Bits and Bobs of Random Goodness

Let's catch up, shall we...

:: Knitting ::

Knitting is definitely my gateway drug *cough* craft addiction which has opened my world to all of the crafty goodness that currently occupies my life...and the majority of my apartment! I have recently re-fallen in love with knitting because of the amazingly awesome, though slightly sinister time-killing, Ravelry. I'm a little obsessed...

I finished the Broadripple Socks,



And last night I started the Umbilical Cord Hat from the first SnB book at 11:00pm...and finished in a crazed knitting stupor roughly around 3:00am!



The hat is one of a few I'll be making for the upcoming baby showers in my life. I'm might do a little embroidery embellishment on them, we'll see.

:: Christmas Gifts ::

Speaking of baby gifts, I finished another teddy bear! Two down, one to go! This one is wonky and a little asymmetrical. I like him - Matt thinks he's ungiftable. I think Matt's silly! What do you think?



:: Shopping ::

I've made some fun Etsy purchases in the last few days. First off, I bought a golfer window decal for my dad for Father's Day. Secondly, and not to be missed, my sensational artist blog friend, Flossy-P, has made some of her works available in form of a super affordable post card! I was able to purchase two of my all time favorites, String Theory and the set Looking for Love/Sometime Soon. Very exciting, indeed.

:: Cooking ::

Still with me? I made the Asparagus and Morel Bread Pudding sans the morels from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Very tasty, and it made a TON! Oh my, has it been more than a week since I've sung the praises of this book?! If you haven't read it, please do. It will likely change your life, give the warm fuzzies, make you feel like you can change the fate of the planet by doing your little bit.

Made the Rhubarb Crisp from Slow Food by Alice Waters again. Came out scrumptious, again. **EDIT** I just popped over to my mum's blog and she's posted a delicious looking recipe for Rhubarb Bread. I'll have to give that one a go!

So that's what I've been up to - how about all of you? Having a productive week?

Until next time, cheers!

Featured Etsy Blogger :: Cozy

Etsy Blogger Street Team

This month's featured blogger on the Etsy Blogger Street Team forums
is Cozy. She is a pretty awesome street team member! She keeps up with our calendar, and when each member has a birthday, she'll post that member's EtsyMini on her site. Isn't that nice/cool? !

My favorite items from Cozy's Etsy Shop include her Sprinkles Kitchen Cloths, Cotton Ball White Kitchen Cloths, and the sunny Fresh as a Daisy Kitchen Cloths. At $12 for a set of four that's superb value, and eco-friendly to boot!

Be sure to visit Cozy and say hello! She rocks!

Etsy Bloggers May 26th Blog Carnival : Show me how you make something!

I'm excited to be hosting this week's Etsy Blogger carnival. My theme was tutorials. Show me something, a tute, a recipe, your studio process. Check out the links below to see how they responded:

Maureen Blakeley Impawsible To Resist presents A work in progress - A tutorial - Etsy Bloggers Team Carnival posted at Impawsible To Resist.

Lily Wrey presents May
26 EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival "TUTORIALS" posted at TuLips Talking

Simply Sweet presents Blog Carnival Tutorials posted at Simply Sweet...Homemade Treats

Ashleigh presents Memorial Day 2007 - part one posted at M i l l i p e d e B e a d.

Stormy Designs presents Tutorials by Stormy Designs posted at Stormy Designs.

Jackie presents Talkin' Bout a Revolution posted at A Keeper's Jackpot.

Deb Baroff presents Tips
for Preserving Documents and Photos posted at Stroll Through Storyland.

Anthrid (katy spindler) presents Top Secret Activities— REVEALED!! Part 1 posted at Anthrid- Den of a Thoughtful Rabbit

QuiltsWithHeart presents Quilts With Heart: EtsyBloggers May Carnival: Tutorial posted at Quilts With Heart

Rebecca presents How-to
grab a screen shot posted at FaerieRebecca's Workbench.

Becky presents Tapioca
DeLITE posted at The Fab Miss B

wearewedges presents Blog Carnival Tutorial: How to Make Wedge Treats posted at WE ARE WEDGES.

Rainy presents Tutorials
Blog Carnival - The Best Cookies Eva!!!!!!! posted at RainyDayArt

BabyLyons presents Taking a "Snippet" of your Treasury posted at BabyLyons' Treasuries.

Scribble Nation presents Block
Head posted at Scribble Nation

Kathy Grzedzinski presents Personalized Sterling Silver Bookmarks posted at Moonage Daydreams.

eddy presents The Most Awesome Chocolate Cake, I Can't Believe I'm Sharing This! posted at girleddycreationstation

Megan Juenemann presents The Up-cycled Onesie Dress: A How To posted at Twinkle.

Yazmin presents Etsy Blogger's Carnival: My Photography Setup posted at A Pretty Rock Jewelry - blog.

Kelly presents Tofu scrambler tutorial posted at Kellybot

HomeMadeOriginals presents Tutorial: making simple items using recycled sweaters posted at Home Made Originals.

MoonMystic presents Hypermiling posted at Smell This. . .

Kelly Drill presents posted at Macaroni and Glue.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next
edition of etsybloggers using our carnival submission form.
Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index
page.

Featured Etsy Blogger :: Stormy Designs

Etsy Bloggers Street Team

This month's featured blogger on the Etsy Bloggers Street Team forums is Stormy Designs. She is a mom/grandmom from Virginia and a talented polymer clay artist.

These are my top four favorite items from Stormy Designs' Etsy Shop

Purple Haze Earrings - Big and sparkly with a $12 price tag - my kind of jewelry!
Tear Drop Pendant - I like the simplicity of the design. $14.
Psychedelic Cuff - Rad! $18.
Abstract Designer Vase - I can't say that I would necessarily want this, because it doesn't really go with any of the decor in my house, but I think it's pretty sweet that someone made a VASE out of polymer clay! I love the needle tool detailing. $68.

Check out Stormy Designs at:
Stormy Designs Blog
Stormy Designs Website
Stormy Designs' Etsy Shop

Etsy Blogger Street Team :: Blog Carnival Post

Etsy Blogger Street Team

This week's theme: "Bull"

When I saw the theme for this week's blog carnival, it definitely stumped me! What to blog about that has to do with a bull? My craft room looks like a bull in a china shop most days??? No, that's definitely boring, and has been stated here many a time before. With a lack of immediate ideas, I went back to the source, Etsy!

I typed "bull" into the search engine and one of the first things to pop up was Primped Paperie's "Between the Bull Rushes" print.



Leaping lizards that's adorable! And I want to steal her little figure's outfit!

Further perusal led me to Amanda's "Home Sweet Home"



and "Chance Encounter" prints.



(Charming, cute, affordable are coming to mind)

Show Primped Paperie some love by visiting Amanda at:

Her blog

Primped Paperie Etsy Shop

Oh, and super-coolness, Amanda's running a contest this month where you could win up to two prints of your choice from her shop. All you have to do is convo her with your address to enter.

Cheers!

Sarah

P.S. Photos are used with permission courtesy of Primped Paperie.

::EDIT:: Amanda just e-mailed me to give me a heads up that she listed three new girls in her "Zodiac" series and one of them is Taurus! Perfect timing!