Craftyminx

Answer Vlogs - Part 3

These vlogs are answers to the questions asked in the Ask Anything post. Each vlog is based on a person's question/set of questions. Some are long, some are short and sweet. I'll post the question before the video so you can decide if you want to watch it or not. After the video I'll post any links I mentioned in the video.

Answer Vlogs - Part 1
Answer Vlogs - Part 2
Answer Vlogs - Part 4

Answer Vlog #6

Amanda Asked:
1. How long have you been crocheting?
2. You have a great eye for pairing colors in your granny squares- is this a natural talent or something you cultivated? (I ask because my own color sense is abysmal! Working with non-neutrals scares me!)
3. Does Sheldon have any crafty hobbies?
4. What's your favorite (and least favorite) thing about living in Oklahoma?

Creature Comforts color Inspiration posts
Style me Pretty Color Palettes
Emma Lamb's Color Palettes 
Pugly Pixel Colour Lover Posts

Answer Vlog #7

Melissa asked...

1. How did you and Sheldon meet?
2. What made you first start this blog?
3. How much time do you spend each day crafting?
4. Can you show us more pictures of your craft room, maybe at different angles?

 

The story of how Sheldon and I met and fell in love :)

My studio tour on Chickiedee

Prayer Candles from Sweetheartville

We have had my wonderful friend Staci and her husband staying with us this weekend so there was no time for posting on Friday. So you get these today. I think I have a full week of posts planned out too! I've just got to get busy tonight. Oh and Staci and I did a vlog together while she was here. I'm excited to share that with you guys! We might do one or two more today too. We've been thrifting this weekend too and yesterday I found my dream sewing machine. I can't wait to share that with you on Thursday. 

A Granny A Day: Weeks 25-26

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

These granny round up posts will be posted on Sundays now. Since I took a little break from them, my week starts on Mondays now and putting these together for Sunday is so much easier than getting it ready for a Friday. 

Week 25 had some really pretty squares. I think the first one 169/365 is my favorite right now. It's just very unique looking. Week 26 was potholder week. I really enjoyed working on something that had immediate gratification. I needed that. Now I'm ready to start a new color palette and a new blanket tomorrow. 

A Granny A Day: Week 24

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

Another great week of really pretty granny squares! I'm almost done with this color scheme so I guess I need to start figuring out what I want to do next. I'm thinking a week of potholders is going to happen sometime soon. I have too many in my queue to not count some of those as my granny squares. 

A Granny A Day: Weeks 20 - 23

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

Oh my goodness! I seriously can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I've shared my granny squares over here. My only excuse is that Photoshop and I couldn't be friends while I was sick.

I counted yesterday and the color palette for the blanket I started this project with is almost finished. I have 12 more squares to make and then I'll join them and have another blanket (this will be the 4th if you're wanting to keep track). This blanket is the first and probably only blanket I'll be keeping from this project. It's for our bed and it will remind me of this year long journey which I will hopefully think fondly of in the future. ;)

Finished Blankets!

I've finally finished and photographed my baby blankets from the Square a Day in May crochet along. Are you ready to see them? :) 

For more photos and information about the baby boy blanket I made click here. 

For more photos and information about the baby girl blanket I made click here. 

I didn't want to double post everything so click on through to the posts on the Granny A Day blog. These were really fun sqaures to make even though they were time consuming. And I learned two new joining techniques while I worked on them! Very exciting stuff. 

A Granny A Day: Week 19

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

I've finished two more blankets!! I'll share photos next week. I am really really proud of these two baby blankets made from the May squares. They are super cute! I used two new joining methods too and they were really easy. I am all for learning as many joining-as-you-go methods as I can. I hate sewing blankets together.

Friday is seriously my favorite day of the week! It's always slow at work so I can catch up on big projects while the phone isn't ringing. Today there's only one other person in the office so I'm listening to music a little louder than I normally would be able to. I'm jamming out to Lady Gaga and doing a lot of desk dancing. I still have mixed feelings about her new album, but I like the 80s vibe that plays throughout the songs. Right now, my favorite song from it is Americano. Have a listen.   

A Granny A Day: Week 18

Each granny square image above will lead you to the individual post for more information

These 12" squares are kicking my butt. I love them because of all the details they have but they take a lot of time!! Thankfully the month is almost over and I can connect these in to baby blankets and get back to the blanket I started at the very beginning!

So I bought a really geeky web cam (mainly to be a doggy cam when we get a new dog) and thought it might be fun to occaisionally stream my nightly granny making.  Would any of you be interested in watching? I have to get a cord to get the sound to work, but we could maybe do an online chat/crochet along. There's probably a lot of logistics I'll have to work out, but I wanted to see if there was any interest first.

Also, I think I've finally got everything ready to video the sessions for crochet school!! Yeah, I knew you'd be excited :) More about that later this month though.

So what's going on this Memorial Day weekend? Sheldon has to work tomorrow so I'm going to use that time to finish stuff for two deadlines and finish our Austin blog posts (look for those over the weekend). Then we have movie watching, cook outs, cleaning, and yard work to keep us busy the rest of the time. I have a ton of purging to do at the house so I think I'll start some of that as well. It would be wonderful to have a garage that we can actually use. We're looking in to getting a new dog, or two so we really need some more space for furry friends.

How to block your grannies

Just wanted to pop in and say hi and tell you all I posted a video last night on how I block my granny sqaures. It's my first video attempt, but you can see what goes on. It shows how I take a sad looking bunched up granny and make it square, flat and ready for its close up. :)

http://craftyminx.typepad.com/a_granny_a_day/2011/05/115365-more-vs-please.html

Have a look and I'll see you here soon. Maybe tonight with zoo pictures? If not, definitely tomorrow with a happiness is post. Happy Monday!