qassia

I came across the idea of Qassia from another blog and decided to give it a go. It seems to be a site dedicated to working toward the advertisement of the websites you add. It's free, and as I see it any free advertisement is welcome advertisement. You have to earn the advertisement by racking up Qassia money, however, by referring people or posting "intels." These seem to be small posts about anything at all. I think you can also earn some money by reviewing these posts and grading them.

Right now, to sign up you need a referral - you can sign up using mine if you like by clicking here. 

I don't know how much time I'll be able to dedicate to this at the moment, but we'll see if anything comes out of it. Nothing to lose - hopefully some site hits to gain. 

urg and yay.

Urg. I bought a pretty new bright pink bougenvelia today to go in a pot on the porch with some small gords I am growing, and of course when I'm trying to get it out of it's pot I get poked by its horrendous spines and rip half of the roots off. To say the least it is unhappy with me right now and is all weepy. I hope the poor thing doesn't just die on me right here and now. I was already very enamored with the thing. Hopefully with the water I gave it and a little bit of settling in it's new pot it'll grow a bit of those roots back and perk up a bit. Keep your fingers crossed. 

In happier gardening news, I'm getting my first blooms on my cucumber plants. Horray.

It's my first experiencing growing veggies my self, and with limited porch space and limited funds right now it's just, well, limited to a couple cucs, and some grape tomato plants. I hope to see some baby vegetables out there soon, which I'm sure you'll all be presented photos of as soon as they appear. I cannot wait to have my own place where I can actually grow a little garden. Some day, some day...

english rose garden

New slippers listed in the store tonight. Snazzed up the original pattern with some ribbony goodness. It was time for something new anyway.

Is it just me, or does everyone (who sells online) hate when people don't pay right away? Or even close to right away - say, within 8 hours? I had a long awaited slipper sale this afternoon and still haven't received payment for it. I even checked paypal just to see if I missed the email somehow. But nope, still sitting here twiddling my thumbs until I can pack these slippers up to be sent out. I don't think it's greed - it's just that when I don't get payment quickly I get nervous that I won't be getting a payment at all. It's happened before and I'm sure it'll happen again. I was just really excited to see that pair sell since it was one of my favorites. 

Oh well. I hope everyone out there in blogland had a fun, relaxing, and warm summer weekend. 

exploring my own backyard

Andy and I had a bit of fun at the park this afternoon.

It's been raining cats and dogs, er, I mean frogs, here the past couple of days. I think all these down pours are supposed to be making up for the lack of rain we got this spring which led to a slightly lack luster wild flower bloom, but I still now the plants are loving it. My tomato and cucumber plants on the front porch have grown so much this week and are finally putting out some blooms. 

Rainy days are always perfect ex

cuses to stay inside and craft. I've been wiped out because of work lately, but I still managed to finish up a pair of slippers that I had tossed aside for school early this year. I really love the color of these. I had bought this yarn about a year and a half ago for a whole other project that I never got around to starting (let alone finishing). I hate to let any good yarn go to waste, so of course they became a pair of slippers. Maybe these will be a best seller because I think I have about 3 more skeins of this stuff left in the yarn closet. They should be up in the etsy store sometime tonight.

One last thing, I've uploaded new photos to my flickr account, so if anyone would like to add me I'm always looking for new friends and new photos to look at. 

Summer has arrived again to College Station. This means another semester of school was survived. It was one of my most challenging semesters yet, but I lived through and I am definitely ready for a summer break. I'm working more this summer trying to save up as much as I can because graduate school and really living on my own is coming up faster than I'd like to admit.

But summer also means I have more time to craft, which I love. I have a couple of ideas in store for this summer and I'm excited to try some new skills and improve some I've put off for a while (like sewing). And of course there's the slippers. Right now my favorite thing in my etsy store is the red hobo purse.



It's such a fun purse crocheted in beautiful red cotton with a removable flower pin accessory. Now that I have more time I might get around to making one of these for myself!

fuzzy wuzzy

It has been really cold here lately. Yesterday we had freezing temperatures along with drizzle and sleet all day. It's during those days that all you want to do is cuddle up with a blanket and a cup of hot tea and just spend the day inside. One of my favorite ways to keep warm and cozy in cold weather is a pair of fuzzy slippers! They are the perfect way to keep those little toseys warm.

I hoping to add more fun slippers to the etsy shop soon.

I also want to give a shoutout to Michelle and her shop Pegasus Soaps; one of my favorite people and shops on Etsy. Check her out for all your bath and body needs. I love her soaps and sugar scrubs. She also has lip balm, deodorant, lotions and more for great prices. She's also really great at customizing orders to anything you desire.

If you have a fun shop you'd like featured, leave me a note with your link and I'll check it out.

it's been too long.

It has been way to long. I had to put a halt on etsy for a while because of school and work. It felt like i never had time to crochet and my nose was always stuck in a book. But now with the onset of Christmas vacation I have been able to finally pick up my crochet needle again.

And I got around to listing a few pair the other day and already I've been given a Christmas present from etsy. A pair of slippers I only listed yesterday are featured on the front page!



I'm very excited. It's the second time I've been featured on the front page. It's always exciting to wake up and see one of your own products there on the front page. Thank you to whoever selected me for their treasury.

Whew, I've been busy. A couple weeks ago I moved into my new apartment. I'm still not totally unpacked. It seems like everywhere I go I find something new I need to put away. But I'm really enjoying it. My roommate is out of town for the summer so I have the place all to myself. Work started two weeks ago, too. I'm really enjoying it. I love the place and the people there and I'm really liking what I'm doing. I'm working in a cotton pathology lab for the USDA. Right now my job consists mostly of getting DNA out of cotton leaves so we can run tests to see what genes are there (and if they are the ones we want), but I also work in germinating the cotton plants themselves. Everyone is so nice and flexible that I can work as much or as little as I want and as long as the work gets done it's alright. So I love my flexible hours. Summer school is starting tomorrow. I'm taking organic chemistry. Oh joy. Chemistry is not one of my strong points, but I'll live through it. A little hard work never killed anyone, I suppose. It'll be my first class on my new campus. I have pretty much no idea where I'm going, but that's what friends are for. Andy has volunteered to ride with me to campus early tomorrow and show me what building my class is in. So it's mostly been work around here, with a little play now and then. We went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on Thursday and I loved it, of course. The next big thing I'm looking forward to this summer is the double Harry Potter release. The etsy shop has taken a back seat during all of this, sadly. I'm still making good sales though and I'm finally making some headway on my custom orders. I'm enjoying the excitement of life, but I'm beginning to feel ready for things to calm down again so I can get back into etsy and crocheting. I'll keep you updated .... hopefully sooner rather than later.

you say goodbye, and I say hello.

Hello again. I'm sorry I just randomly disappeared, but after Spring Break my life got really hectic with school and life and I just had to lay low online for awhile until everything settled down a bit. I didn't even really have time to do much crafting, either besides a few custom orders here and there. But finals are over in school. I've just finished out my second year of college, hopefully with straight A's and a 4.0 GPA. Also during my little "break" I found myself an apartment and roommate (my first) and a job at the USDA-ARS working with cotton and the little buggers that ail it. So I've been busy visiting apartments and doing job interviews, but now it looks like everything is in place. I move into my new apartment next Monday and I can't wait. Other than that, it's just been school and trying to have fun on the side. I'll hopefully be updating again soon with new pictures of my place and some custom order slippers I'll be working on. And hopefully some new colorful additions to my etsy shop. There's still a ton of wonderful stuff there for sale, so stop by and check it out!