Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all my friends! I've been super busy the last 3 weeks with something new....

This is my daughter's new puppy, Sophie :-) She's a 'teddy bear', which means a cross between a Shih Tsu and a Bishon Frise...and I have to say she is absolutely adorable! Soft hair like fur (that doesn't shed!!) and she's super smart and loves people.

While we've been working on housebreaking I've managed to get in a little bit of tattings and created these little Christmas Wreath holiday tatted earrings.

They are available in my etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/116724728/christmas-wreath-tatted-earrings-free

I hope to post some more stuff soon!

Vineyard Butterflies

I know I know...I said I was going to work on some winter stuff, but I just love the colors in the Vineyard Harvest Lizbeth Thread. So here's a quick little pair of earrings with some "Vineyard Butterflies"...hehe

Available in my Tatted Delights etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/113066264/vineyard-butterfly-tatted-earrings-free

And I just got in another thread with fall colors so there might be some more fall stuff before I get to winter...lol...just saying....

Autumn Leaves

I've really gotten into the fall season this year and have been enjoying the autumn colors. Add to that some great patterns from various designers for leaves and other things and well....it's made my fall enjoyable :-)

This time I used some greens to make up some little leaves as earrings. The leaf design is by Joelle Paulson and I used size 20 shaded green thread. I think they make a perfect size for earrings :-)

These are available in my Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/112969119/autumn-green-tatted-earrings-free

Now it's time for me to start working on some winter stuff. :-)

Vineyard Elegance

I recently saw several tatters working with 'doodads' and wanted to give it a try. Joelle Paulson had a lovely pattern for one, so I ordered some doodads. When they arrived I took my shuttles (which had Lizbeth's Vineyard Harvest already on it from making my Vine Bracelet) and starting tatting away. The result is the Vineyard Elegance Set.

I did the full pattern for the pendant and did a shortened version for the earrings. I think the set is lovely and noticed it will really coordinate well with my Harvest Vine Bracelet too!

They are available in my etsy shop ( http://PeachtreeCottage.etsy.com) or from my website ( http://www.PeachtreeCottage.com )

Some Pumpkin Fun

Just for fun I made up a quick earring and pendant set of pumpkins. They are only about 1 inch big (small?) but cute and were really quick and easy to make.

Fall Is Here!

It's turned chilly, and the leaves on the trees are turning a multitude of beautiful colors. This prompted me to make another set of Yarnplayer's Maple Leaf Earrings. This year I added some gold beads around the edge and I love how they glitter in the light. I will definitely have to make more things with BEADS ! (It's sooo much easier now that I have a big eye beading needle. YAY!)

Aren't they pretty?!

These Maple Leaf Beaded Tatted Earrings are available in my etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/111701113/maple-leaf-beaded-tatted-earrings-free

Iris Cascade Tatted Earrings

My daughter suggested I make more earrings in this design and make them in a variety of colors. I'm currently working on a tat-a-long doily with these colors and thought they would make pretty earrings. So I made up a pair and they sold within 24 hours of listing them. Since they were so successful I made a 2nd pair and now have them available again in my etsy shop. I call them Iris Cascade.

Available in my Etsy Shop -  https://www.etsy.com/listing/110993174/iris-cascade-tatted-earrings-free

Pink Marble 2

The way I won the Handy Hands free threads was by naming one of their new thread colors. The name I suggested was used ... Pink Marble. The thread is a very pretty pink and rose with gray which reminded me of pink marble with gray veins running through it.

I decided to make a couple of things with it. First I made a bookmark which I posted about on June 6th, 2012. This time I made a pendant and matching earrings.

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The pendant and earrings are available in my Tatted Delights Etsy Shop - http://TattedDelights.etsy.com

Playing With Threads

I just had to play some more with some of my new Lizbeth Threads. This one is "Scottish Thistle". I love the softness of the colors and think it worked up wonderfully as a pendant/earring set!

