Graduation Year Friendship Bracelet - 2013 -

For the last few days I've been working on a bracelet pattern that I hope is going to be a big hit! It's graduation year friendship bracelets!

The bracelet come in Small (5"), Medium (7"), Large (9"), and Xtra Large (11").

This is my little sister-in-law(8) modeling the size small.

The bracelet can be made in any TWO colors!

Choose either Loose or Braided ends to tie your bracelet around your wrist.

Your graduation class isn't just a mass of people finishing school at the same time...It's people you laugh, cry, dance, and fight with for most of your life so far. It's a few people that will affect the rest of your life in some way. What better way to show how close you are, and your school spirit, than with an unique, handmade 2013* Graduation Year Friendship Bracelet!?

What year did you graduate? What were your school colors? Leave a comment with your answer! Let's see who had the craziest color combo!

Next post will be how I make my homemade envelopes!

Graduation Year Friendship Bracelet on etsy!

American Flag Bracelets

My split American Flag bracelet is becoming my most popular bracelet on etsy right now. The last three orders I've had have all been the flag bracelet. I have two American flag bracelets on etsy...

Fourth of July. Red, White and Blue Friendship Bracelet

AND

American Flag Friendship Bracelet -Stars and Stripes-

I'm not sure why one is more popular than the other... Which do you like better? Oh and another question... Do you like the pictures with or without the watermark?

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On a side note I am really bad at making post titles. After a few minutes of scratching my head I just decided to title it American Flag Bracelets because I couldn't think of anything else. 

ALSO.........

I really like crocheting (:

New Year... 2013... Let's Do It!!

New year: changes, beginnings, resolutions, goals, hopes, laughter, tears, freak outs, relaxation...

New year,

 new me. 

You're here 

20-1-3.

Let's rock,

let's roll.

Fight the clock

and the goals.

I'm not scared.

I'll be okay.

What I feared

has gone away.

New year,

new me.

Here's a cheer

for we are free!

2013 Goals

List scarves

Make new patterns

List more bracelets

Grow HallieAnneOriginals

Be a good wife

Move to a new home

Make it to at least one craft fair

Learn to knit

Have a great wedding

Learn a new craft

Get a Green Cheek Conure

Exercise daily

Lessen stress

Alright, I got all the sappy new year resolution stuff out of the way, now we can move onto the rest of our lives. (: 

It's been quite a long time since I posted on here last... But in my defense I was going to school full time AND I was working three part time jobs, so I didn't have a lot of extra time on my hands. A lot has happened since my last post so let's do a little recap of everything that has happened in chronological order...

Happy 21st Birthday Shane, Happy Birthday Daddy and Rich, Happy Thanksgiving, Shane and I got engaged!, Sydney's 13th Birthday, semester at St. Kate's ended, learned basic first level ASL, I made scarves for everyone for Christmas, Merry Christmas, Shane and I got MARRIED!!, Happy New Years!, here we are!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! (: As a little girl I mostly dressed up as a witch, I was obsessed with Harry Potter growing up and still love the books. Inspired by all the pumpkins I see on porch steps I decided to make a Jack'o lantern bracelet. By next year I'll have this bracelet, and others like it, up in my Etsy shop, and possibly on here as well. 

Enjoy your night! (: Boo!

So It's Been A While

So it's been a while since I last got the motivation to post here... But I'm becoming more and more motivated by a certain handsome man in my life to start developing my small etsy business into something worthwhile. I've made a few new bracelets since my last post: a couple fireman inspired bracelets, a new American flag bracelet, a peacock inspired bracelet, and I'm working on a Jack o' Lantern bracelet. I'm not sure if I'll have the pumpkin bracelet up on etsy before Halloween but I'm going to try. I also have a Christmas tree bracelet pattern that I've made before that I'd like to put on my shop, along with a couple of other Christmasy types.

A new craft that I'm becoming obsessed with is wine bottle vases. I've made at least 8 and they are all sitting on my desk in my crafting room. I think they're beautiful and I'm hoping that my customers will agree (: 

I've also become hooked on crocheting! (: Two weeks ago I watched a Youtube video on how to crochet a double crochet stitch. So for the last two weeks I've been making scarves. The very first one was a mess-up. It's a cowl and it has a twist in it. The second scarf is a cowl that DOESN'T have a twist in it (: The third scarf I made is a small rectangular, rainbow patterned scarf. And the very last one is my favorite so far, it's a very long rectangular, teal scarf, which I finished today. Tomorrow or the next day I will post pictures of my latest crocheted creations. (:

Have a creative day!!

Four Corners of Pain

So this week I had my wisdom teeth taken out! OUCH! Going into it I expected lots of pain and a chipmunk face. Well it didn't turn out that way. The day I had them removed I was hardly puffy at all and the next day I looked completely normal again! Happy days for Hallie! Though I didn't swell it still hurt a little. The first two days I couldn't open my mouth very far at all but by Monday, which was four days later, I was able to open my mouth almost completely. Today I can open my mouth all the way but there is still some painful pressure in the four corners of my mouth. It is also painful to smile too much, which is a sad thing for me because my family and friends love to make me smile. I'm told often that I don't smile enough and always look down. Well excuse me for not knowing that I had to smile 24/7. =P 


So this week I've been deciding what I want to make. I'm the sort of person who doesn't like throwing things away when I think they could be turned into something pretty. Lately I've been holding onto toilet paper tubes. Last night I came up with the idea to make a bracelet out of a few tubes. I haven't completed it yet but when I do I will take some pictures and get 'em on here!


I hope everyone is having a great 2012 so far!
PS if you haven't visited Ollie on Facebook or his blog, please do so! He could really use a smile right now!
Happy Crafting!!!!

A New Year and A New Life

Do you ever get so busy that you just want to pull out all your hair and just tell the world to fall down a well? Well that is exactly how my last few weeks have been. But I'm starting over anew with New Year's resolutions and dreams of success. So here I go. I'm starting over. 
So one of my resolutions is to post on my blog at least once a week. I feel like I'm going to have the most difficult time with this one because when I write I don't just write. I write, then rewrite, and rewrite again. Yeah, you could call my a bit of a perfectionist, or maybe I'm just a little obsessive. So when I post it takes me at least an hour to post one thing. 
But anyway, my goal is to post at least once a week. Another goal I have is to make at least one bracelet a week. I'll be starting this feat with all the orders I have lined up by family members. Unfortunately for me a lot of these are the same bracelets that I just have to make a million times. Woo hoo. 
Another goal I have is to make at least one craft a week, this doesn't include the bracelets I have to make. Between my blog, HallieAnneOriginals, school, and work, I am going to be one busy girl. Let's just hope that I can stick with these resolutions. :) 
What are some of your resolutions for 2012? If anyone is to read this please feel free to comment with some of your own ideas for the new year! :)