Thursday, September 30, 2010

Great Reval #2 ~BEADED RING THINGS~

 PDF file      $5 USD
28 designs for the shuttle with beads and uses RINGS ONLY
Its a 2 part booklet
If you would like a hard copy you will have to pay $3+ for shipping
It will be added to my Etsy shop here in a little bit
http://hajdesigns31.etsy.com/
PLUS another thing
Tomorrow morning 8:30am I am opening my Facebook Shop
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hastings-PA/Heathers-Designs/143347267426
Stop for a visit :)

Tatting Tea Tuesday: A rainbow, Clumsyness, Resin Drop & a box of birds???

*Please Note I wrote the majority of this post on Tuesday and blogger was being stubborn so it didnt get posted until now*



First we will start with the rainbow actually it was a DOUBLE rainbow, I wasnt able to get the kind of photos I wanted of it because of course I didnt have my camera so after Nate got on the bus I drove down here and went to get my camera in a hurry; lets say wet grass and flip flops dont mix, yep I fell on my butt AGAIN lol. I am sore I am really feeling it now and I can imagine tomorrow I will feel it more...


As for todays tatting I didnt do alot but I do have this to show its a small box of about 14 hummingbirds of all sizes and colors.


I recently wanted to expand my horizons with crafting and started to mess with resin here is a pendant I made pretty :)


 


Also since I have about an hour each day of waiting for the kids to get home I got my tatting bag packed up with goodies and will tat in that time so I started a blog TALES FROM THE TAT BAG...









The Great Reveal #1 ~IMPROVED POLYMER CLAY SHUTTLES

Yes its true I have been tirelessly working on shuttles trying to make them stronger, it actually happened by accident I was working with resin and dumped it on a shuttle. Oops, so instead of ruining the shuttle by wiping it off and smudging the paint, I left it dry... The shuttle looked BEAUTIFUL, and like I usually do I did a bend and break test I pretty much folded it in half and no breakage, it was a larger one so I can imagine a smaller shuttle would break sooner. It was more bendable, I really love this new discovery... I will have them available soon in my Clay Shop http://heathersclaydesigns.etsy.com/ I plan on putting some up today, keep in mind alot more work goes into these new shuttles and they now take me over a week to complete from printing, making, baking, coloring, resining, and drying. So therefore they will be a bit more expensive than before...










Tuesday, September 28, 2010

~MYSTIC BLUE~

New solid color of thread is in the shop MYSTIC BLUE I love this color... LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!
I am offering skeins of Bamboo 300 yards, Metallics 100 yards.

Have a Great Day!!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Well Hello Stranger...

Despite being busy and discovering new things, I was without internet for awhile nearly a month, allthough I missed you all very much, I enjoyed the silence and avoided temptation of getting online to just look at 1 more thing... My customers have been more then understanding with my not being able to get online and check orders...

Alot has been going on, good and bad and sad. I am not getting into all of it now because as I have heard people say I am either a drama queen a bit*h or a "i dont know what you call it" so if you know me you know what all I am referring to... Lately I know I have lost some people in my life not death but in a way it feels like that, I was so close to these people and I just didnt want to face how they were until it happened in front of me and in front of my kiddos, I am so thankful for my best friend who listens to me complain all the time... David wants another job (AGAIN) I got upset because I know what happened last time he got in this funk and I DO NOT want to do it again, I cant... He said to me last night "I will just go to Harrisburg" I said "then you will never be home" He looked at me strangely and replied "you HAVE your own job" and then went to sleep... I spent the next few hours trying not to explode into a fit of tears, I actually caught myself holding my breath. He told me this morning he was only saying that. Either way it made me feel sad.

Nate had his med appointment on Friday I got lost going there and coming from Johnstown, it wasnt fun AT ALL I got scared, it was horrible.
Saturday Shannan had her 1st sleepover, we survived, the girl is so nice and sweet.

Onto other things now
Friday evening I was outside drinking a beer with hubby and chatting I stepped on what I thought was just a rock and in fact it was the grill to his backhoe and it slammed down on my foot, this is 3 days later with the chilly wet weather its sore today... Dont mind my freakishly large toes, or my ape toes as I call them LOL

I spent some time with Brucie I dont get out to see him alot so I left him run one day while I threw his ball around. Here he was pooped out HA HA!

Ginger is ready for Halloween, isnt she a cutie






I have been working on shuttles of all kinds I cant wait to do my GREAT REVEAL of what I am doing...

I have been doing more tatting on the wooden pieces this is my favorite





I made a necklace using one of my other designs

And of course photos were taken



 I now have my own semi-organized craft corner, in a fit one day I made everyone clean up and re arrange the house hee hee, cheap labor ;) Its nice I always tell the kids that mommy needs a time out ;)

Until next post
Adios!!!
Heather

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

3 hole shuttle testers PLEASE READ

I didnt forget about you, sorry if you think I did but I was without the high speed internet since September 2.

If you would kindly send me your addresses to heathersdesigns2010@gmail.com I will get them out to you soon :)

The people's addresses I am looking for are
GODS KID
PAIGE MARIE
TYPS TATTING
RAYANNA
IMOSHEN
TATTING MARIE

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Been MIA & New Email Address

I have been MIA because my highspeed internet has been down since September 2. They havent fixed it and are now telling me that *I* cancelled my account, yea right!! Idiots!!! I am mad and if I do not get result today I am going else where this is complete crap in my opinion... I have decided to NO longer use my verizon email address for the fact that it just keeps going down and I dont get my email all the time as it is soooo here is my new email address those of you who have the other one(s) please change it
heathersdesigns2010@gmail.com
I hope to be back soon I have lots to show and tell
HUGS
Heather

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

look

I was browsing Etsy and look what I found
http://www.etsy.com/listing/42574011/tatting-needle-necklace

want to show you...

A potential customer asked me a question on one of my clay shuttles that I recently created. It has a 3rd hole. They asked me how would this work... DUH guess I should have added it in when I listed it LOL
I wanted to show you since I got the pictures all purdied up hee hee

IMO this holds alot more thread than just 2 holes obviously. You wind it like any other shuttle over under over under etc...
Any input would be wonderful and if anyone wants to try one of these out let me know, you will be my guinea pig hmmmmm that sounds weird what would a good name be for a test subject for a tatting item??

Wednesday~ A new day right?

Finally the phone was working properly this morning I got to talk to my mom :D

(PARAGRAPH DELETED~ SORRY IF YOU MISSED IT)

Anyways enough of that crap!!! On to other things, I am really ON TO OTHER THINGS, too many things at the moment lol I just got some other supplies in the mail so I was experimenting this morning lol just what I need is more things to try and do... I made a set of custom shuttles again this morning I love what I do... I did add thread to the shop the other day, Summer Brights & Is'Dihara's Dream...

Ohhh and tatting
Lookie what I did with one of those wooden necklace pendant pieces


~TALES~FROM~THE~TAT~BAG~