Although I must admit I cannot take credit for the scarf, a friend of mine made it for me. I'll be taking pics of stuff I CAN take credit for and posting them, though.

Only some of the cards I have made. I really need to start making extras of everything just to have...



The back of a denim shirt of DH's. took me a year to make this! ( and he made one exactly like it for me on deployment one year)



The Navy Seal:

oooooohhh.....JVB!! Your cards look like the kind my Mama makes for everyone and everything!!

Nice job on your Seal!! I have an Army one and did my Daddy's USNA Class....speaking of which, I haven't received a picture of the finished product from Mama yet....I need to email her!!

Mrsjvb those look really nice!

I love the cards, too - and the cool thing is that these days the "homemade" look seems to be "in", even with the retailers, cards with buttons, ribbons, and other 3d things ... and it's much more fun and usually cheaper to do it yourself. When I was at the scrapbook store earlier I saw card supplies, and I am planning a bridal shower in early spring and I'm pretty sure I'll just make the invites myself. I may tap you for ideas when the time comes, JVB.

Mrsjvb.. I love the scarf & the cards look really nice!

I made 2 quilts a few yrs ago. I will have to get the pics and scan in here. I also at the time cut and sewn together squares for another quilt.

I have been carrying those around omg since 1994. I just pulled them out this morning and I am considering finally turning them into a quilt. lol

They are all together now in the large squares and need sewn together so I can get a back and stuffing.

I did it all by hand I must be insane!!

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and the cool thing is that these days the "homemade" look seems to be "in", even with the retailers, cards with buttons, ribbons, and other 3d things ..

lol....they're about 7 years behind my mama. She's been doing them for years and years now...should see her 'studio' set up she has. I want my brother to make me something like that too!

one of the pre requisites for the house we buy is an office for DH and a craft room for moi.. along with a spare bedroom in case for some whacked out reason family ever comes to visit. Right now I do all my card making on the DR table, and I have a LOT of supplies!

those look great, yall ladies do a great job on that . i am not that talented for that, i leave it to the pros

I lost a lot of photos from a computer crash, but this is what I could find.

I have done needlepoint pieces for a shop in Jacksonville, FL and these are 2 of them.

This is a few knitted items -

Knitting never intrigued me, but I just bought a small needlepoint kit off of ebay. I actually gave away all of my Cross stitch stuff when we moved..I hadn't touched any of it in over three years, and that's my cut off for purges.

But with Winter coming, I may need something to keep me occupied, especially since I am done with school in March.

See now I feel so bad for not doing crafts,I remember I did some long time ago.I think I'll check the store to see if I can do some for Christmas

I try to do cross stitch ornaments for the tree every year. I've done a stocking for each other the children and a baby blanket when they were born. You have got me thinking again and getting the bug.

Okay, So I know it's not really crafty, but I am very happy about my pumpkin. I haven't done one in so long, and have no artistic talents at all. So I wanna share it. I know I already did in confessions, but I really am that proud. lol

Looks really neat lit!

I got my needlepoint kit day before yesterday Small problem: no hoop/frame to stretch it on. Ooopsie!. I'll be hitting Michaels and/or Jo-anns today..heheheh

You all are making me want to go to Michaels and buy a craft kit to start!

When DH was deployed, I bought a bow maker and made some big yellow bows. I sold them for a donation at an FRG event to help raise funds for the FRG.

I have a sewing machine but don't know how to use it. It was my daughters. We bought it for Christmas for her one year when she was really into sewing. She left it with us after the sewing phase was over. I want to learn how to use it but it intimidates me.

It is a Simplicity Pioneer II. It is only about 4 years old. Anyone know anything about sewing machines?

After thought....I created a new thread to get advice on sewing machines.

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I am into making silk flower arrangements. These are arrangements that I made that we have around the house.

ooh, I LURVE that first one!!

See ladies now i'm feeling the urge to go and buy materials and see what I can do...lol