I've been busy with a lot of volunteer and charity work. I made this for myself. I normally don't keep what I make I usually give it away.

I liked this pattern a lot. I might make a few more.



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I made this cute little pink and white dog sweater. I liked it. Cinnamon not so much. She was not happy when I put it on her, and gave me a look as if to say "How could you."

Anyone here up on pinterest. I find a lot of great crafting ideas up there. My Pinterest Come follow me.

that I would post pictures up of the doll dress that I made as I worked on it. I'm just now getting to it. I had to go through my phone and get all the pictures together all in one place on my PC.

This post is going to be very image heavy.

I used the dress that my aunt made as my inspiration. and kept it close by while working on the dress I was making.
( The making of the doll dress in stepsCollapse )

I copied this from another FB page.

A lady wanted to purchase a beautiful hand crocheted dress and spotted a crafter who did absolutely amazing work, but she charged a good price too. The lady thought that her price was way too high so she approached the crocheter and in quite a brusk fashion stated "I want to buy a dress from you, but I think you charge too much." The crafter was a little taken aback but replied "Ok, how much do you think i should charge?" The lady replied “I think you should charge “X” much, because the yarn will cost this much, and ribbons this much, and buttons this much. I even factored in the price of scissors." The final price the lady had calculated was a lot cheaper than the crafters original price, but she said "Ok, deal. You will get your dress in a week". The customer is very pleased with herself and can’t resist telling all her friends what a fabulous deal she has negotiated and how smart she is, and that in a week she will have her gorgeous crocheted dress.
A week later her parcel arrives in a lovely packaged box. She opens it and inside is yarn, ribbons, buttons and even scissors. Angrily she contacts the crafter asking “How could you do this to me? I asked you for a dress and you sent me a box of yarn, ribbon, buttons and scissors?!" The crafter quietly replies "My dear, you got exactly what you paid for, if you think there is something missing, you need to pay for it."

Moral of the story, when you buy handmade you are not just buying the materials, you are buying the crafters, time, effort, love and dedication that goes into making your items.

trying to get ready for this cruise. Only 18 more days.

I've been working on a few things to get done in time. I've made two fancy scarves from specialty yarn. A shawl for mom, and a couple other things. I've got to get things together so I know what I need and don't need when I go shopping on the 20th.

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