SparkleShan

It's snowing today and I don't feel like going out! What a perfect excuse to stay inside, cuddle up on the sofa and knit!!! I'm getting so addicted to knitting hexipuffs for the Beekeepers Quilt. I knit a total of 6 yesterday! That is the most I have knit in one day. Some of them were for me and some were for swaps I am in on Ravelry. I also received two of my swap packages already!! I now have 11 hexipuffs for my blanket. I received this package from studioloo (Cindy) in the Art Yarn Group Swap. Lots of lovely mini skeins hand dyed by Cindy too! Then I got my package from the Funonion Group handspun hexipuff swap. I got a puff in pink handspun from Upstreamalpacas. My favorite color so of course I love it!!

Today I unveiled some new products in my Etsy Shop . Hand made soap & Bath Salts!! I have been doing research of bath and body projects for years now and decided to finally give it ago. My first batch of soap has some air bubbles (I forgot to tap the mold) but other then that it came out great. I made two bars each of for different recipes: Lavender & Goats Milk; Goats Milk with dried apricots and mango's; Buttermilk, Goats Milk, Honey & Oatmeal and Buttermilk, Goats milk, Vanilla & Coffee. There are also Bath salts with essential oils. One bath salt is Lavender essential oil & dried lavender buds & the second is Pink Grapefruit. I have added a bow with my hand spun yarn to each bottle :) I also listed the first yarn I have spun since July!! It's a fun funky art yarn I spun with a batt from my friend Carrie of CraftyPuppyLover and I added some silk noil that was hand dyed by my friend Brittany of BohoKnitterChic Spins

I really wanted to go to Rhinebeck today and had planned on going until I got a flat tire on the way to work Friday morning and had to buy a new tire :( I have never been to a fiber festival before. I guess I'll have to wait another year. So I decided that Emma and I would spend the weekend crafting and making new items that will go in my Etsy shop in a few weeks. Here's a sneak peek. I also did some spindle spinning and spun my first yarn on my wheel Since July!

I just finished adding a few new hair accessory items to my shop tonight. I plan to have a lot more items going up in the next few days so keep checking back. And my 20% off sale is still going on (use coupon code 'KIDNEY' at check out). Here is a sneak peek out what was added to the shop tonight.

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I just finished updating my Etsy Shop with two new hand spun yarns, a knit hat, sock yarn mini skeins kits and some jewelry from my beading days at clearance prices. Here is a sneak peek at what I added. Also my 20% off sale is still going on, use coupon code 'KIDNEY'. Personalize a photo collage

I added several new hand knit items to my Etsy Shop today. They were all hand knit by me using hand spun yarn from my friends or yarn that I spun myself. Here is a preview of what I added. And don't forget my 20% off sale is still going on!! Use coupon code 'KIDNEY' at check out (club listings excluded).

So a little while along, I got a new design for my Etsy Shop and renamed it to from 'Princess Emma's' to 'SparkleShan Handspun Yarns & More' to better reflect my store. Here is a banner preview of the new shop design. I am still offering my hand spun yarn, knitting project bags and other knitting notions. I have also added hand spun & knitting project bag club listings. I am also slowly adding my original hand knit items & accessories. The majority of my hand knit items are knit with hand spun yarn by me or my wonderful spinning friends. I also have a new twitter account mainly based around my Etsy Shop and crafting adventures. I'll also tweet about other random life events once in a while as well. Tweet I also have a page on facebook for my Etsy Shop. I list coupon codes, shop update announcements & pictures here. So check my page out out facebook and like it please!!

wow my blog has been neglected for a while now. I think it's time to bring it back to life!! I have many things to post along with my redesigned Etsy Shop and tons of more adventures in knitting, spinning yarn, crafting and life in general. I can't wait to start posting more!