Heather's Creations

SHUTTLES, Shuttles, shuttles.... made of LEATHER????

2012-09-05T11:10:00.001-04:00

Yes you read that right LEATHER!! It was a brain child of my hubby and I both of us thought, ummm ok this probably will not work.... Ohhhhhhh but it did :D
Check these babies out- 9 are available on my Etsy shop. These are all completely hand made cut out with scissors or a blade.
They work and are so comfy to hold and FLEXIBLE and NON BREAKABLE :) Love them!!

Hard working hubby

one of the first ones, I got to be the tester :)

the 9 available

the 9 again

You can get them from me on my etsy shop link is on the left side <---- over there

More will be made very soon depending on how quick they go

Thanks for looking and have a SUPERLY AWESOME day

New Shops

2012-06-18T06:49:00.001-04:00

Yes New again. Etsy and another person had decided that my shop was nasty naughty. LOL not really but I did get my shop closed down due to the lies of others AGAIN, But hey blessing in disguise right?

Anywhoo check out my Sugar Sweet Shop http://www.bonanza.com/booths/SugarSweetTreets

And my New Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/heatherscreations76

I am in to so many things right now its not even funny

and today is my husband and my 14th anniversary, just dosent seem that long :)

March ALREADY???

2012-03-02T12:27:00.000-05:00

Holy Heck where did the time go???

So much has been happening lately I dont know whether I am coming or going or sitting still...

A couple weeks ago was 1 year since the miscarriage, it was a hard day for me but my husband spent the day with me. After the kids got home we got some balloons wrote on them and did a balloon "let go" it was really nice and special.

I have a rather painful cyst on my foot, pretty much the only thing to give me relif is surgery which we cant afford since I dont have any insurance, so I must deal with the pain, it dosen't hurt as bad as other things do.

I have been tatting and beading quite a bit lately, I am getting ready for my first ever craft show with my friend Debbie. Its on March 24. I cant wait :)

I also created some neat looking necklaces with beads and sequins...

I been making hummingbirds too for magnets

among other things I havent gotten to take photos of.

I will leave you with a photo of my hubby and kids when we went for a walk down in our woods

That right there is my whole reason I do what I do... <3 them

Gina

2012-02-17T10:20:00.001-05:00

The tatting world has lost a beautiful lady!!!
You are sadly missed Gina. May you tat with the angels and have lots to show us when its our time to be called up. My condolences go out to your family and friends!!

Gina was the one lady who helped me so much, tested a few patterns and looked past my "needle" tatting and never had one cross word about it. I miss you Gina, we all do!

Happy New Year!!

2012-01-05T05:37:00.002-05:00

Well Happy New Year!! I have missed you all and I hope to be back to blogging for good now :)
*This past year has been a rotten one for us, but this year will be better* There are still some things in my life that are really hard to deal with but with the help of some really AWESOME people I am getting through it!!!
I have been tatting and it feels so good to be back into that again. Before Christmas my friend Laura ordered 3 dozen tatted snowflakes, I of course had to make my own design and I did. I love these pretties, the pattern will be available soon in my etsy shop.

I have also been tatting up some hummingbirds :)

And Ginger had to get a little tatted something as well

I made some birthstone pendants one is mine the other is for someone else Mine has the angel dangling from it and the other is a grandmas necklace, kids on top heart grandkids on bottom heart

My Christmas Trees and a picture of one of my angels using a filter on my camera I love this picture

I also wanted to share a touching thing a dear friend done for me. My friend Jana placed an order for a pink and blue butterfly to be used as an ornament. She wanted 2 so I got my mind working and came up with one I loved it, she loved it. I sent them to her and then she wanted another one. So I also sent that to her. She sent me a text and told me she wanted the 3rd butterfly made for her so that she could send it back to me, in honor of babies lost. OMG I lost it. I was so deeply touched by this. There are no words to express how I feel! She said she had me do it that way so that she was sure I would make it, which in any other case I probably wouldnt have made it. It is so nice to have people in my life who care enough to do things like this or ask me how I am doing with the loss.

Still Here ;)

2011-11-07T09:58:00.001-05:00

well there has been so much going on lately. Too Much!
I have in fact been crafting somewhat, not much tatting but I am slowly getting back into everything. This whole year of 2011 has been a rough year on my entire family. We had some "unnecessary" troubles caused by a 3rd party which nearly destroyed the relationship between my parents, brother, sister and I. The miscarriages, yes plural, i ended up having another in may. i am still not over that, at times I think no one cares about it, but how could they possibly understand unless they went through it. My mom had breast cancer, she ended up having a double mastectomy in September, she is recovering fine, i can not imagine what it is like for her.

I am going to be an aunt either at the end of this month or beginning of next, I am super excited :)

I lost one of my fur children on September 12. He hung on for 5 days, I was with him those days and I am so glad I was, I will tell you all this story, already I am tearing up. i was sitting with him, singing "you are my sunshine" it seemed to make him relax a bit and me as well, There was this butterfly, an orange and black one, it came around one day and just hung out, being silly I thought i would just put my hand out and see if it would land on me, and it did. It crawled up my arm and on to my shoulder where it sat for a long time, i moved and it went into my hair then back on the ground. My brucie was restless then and it went and landed on his paw, I was so touched later that day I went and did some research about butterflies and they are believed to be the spirits of loved ones, i firmly believe it was my other dog Frisky who had died 3 years ago they were best buddies. That butterfly hung around and did those things until Brucie passed away, i have never seen it again. Hubby buried my baby and made him a nice wooden cross and the kids and i put some fake flowers there for him. I miss that little stinker so much. We all do, even though hubby acts like a hard a$$ at times Brucies death really got him.

I will update more once i get my photos of my latest creations on here and edited. :)

Been awhile huh? UPDATES

2011-07-09T19:07:00.002-04:00

Well life has thrown its twists and turns again.

You remember Tracy the gal who had breast cancer, she was in remission for 2 years and now it mastecised (sp) to her bones. :(

My mom has non-ivasive breast cancer :(::..

I now have type 2 diabetes :(

I havent been in much of a crafty mood lately, hopefully soon I can get back into the swing of things.
Right now I am just too down in the dumps to do much creativity wise.

Please keep my mom and Tracy in your thoughts and prayers during their difficult times.

Last pictures of the baby robin

2011-06-07T09:44:00.000-04:00

The baby is getting fiesty I dont want it to get all excited and fall out of the nest and get hurt or anything, and mamma dive bombed me the other day too lol

Baby Robin, Tatting and Beading, and a Flower

2011-06-01T17:36:00.000-04:00

The baby robin is growing fast. Its so adorable...

Here is an idea I had for a long time combining tatting and beading the yellow and white was the first try, this is how it lays on you too the largest flower in the center and the other ones up the side....

And this beauty bloomed today, last year the bush didnt even come up I figured it was dead.

LOOKIE

2011-05-29T20:40:00.000-04:00

We have a mommy robin who built her nest outside my dining room window and she laid 2 eggs 1 had been taken by something so she was with one and it hatched today and I noticed that she laid another on the top in her little nest up there :)

It's been awhile huh?

2011-05-11T09:34:00.001-04:00

Sorry for worrying some of you. I am doing ok. I am getting back into routine and its wonderful. I spent a few days getting all the stuff for my etsy shop all neat and organized. All my shuttles are sealed up in bags and given their own numbers to make it easier on myself :) I have a new shop did I mention that??

I wanted to start new because I have many other things in the works. I have things to show but am not yet because I dont have alot of time right now I have lots of stuff to do today.
I just wanted to let you all know I am doing good and will be more active soon.

Check out my new shop there will be plenty more coming soon :)

A wonderful delivery today

2011-04-28T18:28:00.000-04:00

I had a great delivery today from the mail man...
I got a package from Aileen (again) such a sweet gal :0)

I got tons and I do mean TONS of goodies its hard to believe how much she packed into that box...

Candy, sequins, beads, scissors, a shuttle :D, a lovely necklace, book marks and so on... I love it!!!

And my favorite is this Guardian Angel!!!^

Thoughtfulness of others...

2011-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:00

First I will start with a wonderful lady I got to know online MIRANDA .. Last month I recieved this lovely card in the mail with a little something. The card came on one of the bad days of thinking and crying about the baby. The card and gift really lifted my spirits.

She told me I could use the bracelet as a rememberance or as a gift from a friend who cares about me... I am wearing it as both

Another friend of mine who loves to draw did this for me... I was so touched when I got it in my email the other day, I cried...

There are also so many of you sending me private emails checking on me and offering condolences and I appreciate each and everyone of them
Thank You from the bottom of my heart

Friday Again ... WOW

2011-04-15T09:44:00.000-04:00

Well its Friday again. Seems the week flew by.

I am starting to get back into my crafting, once I post this I am going to arrange my craft corner that I use for my clay , resin and whatever else I decide to attempt.

Today is a month my mother in law has been gone, and 1 month 3 weeks and 1 day since baby Harlow has been gone. We miss them dearly, sometimes I just want to scream out but I dont. I have so many friends helping me right now alot of whom went through the same things. I am so grateful for you all!!

I made this last night, Its the beading that Debbie taught me and then I tatted around it.

Today I dont plan on doing a whole lot, my voice is starting to come back and I am feeling better.

Tomorrow my oldest turns 12, where did that time go?? I feel like I missed it but I didnt. We always say days go fast or slow but in reality they are always 24 hours the speed in which the day feels is dependant on what you are up to on that day.

Ok enough rambling for now lol
Hope you all have a super weekend
Heather

It's Friday!

2011-04-08T11:13:00.000-04:00

I am so happy its Friday I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow until noon... HA HA Those of you who know me know that is not a thing I even try to do LOL

I bought myself a book "Grieving the Child I never Knew" I just started to read it the other day and find it super helpful, the book suggested to name our baby, I hated calling the baby "it" because we didnt know if it was a boy or a girl. I spent the other evening online looking up baby names that could be for a boy or girl, 1 in peticular kept jumping out at me, so I wrote it down and came up with a combination for middle names none of which David really liked but he picked the middle name. Our sweet angels name is Harlow Jamie Johnston... It feels good to have a name. We plan on getting a tree in Harlows memory and putting it in the garden. Sometimes its the little things that can make a world of difference. I am not saying I am all happy now and over it, I dont think that I will ever be over it.

I am sick today it started Monday with a scratchy throat, now its still scratchy and I got a cough like crazy, I am coughing so hard my head hurts. My nose is stuffing up too so its either a cold that is taking its time in coming around or its Allergies... My best friends today are vegetable soup in a veggie broth and mucinex and cough drops along with my inhailer.

I haven't been doing alot of tatting lately but I have been busy beading. Last week my best friend came over and she taught me a few things, I blame her for getting me addicted, maybe that is why I am sick she did say I had beading fever... ??? I may have to question her on this hee hee.

These are some pendants I made I did make earrings which were a bit smaller but they arent pictured here

In the coming weeks, there will be changes being made with my business / shop. I am excited but I am not telling a thing yet... You will just have to wait and see.

Last week my hubby bought me a present. AN EXPENSIVE PRESENT!!! A new camera.

He loves me lol

Here is a photo I snapped the other day.

SPRING is springing well its trying to anyways this week we had temps in the 60's 30's and 40's no wander I am sick.

I will leave you with a photo of my kiddos and one of David and I... The kids were dressed for their Me-Maw's funeral, they picked their own clothes because they knew what memaw would like :).
David and I it was the weekend I looked crappy ha ha!!!

And below is my whole reason for living...

more loss

2011-04-01T07:55:00.000-04:00

Well today is 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day since I lost my baby. The emptiness in my heart is sometimes unbearable. I keep wanting to know what it was? Why it happened? Who would they have been? Would this child have had green eyes and red hair like mommy or like their brother and sister blue eyes and dirty blonde hair? I know I am making myself crazy with these thoughts but I guess its my way of dealing. I miss my baby so much.

On March 15 about 6:30 pm Davids mom passed away, I hate it, why so soon after we lost a baby did this happen? David is upset about his mom as we all are here, hubby told me I should just forget about the baby and think about his mom instead, that hurt. I keep trying to avoid my own feelings about the baby in front of him but when I am alone the emotions just pour out.

Sometimes I just want to get away for awhile just to be alone without any time limit. I just want to be alone for awhile. I am so thankful for Debbie for keeping me in check, she kept bugging me about our weekly meets finally after about a month I felt up to it, I was so glad I went I needed that and she was here the other day and taught me some new beaded things.

My mom and sister have been to visit me as well, it was nice.

On a good note I ended up losing 25 pounds since January, I just hope I can lose more and keep it off.

I really hope this is the last bad thing to happen this year so far has been hell on us all. I want a time machine to go back and switch everything around to make it all better but I cant.

I had been without internet for a few weeks because of the phone company screwing up AGAIN and AGAIN! I just got it back last evening and was so glad too!!

Today is Tat Day which I would have totally forgotten about if I werent online. I will try to tat today, my mood is proving to be crappy so far perhaps a little walk after my son goes to school is in order. It looks crappy out snow rain and ick AGAIN!

Ok enough of this update

1 week

2011-03-03T09:34:00.000-05:00

Today its been a week, a very long week. Time feels like it has stopped, I used to complain how my days went so fast, now I wish they would.

I am starting to wrap my head around it all, the sadness is easing but only a tiny bit.

