Last night I made a new monster, with a cow-owl.... Isn't he cute!? He could even pass as a cowboy monster, since he is made out of handkerchief material, then the cow-owl would make more sense, haha
(http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1226509)






I bought all kinds of fabric at Jo Ann's this last weekend, those little squares that they sell for quilting? I love them. Plus there was a 30% off sale... dangerous... I go through fazes as far as crafts go, I’m still beading but need a little brake from it as my main focus, hence the sudden need to sew! I made two dresses for my little niece, but since she lives in distant California and I am here in Pa its hard to make sure they are perfect before I send them to her… luckily her mom and Oma know how to sew too and can fix them if they aren’t quite right…


I also made a little jellyfish patch for a onsie (this one is for the little guy I nanny). I will be making more of them eventually, to sell, but I have to practice a little more first.

Hope you all have a lovely day!!

So this is my first attempt at blogging... I guess I’m a little behind! haha.

A few months ago I started selling bracelets and little monsters on Etsy.com ( www.etsy.com/shop/thisbluewing ), mostly to people I know, which is great because I am a little bit attached to everything I make and its been nice to know who they are going too. Now it has been going beyond just people who know me... Two weeks ago I started and Artfire.com page ( http://www.artfire.com/users/ThisBlueWing ) and love it too.

Over the last year or so I have been trying to find a way to put some money aside to help fund a group that is helping people/children who are being sold as slaves, for sex or anything else. So I decided to start making whatever came into my head and trying to sell it, putting a large portion (25%) of each sale into a saving account to be donated to one or more groups at the end of this year (so December 2010). I read the book "The Road of Lost Innocence" by Somaly Mam (www.somaly.org) (she was sold as a child and now rescues children who face the same horrible childhood that she had.) I was inspired to try to raise some money to help her cause, and also wanted to help here in the US as well. I have been working pretty steadily on it and have been blessed by the support I have gotten over the last year, and super excited to see where this all leads!

This blog will be about my adventures this next 9 months!