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Available in my Etsy Shop - http://PeachtreeCottage.etsy.com

Also as a little surprise for a friend of mine, I've worked up another Tissue Box Cover. She said her house was mainly 'beach' type colors, so I tried to make the colors go with that in mind. I'm rather pleased with how well it turned out.

This is not available for sale but if anyone wants a similar one or one in different colors, just contact me. I'll be happy to make one up for you!

I'm Back !

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. Mainly that's because I was unable to make things due to a bad wrist injury. It's taken 5 months so far to heal and it still bothers me at moments on a daily basis. However the wrist is about 90% healed and I'm able to work again, at a slower pace, but at least I'm able to create :-)

I also was one of the lucky winners of Handy Hands contests for their new threads. They selected the name I suggested for their new color Pink Marble, and they also liked the 'marble' idea so much they also called the purple version Purple Marble. They wonderfully gave me 2 sets of winning, which means I was able to select ** 50 ** balls of thread. I got all the new colors and all the ones I've been wanting to get and a few others as well, in all the sizes I wanted. Needless to say I'm in Thread Heaven right now !!

Of course I had to give these new threads a try, but because of the wrist couldn't work on them too long. So I took Kirsti's Stumpy design and with a bit of finagaling made a pendant and matching pair of earrings with the new Green Coral Sea thread.

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I liked the way it worked up, however the colors were brighter than I thought. I had thought they had a more muted, washed out tone. It did work up beautifully though.

Both of these are available in my Tatted Delights Etsy Shop - http://TattedDelights.etsy.com

I hope to have more things made soon. I'm currently working on a couple of baby sweaters and have a new baby afghan design I want to try. I also have a thread crochet bunny in the works from before the injury that I'm hoping to finish up soon.

Holiday Bracelet Set

For the last few days I've been working on a special order from one of my customers.  She wanted a Holiday Bracelet and Earring Set in Red, White and Green.  The request included that the earrings be 2 inches long and the bracelet 2 inches wide in this particular tatting design.  I ordered in the thread and worked it up and here's the results.

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It came out better than I originally thought it would.  I think the color spacing on the thread worked up nicely and the way the earrings turned out they can be used with either ear wires or posts.  I'm very happy with how this set turned out and I think my customer will be also.

The Holidays are Coming!

This time of year we have holiday after holiday after holiday.  From Halloween to Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus all the other holidays as well, there is almost always something we can celebrate.  I decided one way to celebrate would be to make some holiday earrings.  I used the Joyful Bell pattern by Yarnplayer to make these pretty white Christmas Bell earrings:

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Plus I also decided to make these pretty Candy Cane Earrings as well.  They are from a pattern by Mary Maynard:

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All in all I was very happy with how both sets of earrings came out.  I'm currently working on what I hope will be a pretty beaded Christmas Tree.  It's looking good so far :-)

My tatted items are currently for sale in my Peachtree Cottage Etsy Shop - http://peachtreecottage.etsy.com/

Autumn Earrings

Finally got the pictures taken of some fall style earrings I've been working on.  The leaf ones are from one of  Yarnplayer's patterns and the other style is from Free-Tatting.com.  I worked them up with some Lizbeth threads in what I thought were great colors for the autumn season.

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These are all available in my Peachtree Cottage Etsy Shop - http://peachtreecottage.etsy.com/
I hope to establish my Tatted Delights Etsy Shop soon

More tatting stuff coming soon!

In The Beginning...

Hi...My Name is Mary.

I'm in the process of creating this blog so I have a place where I can focus on my tatting.  I've been putting my tatting on my other blog (Peachtree Cottage), but it doesn't always seem to 'feel right' mixed in with my miniature artist bears.  I think having a seperate blog for each will help me keep things more organized.

Speaking of organized.  Please pardon the current mess here while I get this blog set  up and organized so it's functional.  Thanks.

I plan to share plenty of pictures here so to start us off, here are some examples of my tatting: