Lanee's Crochet is Having a Studio Wide Holiday Sale

Lanee's Crochet is getting ready for the ever so coveted "Cyber Monday" by reducing the price on all items by applying free domestic, and $1 international shipping to all items in studio.

Yep, that's right- the price you see is the price you pay to have your quality crocheted items delivered to you.
(But make sure you get your order taken care of before the United States Postal Service cut off date, which is December 15th this year).

Also!

I've got those new coin purses that I mentioned in previous posts photographed and ready to go.  Here is the first of 6 that I will be listing this week.

The cute red button makes this pouch just well... Cute As a Button!

They're all the perfect size for carrying in your back pocket while hanging on to your I.D., credit cards, or a bit of cash.

Lanee's Crochet happily accepts Amazon Payments as well as Paypal.

Chocolate Brown Teefus!

Chocolate scented gums with peppermint teeth glycerin soap by The Soap Seduction.
I came across this realistic looking denture soap via twitter and thought - man that is some crazy lookin ass soap! lol- Had to share!

This soap is the perfect gift for "Grandmas, grandpas, snaggle-toofed kiddies, and your best bud who needs a cheerful pick-me-up! Also makes a hilarious stocking-stuffer!"

 The Soap Seduction also offers 'normal' handmade soaps such as her Dirty Soap, Pink Sugar Donut Hole Soaps, and her vegan friendly Shitfaced Soap (this one is great for "Tough-as- nails broads, manly-men, stressed out individuals, and those who have mastered the art of imbibing responsibly ")

Btw, The Soap Seduction has a section especially for those wanting vegan friendly bath and body goods which are goods.  There's something for everyone!

The Honey Bar Soap
 (Vegan)

Lanee's Crochet Has Gifts!

Christmas is already near!
It's amazing how time flies when you're having fun. Soon enough, We'll be getting ready for V-day, watching flowers sprout, and enjoying the breeze.

In my studio this year, you will find a variety of items which make awesome Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers.
In my Hair Clips section:
A variety of flower shaped hair clips- great gifts for sisters, cousins, or nieces of all ages.

I've also got coin purses and pouches, some of which are great for the on the go girl who loves listening to her music with her hands free as she strolls;

Or something for the lady who just loves cozy, handmade things like this Green Coin Purse which is made of hand spun yarn.

I've got several more hand spun, cozy, wintery style crocheted coin purses that are waiting to be finished, so please check back on this blog, or at my Artfire Studio for updates on those items.

My First Collection

Curating a collection on Artfire is quite difficult because there is so much wonderfly handmade stuff to choose from.
I'm hoping to meet my Niece Arieanna soon, (she's due tomorrow) and I'm also hoping that I might one day be able to teach her to appreciate handmade goodness by spoiling her with lots of little gifts and treasures made by my fellow crafts-people.

Anywho,
Here is my first collection- please stop by and rate and comment on the bright, beautiful, and super girly items so that they may be seen =)

Its A Little Girl...

  Curated By: LaneesCrochet

ArtFire.com

Handmade Soap

Milo is the Cutest Pet!

In my humble opinion at least! lol

I've entered Milo's picture into a cutest pet contest for which the prize is handmade soap, cream, and perfume oil from Mea Culpa's shop/studio.

Entry is closed now  - so the voting is ON!

Won't you please vote for my Milo? 

All you have to do is find his picture on This Page and 'like' it.

(If you don't already 'like' Mea Culpa, please do so so that you may vote (not to mention- she's pretty cool too ;)

*Only the 'likes' are counted as votes.

Thanks in advance!

How bout them Bears?

Hey, I heard that the Chicago Bears football team is doing pretty good this year.
It was the perfect chance to stray from the normal brown bear or panda beanie-
Check out what I've come up with to help you show your team spirit this year and the next.

Soft Color Mood

A collection created by ArtGlassStudio which includes my Bright Girly Newsboy Hat.

Soft Color Mood

  Curated By: ArtGlassStudio

ArtFire.com

Vintage Fashion

Please check out the collection and rate and comment if you like =)

Really House?

Dear the People Who Write for the Show " House",
wtf?

Your Friend,
Lanee'.

I know this is a totally random, out of the blue post, but I finally saw the latest episode of House on Hulu.com last night.  I was rather disappointed by it.  I hope this whole 'they're in a relationship' thing won't remove any of that wonderful tension that kept the show interesting while the currently not dying fast enough patient was lying there in wonder.
I know that it would have to come to this eventually, but man- it seems like the show just started getting good- downhill from here?

I'm going to be an Aunt!

I'm super excited about being an aunt!

My little brother's girlfriend is pregnant with a baby girl which will be given the same middle name as me.  Is that cool or what?  She'll be my baby princess AND when she's tired and cranky- I can hand her back to her mom or dad!  It's like grandparenthood with out the wait. lol

I can't wait to get started on some things for her to wear throughout the winter.  She's due in November, she she'll have plenty of time to be my baby model for all sorts of things, too =->

Just thought I'd drop a line~

School is great.. keeping my hands full of sweets rather than yarn, but wonderful and exciting all the same .

