I noticed I have not posted any of the crafts we make for the home in a while, so here’s a bit of what we made this weekend. An old straw handbag was removed of handles and lining and turned into a basket to carry my crochet/knitting/embroidery around the house – the new lining (made from a scarf) and the beaded trim were gifts from friends; I love to use the crafty bits our friends send us (“because I’m sure you will make something out of this”) on items that are useful and beautify our home, so they remind us constantly of the many blessings we have in our lives.

In front of the basket, you can see the squares I’ve been (very slowly) making for our charity crochet project, this time for SIBOL. When I make more or less twice that amount I’ll make my first shipment – and then I’ll just start again, as these are great practises for new stitches and an excellent way to eat the yarn leftover stash.

The jewelry sale will suffer a little delay because local customers raided the new pieces during the weekend, and this week I have to duplicate a few of them, but we’re almost there! The packaging has been finished, and already tested with the local buyers, from whom we had wonderful feedback. I’m going to the studio right now to start some polymer clay pieces – wish me luck, because we’re in the middle of a Saharan heat wave, and I don’t know how I’m going to keep the clay from turning into a polymeric goo…
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