I am starting to get back into a little routine, it seems to be helping some. My house looked like a disaster, I cleaned up yesterday and even vacuumed, I was starting to wander if I had black carpeting instead of green, Riley is shedding he needs brushed, maybe today...

Tonight I am going to make Baked Tilapia, with AuGratin potatoes. Kind of sounds good for tonight. My sons BSC is coming tonight also, she has been calling and checking up on me and talking with me which is helping alot. My friends most of who have gone through this same thing are really helping too, Thanks to everyone who is keeping track of me right now, I can not express how much it is helping me. My husband got on me the other night and told me to stop dwelling on it so much, which is what I was doing spending every waking moment thinking. I needed him to do that I feel a little better, I look better too not like a zombie, I actually have been getting some sleep the past 2 nights, not alot but some. It is making a difference.

I am sure I may get annoying talking about it alot but I need to get it out. I have never experienced this and I pray I never have to experience anything like it again. The pain sometimes feels unbearable. All my emotions are raging, I find myself wanting to just fall to the ground screaming, but I don't, I can't.

I am getting back into my tatting, slowly. Yesterday was the first day I felt up to anything. I did these just messing around.

I also drew out a design but have yet to even start on it. Its called "forever in my heart".

Yesterday I seen about 25 robins in the field across from my driveway. It was nice, I can't wait for spring so I can take long walks and forget about the world for awhile.

I have been walking outside and took this picture this morning, its old dead ferns of some kind but I thought it looked interesting.

I plan on tatting some more today, I will attempt the test tatting I was asked to do. I need to keep myself busy right now. Here is a song that I heard on the radio which is one of my favorites from awhile ago that I thought seemed fitting right now.

...In the arms of the angel, far away from here...

???

2011-02-28T21:34:00.000-05:00

It is so hard to believe how one moment can turn your world inside out and upside down and all around.

I am so sad, I feel I will not get through this. I wander why it happened, I keep thinking what if? My mind can't focus on anything right now. I have so many things running through my head. It is so hard to keep it together sometimes I just can't and the emotion explodes inside of me.

I want to scream, yell, cry, pound my fists, stomp my feet, and break things.

I can't sleep much, I cry uncontrollably at times, I feel like I can't breathe, I feel like I could die, I want to just curl into a ball and lay in bed ALL DAY! I never ever thought this would hurt so bad, I always prayed I would never feel this kind of pain. I feel empty and lost.

I feel like crap, I look like hell, I feel I won't be happy ever again. I hate having my children and husband see me like this. They understand but I still don't like it. If it weren't for my husband and kids right now I probably would just give up. I know this isn't the end of the world but I feel like it is.

Its only been 4 days but it already feels like an eternity, the days seem soooooo long, today was my 1st day alone and it was not a good day.

I can not stand the pain, I really hope this is the last bad thing to happen this year, I don't know if I could handle anything else.

I was going to try and tat a little tonight but I lost interest in no time, I am so tired and I just feel weak (both tired and as a person) I keep getting nasty headaches from all the crying. I wish I could understand.

Sadness

2011-02-26T17:53:00.000-05:00

I don't know how to say this without giving too much information.

On Thursday 2-24-11 I suffered a loss, a loss that has left me just confused as all heck.

It was one of those things that weren't "supposed" to happen. It was not planned either.

David and I spent the rest of that day just looking at each other and with me crying like crazy. If you are on my FB you know already. The kids don't fully understand but they know.

I probably will not be online alot until I can sort through all of this. I am confused, lost, sad, and heartbroken.

I haven't read email for a few days once I can focus properly I will get to people who have written.

Thanks to my special friends who are helping me right now, my husband and children whom I need now more than ever.

What day is it?

2011-02-23T16:21:00.000-05:00

This week has been a bit crazy so far. I wish I could just hibernate with all my crafting supplies in my own little cave. Wouldnt that be nice? LOL

I got a few orders for my beaded rings today I am happy for that, I went to have my taxes done it was nice to see my old co-workers again, they love all my crafty things I do. Thats where the orders came from.

Tomorrow I have a meeting for my son at his school, I hate those. Friday he has an appointment, Saturday another appointment. UGH!!

I have supper in the oven, Turkey Meatballs with Pasta, Sauce and Cheese. It smells so yummy.

This morning it was a whopping 3*F here that means the crazy addictive photo taker was out in it LOL I got some beautiful shots today and yesterday too I need to get them fixed all up to show.

I cant wait until this weekend David the kids and I are going to have a special day together. We need it.

