The Hawking Basket

So a while ago (April 2015) my cousin Pam came to me and asked me to make her "hair piece" for her wedding. I readily responded with a big-fat-"YES"! But then soon had regrets because I am really not a "hair things" person. I NEVER wear them and I certainly haven't ever had a reason to make one before, but I'm a crafter who likes a challenge. So I talked myself through the following 6 mos. of anxiety attacks. I studied, and pinned, and studied, and pinned. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't thinking of ways to "get out of it", I even thought of just buying one online and admitting that I was clueless. But I pressed on... For about 5 months I bought every chiffon pink, ivory, and navy (her wedding colors) craft item that I happened upon at the craft store, all kinds of stuff . Feathers, old costume jewelry, vintage lace, rhinestones, etc...  all the while not knowing exactly what I was going to make, not knowing what of the c...

So, I was a bit confused the other day when I opened my much awaited package of hemp that I ordered from Simple-pleasures-4-u . I love ordering my hemp from there because I always get my package super fast and they have awesome prices and selections as well, :) not to mention the lady who owns the shop is SUPER nice and hand-writes notes (who doesn't love that!?). Anyway, I was confused because my hemp "looked" different from my previous orders of hemp, but it wasn't until I got them side-by-side that I realized where I had fumbled. Even with all my years on Ebay I still mess up from time to time, but this was going to be interesting; finding a use for all this very thin .5mm (10lb) hemp. Little did I know fate would step in the next day when a friend sent me a picture of a para cord bracelet and asked if I could make him one out of hemp? Me: "YES! :)xInfinity" (I love when friends and family ask me to make stuff, like my cousin Pam who has a wedding in Oc...

Hello Everyone!                This is my first run at this blogging thing. I decided that I need to keep track of the projects that I do both originally, as well as things I find on Pinterest. I am learning my way around different sites to try and make sure I nab the Original Poster's (OP) link. Should I ever err' in this cause, please just let me know and I will be sure to make the proper adjustments.              Without further ado...              I found this posting on Pinterest just in the nick-of-time, as I had just put glass top tables in our living room and things were getting a bit redundant with wiping them down each time a cup was placed on them. :-\             The one thing that I did a little differently was I hand painte...