a gaggle of hats:

or...a bundle? i'm not sure what the appropriate term is. oh, well. here we go!

the following three hats are a gift to my [not so] tiny-headed cousin. hopefully they fit! and hopefully his mom isn't looking at this. :)



cone! i swear this type of hat is cute on - even though it looks stupid here.




made to look like a baseball cap - i did this one without a pattern, so it looks a little wonky.




i always think hats like this look like a lazy bear hat. either way, it's super stretchy and i love it.

next is a larger version of yet another hat i made for a tiny cousinfriend. the adult-sized version served well as a christmas gift to a friend. the flower accessory is made from the mollie flowers tutorial on roman sock.




***and now, a little something i'm working on - almost finished!***



until next time,
jamie lynne

Why I love Jams and Tams

First post! First post!

My love for my fellow craft ninjas has just burst into an explosion of awesomeness. Thanks for creating the blog and then surprising me with it girls. You rock.

I haven't had much time to make things recently because of school craziness. I was planning on doing an entirely handmade Christmas, only using supplies from my stash. Unfortunately, time was my enemy and my family was pretty lucky to get presents at all. Nonetheless, I am very proud of my creations and now my family and friends can get their Christmas presents later when I have more time to work on them. So, you know...in June.

These are Christmas ornaments I made for my dad. I had planned on making him something for his house since he won't buy things for himself, but he got something pretty instead. They're made out of some of my Gramma's old jewelry. I'm planning on making something similar for my sisters as well.

For my eldest sister and her husband, I painted something for their new apartment. I dissected a battered John Grisham novel (The Firm, for those of you who are interested) and pasted it to a canvas. The landscape is done in little tiny dots. Lots of them. Lotsa dots.

This was "commissioned" by my other elder sister and her husband. She wanted something for her house. I wasn't entirely happy with some of the technical work on it, but she seems happy so I'm not going to whine too much about it. The John Grisham pages make an appearance in this one as well. Are we sensing a theme?

Hopefully I'll get some sewing done in between schoolwork and the start of the semester. No promises, though.

Oh. And I made a pie.

christmas scarf!

guess which ninja finally dropped her camera one time too many!

that's right...this ninja. so my photos will be poor until i can talk myself into spending the money to replace it. i can literally pull the top off of the thing and hear stuff jingling around inside, so i can't avoid buying a new one anymore.

until then, here are the two photos of the scarf i made for fellow ninja megan for christmas: it's a long piece of jersey with a peacock feather embroidered at the end. simple, but i love it [and i hope she does, too].





i tried to draw my own peacock feather pattern, but was disappointed in everything i ended up with. urban thread's patterns were on sale, so i purchased this one. most of their simple patterns [all of which are adorable] are a dollar for the hand embroidery version. and, best of all, they keep stored the patterns you've purchased in the past so you can access them on the website with your sign in, instead of having to save them to your computer and hope you don't lose them.

*update with better photos from my new camera!*