A dear friend, LV, is having a baby girl! In addition to stopping by the shops to pick up a gift card, I decided to knit a couple of tiny goodies for Baby K.!
A wee berry baby hat (1 of 50) which took less than 3 hours to knit while watching a couple of movies:
And since we're talking about a baby girl here, a couple of pairs of shoes! This makes perfect sense because Baby K.'s mama is a shoe aficionado!
Baby Janes (2 of 50) in a charcoal colourway,
and a pair of ruby red feeties (3 of 50) to wear around the house!
Once a year, when I head west to visit my folks, I splurge on craft supplies (typical, when one is away from home, no?). This year, in addition to my usual haunts, I also checked out SCRAP, a store which sells all kinds of junk suited for crafts. 
In addition to interesting bits of scrap materials, I also found some fabric at this place. Amazing! 
And some squishy goodes from Yarn Garden. I was mostly interested in sock yarns (since I have high hopes of knitting socks in 2011), but a skein of baby alpaca somehow made it into my basket (sis selected it for a specific project which I need to get started on)!
And fabric from Craft Warehouse and Fabric Depot. Lots of yummy fabrics were fondled at these places...but I only brought home, ahem, a few that I absolutely had to have.
And of course, some books for inspiration from Kinokuniya and JoAnn's. I've been searching for that house patchwork book for ages, and I was really pleased to find a copy of it! And since learning to draw is one of my goals for 2011, voila, I found a book to help me out with that goal. The sewing calendar, I'm not too keen on *sigh* The projects in it (yes, I already looked at all the projects) aren't all that exciting. Bummer.
And these two sets of clear stamps that I picked up while waiting to pay for my purchases...
Yep, it's safe to say that I should be good to craft in 2011!
After catching up on some much needed sleep upon my return from my holiday travels, I realized that I haven't made any crafty resolutions for 2011. Gah. Took a peak at 2010's resolutions and realised that I'm rubbish at keeping resolutions (what destashing? 36 finished projects? etc, etc, etc.?). Nevertheless, fool that I am, here I go again...with my list of craft-related goals for 2011 (in no particular order).
#1 D-E-S-T-A-S-H. Seriously. Or at the very least make a concerted effort to work off my stash as opposed to buying more craft supplies to play with!
#2 Knit a few pairs of socks. Heh...easier said than done *sigh*
#3 Make a better attempt at completing 50 unique proejcts in 2011.
#4 Send out handcrafted notecards, birthday cards, etc. No more taking the easy route with Hallmark cards.
#5 Try at least 3 new crafts (weaving comes to mind, and a couple other crafts that have yet to be determined).
#6 Find another charity to craft for.
#7 Start cooking again. Yes, cooking's a craft!
#8 Work on a bunch of Ho-Ho-Ho crafts for a certain special relative who shall not be named.
#9 Learn how to draw.
I made these ATC-sized (i.e. ~ 2.5" by 3.5") stitched ornaments (36/50) as freebies for the Black Friday thru Cyber Monday sale in the STS swap. It was great fun going through my huge bag of fabric scraps, figuring out fabric combinations for the wee houses, etc. I'm typically quite fussy about my sewing projects and take the time to make sure the seams are straight and what-not. Hence this was definitely outside my comfort zone. But I must say it was quite liberating to let the sewing machine rip!
Back of some of the ornaments:
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:
Set 4:
Not quite sure what I should call these little cases (35/50). They can be used to hold some credit cards and cash. Or serve as business card cases. Or for storing jewelry. Or double as mini gift/gift card holders. Or even, erm, for hiding a couple of unmentionables.
I adore the STS swaps! What's even better than the STS swaps? Well, a Secret Santa swap with the STSers...of course. This year, I was given the task of doing some non-creepy stalking to find out what I should make for my partner, AS. Here are the crafty bits I came up with:
1. Mine for Life Shrug made with this pattern (27/50)
2. Carryall Bag (28/50)
3. Sewing-themed Noisy Bangle (29/50)
4. Knitting Pendant with Chain (30/50)
5. Dyed Yarns - "You're Making Me Blush!" and "The New Frontier" (31/50)
6. Log Cabin Style Pincushion - based off ones made by AM (32/50)
7. Wee Critter That Crochets (33/50)
8. Fabric Hoop Art (34/50)