Kate made this video of my peg people

I love it, of course! And it's an excellent demonstration of what can be done with my silly little peg people!

Dr Zoidberg embroidery now in my etsy shop

Hooray! Someone is paying attention to Dr. Zoidberg!!

Through 10/17 I am donating 100% of my etsy sales to Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to support their annual fundraiser, the CHOC Walk in the Park. Each sale will be credited on my fundraising page at http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie




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Get 2 Birds Stoned at Once cross stitch

One of my favorite "Rickyisms" from the TV show Trailer Park Boys.

100% of my etsy proceeds will be used toward my fundraising for Childrens Hospital of Orange County. Or you can donate directly: http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie





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Giddy Giveaway - we have a winner!

THANK YOU to everyone who entered the first (of many!) Giddy Giveaway! You all are so much fun, I wish that I could come to your house and carve pumpkins with you! Hey! Maybe that should have been the prize! The winner gets to host ME for the weekend while I watch you carve pumpkins! ;)

I took the number of comments (8) and plugged them into the Random Number Generator at random.org

And it randomly selected #4...
...which belonged to kittykill!

And although this was truly random and totally impartial, I'm so glad to be giving a little something back to kittykill, who gives us all so much! If you don't know her already, start at her darling blog and then head over to Craftster, where she is a moderator and all-around craftspiration! I'm currently gaga over her sugar skull video tutorial as part of the Craftster Quickies videos.

Congratulations, kittykill - and thanks again to everyone who entered! I'll be doing this again for sure!

Tiki Parrot prototype - now available in my etsy shop!

Inspired by the precocious little parrots of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Hoop is 2.5" and holds a unique parrot made from felt, then appliqued with hand-embroidery. Please note that this piece was a prototype and used as a test, so the others will look slightly different and this exact design will not be repeated.

Through 10/17 I am donating 100% of my etsy sales to Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to support their annual fundraiser, the CHOC Walk in the Park. Each sale will be credited on my fundraising page at http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie





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Tiki Parrot #3 - now available in my etsy shop!

Inspired by the precocious little parrots of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Hoop is 2.5" and holds a unique parrot made from felt, then appliqued with hand-embroidery.

Through 10/17 I am donating 100% of my etsy sales to Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to support their annual fundraiser, the CHOC Walk in the Park. Each sale will be credited on my fundraising page at http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie





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Craft Time

watch image via handmadeforyoushop.com but site does not seem to function properly. Buy.com has a similar watch for sale, if you're interested. I know I am!

When I tell people that I craft daily, or they check out my shop or my Flickr and see how prolific I am (I can say this without any sense of bragging. I usually complete 5-10 projects per week. I think that's pretty dang good!) they invariably ask me where I "find the time." Because of that, I am very interested in how/when other crafters "find the time" to work on stuff. What's your schedule like?

My response is typically this: Firstly, crafting is like anything else that you like to do -- you make time for it. If you're a Bejeweled junkie or a fan of reality TV or running enthusiast, you work out a way to fit it into your life. Secondly, the projects that I work on are, in truth, not that time consuming. They might take several hours stretched over multiple days, but I choose my projects based on the amount of time they take, which is my preference. I don't have the patience for projects that take months or years to finish, I need quick satisfaction! A lot of the things that I made take an hour or two to complete. Which also ties in with the materials I usually work with. Projects like embroidery are easy to pick up/put down when time allows. It's not like oil painting which requires mixtures and tinctures and blended colors that you get just right and then - whoops! Time's up! Go to bed now! Finally, I multi-task. Since I started crafting more in the past couple of years I have completely destroyed my attention span. Now if my hands are idle for more than 10 minutes I start to fidget. Going to a movie in a theater is nearly torture - 2 hours with nothing to do! (I need to learn to crochet in the dark or finger knit or something) At home, I watch TV, listen to podcasts, listen to music, converse with my cats (Aw, shut up! You know you do it too!), and craft at the same time.

Basically, while you're watching 30 Rock and eating popcorn, I am watching 30 Rock and stitching popcorn.

A typical day for me:
8am: get ready, get set, go! (to work)
9am-6pm: work day
6pm-7pm: play "crazy time" with Rocket (his preference)
7pm-8pm: dinner
8pm-10:45pm: watch movies/TV, work on crafts
10:45pm-11:45pm: bath time (doubles as "reading time"; I generally read one book per week in the bathtub)
12am: get in bed, sometimes continue reading
1-2am: fall asleep (I'm not good at falling asleep)

I'm very lucky that my husband works at home and has a creative job, so generally after dinner, he's at his art desk and I'm on the couch and we're both crafting away, which gives the whole house really good energy. Our living room/dining room area is our studio space, and his desk is about 15 feet away from where I work, so we're near to each other and can be social, so it's actually really fun.

Tiki Parrot #2 - now available in my etsy shop!

Inspired by the precocious little parrots of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Hoop is 2.5" and holds a unique parrot made from felt, then appliqued with hand-embroidery.

Through 10/17 I am donating 100% of my etsy sales to Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to support their annual fundraiser, the CHOC Walk in the Park. Each sale will be credited on my fundraising page at http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie





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Tiki Parrot #1 - now available in my etsy shop!

Inspired by the precocious little parrots of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Hoop is 2.5" and holds a unique parrot made from felt, then appliqued with hand-embroidery.

Through 10/17 I am donating 100% of my etsy sales to Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) to support their annual fundraiser, the CHOC Walk in the Park. Each sale will be credited on my fundraising page at http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie









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Chewie is that you? Now in my etsy shop!

Chewbacca wookie! Now in my etsy shop! 100% of my etsy proceeds will be used toward my fundraising for Childrens Hospital of Orange County. Or you can donate directly: http://chocwalk.net/giddygirlie



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Star Trek peg people! Wesley & Geordi - in my etsy shop

Now available!



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