Sea-Horse

I'm really excited to be home. I have a lot of projects planned, most of them embroidery. My current project is stitching on a t-shirt. The idea came from me pestering a friend with ideas for his print making project. He didn't go with my ideas, with good reason I can be a bit silly, but his project turned out beautifully. I'm hoping this project will be really funky when finished. I'm going to use a lot of bright colors and I hope to push my stitching further then ever.

If you have kept up with my posts you'll know I was in a crafting class this last semester. Well the teacher had a giveaway at the end of the class. There where 2 drawings. The first I got tea....really unlucky of me as it was a mostly empty box and I really hate tea. The second drawing I hit the jack pot with this lovely embroidery stand.

I also wanted to show off this lovely new chest I picked up. I've been craving furniture lately. I believe it stems from how clustered my room has gotten with my obsessive collecting of books has gotten and the need to move to a bigger space. Not that I have the means to do that as of right now. It still is a lovely piece and makes everything stored it it smell absolutely lovely.

Tools, Storage, and Buttons

Lots and lots of buttons....so much so you will probably think I'm a bit strange. Before that lets look at my yarn stash and where I keep it.

This cedar chest, which makes my yarn smell nice, was picked up at an auction and stuck in my room and left unused for a wile. It was a few months ago that I made up my mind that it would be the perfect spot for my projects. It is a bit too full with yarn to put everything in but that can just be motivation to work more.

This is my everything small tray that goes inside the cedar chest. It is a perfectly handy thing to have and I feel it fits everything nicely. You can see a pair of knitting needles but don't ask me about them I barely know anything about knitting. I will tell you they are size 4 if you are curious. The blue and orange things in the middle are stitch markers. More then likely the best investment I made for crochet. Down a little to the left is the tapestry needles I use. I must admit they waste a good bit of string but they are SO much easier to use then standard sewing needles. The teal thing is a sewing touch up kit for loose buttons and things. My mother gave it to me a very long time ago.

This also reminds me yesterday I talked about my hooks but I forgot to say something. My aunt was the one to give me my first for an H hook but my mom also gave me her F hook. She didn't do too well picking up crochet. I later learned she was using a hook 4 sizes too small for the yarn she was using. XP

I recently picked up another mini sewing kit just to get a few more things on the cheaper side.

And finally my piles and piles of buttons.

I love those little canisters. Kinda wish I had a place to hang them.