Crochet Butterfly Cuff Bracelets

After many many attempts, I am FINALLY happy with my design. It's 5 butterflies joined together with jump rings and toggle clasps on the ends.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52034777/ocean-tie-dye-bluegreenpurple-variegated

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Featured in a blog today

I was featured in a blog today, check it out!
http://vabeachquilter.blogspot.com/2009/08/joyce-is-crafty.html

What I'm working on now

I'm working on getting at least 1 pair of each color of thread made into tiny butterfly earrings so I can get pics up on all my sites. Next, charms!

125 Sage Green Butterflies finished & mailed

I did it! They're all finished and mailed.

Today I will add to my Artfire shop . Lots to do!

I also need to work on the tiny butterfly earrings that I was working on when I got the big order.

125 butterflies almost finished

It's a bad picture, but it's of 125 butterflies that I crocheted for a wholesale order for a scrapbooking kit-of-a-month club. All I have to do is finish putting on their antennae; package them; and mail them.

Wholesale Butterfly Appliques order

On July 29 I started an order for 125 wholesale butterfly appliques from my etsy shop. I'm up to 81 crocheted so far. These are for a scrapbooking kit-of-the-month club. Just as soon as I have them finished I'm going to work up a wholesale page for my website.

Crochet Butterfly Appliques on Site

I added crochet butterfly applique sets to my new website at JoyceIsCrafty.com.

I spent quite a while putting the new website together, I hope you like it.

I'm still on etsy, have opened a shop on fuzzb, and also on zibbet.

The more exposure the better, right?

Broken crochet hook fixed

I broke my crochet hook on day 1 of my last 4 day work trip! My sis said I was taking out my frustrations on my hook, LOL. It was the only one I had in that size. The others I had with me were like Goldilocks and the 3 Bears - this one is too small, this one is too big. None of my local stores had that size, so I had to order replacements (I ordered 2, just in case). Glue didn't work, so I fixed it with layers of polymer clay. I'm just hoping it will work, at least for this next 4 day work trip!

I got the idea from http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/

Cindy Lietz does amazing things with polymer clay.

(for those who don't know me, I'm also a flight attendant)

Crocheting with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I was diagnosed with a mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome close to 20 years ago. I was crushed, as I LOVE to crochet and have been crocheting since I was 8 years old way back in 1973 when my best friend taught me during recess in the 3rd grade.

I quit crocheting, wore a brace, and changed jobs. But I missed crocheting so much and tried to get back into it. Glucosamine helps a lot! So does wearing the brace like I'm supposed to and a hot wax bath, like the one here.

Now my hands hardly every hurt, but I still had a problem with smaller hooks. So I made my own. I just took a hook, put it inside a sponge, wrapped it with non-stick drawer liner like the one here (by the way I did get my liner and my sponge at the Dollar Tree, love that place), and wrapped thread around to secure. It's working great!

Canary Yellow Butterfly Jewelry Uploaded Today

All available on JoyceIsCrafty.com

Bright Pink Crocheted Butterfly Jewelry Added Today

32 Crochet Butterflies

YouTube Video of me Crocheting a Butterfly to be turned into Jewelry

Crochet Butterfly Cell Phone Charms or Zipper Pulls

Crocheted Butterfly Jewelry - Pierced Earrings & Necklace Sets

Crocheted Butterfly Jewelry - Necklaces

Crocheted Butterfly Jewelry - Pierced Earrings

Crocheted Butterfly Jewelry

I have been crocheting since I was 8 (36 years now) and a friend taught me during recess in the 3rd grade. It made me very sad when carpal tunnel syndrome kept me from crocheting for a few years, but I found a way to alter my crochet hooks so I can crochet again. I do a lot of other crafts, but crocheting has always been my first love, so to be able to crochet again makes me happy!

I am a flight attendant. I had to do something to keep my mind and hands occupied, so I started crocheting butterflies. My butterflies have been through a lot with me - from mechanical delays, to weather delays, to cancellations. My butterflies have been crocheted on the ground and in the air, in hotels, airports, and on planes. From Halifax to Edmunton to Denver to Miami to Washington DC - and everywhere in between - you can find me crocheting butterflies.

Crocheting butterflies has helped me keep my cool when having to deal with disruptive passengers, deal with stress during difficult situations, stay awake in the wee hours of the morning, and keep my hands busy when there's absolutely nothing to do. Crocheting is also very homey-feeling and it helps when I'm away from home and miss my family.

Passengers and other crew members always seem amazed that I can hold conversations with them while crocheting a butterfly, and that I can look at them while talking to them, and only look down at what I'm doing occasionally.

I love taking a hook and thread and making something that looks like nothing, then I fold it, do one more stitch, and all of a sudden, like magic, it's a butterfly.

I made matching necklaces and earrings for myself with the first bag of butterflies I went home with. I have so much fun putting together color combinations with the butterflies and beads and trying different combinations of chain lengths and findings. Friends and family started commenting on my jewelry, I gave some away, and sold some more. That's how my butterfly jewelry business began.

If you buy a piece of butterfly jewelry from me, either for yourself or as a gift for a loved one, know that each butterfly is crocheted with love and care.