Shocked at the time

Sitting here I am shocked at how long it has been since I have done anything here. But there is a good reason. Since the last time I was typing the husband and I have been trying to be awarded a veteran's house through a wonderful organization called Homes for Heros. They are giving homes to veterans that come home from Iraq and what not. Now in February of this year (the 3rd) we were told that the house we wanted was not good for us. But there is another house that was better for us and we were given that house instead. On the 24th of February we moved into our house and have been slowly settling in. I cannot wait until the 14th of this month. That is when the wonderful foundation that gave us this wonderful house is going to be flying us back east to be presented our house at a HUGE gala. It is going to be with the NRA where they are going to be presenting to us. I am not sure what is going to be going on there all I know is that they are flying us out and letting us stay in a hotel. This is going to be the first time in 17 years that I have flown. Good thing it is going to be done with the husband as well as with some close friends of our that also were awarded a house through the wonderful foundation.

All the while I have been practicing with some yarns to see what they are looking like when I am dying them. So far I have made one that has a white and blue coloring in which I am going to be seeing what happens if I add some red to it. I have also found that there is a bamboo yarn out there that handles the color really well. For the testing I split the yarn into half and dyed them at the same time. One came out looking very creamsicle and the other was more of a pinkish yet they were dyed at the same time in the same container. I will show pictures later. I am going to see how they come out when I knit them into something. I have also had some left over cotton yarn and dyed them a VERY deep and bright red. Those too were VERY beautiful. That one will be knitted into something nice with pictures posted also.

I am also making some more of my star bottles since the mother-in-law has found me some AWESOME bottles to put them in. I cannot wait to see what they are going to be like once I have filled all of the bottles with the stars. Or as many bottles I can fill with the stars. Once I have them filled I am going to be selling them online on my ETSY store and see how they do there. My ETSY store is located HERE. Check it out and tell me what you think of it.

As usual I am always looking for new patterns to do since I am addicted to knitting but I am also making more sewing items. One of those things that I am making is the recycle bags as well as I am currently working on making an apron and seeing how it comes out. If it comes out nice I am then probably going to be making them and selling them in my ETSY shop. If anyone that reads this has any ideas outside of the box that I should be knitting as well as sewing please let me know I love having ideas tossed at me on what to make.

Newest

As you can see it is officially Christmas night on my end on the west coast. The presents have been unwrapped and the food has been eaten. Everything that was given to the family was hand made minus what was given to the hubby. He has been learning to SCUBA dive and so he was given a Dive t-shirt and a CD. Right now I am sadly not knitting but making origami cranes for a relative on my hubby's side. We recently found out that she is suffering from, if I remember correctly, rectal cancer and it is attacking her really badly. So I am gonna make as much as I can of the cranes as fast as I can. So bare with me and I should be back to blogger like there is no tomorrow for sure in 2012

Update

Man it has been such a long time since I have updated on here. So far there have been many things that have happened since probably the last time.

For one thing we are currently waiting to see if we have won the lottery for the house that we are trying to get. More on that later

New Wednesday

And I can say that Wednesday was an AWESOME Wednesday. Most of the time its the same thing every day. Wake up take care of Joe and recently go to bible study.... But, this Wednesday a wrench was thrown into the mix and it made the day even better. First off I was able to go to Bible Study again with Christian Surfers in Torrance, CA and there had an awesome sermon delivered to us. But after wards I was able to tell a few people about what I do here for LOL Creations and was actually left feeling not burdened like I usually do but uplifted and at peace. Now if only all days could be like I know I can get all of the times that I want to make done and even more that I am too timid to try out :)

Blanket update

Well, last night while the hubby was at his SCUBA class for Veterans I was able to finish the baby blanket while I was sitting in the car. I have a picture its not the greatest but it does show that it is a completed blanket. It was taken with my cell phone and I guess I was a little more than the little tired that I thought I was since the picture is kinda blurry and hard to see. But, I will put it here. And when I can get to my actual digital camera (have to find the charger) I will take a better photo. But, for now here is the picture that I have as of right now:I am so happy that this blanket is so easy to knit once you start and it is a REALLY easy pattern its just a knit and purl pattern that stays its specific part for each square. Once you get to the amount of knit or purls that you want it the square on the next row your switch. It makes the REALLY cute squares pattern in the blanket. Once in a while I am going to maybe weave in some accent colors to some of them and see how it comes out.

