Crochet Weekly

Ha ha!  I'm pretending to be a crochet magazine from the 50s:)  It occurred to me that I should start styling my photo shoots like the ones in the magazines.

Like this lovely!

Or this.  Look at what the red arrow is pointing at.  You don't see that anymore!  And you won't see it at my house either.  Hmmm.... oh maybe I could put a martini in the photo!

Sorry, no 50s styling today.  Instead you get Aleister, wearing my new hippy headband.  I'm branching out from garlands and working on more jewelry and other fashion accessories.

I refrained from putting the bridal headband on Aleister.  It just seemed wrong;)  As you can see, I'm still working on this one.  I've been thinking, and getting lots of suggestions, that I should market my crochet work towards the bridal market.  So I've decided to do just that!  I've been looking at wedding blogs and getting all kinds of inspiration!  You can find lots of good ideas for decorating even non-wedding themed events.

 I'm super excited about a new collaboration I'm working on with Kimberly Dotts of Embellishing You, an Etsy team member.  We're making rings.  I'm crocheting them, then I will send them to her to embellish with crystals.  Kim makes beautiful hair accessories and jewelry; check them out in her shop.  These rings are our first trial.  Oops!  There goes the mailman.  I guess I'll send them out tomorrow.

Thanks for all the great support, links and advice on the no gluten thing.  I am happy to report that I have been gluten-free for six days now!  There was a moment in the grocery store today when I was looking at a loaf of bread and thinking, "I'll never have that again", when I thought that, no, I just need to re-frame that thought.  Isn't never eating bread better than having to think, "I'll never feel good again"?  I am looking forward to my joints moving better and having more energy.  It's exciting really:)

I'm off to crochet some more!  See you Friday!