Just Sitting Isn't Sitting Well With Me

When I started School a couple of months ago, I didn't really have the time to keep up shop because I was getting used to getting myself ready for school while getting my kid ready and being exhausted when I got home and all that comes with actually having something to do!
But, while I'm not able to really focus on my Artfire Studio, I don't want it to sit idly by while I still hang on to my very low subscription price.
I am going to audit my studio and take out the least viewed and less weather or season appropriate items.
Right now, Lanee's Crochet has 136 items for you to choose from.  When I'm done, I will be sticking to 30 or less, just to make it more manageable and less overwhelming for you and me.

It's been a while, so I am very much looking forward to getting back into the swing!

Schools and Shops Vacations

I started school last week, so not a lot of crocheting and promoting for my shops has been done.  School is a lot more intense and involved than I had figured it would be!
So far, we've baked cookies, brownies, muffins, cream puffs with pastry cream,cheesecakes, macaroons, meringues, and last night, we assembled a fresh fruit tart. It's been less than a month, but I'm still super excited about school.
I'll be putting my Etsy and 1000Markets shops on an indefinite vacation.  My artfire will remain open and may be updated from time to time.

LaneesCrochet

Sell Crafts

Valentines Day Crochet

A few Items in my shop themed for February/ Valentines day:

Red Valentines Day Hat with Stripes

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Frilly Valentines Coasters

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Dish Cloth Trio

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and of course, a whole lotta heart pins =-P

A few almost random Valentines themed things:

Valentines Earrings                                 Red and White Bracelet

Red Angel Heart Pendant                 Valentines Day Heart Gift Tags


GlassIdentities
SugarRaindrops
HeathersHaven
NatureManipulated

Are You Swaggin?

Man! Did you know that there's a site that allows you to find and earn vitrual dollars that you can turn into cash and prizes?

It's for real!  All  you do is go and sign up for your free Swag Bucks account (no credit card required), use the SwagBucks search engine to search the internet as you normally would and you'll randomly receive bucks.    If you're an online shopper, you can go through the Shop & Earn section of the website to get to your favorite online stores and earn at least 1 swag buck per $5 that you spend on that site.

For example:  If I decide to purchase a new digital camera from Best Buy,  I can go to the swag bucks Shop & Earn section, look under electronics and find the link to Best Buy.  There it tells me that I will earn 1 Swag Buck for every $5 I spend at bestbuy.com.  The camera that I want is $150.00.  By purchasing it, I'll earn 30 Swag Bucks which I can redeem for prizes and gift cards!

  ( you have to go through the swagbucks site though- if you just type in bestbuy.com or any other site with out going through the Swag site, you won't earn bucks cause Swagbucks won't know you went there)

I think that it's been about a month since I discovered this site through a connection on facebook.  So far, I've gotten $20 worth of amazon.com gift cards, a restaurant.com certificate worth $25 towards a meal, a $5 paypal deposit, and have donated some of my swag bucks (which they turn into real bucks) to the Christmas toy drive and most recently to the Haiti Disaster Relief.

At first, it seemed like a scam or something that was too good to be true. But of course, the idea of free things is very appealing so, I decided to try it out anyway. There really is no risk- You're not sending in any money to participate.

Also, I've seen the SwagBucks site mentioned on some news shows in a good way. I can't embed the actual video of the coverage, but here's the link for you to check out.
ABC news Swag Video


If you'd like to give it a try, please sign up using the links I've given here so that I will get credit for referring you.
 Get your Swag on!

So, I Tried to Dye

And failed... Horribly.

Last year, I plied a small skien of yarn. It felt almost perfect and it was even in more places than it was not.  I loved that little skien and was saving it for something very special.
I finally set aside some time to do very special things to this yarn.  I got out the bowl, the vinegar, the food colors, and my hopes for something so beautiful that I'd want to keep it all to myself.
I was expecting  Valentinesy type yarn with which I could make a felted coin purse out of and got this:

I used purple, pink, and a bit of yellow.  I over cooked it it =-(  and I think I used too much vinegar =-(
But- I didn't know any better because of lack of experience.  I think that after this, from now on, I'm going to leave the dyeing to the pros.  Or maybe I'll try a wet method and use just one color (you know,  the thing they do where you let the yarn sit in colored water until it's clear?)
yep.

Christmas Has Come and Gone...

So, Here I am with an update on what's going on with me and Lanee's Crochet.

Christmas was pretty nice.  I actually got something that I wanted this year, and from an unexpected source

And I love it!

There are 3 things that I wanted for Christmas this year: yarn, baking gear, and tea.  I want yarn and tea year round, but for some reason, no one here has picked up on that.  This year, we pulled names for Christmas and I got my little brother and he got me.  My request was for some yarn, but after a few days of thinking about it, he just gave me money.

I've been walking around with this yarn since it got here last week, squeezing it and smelling it and nuzzling it.  I don't know what I'll make just yet.  I just LOVE it.  It's something that I would buy for myself if I wasn't in the habit of spending every free or extra cent on some one else.

