two birthdays to celebrate, just 5 days apart and then a party in between.
Here are a few pictures from that:

The cake

BALLOONS

and mustache tattoos for everyone!

And then I suddenly got a bunch of orders!  I've been working on those when I'm not doing something for my birthday boys.  I had an order for a triceratops and a Sponge bob.  The triceratops was picked up on party day and I'm working on Sponge bob now.  I have most of his pieces done, and I'm hoping to be done by the weekend.  Here is part of him:

After I finish Sponge bob I have a few other things to work on. Dory, Nemo and Hello Kitty.  And then two other kitties.  And guess what, I got some jewelry orders too!  I have about 5 or so Baltic amber items to make.  Hopefully my beads get here soon!  And a nest necklace.  I haven't made one of those in awhile, but they're always a hit!  

Thank you to all my lovely customers for your business.  I really appreciate it!

Now on to what I wore/am wearing today on this cloudy Wednesday.

First off, I had to workout.  

So..

on the top: random workout tank that I have

bottom: shorts from Kohl's

feet: I had socks and... *gasp* sneakers on too! 

After my workout I put some 'daytime clothes' (as my kids call them) on.

top: gray tank and sheer blue tee over top

bottom: tank shorts

feet: naked!

And then this morning my favorite nail polish brand had a post saying "Orange is the New Black" and so, my fingernails are orange today :-)  

P.s. That is an amazing show if you haven't yet seen it.  You can find it on Netflix

I've missed you!

It has been entirely too long since my last post!  I apologize!

You see, I've been busy... but not really.  I was at a bake sale which I mentioned before.  It went well, they raised a good amount of money from all the yummies.  I made some money off some jewelry and donated a little over 10% of my earnings to St. Baldrick's.

Then the next weekend we did the community yard sale.  It rained a little bit but we still sold some stuff.  I'm looking forward to the next yard sale so I can hopefully get rid of even more.  How fabulous would it be to get a ton of unused stuff out of our garage??  Pretty stinkin' fabulous!

The week following the yard sale I was at the doctors office with my oldest because his throat hurt.  They diagnosed him with strep without testing. It may have actually been something else.

Well, then the next weekend came and we went to a Family Reunion.  My dad's side of the family.  I knew about half, met a few new ones though!  The drive there was an adventure.  We decided to test out our DVD players for the car.  My youngest ended up getting sick in the car about 20-30 minutes into the trip.  Car sickness?  Maybe the movie and being in the car made him sick.  But if anyone of you remember I don't handle this kind of thing well.  We decided to keep going, about 20 or so minutes later he got sick again!  Movie again?  We made it to the reunion and had to wash the poor kids clothes.
I really hope it was something else that caused him to get sick and not watching the movie because we're headed about 4 hours south in a few weeks and it's going to be a REALLY long car ride if we got a kid who gets sick every 20 minutes.  Shew!

So then my oldest gets a full body rash the following week and we head back to the doctor.  This time he sees a different doctor who says he could have fifths disease (not strep!).  Home again for the day.

We finally had a weekend at home.  Except we didn't stay home.  On Sunday we had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays (love that salad bar!), we headed to the park for a bit and then to Toys R Us.  It was a nice day!

Now that we're about caught up I can share this week with you all.  Monday was good, just a regular Monday.  Tuesday at around 3:15am my youngest woke up crying. Fun times.  He got up again at 4:15am... even more fun!  Finally when he woke up around 8am he was pretty upset and felt warm.  ::sigh::  Sick kid #2   Later that day after a bit of a nap (him, not me) he woke up really upset again. He hadn't hardly eaten all day and wasn't really drinking much.  So I checked his temperature.  103.4*!  I gave him a bit of tylenol.  After an hour it was down to 100.7 but I was concerned so I made him a doctors appointment.  Doctor looked him over a few times, nurse checked him over a little bit and did a strep test.  The test results were negative so he doesn't have strep.  Possibly fifths disease.  Yay...  Today he seems to be feeling better though so now I guess we just wait for our other kiddo to get this.

And now you are all caught up!  Sorry for not posting more, I've been a little distracted with my life lately.

I should mention that if anyone is going to be wanting something 4th of July specific then you should probably get your orders in soon.  I'll be on vacation from June 22-29th and may or may not have time to work on orders while there.

