Hello Kitty Knitting Machine

Today my husband and I were doing some shopping at Tuesday Morning and I ran across a Hello Kitty knitting machine for $15 bucks!  I have been a Hello Kitty collector since I was about 5 years old AND I am highly interested in weird crafting gadgets so this was a very exciting find. 

And it works!!  How fun is that?!

The Amazing $30 Dooney & Burke Bag

Several weeks ago, my husband and I were browsing around this great vintage/thrift shop in Golden, Colorado.  I was just checking out some old aprons and hankies when my husbands yells for me from across the store.  I go over to where he is standing and he points up at a Dooney & Burke bag that is pretty dirty but most likely real.  It was marked at $65!  Turns out that the store was having a 50% off of everything in the store sale that day and the girl who rang me up gave it to me for $30!! 

I got it home and took all the tissue paper out of the bag and saw how disgustingly dirty it really was.  That was ok though because it was a used $30 Dooney & Burke bag.  I was determined to find a way to clean up to look like new.

Baking soda, a little water and a toothbrush will clean anything!  I made some baking soda paste and scrubbed that thing inside and out.  I scrubbed the hardware with some Windex.  I did manage to make it look like new!

My old blog I started a few years ago

I started a blog a few years ago and I got distracted and preoccupied so I didn't keep up on it like I should have.  Feel free to check it out!

http://shanascrap.blogspot.com/

Crocheted Yoda Hat

So a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine showed me a picture of a small child wearing a Yoda.  Being the huge Star Wars fan that he is, he very excitedly asked me if I could make something like that for him. 

Here is my first Yoda hat!

This was a really super easy hat to make.  It is a basic crocheted beanie with a little ribbing at the bottom.  The ears are just a couple of long triangles that are folded over at the base to make them look like Yoda's ears.

Hello!

Greetings all and welcome to my first post here!  I hope that I am able to inspire and entertain here with my crafty bits and household tips and all kinds of other what-nots. 

Enjoy!