Posted in crochet, tagged crochet, sweater, yarn on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I know I don’t really have the time, since Christmas is coming and I am so far behind on that, but I have started a new sweater ( NOTE: need to be a member for viewing free patterns) for myself anyway. Now that I have made it through one skein of yarn I [...]
Posted in etsy, paper crafts, tagged etsy, origami, paper craft on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
VickiDianeDesigns was nice enough to include me in her etsy Treasury. She is featuring a set of my origami gift boxes. Check it out:
Update: The treasury has expired, but you can still see my origami gift boxes!
If you have not signed up at etsy yet, please mention “lauraslefthook” sent you there when you [...]
Posted in American Sign Language, paper crafts, tagged ASL, children's books, cricut, paper crafts, scrapbooking, sign language on November 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I had been looking at demos of them for a long time, but had not convinced myself why I really needed one. Then, I saw a good deal at Walmart and bought it. I called my dear husband and told him not to buy me anything else for Christmas since I had gotten [...]
Posted in paper crafts, tagged paper craft, snowflakes, teaching, tutorial on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
My five year old daughter was teaching her friend how to make snowflakes on Monday afternoon. They were folding the paper into smaller and smaller rectangles until I had to do the cutting for them. Of course, my daughter chose construction paper instead of something thin, like printer paper.
This put me in [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, etsy, football, shopping on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
I have been hard at work creating a cozy for your favorite canned drink which will also save the good furniture for my etsy shop. (If you visit etsy for the first time, please tell them “lauraslefthook” sent you.) I have made plenty of can cozies before, but I needed to spend some time [...]
Posted in etsy, tagged crochet, etsy, paper crafts, shopping on November 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I just started a shop, Laura’s Left Hook , in September at etsy.com. (If you visit etsy for the first time, please tell them “lauraslefthook” sent you.) I have had fun making several items and have been learning lots about taking photos of items in macro mode. I am still not an expert [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, cleaning, decorating on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
So, this site is definitely decorated for Christmas, but my house is not. I do not even feel ready to start pulling out the boxes yet. I constantly feel like the house needs a week of cleaning. Perhaps by next weekend I will force myself to give up on getting things any [...]
Posted in paper crafts, tagged Christmas, origami, paper crafts, paper folding on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Origami boxes — another look
shades of blue
I just started getting interested in origami. I started with some ideas on line and have now progressed to getting about five books from the library. Right now I am trying to find ideas that would sell, but I also like making things for myself and the [...]
Posted in etsy, paper crafts, tagged Christmas, paper craft, pine cone ornament on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
So, I am making these to sell to make some money for my craft supplies (but mostly for bills right now since we are severely underemployed in our household ), and somebody wants to know how to make them. I want to say, “Buy one and take it apart and figure it out yourself.” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ASL, children's books, crochet, origami, paper crafts, scrapbooking, sign language, travel on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I am playing around with blogging and was suggested to start a blog here by my dear husband, so I am trying it out. I plan to write about my interests in American Sign Language, crochet, children’s books, paper crafts (including scrapbooking and origami), and travel.
Above is my latest paper craft, a pine cone [...]
