Earring Box

After visiting my grandma's garage to pick up a vanity/nightstand (which I need to take pictures of), I found these boxes that I instantly thought would be perfect painted white and used as an earring box! So, I did that, and it turned out pretty cute. It incorporates my earrings (which are my favorite piece of jewelry!) into a piece of art. My sister didn't realize it was to hold earrings until I hung it up! :D Haha! Oh well. Here are the pictures. The full length shot is pretty blurry, but let's just say photography isn't my thing! ;D Anyways, it turned out nice, and I'm pretty tickled with it!
On another note, we opened my grandma's pool Monday, and are looking forward to a weekend of swimming!

Tatted Earrings and MY KEYS!!! Yay!

Dad recently bought a truck that was intended for me to drive, but it needed some work, sooooo, he we finally finished working on it and he gave me a set of keys and I got to drive it yesterday! I LOVE it! It's smaller thatn the suburban, which makes me happy, but bigger than a car, which makes Mom happy! :D Anyways, after carrying around the two keys (one for the door, one for the engine) all day, I decided that I should probably make myself a keychain! I've made some for gifts before, but I like this one best, since it is pink! :D The outside fabric is some polka dotted fabric that I love! The inside fabric is a pink damask that I love even more, especially because it was part of a giveaway I won from Pink Chalk Studios! I can't wait to use it! It fits over my arm so that I can slip it on and still be able to carry stuff if I don't have a pocket to put it in. If anyone wants one, I'm open to custom orders! :D

I also have been busy doing some tatted earrings. I got the pattern for the chandelier-ish ones I online. I can't seem to find the website right now. Anyways, I like them, and they're pretty cute. They are probably 2.5"-3" long.

The ones in the rings I made from my own pattern. The rings are 1.5" in diameter, I think. I made an extra pair, and will be attempting to sell them sometime soon.

Skirt made from Old Jeans

I've had a pair of my old jeans torn apart for awhile waiting to become this skirt. I finally got around to it last night. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be! I poured over a couple of tutorials here: http://blog.christyscreations.com/?p=441 and here: http://www.savvyseams.com/clothing/jeanskirt.php . I was wanting to follow the second one and put triangles in the sides, but Elana and I decided it didn't need them. I left the bottom unhemmed, but I did sew a ling about 3/4" up to prevent too much fraying.

P.S. Sorry the photos are so bad! I took them late last night, and the lighting wasn't very good.

Okay, here are some pictures of the bookmarks, and some pictures of the other dolls. Each doll really has a personality of its' own! It's kind of funny. I actually had a couple more that I didn't see until after I took the picture, so they aren't in there. The bookmarks are made of solid beech wood. They are 6" long x 1.5" wide x 1/16" thick. They have been glossed and are absouletly gorgeous! We burned a couple, stamped a couple, and left some blank. The 3rd and 4th from the bottom are burned. This is a scan, but it still doesn't do them justice. It is hard to capture the richness of them! We are going to try to sell these, so if you want one, let me know. We can change out the tassel at the top as well. Oh, I forgot to mention this, but they are pretty strong. I tried to break one in half and couldn't do it, I'm not saying it's not possible, I'm just saying it's really hard! :D