Crafting 8/17

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What have you been working on?

GTKY: If you had been given $500 that could only be used on crafting stuff, what would you buy? (Stuff for your craft room/area counts as being craft related as it supports you in your crafting expeditions.)

[penguin129]

cam I am so grateful for you keeping up this thread

I am one row, ONE ROW away from being done with DD2's fancy blanket. I hope to finish it today or tomorrow. Then I'll be moving onto her matching receiving blanket. I love that I made a matching set for both DD1 and DD2. The only thing I opted out of this time was making the fitted bed sheet, but I don't think it will be that big of a deal. Her name craft is also on stand by.

[penguin129]

Oh, and I forgot the GTKY... I would love to be able to buy a fancy crafting desk and craft storage cubes to have a craft room. There isn't a lot of space in our house so I would probably have to get rid of the play area I have for DD1. Right now my craft stuff is in a closet and under the bed and I just pull it out as I am going to use it. My sewing machine has been on our dining room table for weeks because I know I'm going to use it again and don't want to keep putting it away and getting it back out.

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I made some gum paste spiders for LO's birthday cake. I also made him the Golden Weapon of Ice (basically similar to ninja throwing stars; from Lego Ninjago). I planned out his new costume but need to determine measurements yet. Same with mine since April O'Neil no longer is a good choice as he is no longer a ninja turtle.

[sanibel21]

I made a framed hot air balloon cutout for this baby's room. And I had DD paint another bigger canvas for the room as well. Neither of which I'm thrilled with.
Soo now I wanna try some other Pinterest nursery decor projects, but not exactly sure what.
GTKY I'd definitely buy more yarn. Even though I have no crochet projects in mind, haha.
And I'd definitely buy tons more scrapbook paper and all sorts of cartridges for my Cricut.
Ooorrrrr, I'd buy a lockable hutch for our dining room. So it looks dining room furniture but I could safely store my craft stuff in and pull our or shove in as needed during DDs nap. All my craft stuff is in the guest room next to DDs room and I'm always too worried about waking her to do any craft work in there.

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Ran out of time to finish posting earlier...

I would buy a cutter such as a Cricut or Silhouette or something, plus some tools and supplies to go with. I would also buy two dress forms, one functional and one decorative to display a special dress. Any remaining funds would go toward organizational stuff.

[penguin129]

I finished the blanket. My pics don't do it justice though.

[hotcoconuts82]

I made 2 sets of felt ice cream cones. Next up is a rag quilt for dd's 6th birthday. I have 3 of my 6 fabrics bought.

I would love to buy an embroidery machine. I don't even know what that costs. Is $500 enough?