Flip Flops, Not Just for Wearing

So I am a week late on my update, sorry, real life got in the way.  But I do have some new photos to share with you.  These are a couple of the flip flop wreaths, and one of the flip flop ice buckets I completed just in time for the farmers market last week. 

Not to bad for a rough idea.   

So for the updates on the personal goals  down another 1.6 pounds, walked another 24.79 miles, and stepped off another 111015 steps.  I promise I will try to get back on track with my weekly updates.

update time

Well I did two shows the past two weekends, one I will definitely do again, the other maybe if I don't have anything else going on that weekend.  I am also doing a farmers market that is strictly for handcrafted, and homemade items at a local Tractor Supply Store in Dinuba on the 5th of May.  We shall see how it goes.  Its free to set up, and its only 15 minutes from my house. 

I went to a Rusty Roots show Sunday.   I found some great display items for my craft room, and for showing off finished products.  I am really thinking I would like to try and get into the next one they have in the area.  I do believe my products would sell well.

I have booked my room, and signed up for three classes at the Crochet Guild Conference going on in Oregon this July.  It will be my first conference, and luckily it is within driving distance (a 14  hour drive but I am breaking it down into two days.)  That makes it nice because I can visit my best friend and her family in Seaside for a few days after the conference before heading home.  I will probably stretch the trip home out into three days.  I really can't wait.   I'm told next summers conference will be on the East Coast.  If I can swing it I hope to go to it as well.  We shall see.

I am working on some different crafts for the next two shows I have coming up.  I am going to try and post some pictures of them later this week.  Lets just say, flip flops, and buckets. 

On the personal front, I lost another pound, leaving only 85.8 pounds to go to meet my goal.  I knocked another 11.03 miles off the mileage total I am trying to make, leaving 160.80 to go.  And I made 63114 steps, leaving 1893309 steps to go.

lastest update

sorry its late, the last week just got away from me completely.  did a vintage/craft show this weekend.  did pretty good.  got some orders for a few things, sold some stuff i didn't expect to sell.  i have a better idea what someone will be looking for next time, so thats always a plus.

on the personal front, another plateau as far as weight loss goes.  its just a matter of waiting it out, and maybe adding extra exercise time, or make a change in what i'm eating.  as long as i'm not gaining weight i'm happy.  on the walking front, I completed 26.99 miles leaving another 171.88 to meet my goal, and i walked 141813 steps leaving 1956423 to walk in order to meet my goal.

i got my room paid for for the  crochet guild of america conference in july.  tomorrow i will be able to sign up for the classes i want to take.  will be nice to get away from the valley and head to oregon in july for a couple of weeks.

thats it for now.  got a lot of work i need to get done before the vintage/antique show this weekend.

updates

Well the week is going well so far.  Had a great Easter with my brother and sister-in-law.  The scale has started dropping again, Yay.   I am getting stuff ready for a vintage/repurposed sale coming up at the end of April.  Then I have a vintage/craft show coming up in May, possibly another vintage show coming up in May, and a craft boutique coming up in June.  In between all this I have to finish planting my small vegetable garden, get some tile work done in my bathroom, figure out what color I want to paint my home, and get ready for a trip to the coast at the beginning of May, and a trip to Oregon in July.  Oh, and getting stuff ready for the shows I have coming up.  Can you say busy. 

Any way total for my weight loss 1.6 pounds leaving 86.8 to go, 12.38 miles walked leaving  198.82 to go, and 82054 steps walked leaving 2098236 to go

quick update

Sorry I'm late with the updates, getting ready for a vintage/repurposed sale, and two craft shows coming up in the next couple of months. 

Weight stayed the same this week, no gain, no loss.  I still count it as a win,  9.33 miles walked leaving 211.20 miles to reach my goal for the year, and 65585 steps walked leaving 2180290 to reach my goal for the year.

I am working on turning an old lamp shade into a wind chime, and also a larger lamp shade frame into a basket.  Will post pictures when I get them finished. 

Discovered my storage shed (it came with the property when I bought it so its really old but still sturdy) has some leaks, so I have been working at patching them this week.  My brother came by and brought his small electric garden tiller and tilled the small section of yard I am planing to put a small garden into for me today.  Hopefully I will get everything planted before Sunday, because I am going out of town for Easter.  So next weeks blog post will definitely be late getting posted.

Weekly Updates

Okay, better late than never right.  It's been one of those weeks where time just gets away from you.  I have been busy getting ready for a new to me vintage/craft show as well as a new to me vintage show.  And I've been playing with my new Kindle Oasis.  A bit of a learning curve considering my old Kindle was a Kindle Keyboard.  Liking it so far though.

Quick updates on the personal front, lost another 4 tenths of a pound (knew I should not have had that snickers mini bar, but sometimes you just got to have that chocolate), walked 11.08 miles, and added 75083 steps to the total walked.

I have started another rag rug, and am getting ready to do some bottle lights and trying to figure away to use up some empty creamer containers (the to go kind you get at fast food places) a friend gave me several hundred she had been collecting.  I hate to throw them in the trash.  I am thinking there should be away I can attach them together to maybe make a wreath or some kind of ornaments or something. 

Also in the process of turning a lot of small cupless saucers and dollar tree bowls and votive holders into pincushions.  I sell them for good money and get to use up lots of scrap yarn and left over polyfill. 

Well time to get back to work.  Will try to check in earlier next week.

My first attempts at a toothbrush rug

As promised I have photos of my first two attempts at a modified amish toothbrush rug will be included in this post.  One is round, and one is ovalish.  Never could get the hang of making an oval, it always ends up being closer to a square. 

Neither rug is perfect, but they will work for what I wanted them for.  As pads under a couple of large plants on the front porch.  And all they really cost was some time cutting old t shirts into strips and then looping them together.  With a little practice I can see myself making a few of these to sell at some upcoming craft shows I am doing later this year.


This is the round one, it is just about 2 1/2 feet

and this is the oval one it is about 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 feet

Like I said not bad for a first attempt.  And I have lots of oversized  t shirts that are way too big for me now, so I have lots of raw material to use for others. A great way to upcycle some old clothes and get get some nice useable rugs.  I think I might try a basket next though.  I can always use more storage.