Making a treasury

making a treasury is easy, just stick 16 items in the treasury spaces, but making a good treasury can be harder, you have to find good stuff, photographed decently, and it's nice if everything has a theme of some sort.

Here's my latest:

'I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream' by Stephaniemakesall

It's hot outside, too hot.

Ice Cream Pint Cozy... AandBOriginals... $8.00	Double Dipped Delig... ajsweetsoap $6.75	Parfait Necklace teenyweenystor... $8.00
Limited Edition - I... twosieskidbout... $11.95	Ice Cream Scoop mel... raescandles $3.95	TICKLED PINK Coconu... SweetbodySoaps $9.95
Christmas in July S... melbangel $1.50	Brownie Fudge Sunda... AlyrooArt $20.00	Huge Mixed Ice Crea... cherryboop $16.50
Onesie Ice Cream Su... DiaperCakeBout... $14.75	Mini Food Jewelry -... Artwonders $10.00	Cherries on Top Ic... MysticFireDesi... $24.00
Pin Cushion - Ice C... MusicCitySewin... $6.00	Heart Shaped Ice Cr... OneElf $12.00	The Kinley Collecti... KalosCandy $52.00
Double Scoop Ice Cr... ScribblerCrayo... $9.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Converting from mass produced

For many years, when I go buy any amount of stuff from a big box store, I have expected to have to return at least one thing. And I have not been disappointed. 

A person gets sick of having to make 2 trips every time they have to go to the sore, and it's not Eco-friendly either (says the woman who bought a set of solar panels just for gaming :). 

When I discovered Etsy and the other handmade sites, it was a revelation. Not only could I sell my artistry there, but I could get nice things that are unique or rare! since then, I have gotten countless handmade goodies, and you know what? I have not had to return a single one of them! And I'm addicted to handmade soap.

I still have to go to stores for some things, but not for any gift type stuff, not for soap, fudge, even honey. I can get those all from micro businesses on the internet! 

 I am now a supporter of the handmade movement. And I'm happier for it!

Handspinning yarn...

So a few months ago, when I had some money (I miss that, unemployed sucks, even worse when you can't get unemployment, but that's another discussion), I decided I was going to learn to spin yarn.

 I bought this drop spindle:
top-whorl-drop-spindle-double-whorl

And this roving:
domestic-56-wool-roving-8-oz

I used the spindle to do my handplied yarns, but the roving sat unused until a couple days ago.

 I'm not going to post a tutorial on how to do it, because there are a bazillion other tutorials out there and I watched many of them. But here is the finished product!

Before plying with thread

The finished yarn, 36 yards of wooly goodness!