Crochet Me Crazy

I have been on a roll. I'm going to try to do a craft booth so I'm getting ready and getting serious about it. I'm making up a lot of small projects that take less time whipped out first to get some inventory built up. I'm going to put some effort into displaying items because I think it will help.

I'm making up a lot of these earwarmers...This is a free pattern you can find here: Ravelry: Everly Head Wrap pattern by Mamachee

I chose this pattern because it's quick to make and it's also pretty and not just a boring rectangle shaped earwarmer. I'm up to 15 of them made now since I took this picture....



I'm going to get my son to build me something that I can hang these earwarmers from that will make a nice display.

The ear warmer doesn't need a flower but Alison said she thought it would be cute with a flower so I decided I would make the flower pins and sell them separately. If someone wants a flower for their earwarmer, they can add it or not. I printed up these cards on card stock to pin the flowers too.



I'll work on boots cuffs and hats next. I have some ideas on how to display those as well but more about that later.

I have a couple of other pictures of some projects I've finished but I'll post about that later...I'm tired at the moment so I think I'll stop here.

Jeff flew back from Oklahoma yesterday with a whole new life! He got the promotion as field service manager! He's been home today because they pulled him out of the field and told him to just stay home until he hears from them. I guess they'll be setting him up for some traveling for training he has to go to. So...here we go from here now. Don't see any way that it can't be better than what he's been doing for the past two months.

Michael is back home. I put him to cleaning up the wreck he had the RV in. My kids had been collecting laundry in the RV so I literally washed clothes ALL day today. It was our "day off" out here. Mrs. Grain was out with the horses today so Alison is usually out there when she does that. Then it was so hot outside, they decided to go ride the horses to the river. Alison came back very exhuberantly telling me about how they went swimming on the horses! They all took the saddles off the horses and took their boots and shoes off and then went in. The water was up to the horses back. Jeff almost didn't go with them and was glad he did...he thought it was a lot of fun. Wish I could've gotten a picture of that!

Grace got out of the yard yesterday...the gate has been getting stuck and someone didn't make sure it closed. This is the 3rd time she's gotten out and so far everytime she has walked back in herself. She is extremely curious but at the same time, it's scary out there! She gets tired and eventually decides to come back in the yard where she is relaxed.

More flowers....it seems that's about all I have time for these days...

We've killed 4 scorpions in our house today plus 1 on the porch!! Alison is SUPER creeped out and I'm pretty creeped out myself actually. Those things sting! I've never lived anywhere that I've had this problem before. I guess we're going to be super careful and check things. Jeff thinks its because of the big rain we had but I don't know.

Michael is gone for the week staying at the stables and working so I'm cleaning stalls. When I'm home it seems like all I ever do is feed things -- I'm either feeding people or animals! If I'm not doing that, I'm cleaning up after people or animals... Guess I better get used to it because we plan on having our own animals some day. Today I took it easy....Jeff was home.

I'm still having fun crocheting flowers.




The flowers are pretty but they look even prettier once Alison gets done working her magic!



Alison asked me to make her a new water bottle holder so I made that today.



Good news! Jeff had an interview yesterday for the Field Service Manager position where he works and now he has to go be interviewed at company headquarters in Oklahoma. He's flying out Friday and comes home Saturday. Hopefully, he gets this and life will get less demanding for him.

I made these thread crochet flowers tonight. I had a friend ask me to make her some flowers for some hair bows she makes so I've been experimenting with getting them small enough and trying different patterns. I wish I had more colors in the stash to work with but I don't keep a large stash of thread since I don't use it too much. Thread really is a lot prettier anyway for something like this.

Jeff got himself a little job painting a room for someone today. I saw a lady looking for a painter in the homeschool group I am in so I told her to talk to my husband. They worked it out and he (and probably me too) are going to be going to paint her child's room next week. I'll probably go help him just to make it go faster. One neighbor wants to hire Jeff to re-sheetrock their garage and another job to replace rotton wood and some roofing. Gotta do something... especially since he got turned down by Domino's Pizza! lol

I took Alison to the Cypress Homeschool Association park day today and she had her friend come home with her so that was fun.