Update and Beaded cuffs...

Haven't posted in a while due to my cell phone screen had totally cracked. It still works but it is a pain to use and the camera does not work on it. Which is really sad due to that is why I got a fancy smart phone. Oh well. Not sure when I will be able to get an upgrade I'm with Sprint and they take forever to let you upgrade. In the mean time I order a cell phone from china hopefully it will work. I have to wait another week for it to get here. *insert sad face*

One of my latest projects is cuffs to make the yoke that I finished not too long ago. I need to make a pair of these for myself. Maybe that will be my next big project.

This photo is when the cuffs were still in the design stage I really wasn't sure what kind of design I was going to put on the cuffs.

In this photo I am set up at the farmer's market. I didn't have too many sales... okay maybe I didn't have any, but it was fun talking to people and teaching people about raised beadwork.

Finished cuffs! So happy and they fit her great and room to grow, mom was happy!

For the backing I purchased calico to match her ribbon dress.

Close up of the raised beadwork. A strawberry blossom. 

Total Project Hours: 14

Making Salve

Making first aid salve is a lot of work. It is a two day process! I gather the herbs the first day and process them over night. The next day is when the all the fun begins. It is a bit messy but also fun.

Plantain from the yard. We don't spray our yard because we know what most people call weeds we call medicines. 

Gathered leaves. Two bundles of 30!

I did half of Castor Oil & half of Olive Oil. I leave the plantain & calendula for 4 hours and then strain it and add the same amount to leave over night. 

The next day I strain the plantain and calendula.

I also Vit E oil and Lavender essential oil to the salve.

Next I added the beewax and wait for it to melt. Around 15-30 min.

From there we are pretty much all done! Just place in containers and put in the freezer to set.

All done and ready for selling and using! $15 for 30g and $2 for 5g. I will be setting up at the Oneida Farmer's Market or email me to order. starrmerrie@gmail.com

Strawberry Mocs!

I needed to make a pair of moccasins for a young girl for the Oneida Nation Pow Wow. I finish them in 6 days! Pretty proud of myself. I finished them just in time for the Pow Wow.

Cutting out the pattern for the mocs. I create the mocs that are called the pinch toe moccasin.

I sew up the backs first and then sew the toes.

All sewn up. Just need to do the beadwork on the vamps.

 One finished! I really like my strawberry design! Hoping the little girl will like them too!

All Finished! Love how they turned out. Project hours logged 22.5 hours! Sweet!

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Beading Again! Strawberry Blossoms Yoke

I got an order from a friend for a yoke for her 10 year old daughter. I haven't done one before so I think it turned out really awesome. I had to make my own pattern and it fit her perfect which is awesome. That was my biggest worry.

Her mom and herself came to my house and let me know what she wanted on it she brought a print out of strawberry flowers from a search engine. So I made own pattern for her flower and I'm really proud of that because that means no one else with have the same flower design as her.

 The way I did the flowers was to put the on fabric and then sew them onto the black velvet.

 Here is a close up of the flowers that I designed for her. She thought they were very pretty!

 I stitched them on to the black velvet and than beaded the vines/stems and then beaded the leaves.

 Sewing/beading on the ribbon. Some people sew the ribbon on and than add the beads, but I bead the ribbon right on. It saves time and thread.

 Finished project. Couldn't be happier with it. Kind of with I could keep it, but at least I took a lot of photos. Although photos never do raised beadwork justice. Total Project Hours: 18 hours logged

Hope you enjoyed this post. Have a nice day! If you would like to order any beadwork you can email me at starrmerrie@gmail.com and "Like" me on facebook! Facebook.com/SMCrafts

What a day

So baby boy is finally feeling better so awesome. We played so much today and he wore me out. We even want for a short walk outside.

Love this guy. He loves his new toy he got for his birthday.

Sick little one

Poor little man has been sick for a week now. Went to the doctor yesterday and said the has he an ear infection.

Hoping he get better soon. Currently having high fevers at night not fun at all. 

For now lots we are trying to get him a lot of rest and keep him nursing.

Obstacle Course

An obstacle is great your climbers. Anthony loved it! It is fun for them and also helps them with learning language by you talking to them while they are moving around it. They hear you talk about going under, over, and around.

He is planning his movements. Making his body move the was he wants. He was climbing over and pulling himself up! He was moving oh so fast.

Here he is giving himself kisses. 

Pulling himself all by himself.

How to do this at your Home

Put pillows and other items on the floor keeping them close together. Have a chair too so your child will go around it or even under it. Watch your child while they are playing and exploring. Decribe your child's actions to him or her. Talk about going over, under, around, or pulling up. Also talk about the objects in the course. You can also play follow the leader and join in. Make it fun by chasing your kiddo. Mirror your child's emotions. When he or her laughs laugh with him or her. 

Party Time with Number One

Still can't believe Anthony is One! His party was a huge hit! It was a Monster Theme, because Anthony is my little monster. We invited 26 over and pretty much everyone came. I think was the perfect amount of people for his party. Shawn and I both have big families so we both just invited one Auntie each and all Anthony's baby friends.

THE CAKE

Loved his cakes! We got them at Festival Foods. The bakery team there is awesome. I gave them a photo of a cake and asked if they would be able to create it. 

I hand drew this and asked if it could go on his smash cake. His cakes turned out WAY better than I could have imagine! The bonus part is that smash cakes are free and the bigger cake was only $15.99. I thought it was going to be around $35 so that was a plesant surpise.

PHOTO COLLAGE

ADOPT A MONSTER

I made little monsters out of scrap material and bought some bubbles and drew faces on them.

HANGIN' WITH HIS BUDDY

Party Time! All the kids and babies loved the bouncers.

Anthony helping me set up. :)

PRESENT TIME

Anthony and me opening his gifts! He had fun looking at everything.

CAKE SMASH

What an awesome mess!

Anthony is One!

I can't believe my son Anthony is one! We had an awesome day on his birthday, March 7th! We got his pictures done by Porter Meister Photography. I'm so excited to see them. Eva the photographer posted a sneak peek on her facebook page.

When we were done we took him to the mall and all had lunch. We also went to Kohl's. Anthony loves the mall. He enjoys looking at everyone and everything.

Once we got home Shawn, my husband, and I took some photos of him that I wanted done but didn't have enough time with Eva. (We did a smash cake with her and he got mess really fast!)

I'm so lucky my little man loves the camera. We took these photos on our front porch. We got the wooden letters at a craft store and I made the garland in the back with burlap and scrap material I had around the house.