craftgrrl | Introduction/Crafty things (Reply)

Hello!

I stumbled upon this crafty place with the help of my Stumble button. I have been looking through the entries and everything looks so nice. I got a lot of inspiration just from looking at all of the posts. I went a little crazy and spent hours looking through the archives rather than doing my break homework. It was definitely worth it!

About me: I'm in college. I like to make things when I'm not doing homework or reading. I got started with crocheting when my mom taught me the basics back during middle school. The first thing I made was supposed to be a scarf - it came out like a triangle. I then moved on to jewelry making. Now, I'm branching out to areas of general craftiness as I get ready to move into my first very own house. It's very nice to meet you all!

Happy crafting!

The original clock, $5 at a local thrift store.

The finished project: I'm kind of disappointed that my measurements were off. You can still see a lot of blue around the second clock.

This is a detail of what I used for the numbers. They are meant for scrapbooking, courtesy of Michaels.

At the last minute, I decided to paint the second hand. I'm so glad I did, I love it the detail!

I decided to make a matching mirror from this ugly brown one I had lying around.

The finished mirror!

Mirror detail: It's definitely not perfect. Word of advice... don't get too excited that you can't wait for the paint to dry to put the border on.

And finally, a scarf I made. I decided to call the pattern Alpine, because the shape of the cross stitches remind me of mountains and wintry sweaters.