Summertime, is that you?

It's just a little after noon and it's already 72* out there!  We're expecting a high of around 87... 87!  It's only May.

So, what am I doing on this hot day?  Well, I'm glad you asked.  I am, not doing anything :-)
Okay, to be honest, I'm sitting here writing this blog.  I wanted to say hello.  Hello!

And of course I have to tell you what I'm wearing today.  It is Wednesday after all.

On the top: black tank from Macy's and a sheer white tee from... Ross?

On the bottom: Super cozy stripey skirt from Old Navy

Naked feet as usual.

I'm back to wearing tons of bracelets too!  YAY! Three on each wrist.  I love how warm weather equals more bracelets for me.  They are hard to wear with long sleeves.

This weekend we have the community yard sale going on.  And so I will be in my driveway attempting to sell some of our unused items.  But, I'll also probably be out there with my crochet and jewelry stuff. So, if you are in the area, please stop by the Wakeland Manor community yard sale!  Would me a lot to see my customers.

Fringe, Unicorns and Cookies!

Sorry for waiting oh so long before posting.  I've been a little busy this week.  You see, I posted a week long deal on both eSpecially You. & Neezy!  That's right, a deal that lasted the whole week.

Over at eSpecially You.  you can get a pair of fringe earrings for just $10.00-shipped.  These hand woven earrings are usually around $15 a pair so that's a pretty good deal.  I only have 3 different ones made already but can make them in many different colors.
These are my favorite.

~ Rainbow Fringe Earrings ~

Pretty, huh!

Then if you head over to Neezy, you'll see that you can get horses, unicorn, and zebras for just $18.00-shipped.  These are normally $22 so there is a good deal as well.  Of course this isn't limited to just those three.  If you want a donkey, you can get one for just $18.00 as well. 

~Rainbow Unicorn ~

Now on to my absolute favorite subject, COOKIES!  Okay, that's not really my favorite but I do love cookies.  Tomorrow, Saturday May 11, 2013 there is a Bake Sale.  Proceeds from this event will go to St. Baldrick's.  Not sure what St. Baldrick's is about?  Well....

What does the St. Baldrick's Foundation do?

The St. Baldrick's Foundation currently funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. The Foundation coordinates its signature head-shaving events worldwide, where volunteers get bald to stand in solidarity with kids fighting cancer and raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research. St. Baldrick's events are the largest volunteer-driven fundraising opportunity benefiting pediatric cancer research.
stbaldricks.org

Sounds good, doesn't it??  So, if you're in my area, PLEASE stop by the bake sale that is going on tomorrow.  Starts at 12-noon and lasts until 5pm.    There will be more than just baked deliciousness there.  I've heard that there will also be some face painting for the kids, Mary Kay baskets too!  And as long as all goes well, I will be there with a few crochet items, sewn items and jewelry.
 

Clothes, Colored Hair and Earrings

I'm gonna talk about my clothes, it must be Wednesday!

So, is everyone having a good week so far? Yay for Wednesday, right?  My son has a short week at school, no school Friday.  Apple Blossom Festival is apparently such a big deal around here that they get a day off from school!  Awesome!

So let's get started with the usual Wednesday post.  I mean, I should be making Cinnamon Rolls (oh my gosh, yum!) but I feel like we should chat a bit first.

Let's see how this goes...

On the top: a shirt, I don't know what brand it is...from Ross, maybe?  I really love it though, te he

On the bottom: Angels capris, pretty sure they came from Ross

Naked feet as usual

What's that?  My hair?  Oh yes, that's right.  It's teal and pink!  If you aren't friends with me on Facebook then you don't know about it yet.  I LOVE IT!  I don't know that I have ever loved any color as much as I'm loving these.  Seriously.  Every time I wash it I get sad as I see the pink water.  It's not permanent, it'll take some upkeep but... totally worth it!  It's gorgeous.

Pretty, huh?!?

Now on to earrings.  I've been busy with needle, thread and beads lately.  I love this style of earring and if they don't sell I'm going to start wearing them myself.

I have made 3 pairs so far.  All three are different.  Those pictured above are the rainbow fringe and also the biggest pair.  The other two are smaller and the colors are different.  They sell for under $15 a pair unless you request sterling silver ear wires.  

Have a lovely day <3