Christmas and Halloween Spider

Finished!   My Christmas spider has become a Halloweeny Spider.   Not for sale.   I put it up in my crafts room.  

Ahhh, the legend of the Christmas Spider … funny thing is that I was born and raised in Belgium which means Germany is right next door to us and I just now heard about the Christmas Spider.  How can I have lived this long (not going to give you my exact age but I’m well over 50!) and never heard this story before.  I just happened to be looking at Pinterest and saw some gorgeous spider ornaments.   I actually hate spiders … I know hate is a bad word but I just can’t stand the idea of one crawling on me.   I have no trouble just looking at them and I’ve seen some pretty big (read HUGE) ones when I lived in California and in Alice Springs, Australia.  Anyways, thanks to Pinterest and Google for telling me all about the Christmas Spider story.  And yes, after reading about them and seeing them I ended up making some.  I thought of selling them but so are a bazillion other people doing that so I decided to keep them for myself.  I found a pretty simple faux wood oval frame at the local thrift shop a while back which makes for the perfect frame to put one of them in, or on I guess.  The colors of the beads match the faux wood and with using the black felt as the background makes the spider really stand out.  I guess it makes it look more Halloweenish then Christmassy but I figure that will be my excuse for having her hanging on the wall during Halloween and I can actually remove just the spider to hang up in my tree.  I made the little green one first, not sure how it would turn out.   I then made the white one and lastly the one I’ll be using for my frame.  I will post a picture once I have it all put together but here is a preview of the bits and pieces and of course the actual spiders.

Meet Polkadot the dachshund puppy!

 Just listed this cute patchwork puppy plushie in my Bits Of Fiber Etsy shop.   I made it using Lisa Pay’s pattern.  Would be an awesome birthday gift for a child or even for an adult doxie lover who can put it on a couch or bed.

https://bitsoffiber.etsy.com/listing/1787631150

Teachers denim gift pocket tutorial

Upcycle your blue (and grey) jeans into a teacher's gift pocket tutorial

 Staying busy with making another Youtube tutorial.  This time it's a Teacher's Gift Pocket.   I made the first one out of a blue jeans but ended up doing the tutorial with a grey pair of jeans.  I like the contrast of the polka dot fabric with both colors of denim.  There are so many other ways to decorate these gift pockets.   You can make them for a baby gift, a birthday, a wedding, Christmas, etc.  And again, if you are not a maker, a crafter or just not in the mood to make one ... have a look in my Bits Of Fiber Etsy shop, these 2 will be up for grabs in my shop.   Thanks for reading and watching the tutorial and my blog and feel free to share the tutorial!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CpxUpZO2ek

More little hoots for the shop

 Been busy making more of these cute little owls.  They are cat toys but I can make them without catnip and turn them into Christmas ornaments.   If you are interested in these but want them as home decor or tree ornaments just shoot me a message and let me know.  These two will be listed in the https://mauvemoose.etsy.com shop later today.  

Denim little Xmas tree tutorial

I ended up with a lot of blue jeans (that don't fit anymore and some I got from the thrift shop for like $1 each!) so needless to say I'm on a re-cycling and up-cycling kick with denim.  Here is my latest project.  It's so easy to make.  No sewing involved.   You can have your kids help you or let them make one of their very own ... as long as they are old enough not to hurt themselves with the pins ... but you can always glue the denim strips in place and glue buttons on or beads to make them look like ornaments.   Anyways, have fun and thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe to my Youtube channel.   Lots more video tutorials to come so stay tuned!   Feel free to share my videos with family and friends.  

Baby Christmas Tree Tutorial made with an old pair of blue jeans!

Fall Owl Cat Toy Tutorial