Business?

So I've seriously been considering how I could make money selling hand made items.  I know I could go to the usual places like Etsy or boutiques, but what should I even do?

Any suggestions?

Raggedy Ann & Andy

These are for my mom. I love my mom. (Who doesn't love their mom?) Anyways, my mom collects these dolls. She has a whole bedroom decorated with different sets of Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls. I made Ann as a Mother's Day gift, but I didn't finish. I gave the uncompleted gift to my mother, but after she opened it I told her that I needed it back to add the finishing touches.

That was 3 years ago. Ann sat at the bottom of my closet waiting and waiting until the end of this summer when I finally got around to completing her. Yay! she was done, but she was lonely... so along came Andy. Now they are a pair and they are happily on display at my mother's house if you would ever like to see them.

(So mom, happy Mother's Day/birthday/Christmas/or whatever!)

Pen-Gwynn and Yellophant

I recently took up crocheting specifically to make this penguin. I first found the little guy on the cover of a Joann's mail flyer, and I thought to myself, "wow! he is really cute. I'd like to make that one day", but that was the last I thought of it.

A few weeks later, I was at the book store perusing through various magazines where I came across this same penguin in an add for Lion Brand yarn... well, short story shorter: you can down load the pattern for the penguin here, along with a ton of other cute things to make at lionbrand.com. I was super excited to find the pattern, but then I actually read it and I realized I didn't understand one thing it said.

So I learned how to crochet; yay for me! and now our home is filled with 2 more toys...

Gwynn with her bestie, Charlie.

'Ello yello elephant!

1st Halloween

So this was Charlie's first halloween. I put off starting this costume until October 30th, and as with anything that has a deadline, I stayed up for hours trying to get it completed in time.

No pattern; just my pure genius and a little inspiration from my husband. I think he was the cutest turtle around.

the shell:

the shoes:

(It's all in the details)

the complete package: