Throwback Thursday - Reading what?

Hello friends!

Today is the day that I share some exploits of the past...and by exploits, I mean craft/crochet that I did. In the coming weeks, I am going to share some of my "firsts." By that, I mean that I am going to share with you the first time I completed a certain type of item. The horrible, the improved, and the best, in essence.

This week's share: My first designed kindle cover - Love Themed

I created this cover around Valentine's day as a product in my Etsy shop. It was never purchased. I am thinking about creating the pattern to sell on my Ravelry and Craftsy pattern stores. I have some ideas for a technology set. We shall see how that goes.

What was your first cover like?

Sarah

Bonus Make it Monday: Washcloth Bunnies

Because it is close to Easter and I know that some of us crafters *cough me cough* sometimes wait until the last minute to crochet gifts (shifty eyes), I wanted to provide a bonus Make it Monday. Like the washcloth lollipop, you will need a washcloth, cello bags, and ribbon! No dowels.

Of course, the one I chose is in baby print. It's a 6x6. That is the size I do for child size washcloths.

Roll from one corner to the opposite corner

It will look like this.

Now turn it over so the corner is closest to you. 

As you can see in this picture, you fold the washcloth in half. The corner is poking out the back like a tail!

Here's the front. Carefully wrap yarn or ribbon around the halved washcloth and tie tightly. 

You have ears and a cute little bunny shape!

Turned over, the corner looks like a tail.

Here it is packaged in a cello bag.

With the lollipop!

Total for this project

$0.50 for the washcloth
$0.02 ribbon
$0.04 Cello bag
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$0.56

In less than 30 minutes I crocheted the washcloth using half double crochet with a single crochet border. This will work with purchased washcloths so do not let the crochet stop you! Obviously if you buy washcloths the price will rise.

Can you imagine these hopping into your baby's Easter basket?

Happy Crafting

Sarah

Make it Monday: Washcloth Lollipops

Originally, I was going to build a riser for my booth that would hold soap or my dolls. With such a busy week, I did not have the time to get the required material - which is more foam board. But, I found something to make for Make it Monday.

One day last week I saw a cute gift idea on a diaper cake. Two of my sisters are pregnant right now which had me wondering about baby shower gifts. It was this cute lollipop with some type of cloth. When I focused on it, I found that it was a washcloth lollipop. Well, I had no clue how to accomplish this. I looked on youtube and found a good video that showed me how to accomplish this lollipop and a "hard" candy.

Since we are adding soap and other beauty products to our booth, we are also increasing the washcloths and other spa items as well. A surplus of washcloths means a new, cute type of product display.

My goal today is to create some washcloth lollipops to display in my booth in Fall. I spent the last two days crocheting (and paper crafting) a few washcloths to try with this.

What you will need:

Washcloths
Wooden dowels
Ribbon
Cello/Treat bags

2 washcloths

Green is my Star Stitched Washcloth pattern 6x6

Pastel is in Baby Print and just a single crochet at 8.5 x 8.5

Shaped Cello Bags

6 inch wooden dowels

*I bought 12 inch as well and probably would have preferred it to these*

Roll up the washcloth.

The tutorial showed corner to corner, but with a crocheted washcloth that was too much bulk to swirl. 

Swirling the washcloth

Finished swirling

Insert dowel

Put in cello bag

Repeat with other washcloth

Finished swirl

Finished with ribbon and in bags

I will readily admit that taking photos of this was difficult. So I gathered my hubby up and made him take photos...with a sweet smile on my face of course!

The project is not only really quick, but cheap. I am pretty sure the bag of cello bags was $3.50 at Walmart for 100. The ribbon was only $0.49. The wooden dowels were around $2.00 and that is rounding up. The yarn was only $1 dollar a skein, but I can get multiple out of each skein so roughly $0.50.


Total per washcloth lollipop

$0.04 cello bag
$0.01 ribbon (probably less than that)
$0.10 wooden dowel (Rounded up)
$0.50 washcloth handmade
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$0.65 PER washcloth

Not only is this a cute gift to give for a baby shower, but who wouldn't like to get a handmade washcloth lollipop in a spa basket! I will try to make the candy version next week to show. I might do it with my washcloth soap savers.

Watch for a better photo with a professional set up!

Do you have any neat product packaging?

Sarah