Box

Box

    At one of the moving sales, I found a shadow box.  I had some old sewing things, that I wanted to display,  and thought this would fit perfectly in the box.  

Set

Set

     Here is the complete set.  Now I'm ready to go out on the town.

Lightening

Lightening

     I guess, lightening, can hit in the same place, three times in a row.  I just won another give away.  This time it was hosted by Daily & Ordinary.  I like to make her dream catchers out of rubber bands.

     I had won a Wrapit bracelet loom and refill kit....lots of fun.  Thanks, Jackie.

Necklace

Necklace

    ....need the matching necklace.  I sat a black cats-eye cabochon, in a plain gold setting and tatted around it.  Then tatted the chain to match the bracelet.

Rulers

Rulers

     I had won, another give away.  This time it was hosted by Sew4Home (my favorite sewing blog) and Dritz.

     I received a 120" measuring tape, a 12" specialty ruler (with holes to draw circles), and a yard stick (with special angles).  

     Thanks Sew4Home and Dritz for the fabulous give away. 

Bracelet

Bracelet

     I also thought I needed a bracelet to go with my earrings.

Black

Black

     I wear a lot of black clothes.  They are classy and makes you look thinner.  I was looking for a black pair of tatted earrings and didn't have any made....until now.  This pattern is from my Garden Collection.

Jewelry

Jewelry

      I had went to a yard sale and had picked up a ton of jewelry for only $20!!  There were four, gallon-sized, baggies and a glass jar full of jewelry.   Score!!

Happy Birthday, Jan....

Memory

Memory

      I was running out of memory necklaces so I made up a few more.

Necklace

Necklace

   Since, I had a lot of extra thread on my shuttle, I made a matching necklace for the set.

Green

Green

      I also, made a pair of earrings with a green bead instead of purple.  Just in case she wanted a different colored drop, bead.

Order

Order

      Someone had bought a button bracelet, at the Farmers Market, and wanted a matching pair of earrings to go with it.

Butterfly

Butterfly

    I had the pleasure to test tat for Nicola, again.  This time she had the "Small Beaded Butterfly," pattern.

Back

Back

     Back for more, this time two gallons of huckleberries.  My freezer is full of huckleberries and I've used up all my plastic containers.  

Hucklberry

Huckleberry

    The cat is out of the bag.  The huckleberries are ripe, time to start filling the freezer.  Here is five pies worth and a morning of pancakes.

Earrings

Earrings

     I had won a gorgeous pair of earrings, made by Silina Jewellery Designer, out of  Greece.  All Things Paper had hosted the give-away.  I had chosen the beautiful, greenish-bluish turquoise earrings.  They look, prettier in person, as all things do.  Check out her collections, here.

Plain Jane

Plain Jane

    A plain jane, necklace, made on 18 ga wire.  The "stone" is a blue paua shell and a mother-of-pearl cab.

Two-Toned

Two Toned

     I also tatted a two-toned version, to show the students what it would look like with different colored thread on each shuttle.

Workshop

Workshop

   Emptying the tatting cases from the Shuttlebird workshop.  I had shuttles ready, for each section of each class and need to finish the projects.  This is the "Sea Breeze Necklace."

If interested in the pattern, type out your email in the comments.

One More

One More

      One More cross, to empty the shuttle.

Extra

Extra

    Had some metallic thread left on a shuttle and needed it to use it up.   One of my go-to crosses by Lene Bjorn.

Happy birthday, baby sister....

Framed

Framed

     I found, two, perfect frames at a yard sale.   Just-the-right size for my mini watercolor paintings.

Find

Find

    I found this awesome, sketch/scrap book at a moving sale.  The paper, and binding was hand done.  Going to use it for a pastel/colored pencil sketch book.

Gift

Gift

     A thank you gift, from Nicola.  Thanking me for test tatting for her.  So sweet of her.  The Shepard hook bookmarks, she had gotten, when she visited family in England.

Stash

Stash

    I was going through my stash of sale items and came across a couple of sterling silver wire-wrapped bracelet.  I must have made these about 15 years ago.  

Essentials

Essentials

      Someone was asking for tatting essentials to put into her tatting cases.  I had to make a few up, since all of the essentials are put into tatting kits.