Hello Kitty, Hello Teddy, and Hello Nails!

i'm still behind on finishing up my other crochet projects, but here are some of the ones i finished up for customers. i recently had a huge order for christmas, which was 12 headbands, and over $100.

she gave them away as christmas gifts!


here's a close up of the flower.

 the back view with button.

here's a hello kitty hat i made for another customer. i actually made her two. one was a child size, and the other was a newborn size. her daughter loved it!

then, my cousin ordered this 12" teddy bear as a babyshower gift for someone.

she wanted a lavender color, so thats why the teddy bear was purple.

visit my fb page for more photos: Yarning With Love

aside from crocheting like a maniac, i was finally able to paint my nails. with orders picking up, i never had the time to really sit down and do something nice with my nails. if you know me, you would know that i never let my nail polish chip off, but because of my lack of time, i've been letting my polish chip off. yuck.
anyway, i decided to try out the magazine print nail art. if you haven't seen/heard of it, its just like the newspaper print one, except with magazines. i had a hard time getting the words to stick down nicely. i found that the pink words worked out a lot better. the tribal print & stripe print on my nails were actually shirts on models in my magazine. i was surprised it worked out so well.  of course, that was only because the shirts were black and white and had nothing on the back of the ad. which is the key to making this nail art work! i also added a bit of silver glitter over some the nails to give it more dimension.

 the magazine prints definitely gave more of a "grunge" look, but i loved the outcome of the look.
if you're interested in trying it out: go  view this youtube video for some step by step instructions.

Goodies & Roses

over the weekend my bf & i stopped by my local goodwill. my intent was to look for a gray purse so that i could take the straps off and use it on my crocheted purse that i made, but i didn't find any. =( unfortunately, my bf's intent was to buy as much junk as he could. lol he ended up getting a few cds (bsb, nsync, etc), a few dvd movies, a photo cube (totally useless, but i didn't want to hear him complain, so i let him have it), and a few other misc things. i, on the other hand, grabbed a frame (which was new and only 1.99), an asian food container (also new), a rectangle glass container to hold my nail art(i'll post the finished product soon), a white flower vase (only 2.99), a wooded elephant, and an owl figurine. i love owls, and the elephant was super cute.

i actually spray painted the elephant and the owl white yesterday to go with the decor in my room.

i still need to do a second coat, and then they should be done. i love how paint can transform anything old into something new and modern.

the same day, i also went into ulta to get my free item. since it took me forever to finally go to ulta, there weren't that many choices left on the nail polishes, so i picked "fine pruned". which, i thought was a really nice color. i've been looking for something similar for my sister. anyway, i also got around to trimming my nails and finally using my new konad image plates i got a couple weeks ago. 

 i love the rose print. i wanted to do it over newspaper printed nails, but i couldn't find our rubbing alcohol. =(

the rose print is on the right one, image plate m65.

MN state fair & nail art

my bf & i attended the state fair this year with my sil & niece and my sister and her bf. it was a good day. didn't get to eat as much fried food as i wanted, because my feet & back were so achey that we left after spending 5-6 hours there. did get to try deep fried alligator, and it was pretty good. only because of the seasoning they put on the batter. lol

the other reason i wanted to go was to check out the nail art merchandise. i bought a migi nail art pen kit, and 6 konad image plates. the nail art kit was $25, which my sister bought for me. =) the plates were $32.