Etsy Now Open!!

My Etsy, Made in the Ali,

is now UP and RUNNING! I'm so excited! 

 I have my fold-up tote bags for sale. Go check them out. They are only $5! What a deal :)

"Favorite" my store and check back because I will be putting up more things soon!

Reusable Grocery Bags.. That you will actually REMEMBER to bring with you!

This is what I've been working on lately. Its a reusable grocery bag that you can roll up and tie and toss in your purse or glovebox. Then when you get to the front of the line you have your bag right there in your purse. I'm going be selling my stuff at a craft boutique in September so I will be selling these there and on my (soon to be) Esty.

Here is the bag opened (about 16"x16")

This is the bag rolled up

I think they are so cute. I can't wait to show you all how the different fabrics turned out.
I went to a discount fabric store near my house and found some awesome deals. Here is all of the fabric I got.

Then I also got a few yards of some canvas-y/burlap type fabric for the back. One side will be pattern and the other will be a brown or tan canvas.

Button and Rosette Rings

My mom has had this jar of buttons on top of the washer ever since I can remember. Every time she would find a button in the washer she would toss it in there. Ive seen some button rings around Blogland for a while so I thought I would give them a try. I made like 50 of them! Here's some of the rings I came up with:

Love them!! Now do I wear them all? Or save them to sell on etsy or the craft boutique?

Vintage Lace Ring

Steppin thru Crazy made this Lace Ring a while ago on her blog. Shortly after I found the perfect lace for making this ring. However, it took me Months to find ring blanks (an empty ring with the glue pad on top). Finally I found some at the Dollar Tree of all places. But they already had tacky flowers attached. So I ripped them off and attached my own lace flowers.

This is how the lace doily started.

If you can't find ring blanks, you can also use ribbon and glue it into a circle to fit your finger.

This whole thing cost me $2 for 6 rings. I got 8 flowers for $1 and 6 rings for $1. I love them. I think they are adorable. I'm so glad that I finally found the rings for these. I will be wearing purple tomorrow :)

Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner!

Ok, so I'm not making anyone chicken dinner. BUT! I did choose a winner for my "Fifty followers" Giveaway. I used random.org to pick a winner and it came up with #6!

The winner is Mandy! From Mandy's Yellow Corner. She will get to pick out a hair accessory or pin! Thanks everyone for participating and following me!