I have an enormous box of fabric scraps...odds and ends leftover from various sewing projects. It was getting rather unwieldy, and I decided to spend an afternoon sorting everything by colour. With my fresh stash of pink scraps, I decided on scrappy quilted hearts (2 of 50) for the mod swap.
A little rough around the edges...
Test model whereby all others will be based on...
Whew! All done!
Oh, and it just wouldn't be right if there was no candy in the packages, so voila!
for my crafty mod chicas on Craftster (1 of 50). They're simple and heartfelt...and hopefully, they convey my love for being part of a community that nurtures my need to create. 
I cherish the time I get to spend with my family during the annual trek to the Pacfic NW. This year, we spent a couple of days in Lincoln City, and I got to see the beach in what was an unseaonably warm winter.
Alas, this is what I returned to. Snow. In my backyard.
As I unpacked, I realized that I didn't buy as much of a variety of craft supplies as I thought I did during my vacation. Ho hum. The only thing I bought was, erm, fabric...gobs of fabric.
And this little gem. 
My mama took me to a new craft mall that I've not been to and I fell in love with this ceramic tile. As I was making my decision, it just so happened that the artist (Sheri Medford) who painted the tile was working that day so I got to meet her and chat for a bit. Nice!
New year, new craft resolutions. I revisited the list for 2011 and was pleased to find that I did get around to achieving some of the resolutions on that list. Nevertheless, there's always room for improvement...so with that in mind, here's my list for 2012 (in no particular order):
#1 Craft more for my family! I love swapping, but I can't help but feel that I need to focus on my family for 2012.
#2 Destash. This is an ongoing resolution because I know I've been blessed with too much!
#3 Craft for the charities that the mod group has made a committment to donate to. It's so much easier to stay on track as a group!
#4 Make another attempt at completing 50 unique proejcts in 2012.
#5 Experiment with cooking dishes that excludes red meat. Fish and chicken will probably be staples in my kitchen, but I'm keen to try new vegetarian recipes as well!
#6 Catch up on all WIPs that have been neglected over the years. There's not much hiding in the woodwork, but I know of at least 2 knitting projects that I've stepped away from and never revisited.
I'm really looking forward to having a good year in 2012!
The grand finale for 2011...another pair of fingerless mitts (50 of 50). For these mitts, I used an uber soft 100% alpaca yarn (Plymouth Indiecita Alpaca) and this pattern.
These mitts were finished the night before I left for my vacation and I didn't get a chance to weave in the ends...but they're done now!
I had an insanely huge stack of magazines, catalogs and miscellaneous print media waiting to be recycled. Before I tossed them in the recycling box, I went through some of it and pulled out pages that were green. Yes, green...with a specific purpose in mind, of course.
Not long ago, I came across a picture of some Anthropologie-inspired earrings made with paper beads and decided I needed to make some paper beads. 
The earrings do not appeal to me, but I thought the basic concept was neat...and had the 'duh!' moment of realization that they might make cute tree ornaments! Yep. So here's my tree ornament (49 of 50)...and the second picture is truer to the actual colors. 
Came across this lovely pattern (48 of 50) for a cabled hat and decided it would be perfect as a thank you gift for my secret santa (who totally surprised me with all kinds of awesome goodies). Hope she likes it!
but it sure looks colourful! I was planning to stick with ultraviolet blue, but the girl who does my hair really wanted to try Pravana's Wild Orchids on my hair. Meh, it's just hair, so I agreed. We (yeah, I say 'we' like I had any say in this) decided to try for a gradation effect as well, so the strands deepens from fuschia, violet, to purple. Did I mention that I love it? I really do.
