Another one bites the dust!!

Yippee!! I mailed off another pattern to a magazine publisher!! This makes #3!! I am so excited!! Now we just sit back and wait for the magazine to come out!! The 4th pattern is not scheduled till spring 2009, so no hurry on writing that one up, LOL!! So here it is, another sneak peak for all you lovely readers!!

OH!!! And Happy Halloween too!!!

And Happy Birthday Katie!

Stitch of the Week!

Are you a crocheter??? Do you belong to the CGOA??? Well, you should!! The Crochet Guild of America is the most amazing organization!! I don't know where I would be right now without them!!

Well, over on our Yahoo board we have been doing something called The Stitch of the Week. Any member is allowed to teach their favorite stitch to the rest of the group. I've learned some wonderful new stitches and have even been inspired by a few of them to create a new pattern!! (see my Breast Cancer Awareness Skinny Scarf!) Well, this is my week to teach!!! I decided to do the Herringbone Half-Double crochet!

This group has been wonderful to me!! I joined their Associate Professional program earlier this year and was assigned a wonderful mentor....Miss Dee of CrochetWithDee! She has been an amazing inspiration to me and an amazing help! I've also corresponded with some other fabulous designers....The phenomenal Drew "The Crochet Dude", the adorable Kim Guzman, and the creative Vashti just to name a few! What a wonderful ride it's been!!! Personally I am just amazed at the number of design submissions that I have already had accepted!! And I don't think any of them could've happened without the help of these designers and the CGOA!

So, if you like to crochet, I strongly recommend that you join the CGOA!! (Especially if you are in Grand Junction!!! I want to start a local chapter!!!!)

Happy Crocheting!

Halloween Party

Hit my first Halloween party last night. I was dubbed "The Golden Queen" by one of the little girls there and Heather was my pet dragon. Don't we make a cute couple???

Im in! I'm in!!

I finally got my invite to Ravelry last night!! I've been having so much fun playing around....but I need to get off the computer and finish up my design before the deadline!!

If you are already there, add me to your friends! My id is "Jaybird".....imagine that!! LOL!! Hope to see you there!

I'm it!

I was tagged by my friend over at Jus Shar Designs. Gotta list some FOURS! So here goes:

Job's I've Had:
1. USPS-many positions
2. Thrifty Car rental
3. Secretary/receptionist for an accountant
4. Grocery cashier

Movies I (do) Could Watch Over & Over
1. Grease
2. Princess Bride
3. Pretty Woman
4. Dirty Dancing

I Watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Private Practice
3. Las Vegas
4. Anything for kids on PBS

Places I've Lived:
1. Baden, PA
2. New Brighton, PA
3. Fruita, CO
4. Grand Junction, CO

Favorite Foods:
1. Crab legs
2. Pasta with cheese sauces
3. A good steak
4. Mexican

Favorite Colors:
1. Most shades of blue
2. Chocolate Brown
3. Baby pink
4. Cream

Places I'd Love to Be Now:
1. With my family in PA
2. Ouray, CO
3. A nice beach with white sand, blue water, a cute cabanna boy, and an alcoholic drink!
4. Sleeping

Names I like but would not use for my children:
1. Gary
2. Sonja
3. Tracy
4. Dave

I'm tagging:
Ginger
Nina
Daria
Katie

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On eBay

I just listed this adorable Christmas set of Heather's. She was able to wear it for the last two years, but unfortunately she has now outgrown it. It was made by the amazing Molly of M.Frye Designs. If you are not familiar with her work, it is AMAZING!! All finished in french seams and the top is lined!! Heather looked beautiful in it last year when we went and saw the Nutcracker ballet!!! Only worn a few times and still in excellent condition!!

You can find it HERE!

On it's way!!

Off it goes!!! My second pattern for magazine publication!! Safe travels little box! And I thought you would all like a little sneak peek too! Enjoy!

Update!

Ok, anyone else want to exchange links?? I'll be updating my list this afternoon.

I have a headcold....ick!! So it looks like I will be heading to WalMart soon for a kleenex run! Oh...and some NyQuil/DayQuil! And while I'm at it, I should pick up some more yarn, LOL!!

My pattern progress.....wrapping up a pattern today. Just need to draw out the schematics, attach some lables, and send it off in the mail!! Whoo hooo!! I plan on mailing it tomorrow since I don't think I'll catch the mailman today. But then I get to start another one for a different magazine! I already have the pattern written out, but they want me to use a different yarn. So I need to see if the yarn will work up to the same guage. HOPE SO!! If not, I basically have to re-write the whole thing!!! Oh...and they wanted a few minor changes too....no biggie! The deadline for this one is November 5th....wish me luck!

Ok....gotta go find where I left my box of kleenex!! Have a great weekend everyone!

Updating my blog list

If you'd like to link blogs let me know. I'm looking for some new people to put on my sidebar with some fun blogs. Add me to yours and I'll add you to mine!! Post a comment with a link to your blog and I'll get mine updated as soon as I can!

Think Pink!

In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I have written a pink skinny scarf pattern to help support Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Research. 100% of it's proceeds will be donated to worthy Breast Cancer related charities. This scarf is great for showing your support or for the Breast Cancer fighter/survivor that you know! You can find it only at the Pink Zebra Boutiuque! Click on the picture to be taken to the listing!

PZB table at MOPS

Well, today at my local MOPS meeting we had our Business fair. Anyone who owns a small business was allowed to set up a table and show their wares. I set up the Pink Zebra table and loved listening to all the wonderful comments about our items!!! Here I am with all my "stuff"!!

Busy Busy!

How about you?? I don't seem to have enough hours in the day lately! LOL!! Oh well, it's only temporary! Things should go back to normal next week....I hope!!!

Thought I'd share some of my WIP's with you:

• crochet sweater pattern for a magazine (deadline is the 27th)
• crochet scarf
• sewn boys overalls for my nephew's 2nd B-day
• painted Pink Zebra sign for my Open House on Saturday

So, like I said, I'm pretty busy. Just add in a 4 year old, a house, a husband, and life......

Need a hat??

I just listed a custom, design your own, felted hat at the PZB! I get so many compliments on these!!! And your hat is sure to be OOAK!!! My yellow one in the picture even won a first place ribbon at the Mesa County Fair this summer!! In the professional crochet division!!!

Click here to see the listing!

Rejection!

Not what you expected after my last post, huh??? But it was bound to happen...eventually. Just got my first rejection letter from a magazine. But I really don't feel that bad about it. Probably because of the two contracts I already have coming in the mail, LOL!!

But now I am having a dilemma. One of the magazines asked that the sweater be made out of a certain yarn. The sweater was originally made with two strands of a baby sport yarn. And yes, the new yarn is a baby sport, but when I work up a swatch using two strands of it, it would make a lousy sweater, LOL!! So, what to do??? Alter the pattern so that is is made using only one strand.....or keep to the original and use two?? What would you do?