Mitty McC is now open for business!

It is here!! You can now visit my Etsy shop Mitty McC here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MittyMcC.
A big thank you to my sister Erin, for making the store logo and banner!

Currently, I am only selling necklaces but will start to post other things soon.  I hope to add knitted and crocheted items soon. Let me know if there is anything you would like to see!

In all honesty, it was quite a process getting this shop set up, but it was fun to do.

Please keep the buzz going and tell your friends to stop by and look around!

She's Making Jewelry Now

A few weeks ago we saw this on Portlandia, and laughed a lot mostly because it rang true with me...

I really do love to make crafty things! I have been crocheting and knitting more, which inturn means I am blogging less. Some projects I have made in the past few months are below:

Lately, I discovered making necklaces and I love it! Some people at work asked if I would make them some. I did and got some money for it, and then I thought I should just open an Etsy Store. It took me forever to come up with a name but I think we finally settled on one! I will announce when it is up and running..For now I will be putting my necklaces on there, but eventually I will try and add some crocheted and knitted goods as well!

Here are some examples of the Necklaces:

If you see something you like let me know and I can give a good deal!

Like a Fox....

I know I have been talking a lot about how I want to be more crafty. Well, I finally feel like I have made some progress.

Dan helped me move my Desk out of the guest room and set up a little craft area for me in our living room. I like the setup, because I can still watch TV or Dan play Xbox while I am crafting!





First, I made some hair clips for my nieces out of buttons. I just needed to by the special bobby pins and buttons. I used a glue gun to attach the button to the bobby pins.
It was pretty easy, and I liked picking out the fancy buttons to use.






My next adventure was making magnets. I made some out of bottle caps and some out of the decorative glass pebbles. The bottle cap ones were fairly easy. I just need to sand out the inside of the bottle cap, glue a nut a magnet then to the back of the bottle cap. Next, I will try to flip the magnet over and put a picture in and fill it with resin. I just need warmer weather so I can open our windows, so I don't gas myself with the fumes of the casting resin.





The glass magnet were my favorites, I cut out cool designs from magazines and glued this to the back of the pebble with fabric glues. That way the glue will not eat through the paper. then I glued a magnet to the back of the paper.





I also started to make paper beads out of magazines. I love finding pages that will make interesting beads.






Lastly, I started making stencils and making T-shirts! This was a hard process. I found the template online, then printed them off on card stock. I cut out the stencil with an exact-o razor and then taped the stencil to the shirt and used a roller brush to paint on the shirts. I am very pleased with how they turned out. We have a white chair from Ikea that I would like to stencil on, but am not sure what design to stencil on. Any suggestions? I did get this book, Stencil 101, so I am excited to keep stenciling things! My nephew is obsessed with Lawrence Welk, so I think I am going to try and make him a shirt for his birthday!








When I finally finish my granny square blanket I will post pictures, but it won't be for awhile.



What are you making? What should I try next?