Rachel and I had a blast at the sale today. Hamilton United Methodist Church made us feel most welcome and we had a great time meeting everyone and getting our name out there.
It was a great experience and we will be looking for more events to join up with, so we can keep meeting everyone and spreading the handmade joy.
We just wanted to thank everyone who came out and stopped by to say hello and see what we have to offer.
Please stay tuned to this spot on the internet, we'll be revamping the site, adding some of Rachel's wonderful creations (she makes hair bows, candles and soaps) to my crochet and sewn items. In the meantime, show us some love! If you met us at the fair today, leave us a message!
Michele and Rachel
 Not too long ago, my hubby and I got to go out and enjoy ourselves at one of the local honky tonks with our friends Rachel and Travis. I know you've heard me talk about them before. They really are great friends, and I am really grateful to have them around!
Anyway, I thought You guys would like to see a few of the pics we got that night. So there it is!
Now, for some exciting news from the world of Uglee Little Things! Next month, I will have a booth at a local craft fair being sponsored by the Hamilton United Methodist Church. It's for a great cause, and the Second Harvest food bank will be there as well. The fair will be from 8am until 2pm on the 18th of May. I'm going to be inside, just in case the weather decides to be weird!
As it stands, I am very busy counting stock and getting it all tagged and priced, while making new things! I'm branching out into sewing, but please don't expect highly constructed things from me . . . yet. I will get there I promise! I am super excited about adding a sewn line to the shop, as well as adding some wonderful jewelry, but more on that later!
Now, I have to get back to work! Gotta make sure I'm ready!
I am also working on a couple of tutorials, so stay tuned for those!
MWAH!
Michele
I've been spending quite a bit of time working on new items for the shop, occasionally sharing a small sneak peek with you guys via my Instagram (ultdesigns) over the last several weeks. Have you been paying attention?
So, I decide that since my roadie is home for nine days, I would ask him to help me get the spring line photographed and then retake photos of some of the things I still have in stock. Know what we found out instead? We don't have a single camera in the house that is fully charged! LOLOLOL Leave it to us to not have a camera ready for a project like this! It's a pretty big project actually, since I still have a lot of things in stock, those things I will most likely put on sale this month, and I have a pretty sizable stash of spring items.
In other news, my roadie is home for nine whole days before heading out to the UK! The only things we have planned for sure are a vets appointment for our fur kids tomorrow afternoon, a spa day on Wednesday and a huge cookout on Saturday for family and friends, sort of like a late Easter dinner. We always have a lot of fun at these cookouts and it's a great chance for Danny to get to see everyone and relax in the company of good friends.
So, I am off to check on the status of camera charging so I can get to work showing you new things!!!!!! Please stop by and show some love, I love to read comments!
xoxoxox
Michele
So, this is what is happening inmy lap right now, as I make something new for the shop.
Bugz is absolutely rotten and very possessive of his person-mama, but we love him to bits and wouldn't have it any other way.
Do you have four-legged, fuzzy family members? What are their personalities like?
Just wanted to post real quick to let y'all know I'm still alive!
The flu brought me to my knees for a couple of days, but like the warrior I am, I fought it into submission with the help of my friends orange juice and Bed and plenty of Science Channel and History Channel. I won that war!
And while I was waging battle, I cast some really hairy stuff into my needles. I like the way fun fur looks, but it can be kind of a pain to work with. But I kept my nose to the grindstone and got through it.
Meet Hairy. I don't know what happened in the middle, it's almost as if one of us got drunk. Maybe it was the Theraflu. I don't know, but I managed to make something interesting.
What do y'all think?
As y'all know, I've made it a point to do at least one new-to-me thing a week. Today, I added a project to "Made By You Monday" over at Skip To My Lou.
Of course, I'm buried way down at the bottom, but that's ok, I'm sure others will come after me. Besides, it is something I've not done before and we'll see how it goes!
If you're interested in seeing some of the other great things made and shared on this week's MBYM, here's the link!
So go check it out and if you have a project you'd like to share, go ahead and link it up!
Michele
Well, I kept my word and went out to spread a few smiles. I didn't take ALL my tiny hearts, but I took a good number.
When I first came up with the idea, I was going to hide them for people to find, and I did that with a few at Books-a-Million when I stopped in for a chai. Mostly, I just smiled at people and asked if they would mind if I gave them a little something. I only had one person look at me like I was a little crazy, but I explained to her that my hubby was out of town and that I had decided that staying at home alone, moping around and feeling bad for myself because my love couldn't be here with me was ridiculous, so I would go out and hand out smiles. Then I handed her one, she read the little message I had attached (I think hers said "SMILE"), she smiled and hugged me and said she it made her day. And that made mine.
It felt good to go out and hand out smiles to strangers. I didn't have a single one say no, and all the ones I gave hearts to told me I had made their day. Such a simple gesture, the only time I gave up was making them last night. But even that wasn't a tremendous sacrifice, as I am almost always crocheting. All it took was just enough bravery to say to a stranger "I have a little something for you, if you'll let me give it to you."
So, I had a great day today. What did you guys do?
Michele
Well, as y'all know, my hubby is out on tour on Valentine's Day, again. I'm used to it, so I'm not going to get terribly bent out of shape about it. One of these years, he'll be home for all the important days, and I won't know what to do with myself!
Anyway.
With tomorrow being Valentine's Day, I figured I would do something a little out of the ordinary for me. First a little background: I've been following the yarnbombing movement since it started and I think it's wonderful and I've wanted to do it for a while. I just don't think I can do the huge installations some of the more prominent bombers can do. I love their works, but it's just me over here. So, what to do??
While searching around on Pinterest, I found this: http://saltforthespirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/itty-bitty-crochet-heart-tutorial.html
And it made my eyebrows dance! WIth me, it either has to be a brilliant idea, or something incredibly, off-the-charts stupid to make my eyebrows dance.
Then an idea formed in my yarn-addled brain: why not make a ton of little hearts and leave them in different places around town on Valentine's Day???? Yeah, I know, not a totally original idea, but still. So, I'm making them, and planning on running a ton of errands tomorrow to give me the opportunity to spread a little surprise love in my own community. I hope I can make at least one person smile tomorrow, even if I never see it.
What are your plans for Valentine's Day?
Late last week I whipped up a mug cozy to help keep my coffee warm. I thought it was super cute, especially with the curlicue closure on it. Something adorable and different. So, I posted a picture of it, like I always do. And what happens? Not only do I send the pattern off to Brooke and Tania for testing, I start getting orders for it!
I'm also thinking about teaching a beginner crochet class here locally. What do y'all think????
Last week I was trying to get a hat design out of my head and it just wasn't cooperating, no matter how hard I tried! So, I ended up frogging it and crocheting a simpler hat just to get the aggravation out of my system.
But I still wanted to knit a hat. I've been DYING to! So, I came up with a super duper easy one. I'm calling it Caveman. I cast it on last night and have been working on it off and on for most of the day today. I think I've made some pretty good progress! What do you guys think???
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