a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/164292532/” title=”Crochet Hook Case by faeriefurballs, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/164292532_2926c9a2ab_o.jpg” alt=”Crochet Hook Case” height=”288″ width=”186″ //abr /br /Congrats, a href=”http://memyselfandkai.wordpress.com/” target=”_blank”Karen/a, you’ve won! Please email me your address. :)br /…………………………………………………….br /br /Sorry again for the lateness. I feel like I can barely keep up this week.br /br /The weather has turned quite warm again and I haven’t had a haircut since October. Maybe I’m getting bored with my constant ponytail. I might have to put a href=”http://blog.caseybrowndesigns.com/2008/05/retro-in-a-modern-way/” target=”_blank”Casey’s/a 1940’s-ish retro hairstyle tutorial to use.br /br /Have a delicious weekend!

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2431019989/” title=”Shipping Label by faeriefurballs, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2431019989_d076cdcca7_o.jpg” alt=”Shipping Label” height=”334″ width=”400″ //abr /br /I’ve decided to make a href=”http://thefabledneedle.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-made-it-monday-1.html”I Made It Monday/a a bi-monthly or monthly thing because I could tell that every week would be a little overwhelming, for me. But I decided to do it this week because I made up some cute shipping labels I wanted to share.br /br /Since 99% of the business I’ve been doing is downloadable goods, I never needed shipping labels until now. (With the jewelry and hopefully other things soon!) So anyway, I got some labels down at Staples and whipped up this little sketch. I really love to draw cobwebs plus there’s one in the a href=”http://www.fablehandmadegoods.com/” target=”_blank”Fable/a banner in both shops. And the bunny is making an appearance because it’s spring!br /br /a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/2431014473/” title=”Shipping Labels by faeriefurballs, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2431014473_6280803599_o.jpg” alt=”Shipping Labels” height=”511″ width=”400″ //abr /br /I also colorized some too but I’m not sure I really like them. It’s not like these are the shipping labels I must use forever and ever so I can come up with others later.br /br /This week’s a href=”http://thefabledneedle.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-made-it-monday-1.html”I Made It Monday/a prize: a a href=”http://fablehandmadegoods.com/crochetpatterns.html” target=”_blank”crochet pattern/a of your choice!

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/1129328558/” title=”Venus in Flowers by faeriefurballs, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1129328558_e87f83313e_o.jpg” alt=”Venus in Flowers” height=”547″ width=”400″ //abr /br /Congratulations a href=”http://elizabeth-mackey.blogspot.com/” target=”_blank”Elizabeth/a, you’ve won this week’s a href=”http://thefabledneedle.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-made-it-monday-1.html” target=”_blank”I Made It Monday/a prize: a a href=”http://fablehandmadegoods.etsy.com/” target=”_blank”Venus in Flowers necklace!/abr /br /Please email your mailing address to jennifer {AT} fablehandmadegoods {DOT} com.br /br /………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….br /br /Thank you so much to everyone who participated including everyone who “de-lurked” to do so!br /br /And can I just say span style=”font-style: italic;”WOW?/span So many talented craftsters out there! Really, discovering talented folks and friendly faces is the reason that I’m happy I started this drawing. If you haven’t had the chance, please check out the what the participants entered. Although I visited everyone’s blog/site I haven’t had a chance to say hi and leave a comment which I hope to do this weekend.br /br /Do you think we should do this weekly? Bi-weekly? Maybe just once a month? Let me know your thoughts on this. Weekly might be too much in the sense I want this to remain a special thing on this blog. I’m thinking bi-weekly or monthly, with a variety of prizes. Any thoughts?

a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/faeriefurballs/772421844/” title=”Blue ’50’s Wrap Dress by faeriefurballs, on Flickr”img src=”http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/772421844_893893ceb6_o.jpg” alt=”Blue ’50’s Wrap Dress” height=”500″ width=”375″ //abr /br /span style=”font-style: italic;”Pattern: Butterick B4790/spanbr /br /Ok, so I just came up with this idea on the fly and I thought it would be fun!br /br /On Mondays I’ll post something that I’ve made. Then you (anyone and everyone) can post a comment with a link to something span style=”font-style: italic;”you’ve/span made. It could be an original design or something from a pattern span style=”font-weight: bold;”as long as you made it yourself/span. It could be a dress, a vase, a necklace…whatever!br /br /1.) Leave a comment with a link to a specific blog post (because that will help us find your project, especially if it’s been a while) OR to a photo in Flickr or similar photo album site OR to a specific item in your shop.br /br /2.) Please try to include some info about this item in the comment: why you made, for whom you made it, etc.br /br /3.) Comments close late Thursday night 11:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. (PDT)br /br /On Fridays, I’ll enter all the commenters’ names in a random drawing and the winner gets a prize! A span style=”font-style: italic;”surprise/span prize because I have not come up with it yet. (Hee) Nothing huge - sorry, no Geo Metros or trips to Honolulu - but probably something small but good. I’ll make the announcement on this blog in the afternoon. If you’ve won please email me with your mailing address.br /br /Let’s see how it goes. Maybe this will become a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly event depending on the response. I figure, blogging is about interaction and community and I wold love to see what crafty things you all are creating.br /br /Some of you have seen this dress (above) before - sorry, I’m not sure I have anything right now that I have span style=”font-style: italic;”not/span shown you. But next week I’ll have something new.br /br /span style=”font-weight: bold;”"I Made It” Monday/span officially starts right now!br /br /span style=”font-style: italic;”span style=”color: rgb(255, 0, 0);”Editor’s note: this post has been updated to clarify the rules for this drawing./span/span