Mother's Day

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CHOC Walk 2015

My family and I learned about the CHOC Walk in 2012 when we arrived late in Anaheim, CA and couldn't understand the amount of traffic on Katella Ave, Ball Rd and the other surrounding streets around Disneyland. My cousin explained to us that it was a 5K charity walk Disneyland does every year to support the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). 

Knowing that we would be in Disneyland for six days in October 2013 to celebrate three family members birthdays, we decided to support CHOC and Disneyland and participate in the walk. It was great and so much fun. Why not participate every year? I'm up for it. 

I decided this year that I would donate a portion of my Etsy sales to CHOC. From May 1st to October 1st, I will donate 25% of my sales to CHOC. Once I can officially register to walk (I have to wait until sometime in May), I will share the link if you would like to donate as well. I'm excited!! I will never argue any reason to go to Disneyland and CHOC has helped the daughter of someone my brother went all through high school with.

New Felt Cup Cozies

Last month was a crazy, hectic month with the death of my grandfather and my birthday trip to Disneyland but I managed to add some new felt cup cozies. My mom and I love making these. They always seems to take on a life of their own. I will be adding more to my shop later this month.

New Items

So I took a break from my Etsy shop to regroup and come up with some new things and even redo some of my older things. I ended up taking six months off and now I'm ready to focus on this again. My biggest motivation is the fact that today was my first day being unemployed. That's right, I decided to quit my job to focus on other things that I really want to do with my life. My Etsy shop is one of them.

One of my newest items is a different approach to my cup cozies. While I love crocheting them, I wanted to do something else as well. So I started searching various things on Etsy and Pinterest (I really need to stay off these sites) for inspiration and I decided upon felt. Felt doesn't need a finished edge because it won't fray like fabric will. I still recommend hand washing them just because that's what I do, but I don't see why you couldn't. I would just be careful because they could shrink or the color can bleed.

My mom has also been busy creating more of her felt pincushions that sell great at craft shows. She loves making these. Anything that will allow her to hand embroidery, she will do it. The possibilities that she comes up with are endless.

I hope you enjoy the new stuff, as well as the old stuff that is still unique. Enjoy.

Learning to Crochet

You will notice that a lot of the items in my shop are crocheted. I love to crochet and find it extremely relaxing. My mom taught me to crochet when I was about twelve (neither of us actually remember). People always ask how I learned to crochet. The main reason: I'm left-handed. Everyone in my family (except my cousin Genaphur) is right-handed.

It all happened one summer when my dad and brother were off at Huntington Lake at Boy Scout camp. My mom and I sat on the living room floor and she had me sit across from her. I mirrored her movements and picked it up pretty easily. She started with the basics, how to hold the tension, do the basic chain, single crochet and double crochet.

The next thing I knew I was learning the Granny Square. It's one of the easiest blocks to make. My mom also started selling items at craft fairs and typically I sold beaded items but I wanted to make something else. I knew I could make a Granny Square in a small amount of time and started playing around with them.

I took two squares, sewed them together, leaving one of the corners open and folded just one of the corners toward the middle and secured it with a button. It made the perfect note holder especially when you weaved a pen in between the stitches. When I started crocheting again for my shop, my mind went back to these note holders. They are quick and simple to make and I just love them. They can be anywhere from plain to completely wacky.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog for A Crafty Witch Etsy Shop. I've been wanting to start a blog for my shop for a while and I just haven't sat down and done it. Here you will find announcements for new items, promotions and tips and tricks.

To this blog started, here are some of my new items:

 

 

 

I really hope you enjoy my blog and my shop.