I'm working on it, I swear!

As I have posted before, I usually slow down in the summer craftwise... But things are starting to pick up again! My shed is very nearly empty, there are a handful of things left to be dealt with, then I need to cleancleanclean it, decritterify it (there's an unoccupied birdsnest and who knows what else in there), bug bomb it, and then it'll be ready for me to insulate and sheet and install a window! Woohoo! It probably won't be functional until fall, but I'll be sure to take lots of pictures along the way to track the progress! I'm so excited for it! Woohoo!

I've also been thinking hard about setting up a Made in the Mountains online store so that I can sell my crafts. We could certainly use any extra income, and it would be fun! I'm in the research phase of what hosting service and ecommerce service to use, and I need to build up an inventory before I put anything online, but I'm excited about it! I think my biggest item will be my crocheted hats, mostly for babies/toddlers/kids, they are fast and easy to make and the materials are inexpensive. Yay! Keep an eye out for more on the website! :D

I just made this hat for my best highschool friend's new baby girl, and I'm about to make another one for her 2 year old daughter as well (Kate, if you see this, act surprised when they arrive!). This is my first floppy brimmed hat, I totally winged it (no pattern) and I think it came out great! I'm going to add a grosgrain ribbon around the brim so it can be tightened if it's too loose or used as an under chin tie, but here it is thusfar! So cute! (I'm going to use the foam ball it's on later for photographing hats for the website, I only just got it today so I haven't had the chance to put it on the dowel and make it look nice!)

Ok, I just added the ribbon and had to post a picture of it finished, cause it is SO DANG CUTE!