As soon as I can I am going to be starting a baby blanket for a baby boy that I am going to be sending to a soldier's family that just had a baby boy right before he was shipped to Iraq. I love the color of the yarn that I found while I was looking for something else. I love how that works. You are looking for say floss for bracelts and you find that plus some REALLY awesome yarn to make into a baby blanket. I was so happy when I saw the amount of yarn that I had too.

And of course all the while I am going to be doing all of my knitting ideas that I have for LOL Creations and get those sent out to the "home base" so they can be sent out to the appropriated places that are show casing and selling the items for me. But, for now I am going to be taking off a start on those matching beanies that go with the blanket as well as the bracelets and of course the baby boy baby blanket that I want to ship out to the family ASAP.

Recent

Recently I have been also working on some bracelets to sell and until now I did not realize that I had so many beads that were recently bought but not enough floss to go around. How am I supposed to function when I do not have the supplies that I need. But then I know I am going to be going to the local knitting store to get what I need from them as soon as I am done making what I need to make.

On another note I am almost done with the blanket and since I am no longer putting it off I am actually get a lot of it done. From there I am going to be making I believe a baby beanie and then a kiddie beanie to match. From there I am also going to be making some really pretty boas out of the feathery material that they have out there. I think I am going to be posts online on the Etsy shop so that if people are looking for a certain color they can have it and know that they will be made into a boa into no time. I love making boas because they can be done in about at most roughly 30 minutes.

Right now as I am blogging about this I am sitting in the local Barnes N Noble Bookstore and having a double Chocolate Chip Frapaccino that I am sharing with my husband and you know what that is ONE BEYOND AMAZING DRINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man oh man to begin its a delicious cold drink that reminds me of the hot chocolate that you would have after a long day snow boarding. Then there is the fact that there are chocolate chips that are blended right into the drink which mean not all the time are they totally crunched. Come on this thing is floating in chocolate goodness. Where can you go wrong with this drink. It even comes where you can get whipped cream on it but we didnt' get it this time.

Wow, I can't believe that 3 weeks has almost passed by so quickly. What I mean is that tomorrow is going to be the third week that my hubby and I have been in our city's CERT class which means we are actually graduating from our class. That means he and I are going to be going through the process so that we can be DSV when we clear the background check comes through. I mean the class has been beyond fun and I am actually sad that this class is going to be over. I learned a lot from this class and actually wish it was a longer class so that there can be more to learn. But, as it says in the handbook you really can't learn everything you have to experience it to be sure you know what to do. The only thing is that when ever you are going to be doing something keep one thing in mind KEEP YOUR SELF FIRST IN MIND. YOUR SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

Amazing

Today as I was looking for some items that I needed to grab for the hubby I found one of my MIA knitting bags. In there I found bracelets that I have finished knitting but not put together. As well as my hole puncher for my labels. It was a good day and has help in the beginning of the cleaning. Its amazing what I have been finding for the business as I am cleaning. I have even found some of the patterns that I have been wanting to find. Which means I am going to be adventuring into some more advanced patterns than what I am used to. I am excited and nervous at the same time. And as usual I will add pictures to here as well so that you are kept up to date.

I am so happy that the idea of creating this "company" was given to me to show case the many wonderful things that I make and to connect to people that appreciate the items that I make. In the following paragraphs I feel that I should be introducing you the reader of my blogger to some of the people that "work" including myself. The others, I am going into detailed but I will try and help everyone know who we are.

In LOL Creations we have Joe that is trying to find things that he can me since he has PTSD/TBI as well as a pretty messed up wrist from his intense tour of Iraq for the Army. We are glad to say that he is home and trying to make the adjustment from being Military soldier back to being a civilian. Its a long process but with his family and Close friends standing right next to him he will slowly make that process. Right now he is wood carving some items like surfboards that can be used on key chains. They are of natural wood coloring as of right now but he is trying to decide what colors he is going to be painting some of them.

We also have myself which is a military wife that began knitting items like beanies and blankets to actually to send Joe when he was in Iraq as well as the guys that he was out there with. Now I am making baby blankets, as well as, bracelets, beanies, scarves, boas as well as I am going to be venturing into shawls as well as sweaters and just beautiful clothes.

There is another in this "company" that I can honestly say I owe everything to. Patty is the reason that this all began. She saw how well I was really getting along with one blanket pattern that she had taught me. She also contributes the knitted items that we carry as well as the crocheted items that we hopefully going to be carrying soon as soon as she has free time to be able to get them done since she is working hard at her full time job.

And that is pretty much everyone that is connected really to LOL Creations. If you have any questions or are looking for anything specific please email us any time at: lolcreations@live.com