Come Visit me on Facebook!

It's been nearly impossible for me to keep the blog current! Sew busy around here! I have a Facebook page where I am posting pics of my new creations. Please know that if you see ANYTHING you are interested in purchasing, drop me a message, and we can work together. They tell me that winter is approaching, and I still have a ton of crocheted hats that are just looking for a new home. I have my first dress listed in my Etsy store as well! Really excited about using Etsy to see my stuff. There is a link to my store on my facebook page. So, come check out the page, see what I've been up to. Like my page. :-) Send the link to your friends. Spread the love. Thanks for visiting! Now, back to the sewing machine. PJ's Designs Facebook Page: PJ's Designs

NO Craft Show after all!

I've been preparing since February for our hospitals' craft shows. LOTS of crocheted hats have been made since then. Today, I found out there will be no craft show after all! So, it's YOUR lucky day! I will be posting LOTS of items on my Etsy store! If you have any specific requests, please let me know. Thanks!

Crochet Little Girl's Dress

So, I've been really busy crocheting items for the upcoming craft show. I'm going to get carpel tunnel at this speed! I needed a break from hats, and found this precious pattern online. (FREE). If you want it let me know, I can post the link. I saw this dress, and just had to make one! I gave it to a co-worker for her little girl. I'm still waiting on some pics of her in the dress, I'm anxious to see how she looks in it. I also found a free pattern for the crochet daisies, and made a bunch of them to addorn the dress. Here's the final project what do you think?

Rapunzel Hat

So I've been really busy crocheting things for my craft show this winter. Trying to come up with some cute ideas that can maybe make some money. I have been doing lots of animal hats with earflaps and braids. The braids got me thinking about Rapunzel. I did some googling of images, and the hats I saw just made their earflaps in yellow ,then the long braids. I wanted mine to look like real hair. So....here's what I came up with.

This is sized to fit a toddler, it just looks big on the mannequin head because she has no hair. Do you think these will sell? Now the hardest part, coming up with a price!

Team Colors

I've been preparing for a craft show around the holidays. Spending my spare time crocheting things to sell. Last weekend I made some beanies. First Minnie Mouse

LOVE the pink bow! And, you can't have Minnie without Mickey.

After looking at the color combos, I started thinking about school colors. Folks in the south LOVE their football! From Pee Wee football, to High School Football, to College Football, to Pro Football. Everybody has their favorite team, and like to show off their pride with their team colors. So....I started making these team color beanies. These particular beanies are sized to fit toddlers. I hope to have a wide variety available. Please note, if you see anything you like, I can make it special for you. Just let me know size, and color. I can add it to my Etsy store especially for you. Here are my Team Color Beanies. Thanks for looking!

My high school colors were Purple & White, so you know I HAD to include purple and white. :-)

Update On Teacup Craft

I discovered that the sprinkler hit the cup, and bird seed was stuck to the saucer. I simply ran my finger across the saucer, and the whole thing fell off of the bottom cap! I am NOT impressed with the Gorilla glue! It's doing a fine job keeping the cup glued to the saucer, but it's not holding the saucer to the brass cap! I dropped by Michael's and picked up a tube of E6000, I've used this before on craft items, and was very impressed with it. So.....we'll see how it does. The glue should be dry by morning. Wish me luck!

My Weekend DIY Project

Ok, I have something to get off of my chest. I am addicted to Pinterest! Ok.....I said it! I spend evenings looking at craft projects, decorating ideas, recipes, etc. I love the site! Anywho.......I saw a craft idea, and knew that I had to make one, and put it in my butterfly garden. A teacup bird feeder!

Perfect size for the little birds who hang out in my garden. So, I set off in search of the things I needed to make one for myself. THE hardest thing was finding the blasted teacups! You would think some place like Home Goods would have them, right? Wrong! Coffee cups, but no teacups! It's too dang hot out, and rather than waste gas, and getting upset by not finding what I wanted, I did the logical thing a computer geek would do.... Check out Ebay! And yep, for $5 I found a tea cup, AND it had PINK flowers on it! A win win! So, you glue the cup to the saucer. And then glue a brass cap to the bottom of the saucer. I used Gorilla glue. Hope it continues to hold for me! Now, in their project, they used a brass pipe for the pole. I didn't want to spend the $$$ for brass, I had a wooden dowel that fit the cap perfectly. So, I bought hammered metallic spray paint, and painted the dowel to look like brass, or metal. I then glued the dowel into the cap. And Voila! A cute little bird feeder that fits perfectly into my garden. I stalked the garden for awhile, trying to get a shot of a bird enjoying it, but it's too hot out for the birds! I'll try again later,