Crunchy And Fuzzy Coin On A Pillow Love

(Black Obsidian Bead Bracelet by byjodi)

       First thing's first, let me say a big 'Thank You' to everyone that took the time yesterday to give me a little bit of encouragement and love when I wasn't feeling so hot...Mmmmmmuah!!! :-] I'm not feeling a hundred percent still today, but better than yesterday. Especially my mood! But I'm sure that has something to do with your comments, a good chat with one of my 'besties', and....hmmmm...there was something else..... O_0 .....Oh Yeah! I made two sales in my Wuglyees shop yesterday!! :-)

       I sold a men's boutonniere and a men's lapel pin! :-) Isn't that great?!...Only problem is...I don't have very many men's boutonnieres left in the shop! I've got to put men's boutonnieres on my 'To Do' list!...That list is getting pretty long right about now! O_O I guess I better stop fooling around with experimental projects and get to that list! Before I show you my latest experimental project though, let me show you some CRUNCHY LOVE! :-) ...

        It's a new Etsy treasury, curated by Sheryll Raz Gold, of BLUSHFASHION! I don't know why she named it crunchy love. Maybe it's because just looking at it makes you wanna crunch the numbers in your checkbook to try to buy all the goodies she shared...like that gorgeous bracelet in the header photo! LOL But whatever the reason, I'm very thankful that she included my black and gray crochet bedroom slippers!...

      

     I liked a lot of the items she chose...which, if you click the photo of the treasury above you can go and see for yourself!...but the one that really caught my eye was this one...

          It's a black and grey leather cuff bracelet by worldofpineapple. :-) Pretty snazzy, huh?!...Oh, if only I could figure out how to make a crocheted version of it!! LOL

      Anyway!! ^_^ I've already got my hands full!...Once I got some rest yesterday, and started to feel a little better, I got to work making the custom ordered little flowers that I told you about. They ended up being a lot more work than I thought they would be, with me having to use that tiny crochet hook!...O-U-C-H! But I did them! :-) Now, this morning, I have to crochet and sew on the little backs for them, so they can be sewn or pinned on...I'll try to get some photos of them when they're done, so I can show you.

      Prior to doing the custom order, and before I started feeling poorly, I was working on my fuzzy coin button pillows! :-) I have to do the backs for them too today. But this is what they look like so far....

        In the above photo I have the one side of each square folded, and just sat the crocheted flower up on top of it...just for the photo's sake.

       This is what the white one looks like stretched out. (The quality of the photos?!....Well, YOU know!! LOL)

       No, they weren't black and white photos! LOL Just a tired and lazy photographer. ^_^

      This is the black and white one I did...

           Now that I've done the crochet flower this huge, I know how I would crochet it differently next time...to make it more pronounced and pretty. But I WAS NOT gonna try to unravel all that fuzzy...and "would-be knotty-by-then"...yarn, to try to re-do it!!

        It's not perfect,...my big ole fuzzy 'baby'...but it was made with a lot of fuzzy love! :-) I'm hoping to finish them today....But I'll be satisfied if it's done by the weekend. I'm so ambitious these days, you know....NOT! :-))

      Okay...that's it for me today!  Except to let you know that hubby is starting to love his new route he says. It's a lot less stress for him, as to how many stops he has to do. But also because he's close to home. He doesn't feel so conflicted about working when he knows he can pop home any time...Between you and I, I'm still working on a big book deal or a crochet supply house that'll make me a million dollars so I can get him off the road completely! ^_^ That's just between you and I though....and any contract-toting book publisher that might wanna contact me! LOL

      Have a fuzzy crunchy good day everybody! You're my favorite kind of people! :-)

My Favorite People

My favorite people listen well,
and talk almost as good.
They like to eat good food,
and hang out in my neighborhood.

They like a chuckle now and then,
and dance when music's played.
And give nice complements...
and no! they haven't all been paid!

Some 'favorite people' are, I'm sure,
still ones I haven't met.
But until then, my favorites are
ones owed a 'loving' debt.

They've loved me through some heartache,
and the hardest, roughest time.
They're my favorites for a reason,
and deserve this 'Debbie' rhyme.