Almost

I am ALMOST finished with the class on tunisian crochet from craftsy.com. I have my yarn all ready. I am SOOOO eager to get started and start posting pictures!

Color Scheme 003

I have been working on different color schemes, for my crafting projects and learned a very cool trick from stitchdiva.com in a lesson on craftsy.com

Color Scheme 002

I have been working on different color schemes, for my crafting projects and learned a very cool trick from stitchdiva.com in a lesson on craftsy.com

Color Scheme 001

I have been working on different color schemes, for my crafting projects and learned a very cool trick from stitchdiva.com in a lesson on craftsy.com

Multi Garment as Poncho with peek-a-boo sleeves

Multi Garment as Poncho with peek-a-boo sleeves, a photo by stitchdiva on Flickr.

I just bought the pattern and class lesson and I can't wait to get started!

My Goals

After years of writing on a blog a whole lot of nothing, I have finally come up with a concept. This site is now going to be focusing of arts and crafts. The Arts and Crafting is a big part of my life, and I love nothing more than sharing with others the skills and tricks that I have learned along the way.
So without wasting any more time, the following sections will now be added to this site:

• General Crafts
• Clip Art
• Color Schemes
• Copycat Designs
• Craft Supplies
• Crochet Instruction
• Crochet Patterns
• Fonts
• Jewelry
• Knitting Instruction
• Knitting Patterns
• Photography
• Photoshop
• Photoshop Brushes
• Resources
• Scrapbooks
• Sewing
• Web Design

I welcome new ideas for topics, ALWAYS. And hope to have others contribute to make this site a success!
Here's to the NEW dani.c!!

Old Project Scrapbook

Three years. I have had a scrapbook for three years. It's for a friend's wedding. I have not finished it. I started it three years ago and I did finish it but I didn't like the way it turned out. So I started all over. I would understand if she is totally pissed at me. I would be pissed if I were her. Thing is, I want it to be perfect. I'm putting too much pressure on myself. So now that I have a fresh start and a new perspective on things (thanks to pinterest.com for ideas) I am ready to get going on it. I scanned all the pictures onto my computer. Now I need to do the following:

1. Edit them in photoshop
2. Make digital scrapbook
3. Find 12x12 layouts, sketches or templates
4. Find Embellishments, stamps, titles, journaling, quotations and poems
5. Ideas for titles
1. Mother of the Bride
2. Mother of the Groom
3. Father of the Bride
4. Friendship
5. Family
6. Bride
7. Groom
8. Love
9. Marriage
10. Smile
11. Happiness
12. Location
13. red Roses
14. Maid of Honor
15. Her last name
16. His last name
17. Girls night out
18. getting ready
19. ceremony
20. i do
21. reception
22. happily ever after

These are the links that I am finding most helpful for this project:
ishareprintables
capital b free printables
shabby blogs
the crativity exchange
thats what she said
the girl creative
sissyprint
shindig
digital scrapbook - Google Search
Free Digital Scrapbooking - Tutorials
3D Flowers SVG Kit - $6.99 SVG Files for Sure Cuts A Lot - SVGCuts.com
52 Sketches…52 Weeks 
advice for the bride - Yahoo! Search Results
Amy's SVGs and Other Scrap Stuff
Amys Collages and Other Scrap Stuff
Articles Creating Keepsakes
Brittany's SVG Files
Browsing Resources & Stock Images on deviantART
Brush Kits
CatScrap  Brushes and Stamps  Jack Brushset by NRJ
Collages - Picture Collage Ideas - Scrapbooks Etc.
Craft Edge • View forum - Flourishes
Craft Edge • View topic - BEAUTIFUL Borders & Frames ...
Crafty Things - prints
Cricut & SCAL FREE SVG FILES!!! « Eat, Sleep, Scrap…Repeat
Cricut Top 40 - Rankings - All Sites
designerdigitals.com-digital-scrapbooking-supplies-product_info.php-products_id-10925
Digital Scrapbooking Brushes from ScrapGirls Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
E. E. Cummings Poems and Poetry
einnej Free SVG Files
Embellishments and more at Better Homes and Gardens
Father Poems
Fonts For Peas Best Handwriting Fonts
Free designs » Create Your Heart Out
Free Digital Stamps
Free Dingbats, ScrappingTable.com, Sure Cuts A Lot software, SCAL
Free Scrapbook Fonts - Part 2
Free svg and scut files Downloads to use with Cricut and SCAL
PageMaps
SVGCuts.com  Free SVG Files for Sure Cuts A Lot
Swirling flourishes Stock Illustration iStockphoto.com
The Free SVG Blog
The Lady Wolf playing with Cricut
The Pink Stamper
tracy ann designs - Yahoo! Search Results
Wedding Scrapbook Layout Ideas Scrapbook Wedding Photos of the Bride and Groom
Wordle - Create
work for scraps Friday Freebies! Scalable, cutable SVG files