Updates all around

2011-02-21T15:19:00.001-05:00

Its amazing how ones life can change within a weeks time... I am getting into a huge slump of not wanting to do much, not wanting to leave my house. Seems my personal life is rocky too now. But I can handle it, maybe not real well, but I will get through :o)

I can hardly believe I completed this on Saturday. 12 hours of work went into this its my own design. I used TOHO glass seed beads size 11, shades of blue and clear, on each triangle is a frosted mini teardrop bead. The reason I cant believe I did it is because I cant seem to keep focused right now, my mind is rushing like crazy.

I did these 2 yesterday, no pattern really just my own doing.

Riley our new addition to the family is doing great, he is a great protector of his mommy but he has to realize that mommy has human childrean as well as the furry ones, He and Ginger are getting along great, Ned keeps messing with him and that makes Riley angry, he growls at Ned, he runs but comes back about another minute or 2 later. Dip Stick dog lol.

Also wanted to add my facebook and Fan Page are off to the right of this post, Like my fan page and join my facebook if you wish to do so. I only have photos up on my fan page so far, its getting there :o)

A Happier Post

2011-02-16T12:00:00.001-05:00

I was just in an ok mood before, I am terribly lacking sleep lately, feeling blah, not wanting to do much. I had an appointment this morning, I got the answers I was looking for. That in fact eased my mind alot.

I got home, and decided to walk around outside a bit since the weather is alot nicer and the sun felt warm on my face, for the first time in awhile I noticed the birds chirping away, the woodpeckers banging on the trees, the sky is so blue. Its beautiful.

As I was walking I got to thinking of all the good in my life. My wonderful husband who puts up with my moodiness lately, comforts me when I need it, helps me through everything. I couldn't ask for a better man.

My kids, without them I would be lost, they help me also just by doing things to make me laugh so hard I can't breathe. They are my whole reason for living.

My pets, ahhh yes the 20 hermit crabs I have crawling around in the aquarium, some people find them boring but I happen to love them, some of them have their own personalities, one likes to eat from my hand, another likes to crawl up my arm, they are all just adorable in my opinion.

Ned was the first of our "free" dogs, he is a sweetie, allthough stinky and grouchy at times, he always knows when I am really upset he will jump in my lap and whine with me LOL

Ginger is the sweetest most gentle girl, she is the tiniest and the only female dog I have had. She loves to cuddle when I am tatting or beading she will jump on top of my chair and sleep above my head.

Riley our newest addition my friend couldn't keep him, I begged David to consider us getting him it was no at first but he changed his mind. Riley is a BIG boy about 105 pounds. He has the sweetest brown eyes, he is so attached to me I love him, he follows me everywhere and tries to climb in my lap LOL it dosent work so well. He knows too when I am down he will come to me and lay his head on my lap. He sits and tried to cuddle on the couch but he pretty much takes up the whole thing.

I am so happy to have met my friend Debbie, we get together about once a week, she listens to me she understands all the little things. We tat, laugh (ALOT) especially when the kids are all together, we bead, and just have a great time.

Instead of worrying about the things I can not change, I am going to work on the things that I can. Sometimes reality has to slap you in the face, I think that is what the sunshine did today but it didn't hurt LOL.

I am going to focus more on my tatting and beading instead of sitting here "thinking" too much.

Well off to get me some lunch and clean up a bit here.

Lookie what I found this morning...

2011-02-15T09:03:00.000-05:00

I had a really rough day yesterday, nothing seemed to go right, but that is life.

Before the kids went to school Nate told me while he giggled I left you a message on toilet paper. So I got them off to school walked Riley again and came in and forgot about it until I went in to get a clip for my hair, then I seen it

There is $39,717 there for beads LOL too bad its not real I can imagine I would be able to buy that much lol

Meet my new love...

2011-02-13T17:35:00.000-05:00

RILEY

Adopted today, He is a 4 year old Black / Chocolate Lab. Such a sweet dog, and already making himself at home Ginger tried to bite him at first but they are getting to be buds, Ned acts like a jumping bean and Riley dosen't tolerate it lol so they are taking a bit more to be comfortable with each other.

I had a good day today, did alot of house work, seen a dear friend, adopted Riley, spent time with my husband and kids.

Latest Beading and 1 thing tatting

2011-02-11T22:39:00.000-05:00

My design peyote round stitching

Penguin

Whale (my design)

Netting (my friend Debbie showed me this)

Netting again (but I goofed it up LOL)

Peyote & Herringbone (from a magazine)

Peyote round (Experimenting)

Raccoon & Owl

Parrots

Peyote Round (my design)

And lastly a beaded parrot with tatting. I really like how it turned out.