Daily Craft - Some earrings!

This weekend, I threw a baby shower for a good friend of mine who will be having a baby girl in September.  It's really had my creativity flowing but, of course, I've not been able to post anything about it previously for risk of giving anything away to those that would be in attendance!  I'm going to start with my earrings though, which were part of the prize bags for the various games.

The theme for the shower was pink and brown, on account of the mom-to-be's last name being Brown, and her having a girl.  I immediately knew that I wanted to make some pink and brown jewelry for the prizes.  I picked up some glass pearls and fished around for antiqued brass findings in my stash.  In that there would be a variety of different age groups being represented, I was hoping for something somewhat classic.  I packaged them with lotion, a compact mirror, and a magnetic notepad.  I'm hoping the winners enjoyed their haul!

My co-host found a polka dot card stock that she used for the invitations, which then became part of the theme, so I was happy to make some nifty packaging with that card stock too.  (More on the packaging to come later.)  I actually love this color combo, so thinking I'll make some more with the supplies that I have left over.  Watch out for those!

Daily Craft - WTF was I thinking?

You probably don't remember this post from last year where I shared my chevron baby blanket crochet project.  I worked on it diligently for a while, then decided to bring it into work to continue on my lunch breaks.  It was tucked away for a while in a bag, sad and neglected.  Recently I decided I should probably continue with this project and have been crocheting a little bit at a time. 

I think it's coming along really nicely and I love how it looks - but I'm using fingering weight yarn!  OK, seriously, wtf was I thinking?  I must be mad.  At this rate, I'll be done with it by 2014.  Thankfully, I started this project without a specific baby in mind - because any planned recipient would probably be in first grade by the time it's actually finished.  So, lesson learned - tiny yarn for tiny baby doesn't make for a quick project...even if I do think it's adorable. 

Share your "wtf" moments with me!  I need some support.  :)