And it's not blue!  It's just nice.  Blue is my favorite color, so I tend to buy all things blue, but the smaller skein that I got looks like a sunset in techni-color.

I wish that I knew how to knit because that yarn would make some killer lacy arm warmers.

After all the hoopla over Christmas (with the parties and gift giving, cooking and baking and what not) has died down, I still have my Christmas yarn next to my bed waiting for an idea.

Thank You, Mini for getting me just what I wanted for Christmas  ♥

I've also got to thank Monet for helping me send along warm wishes to a friend this holiday.  She's got a shop on Etsy that you can check out for roving, yarn, crochet and knit goods, stitch markers and maybe a little more.

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I've decided not to wait until after the new year started to open my shops back up.  I've still got my sales up and running, so if you were eyeballing something there before Christmas and thought that you'd missed the sale... Shop on, my friend!

Lanee's Crochet on Etsy

Lanee's Crochet on Artfire

Visit LaneesCrochet's Studio

SAVE 30.00 % On Order Total (orders above $9.99)

Use Coupon Code:

HOLIDAYDEAL09

during checkout.

Floral Gifts

Taking this Holiday Time Off

I've been finding it really hard to keep up with all that I need to in order to promote my shops/ generate sales, so rather than struggle with this while trying to deal with real life and what is actually happening rather than what's not, I'm going on vacation until the holidays are over.

If there is something that you had your eye on in Lanee's Crochet, you should grab it today to get it at the sale price.

I'm looking forward to a happy, stress-free holiday~

and Wishing you the same!

Hey! Where's That gift Guide?

I really wanted to continue on the path of the gift guide with 'gifts for dad' following my 'gifts for mom' post, but I found it really difficult to pretend what I would get a dad if I had one.

I've grown up being raised by my mother, and a couple of aunts, so I think I will skip the dad guide this  year. next weekend, I'll be back with gifts for brothers. (I do have 2 of those!)

While I don't have a whole guide worth of items that would be nice for dad, I did pick a few that I would get a boyfriend/ husband or just important guy in my life if there was one.

Sandalwood Shaving Soap 

Father and Son Short Sleeve Shirt w/ Tie Appliqué

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Utility Knife 3in. Blade with Ebony Handle

Personalized All Leather Magnetic Money Clip

A Bit Behind on Things Here, but Here's What's New!

    It was my aim to have my gift guides scheduled for posting on Saturday- any time, as long as people were there to look but, I've fallen behind this week.  I was much busier than I had planned Thanksgiving week.  I wound up preparing the turkey and shopping around for things.  Along with more than a few unexpected guests, my time has been taken up by trying not to be rude and reclusive by staying in my room and really getting busy with my shop and studio, making sure that every one's fed and that my son isn't whining about stupid things and is sharing with his little friend who now calls me Aunt.  Not sure how I feel about that, but it is what it is.

    In the few moments that I have been able to get to myself, I've managed to list a few of new things in my Etsy:  Http://laneescrochet.etsy.com .

    It seems like smaller things are flying off of the Etsy shelves, so I'm going to focus on adding stocking stuffer type items back to my shop there.  There will be a few hats and scarves and stuff, but mostly small items under $10.00.

Show your love of handmade by using this Coffee Cup Cozy while at work or on the go.

This coin Coin Purse makes the great gift for a teen.  It's slim and is the perfect introduction to how cool handmade gifts are.

This Orange-Red Hair Clip can be worn by all ages.  Whether it's to compliment an outfit, or to keep hair out of the face, the vivid colors and simple design makes this clip ageless.

I'm hoping to have gift guide 2 of 5  posted by tomorrow afternoon.  I'll let you all know if I meet that goal.   ☺

                            

Old and New and Coupons Too!

I've decided to go ahead and create a discount for the holidays!

 In my Artfire studio, you can use coupon code HOLIDAYDEAL09 to receive 30% off all orders totaling $10 or more.

Visit LaneesCrochet's Studio

SAVE 30.00 % On Order Total (orders above $9.99)

Use Coupon Code:

HOLIDAYDEAL09

during checkout.

Craft Supplies

In my Etsy Shop, All items have already been  discounted by 20%  to reflect this discount, so there's no waiting for a revised invoice.

All items come with free shipping on top of this offer, so you're getting quite a deal here!

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**This coupon/percentage off offer is only valid from November 23, 2009 to December 21, 2009**

*While The USPS 2009 Holiday Shipping Cut Off Date is Dec. 21st, I cannot guarantee that your package will arrive by Christmas if ordered any later than Dec. 18th. (heck, I can't guarantee that it will get there on time if you do order before the 18th- we all know how the post office can be, but I'll give it an effort!)

A Couple New Things

Earlier today, I added my Pink Rose Pixie Hood to my Etsy shop.

With refreshed pictures and my holiday discount already applied, it's ready for purchase for only $24.50!

I've also added this Child Sized Gray and Yellow Newsboy Beanie to my Artfire studio:

With the 30% off coupon and free shipping, it's only $10.50!

I will be slowly filling my Etsy shop up with things that I already have listed on Artfire, so if you'd rather shop there, check it out to see what I've put there lately =-)