Starting Again on blogging my crafts....

I haven't posting anything in a while. I have been sooo busy with crafting and selling. I decided now is the time to post some pictures of my work. Some things I sell on ebay as krafty-kitty and also on etsy as thekraftykitty. I also make custom lingerie for people. For info on that you can email me: thekraftykitty@gmail.com. When I create a custom lingerie piece for you, everything is kept very confidential. I have many men as well as women that I create for. I also have many in my area that purchase from me and I maintain their privacy.
I have been making things forever as we were just plain "ol' country folks" and did not have money for much of anything. There were 6 of us kids and we lived quite a ways from a town. Going to K-mart was a big once a month adventure for us. so, when we seen something we wanted my mother would say,"Well, make it!"
So thus began my world of crafting and making everything that I could. When I see aomething I am always trying to figure out how to make it! So, therefore I have many venues of crafting that I do.
I love to "up-cycle" clothing! I love the Gothic, Victorian, Vamp look! Dark, mysterious and is reminiscence of days gone by. The hot pink dress is one that I "up-cycled". It is presently on etsy for sale. This started life as an 80's style dress, remeber the kind with the big hug bow on the rear end. Just where we women want to draw attention! Yeah, right. It has been given a complete make over and one that I just love! I am presently working on a black velvet jacket, breathing life into it to become a Gothic Vamp jacket.

Another part of what I do is to make yarn. I am a spinner and weaver. I spin my own yarn and weave shawls from my yarns. Some of my yarns I do sell, either on etsy or ebay. I presently have a big and beautiful double weave shawl on etsy for sale. This is not the typical light weight shawl as it is woven with double strands of my homespun yarns purrfect for out doors wearing! I am presently spinning some wolf fiber for a lady in Arizonia that raises wolves. I do custom spinning from your pet's fiber. Contact me at gmail for pricing and info on this. This Krafty Kitty Handspun yarn pictured to the right was spun with Angora Rabbit, Merino and I added bits of colored fluff to make the sprinkles of color. This was all sold and I do not have anymore. All my yarn is one of a kind (OOAK) as I do not plan anything when spinning. I mix different fibers and colors. I love anything different and unique. All my yarn is that, different and unique. I do always make enough for someone to have plenty of yarn for a project.
Another venue is my woodworking. I make treasure boxes and "magic" wands. The "Witch Board" is a custom piece made for a lady and she has graciously given me permission to post that photo.

Well, time to go and craft as I have been felting a lovely Gothic shoulder purse. I will post pictures as soon as I am finished.

Also working on selling the Vintage scaves I got at a local auction as well as my Vintage Lingerie. These can be seen on ebay: krafty-kitty

Now go and make something today!
The Krafty Kitty

Creating a Blog......

Welcome to the first Krafty Kitty blog. After 4 hours and 3 diet Cherry Dr. Peppers, "By Jove, I think I've got it!" Needless to say it was NOT as painful as I expected it to be. Time consuming, yes, but I do so hope the hard part is over. As this is a blog on creating and crafting, this is appropriate for the first post. One important thing to know is how to spell correctly. It is a good idea if starting a blog is to have a dictionary that you can easily use. I have found a most wonderful online dictionary that even has sound so if a word just doesn't look right, then this dictionary will pronounce it! The link is http://dictionary.reference.com/ and has much more than just a dictionary. Check it out and see! I do suggest if starting or rather creating (have to get that word in as it is a blog on creating and crafting) is to make sure you have plenty of time to read and understand all the techo "stuff" that goes along with publishing blogs. As I am in "the dark ages" when it come to things as such but I found that Google has the most user friendly application for this. Everything is very easy to understand and there are links to every possible question that you might have and some that you might not have thought of!
Now so much for that and on to what this blog is about. I am an avid collector of vintage "stuff." Vintage lingerie is one of my passions. The styles in the 50's and 60's were very feminine as the "bra burner"' had not yet come about. In other words many women in that time era were still "stay at home Moms" and their "unmentionables" were very feminine. They wore nightgowns that graced the floor with matching robes full of lace and ribbons. These night gowns or peignoirs were a direct contrast to the girdles and "bullet" bras that were worn during the day. My thoughts are that after a day of wearing constrictive undergarments it had to have been wonderful to slip into a soft and silky flowing nightgown. Some called these type of nightgowns, "goddess" gowns and the truly did make a women look the part. Well, I go to auctions and buy a lot of "box lots" where there is a huge box that is crammed with all kinds of goodies. From these I get a lot of vintage clothing. All the clothing will need to be cleaned. This is where I check each piece to see if it is good enough to sell or if it is a "throw away." Today while going through a box I found the most beautiful little nightgown. It has an under gown of soft nylon with an over gown of sheer fabric. The upper part at the neck line has the most beautiful embroidery that is bright yellow but the bottom from about thigh area to the bottom hem was ripped and badly stained. I just did not have the heart to throw it away so I decided to make it into a "babydoll" nighty. I cut off all the torn part and was able to have enough of the sheer fabric to make a pair of panties to match. My scissors were not cutting right and kept snagging on the fabric. Upon closer inspection I seen there were nicks on my scissors. To cut this short, ( a little pun on words) I found out that my darling son had used my $50.00 scissors to cut the strings on his guitar! So I had to stop working on the nighty as I had to go and buy another pair of scissors. Well, I will stop for now and tomorrow we will explore the world of scissors and my great scissor hunt that I had.