°Today I have something new To show you, and a few patterns to share. As apart of my final crafting for Christmas I made an elf hat, complete with a pom-pom on top. The best part I learned that pom-poms can be made without a pom-pom maker, Previously I have used a cardboard method tonight I learned something new. Pom-poms can also be made by wrapping yarn around index and middle finger several times, not too tightly, You want to be able to open your fingers so that you may tie a string around the center. Once the string has been tied very tightly, the yarn can be slipped off the fingers and the loops are snipped to create the pom-pom look. Give it a little shake to make it look messy and you're done!
°Both of the hats' Pom-poms were made that way.. The other method for making pom-pom sister to cut out to circles of cardboard with holes in the middle. You want them to be fairly small because most pom-poms are going to be huge anyway, To use this technique you would want to wrap the yarn all the way around the cardboard covering it completely. Then continue with the next step by tying some yarn around the outside towards the middle then cut the loops off the outside of the cardboard.
°My next project I'd like to share with you requires no yarn and no sewing.
°Simply cut out a ring from cardboard and cut a Strip of wrapping paper. Glue the back of the wrapping paper to the back of every then wrap the wrapping paper around from the middle to the outside in a continuous spiral around the wreath. If you need more wrapping paper cut more strips the strip should be about 3 inches wide. Remember to clear the ends down on the back of the wreath.This wreath can also be made using yarn.
° I almost forgot about my snowman. He is as easy as spreading peanut butter! I say peanut butter because his whole body is made out of a peanut butter jar covered with a sock. You Empty and clean the peanut butter jar then you get an old sock put the sock over the jar and cut the toes off, You could glue the sock to the jar if you want to but it's not necessary. I used a hairband to keep the sock on the jar. Then cut out some eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and glue them to the sock (we added a hat, you could make a scarf). We used felt for the face. And the snowman is as easy as that!
° My final project I would like to share with you is a pattern for my awareness ribbon quilt. I made mine using 3 inch squares, some of the squares were cut diagonally to create two triangles and thus sewn together, the rectangles are 3" x 9".
Happy crafting!!
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I also have a special little project to share... A pair of knitted socks with pink ribbons on them. 
The ribbons were knitted on the top so the wearer can easily hide the ribbons in shoes if they so wish, while keeping feet warm and comfy. Instead of binding off I single crocheted (sc) all the stitches off the needles so they would be stretchy but hold their shape and not become droopy.
And now that you've seen most of my completed projects... This is what I'm working on now. My next quilt is a teal ribbon, hopefully it's going to be a queen size. 
Where have I been? Here, there, everywhere, and of course no where at all! I have been preparing for an on campus craft fair to sell some of my goodies. My most favorite recently completed (tonight) project is a copycat vera Bradley tote. Who needs vera Bradley (and her prices, like $57) when you can sew?! Not this chic!
Also I made some cute little (also vera Bradley ripoffs) key chain wallets, but these have cell phone cases on the back, hint they fit an iPhone with a case on!
Then I made this little coin purse... And these ribbon key rings. Oh and these huge drippy bows (they're hair barrettes). Also an ear warmer/headband.
All of which will be featured at the craft show, except for the tote bag.
This has been my latest and greatest. There were quite a few little mistakes, but they are ok. my kiddo likes Thomas the train and recently he has notice d that some of the other kids at school have these nap mats that he calls "lunch boxes."
I used 1.5 yards of Thomas and 1 yard of the blue fleece (although I would recommend 2 yards for the base, since I had no room for cutting mistakes). I also used a coordinating thread (I know that might go without saying, but mistakes will be visible). I was able to use some of the blue fleece for a binding. I didn't create a tutorial for this, but you can find one here.
For the cushioning I used a twin size folded 3 times, I had extra on the top that I used for the pillow (it was rolled in the 3 layers). And the buckles are quick clip, push down the button and slide. These are easy for my (now 3-yr old) kiddo to unclip. I didn't want to use a button and risk it tearing.
