Sprained wrist and my nonteamchallenge 23 treasury

Ok, I've talked about our aquarium on my blog before. The thing is ... I hate cleaning the darn thing, always have always will ... but it needs to get done ... so I did late last night. Don't ask me how I did it but I managed to sprain my wrist doing it! Of course that doesn't help my love for that tank! ha Needless to say I can not crochet, knit, felt, sew etc. because of it but I did find out I can type ok. As long as I don't make a certain move I can manage and was able to make my treasury for this week's entry into the nonteamchallenge 23. The inspiration item is the Spring Clean Framed Textile Art from http://www.etsy.com/shop/Emilyparkesart?ref=seller_info
Can't wait to see everybody else's entries. It's always so much fun to see what all the other artists create all based on the same item but they all end up being so different in their own way. Make sure you visit all the other shops included in this treasury, all kinds of cool items to check out.

My own entry for the nonteamchallenge 22

I got so excited about all the treasuries my items were featured in I totally forgot to post the entry I made for this challenge! I like picking colors that stand out from the usual things people pick, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This time, chocolate and purple seem to work. Here is my entry named "What a hoot!" for this week's nonteamchallenge 22.

Nonteamchallenge 22 treasuries

Wow, pretty amazing getting featured in all these beautiful treasuries for the non-team challenge 22 treasuries on Etsy. The inspiration item was a beautiful needle felted owl kit by http://www.etsy.com/shop/WellCriated who sells all kinds of neat Alpaca related items such as needle felting kits as well as cards, yarn etc. If you like Alpaca's you have to check out her shop.

First one is called "For the love of owls" by my friend Missie http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissieRabdau who has a lovely shop on Etsy selling beautiful jewelry she makes so make sure you go and check out what she has to offer. In her treasury she featured my baby owl I had made with the help of my daughter Sofie. He's for sale in my PurplePlatypus shop, isn't he a cutie. I love all the other owls Missie picked to put in her treasury, if you like owls this is your chance! Go visit all the other shops in that beautiful treasury she made.



This next one named "Colors of the woods" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/vickiorion features my brown striped baby hat. In her shop you will find beautiful handmade jewelry. Her treasury features some really lovely items in browns, beige and wood.



The following treasury named "Bird Song" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/SevenSails featuring my brown and beige felted slippers. She used brown and turquoise colored items which look beautiful together. You will find lovely hand knit items in her shop.



This treasury named "Just call me winged tiger" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/StitchingInCircles also featuring my striped baby hat looks warm and inviting with the items she picked. In her shop you will find pretty hand sewn up-cycled brooches and hairpins for all occasions.



This next treasury called "My heart goes out..." by http://www.etsy.com/shop/DorsetHillBeads# featuring my felted baby shoes is not part of the nonteam challenge but from a different team called Pay It Forward. In her shop you will find a collection of handcrafted glass lampwork beads, fabric flowers, unique bottle cap item and fun & funky jewelry items. Make sure you check it out! I love the bright colored items she picked to put this treasury together.



That's it for this week on treasuries. Hope you enjoyed looking at the gorgeous treasuries but also visiting all the shops involved in making them. Have a great weekend everybody, thanks for your visit.

Meet Lillie an itty bitty needle felted hamster

So here she is ... Lillie an itty bitty little thing, she measures only 1 1/2 inches long! I figured I needed to make a little critter to move into this critter onion I had made. She's all finished and ready to go so if you're looking for that special little gift for a child over 3 yrs old or a grown up who appreciates having a little pocket pet, this one is for you! I just listed her in my Etsy shop so go visit the shop to see more pictures of Lillie and her little house.

A cute little critter onion and birds nest jewelry

I try to focus on smaller things to make for now due to lack of time. I spent my 30 min lunches at work either crocheting or knitting. While I'm eating I usually catch up on reading my favorite arts and craft magazines, blogs or on-line info. So, this little colorful critter onion I made during 2 of my lunches and it will be up for sale in my PurplePlatypus shop later this w/end. This little hut is made with 100% cotton rope but since it's dyed in pink and blue and didn't say what it was dyed with I assume it might not be safe for a robo hamster to digest so this one is for sale in my shop as a play toy for children, assuming they are NOT going to chew and eat the rope it's made of. I will be making more critter onions for the real little pets but those will all be in natural rope, not dyed.

Then I also made some of these cute wire birds nests and made them into a pair of earrings and a necklace. The purple little bows are tied but also glued on so they stay put. I'm planning on making some more but without gluing the bows that way you can remove them and change them with a different color ribbon. The set is up for sale in my PurplePlatypus shop.

Got lots of treasuries to share but that's for later today. Have to get some laundry done first, then I get more time to play.

Meet me on the dark side?

So off I went finding more lovely creations by other Etsy artists to create yet another treasury and this is what I came up with.

Lots of greens and blues

Wow, looks like my aqua baby booties are having a great week! They ended up getting featured in 3 treasuries.

In this first treasury called "Blue and gold banquet" my felt mixed media baby room decor frame got featured by http://www.etsy.com/shop/MHaynes2009 who sells beads, ribbons, charms and other craft supplies. You will also find scrapbooks and cards in her lovely Etsy shop so make sure you go visit her store if you're looking for supplies.



This one called "Minted" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/LoveandCherish has my aqua baby booties listed, those colors of green all put together are gorgeous. In her shop you will find beautiful hair accessories and jewelry.



Next one is called "One of these things is not like the others" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/ReNuBoutique# featuring my booties again. Cute title and idea for this treasury, again beautiful colors of green. She makes and sells beautiful jewelry and accessories made from repurposed / recycled sweaters, scraps of leather and other fabrics, metal, glass, old jewelry, old and new beads and buttons. The ReNu Boutique is an expression of love of reclaimed materials and it explores the borders of old and new. A must visit.




Next treasury is named "Spring Greens" by http://www.etsy.com/shop/eleuthera also featuring my baby booties. Again beautiful green with popping lime colors in that treasury, really pretty I must say. In her shop you will find the coolest paintings of shoes and landscapes! I'm in love with all the shoe paintings, what a cool idea! So make sure you visit that shop.




I'm working on some wire birds nest charms ... more about that later.