Craftiness!

One of the things keeping me sane during this troubled time is my craft, I have posted about it before. I have my very first market coming up this weekend, so thought I would take the chance to share some of the creations I'll be hoping to sell =)

When in doubt - craft it out!

As I have written about before, one of the things I do to keep me sane is crafting. I love drawing, painting, sewing, the whole lot!

With this in mind I have finally taken the plunge and opened an Etsy store and a facebook store to go with it =]

Most of the items for sale at the moment are Christmas related, but there are a few other bits and pieces I am working on. Also wondering if I should sell any of the various baby related items I have been working on - a fresh start might do me good!

Please stop by and take a look - and let me know what you think!

Christmas Gift Tags

More Onesie Designs

Trying to keep myself occupied for a couple more days before testing, here are a few more of the designs I've been working on.

I think the little puppy is adorable. I also have a feeling that this won't be the last Lord of the Rings inspired baby item that I make!

A Lovely Sunday Afternoon

I love Sundays.

Sometimes I go to church. Sometimes I shop and sometimes I cook. Most often, I end up pottering around the house in search of something to make. Lately, this means anything to do with babies.

I am aware that some of the things I am making may never be used by a child of my own, but the urge is there and I'm not fighting it.

I posted my first attempt a few days ago, and have since made another little bodysuit -

I have a few other designs in mind, but today I had the urge to try something different. I had a pack of plain white bibs in the cupboard, so thought I would have a go at drawing some food themed characters with my Crayola fabric pens. There are probably better choices out there, but I know that Crayola are non-toxic so it saved me worrying about that!

Not 100% happy with how they turned out, but I also think they are pretty good for a first try! The only hassle about this was the 4 minute ironing time to set the design. These bibs are non-iron but I think they survived ok, apart from the poor strawberry whose face is stuck together, but I think I can fix that.

I also have a few plushie designs in mind, mostly from the Ni No Kuni game, but lack the materials to make them exactly the way I have planned. They'll be great companions for my Toko, who will be perfect once his arms have been adjusted -

This is also helping me keep my mind of the pain in my arm. It's years since I have had stitches and I know I am just being a big sook, but my arm is so sore! All for a good cause, we hope =]

And so it begins!

Back from the doctors and I have had my Implanon removed.

It was a bit trickier than the last time and I am glad hubby was there with me, even though I still had to drive myself there and back it was nice to have the support and the hand to hold! In the past I have only had a small plaster over the wound, this time I had to have stitches and have to go back in 10 days to have them removed.

I'm feeling a bit sore and sorry for myself at the moment, just lazing around the house and enjoying the extra day off with hubby. It's a bit of a treat now as we usually only have 1 day a week due to work schedules. The local anesthetic was great at the time, but has worn off fast and I can feel the stitches pulling every time I move. I am trying not to, but it's not quite that easy!

Besides all that, I am in a crazy crafting mood at the moment and rather than just thinking about things and planning them out, I actually made something last night. I am a bit of a gamer girl and my all time favourite game series is the Legend of Zelda, so I have a few Zelda themed ideas in the pipeline, but this one was super easy to pull off...

It's light blue on white (not pink as it seems in the photo) and I think would be good for boy or girl - and as I have said before, if I don't ever get to use it for a little one of my own and I am more than happy to give it away. It's just so cute!

The only downside right now is that hubby seems a bit scared to touch me. We have been talking all week about how today is the day to really start TTC, but now he's worried about hurting my arm. I told him not to worry, but he's been so protective of me ever since we started talking about making babies that I don't know how much luck I'll have trying to change his mind - no way I am waiting 10 days though!

So this is it, the real, true beginning of our journey. Can't wait to see where it goes =]