MS3 progress

I finished Clue 3, and have started clue 4!!!! It's not a good view of the beads, but a pretty fair color representation. I hit a snag with it last night. Knitted too late, and made some mistakes. So I decided to go to bed and leave it for today. Maybe tonight, when it's cooler tonight, I'll get to it.

Other projects: Finished a baby hat for charity, started a new one, dh's fire fighter socks, and a feather and fan shawl. 2 crocheted lap robes are in progress, one of them needs another skein of yarn bought. I have some sewing to do, 2 Renn Faire dresses for a friend, some clothes for my 9 yo daughter, and some charity sewing to get done. Mostly lap robes to be taken to the military hospital for the soldiers there. 2 baby sweaters just need buttons sewn on and they will be complete! That feels good to have them that close to finishing.

I'm getting ready for my Premier Designs Jewelry renewal party! I'll be finishing up 2 years with the company! We just had some 200 or so new pieces released! Very pretty, so I'm ordering some of those, and I'm selling off my older pieces at discounted prices to make room! I bought myself 2 name badges, and a window decal for the back window of my car so I can advertise all over town with my name and phone number. I'd be putting together some pictures and prices soon. I'll be linking from here to my Flickr page for anyone who wants to see them. Most items will be 25-50% off of retail!

Also, we are having a fantastic hostess benefit special right now! Hold a show with me between now and the end of August and get 50% of the total sales in FREE JEWELRY! Normally, we give 30% as the hostess benefits in FREE JEWELRY, plus the four $25 bonuses. Those are still part of it and add alot to your stash. If you are out of town and still want to get some of this, we offer 20% of total sales for catalog parties-- just gathering orders for me. You still can get LOTS for free. As hostess, you also can buy 4-8 items at 1/2 price, depending on total sales, which do add in to what you can receive FREE! Just let me know and I'll be happy to help!

Yesterday's activities and acquisitions

Couldn't get into this to post yesterday, so we'll try today.... I was out running errands, paid bills, dropped off my EMT academy application, and stopped off at my Premier Designs Jewelry manager (mom) to see the NEW jewelry that just was released! Gorgeous stuff! Hostess benefits right now are are a super high point as well! Right now, hostesses get not 30% of total sales in FREE jewelry, but 50% of total sales in FREE jewelry!!! PLUS the four $25 bonuses are still available! This is available from now till August 31st, so NOW is the time to book those parties and get them going! Since I want to order some new jewelry, my existing samples are heavily discounted! 25-50% off the retail price! Let me know if there is interest in those, and I'll get some pics taken to share.

Anyway, back to yesterday's activities.... I went with my manager to run a few errands with her, and since I wasn't driving, I was crocheting on a lap robe for a soldier at BAMC. I actually RAN OUT OF YARN!!! So here we are, over in the Medical Center, at least an hour from home, and I haven't anything to work on. Fortunately, Crossroads Mall was only a couple of miles away, and they have a Hobby Lobby and a JoAnn's there. I went to HL, and $40+ later, I was a happy camper. I got 3 rubber stamps to make a birthday card for my sister-- have to do that tonight and get it in the mail ASAP. Plus a few other rubber stamp supplies, cleaner, etc. I love the Bernat Denim yarns, so got a dark blue of that yarn. There's a knitted scarf called a Clapotis, from www.knitty.com that is popular, so I got my Sinfonia yarn for that, which is the 3 skeins of teal/yellow. Then I saw the Yarn Bee Mosaic Twist that normally is priced at $6.64, and it's on sale for $ .99! So I HAD to get some of those colors. Plus a 16" circular knitting needle so I could start working on something. By the time I got back to my friend's house, I had completed a baby hat! Also pictured.

This adventure took all afternoon, so I didn't get in to work out at my fitness center, bummer there. I just went home and fixed supper for the family, knitted a few more rows on my MS3, started another baby hat, and went to bed.

Today was pretty boring, work, groceries, and home. I was supposed to go to fire fighter training, but my heel spur is acting up, so I'm passing on that. I did send my boys there and they are delivering a jewelry order for me, and showing off the Patriotic charm bracelet. This is a $10 bracelet, put out by Premier Designs, the profits from the sales are being donated to a fund to help the widows and children of soldiers who died in Iraq. In the month of June, they raised $21,000 from the sales of the bracelets, PLUS the company matched those funds, so a final donation was made for $42,000!!!! Sales are continuing, so these bracelets are still available! I have 3 on hand at the moment, but can order more very easily.