Inchies

This is a set of inchies I made for a personal swap partner maybe last month or earlier. I can't quite recall. So, if you don't know what inchies are you're not alone. I had NOOOOO idea till I came across Craftster, and I was still confused about them. Apparently, they are just 1 inch by 1 inch square, tiny individual pieces of artwork. Weird, huh?

Yeah, the concept was kind of difficult for me to grasp. Like, what can you do with them? Who wants a bunch of tiny little crap laying around? Well! You can make all sorts of things with them. Greeting cards, line up a ton of them in a frame, etc. I still don't really like the idea of having a ton of them all over the place, but they are pretty fun to make!

These were a few of my favorite ones. Notice the Michael Scott one?! Haha, the office.

NEEEEEW BAG!!! SO AWESOME!!!

I told you I'd be making some more interesting projects :)

Soooo.... I have this tote bag with a hibiscus flower that says "ALOHA!" on it that I've had for YEARS. It's my church bag, I bring it every week, put my church binders/books in it, etc. I decided that I needed a new bag when the young women nick-named me "Hawaiian" because I am totally not even Hawaiian. I crocheted this bag last month, but hadn't finished it because I was looking for the right lining fabric, and wanted to nail down a good toucan design for the front.

I found this AWESOME design on www.nutandbee.com and fell in love with it. I had to have it on my bag. It's titled, "We Are Monsters." I kinda feel bad I ripped off the design, but I plan on buying loads of prints from them once I have a more abundant $ supply. They have tons of RAD and cute designs. I encourage anyone who reads this to check it out.

I used a lining fabric from my stash with a simple pattern and I think it goes with the design quite nicely! I even remembered to put pockets in. Two spots for pens, and a spot for the phone!

GAHHHH! I am so proud of myself :D

Boring Boring Soap Savers

Alas, sorry about the BOOOOring projects I've been doing the last couple of days. I haven't had much time or inspiration. I've got some good ones queued in my head, but they'd take quite a bit of time that I haven't had just recently. I've been doing some great swap projects, but I've decided not to post them until they are received. No sense in spoiling the surprise, right?

So! I picked up some specialty soaps from a local shop here in Enterprise, and they smell fantastic. Unfortunately, they disintegrate fast, so I crocheted up some cozies for them yesterday to help them last a bit longer.

I used Peaches & Cream cotton yarn and am lazy, so I just did single crochet on the whole shuh-bang. I used em and they are great! Works up a good lather & has a BONUS SCRUBBING FEATURE!!! YAY (-.-) Zzzz...Yeah boring.