Second Hand Headache

I'm sitting outside Starbucks at the Northpark Mall in Dallas, TX and I have a second hand headache!  You know the kind that you get from smelling all that glorious caffiene but not drinking it?  I get them often because I am trying to cut down to just one cup of coffee a day.  So for now my cranberry grape juice will do. (sip)
I was looking on the web the other day at someone elses crochet site (and was loving it by the way)  when I saw an ad in their page for cafepress.com.  It had been a long time since I had visited their site so I clicked and went there.  Last time I went to that site I was looking at comical pregnancy T-Shirts like these.


But when I clicked on the link I typed in Crochet and some really cute stuff came up!  All of which I want!
These are a few of my favorite things!

I'm thinking of getting this to jot down all my spur of the moment patterns.  I cant tell you how many times I've needed a pattern I have created and had to look for old reciepts and torn envelopes to find it! LOL.

Go check out cafepress.com for yourself and buy your someone special a crochet gift today!
HappyHookin'!

News about my blog

If this is your first time visiting my site, thank you for stopping in.  I really wish to change the name of my blog (but for some reason can not) because I am starting to sell my products more now and want to associate them with a name, TheHookinHousewfe.

Here is my twitter: ADD ME!  I will keep you updated about any changes that occur and will post a final blog to let you know when to switch to  TheHookinHousewife blog.  Thank you so much for your comments and I will continue to answer questions and emails. Thanks!

Hello all.

So it has been FOREVER since I last posted.  Between my job and my home life and not having internet I just haven't had the time or resources to blog as often as I'd like.  I have however been crocheting up a storm!  And yes I am still on the baby hat kick.  I have ventured out into other avenues however like baby vests and plastic bag saver/holders and such but I find that the baby hats and small stuffed animals tend to sell the best so I think I will keep with what I do best.  I have sold a stuffed duck and two baby hats so far.  I have given many things away as gifts.  Right now I am crocheting up a storm because my mother in law is going to be opening a show with her friends for a month, I think next Nov. and I may be able to sell some of my things there.  Either way, if I can or can't I will be ordering business cards and creating a website soon in which to sell my stuff.  Let me know your thoughts and experiences with selling online and what you think is the best.  I am experimenting with wix.com for the web page and etsy.com for the shop.  I would however, welcome input on how to go about selling my stuff at no cost, or very minimal cost.  Thanks for all the comments I am getting I love them and will try to answer as many as I can, as best I can.  Keep em' coming, and remember "Crochet today and keep the stress away"

Hat Kick

So lately I've been on a baby hat kick... here are some pictures of the hats I've done so far.... I really like the one design.  Can you tell?  I made sure to write the instructions down so if I ever want to post or sell that pattern that I created then I can.

The first baby hat I made with red boucle yarn.

I really like this hat its so soft and was so easy to work up!

Here is the detail.

I love the colors of this hat. Because of the kind of yarn its a little smaller than the blue one though.

I like this hat but it again is small like the one above.

I decided to use some of the pound of boucle that I have to make a preemie hat in the same pattern.

I experimented with different colors here and I really like how it turned out.

Here is a better picture of the shape and pattern of the hat.  I figure it would be cute for a boy.

Hopefully soon I can get around to making more so maybe I can sell them!

Tell me what you think!

Long time posting....

Well it has been a long time since I posted last and a lot of things have gone on.  I can not list all of them SOOO here are the highlights:

1. We wrecked our car.  That was fun... NOT!

2. I have been crocheting things like cowls, kittens, ducks, and a baby blanket for myself someday which are things I have never attempted... and some of which I will be selling on my friends etsy site. HERE!

3) My little neice is becoming soo smart! She has learned how to smile for the camera (video below) and just started crawling.  Really fast too!  Here is a video of her going for what she likes most shiny things like phones, and kitties.





And this is my todays post.  My friend Gayle has inspired me to do a post on macro.  Here's her blog!
She is a photographer and has sooo many really great shots.  My absolute favorite is the pink and yellow macro shot of a flower on her site.  If you like these photos and other photos of macro photography visit her site and she gives alot of cool information about the technique.  Mind you I am not a professional, but I just love taking pictures...and you wanna know something neat?  All of these photos were taken with my Samsung Memoir camera phone on the macro setting.  Pretty good camera phone huh?

Thanks for checking out my site, I hope you enjoyed the rather long post.  Normally they are not this long.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!