About ME

As always, I was bored. I was seven, I was always bored. I remember the white headboard with built-in bookshelves as my Grandmother, Naomia and I sat on the bed watching television while she babysat me. She glanced up from her knitting every now and then to watch whatever cartoon I had put on.
Then Grandma got me 'hooked'. She handed me a size G crochet needle and a ball of acrylic yarn and taught me how to do a simple chain stitch. What I didn't know at the time was how I would cherish this memory of her and I together, forever. I practiced the chain stitch for weeks, never knowing what to do next. Unravel, start over, trying to perfect the stitches so they were all the same. Once I got this simple foundation stitch to where I liked it, I showed her. There was a look of pride twinkling in her eyes as she told me that I was ready for the next part - what to do with it! She then taught me how to do simple stitches; single and double crochet. Before you knew it, I was making Granny Squares.
When I turned twelve, I copied an afghan she had made for my father. I didn't have a pattern. I didn't even know how to read a pattern, but I knew how to copy any work that was in front of me. It took hours, but once I figured it out, I knew it.
I stopped crocheting for a long time after that. Too many other things to do than sit around with yarn and a crochet hook. Not to mention the fact that I didn't see the work as fashionable. Until that ugly day. I was in high school when I was told that Naomia had Alzheimers Disease. I knew it would be a matter of time before she 'forgot' how to do a craft that she loved so much and had a natural talent for. I picked her brain, trying to get as much knowledge as I could out of her - knowing that I wanted to carry out the tradition to my friends and family the way that she had taught me.
When I was 30, Naomia passed away after a very long fight. My Grandfather handed over to myself and female cousins Grandma's knitting and crochet supplies. There was nothing fancy about Gram's 'stash'. A ton of acrylic yarn with pricetags for under a dollar, numerous amounts of size 'G' crochet hooks. But there was something in there I never knew about...knitting needles! There were double-pointed-needles, circular needles and straight needles in just about every length and size. But, I didn't know how to knit. So, I started asking questions. Turns out, Gram knitted anything and everything from socks to sweaters, she had it down back in the day! I wish I had known her during that time in her life, to soak up more knowledge, but that time was gone. Forever.
So, I taught myself. I bought books, watched videos, scoured the web for tutorials and before you know it, I was making cabled sweaters.
Then another problem got in my way. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I knew there would be days where I was too tired, my hands shake or my brain would just forget. My goal now is to do the work when I can and for as long as I can and to someday pass along my knowledge to others. Gram laid the foundation for something that has now become a passion of mine and I plan on going for as long as I can.

Clutter

I feel as though throughout my whole life I have been surrounded by clutter. (exagerated) I wouldn't consider myself at the point where it would be considered hoarding, but it seems to be getting to be a very thin line by definition. A few years ago, I bought a book called organize now!
 I started reading it but never followed through. I hope that this time is different. While coming across this book, it occured to me that this was exactly what I have been looking for. I have felt overwhelmed by my surroundings lately, and because I feel overwhelmed, I do not know where to start. I hope that this book helps me. Now I am off to start reading and seeing what I need to do first.

Mother's Day 2011

I'm trying to come up with Mother's Day Gifts that I can make easily. (Don't moms like hand-made presents?). But I have run out of time. I am hoping that I can make something out of scrapbook paper (I have a lot of it) and my cricut and photoshop. I just can't find the right project to do. It's tomorrow and I don't have a clue what to do. I have a party to go to today and I also have some paperwork to take care of. (all this along with the usual house chores). How do people do it? I feel so overwhelmed becoming an 'adult'. Paying bills, worrying about money, taking care of the house (that's a HUGE one). And all the while while doing my regular chores, I love crafting. And it's not just limited to one craft. It's many. I have lots of projects started that need to be finished,  I am just not organized enough to get them all done and I feel like there are not enough hours in the day. Well, now that I have procrastinated - it's time to get to work on a project.