ArFire CrazyTrain Rider Acadienne

Our current CrazyTrain Rider is Acadienne  with this very nice welcoming message:

"Bonjour! Welcome to my studio of handmade needlework items, from the divinely lacy and upscale shawls to kitchen items made from readily available cotton yarn. All are made with love and care, and of course the expertise of an extremely experienced needleworker." She does do some very nice work. 

I love this Light Green and Pastel Pink Ruffled Scarf  One of my favorite color combinations, besides blue.

Of course I have to add this lovely Hand Crocheted Shawl in Shades of Blue made with Fair Trade Cotton Yarn

Oh and check out these colorful Women's Crocheted Socks in Turquoise, Blue, Lavender & Lime  

I'd also like to add that Acadienne has "Traditions made New" under her shop name on the banner,  I have to agree!

On to our littlesister/littlebrother tag-a-longs:

WhystleStop with handmade soap in scents for women, men, unisex, and unscented along with whipped shea butter, although I think this Handmade Sea Salt Sp[a Unscented Soap sounds pretty interesting.

HippiesCreations with a large assortment of crocheted items and I just love this Newborn Twinkle Star Afghan, How very clever this is!

TheSunnysideBiz with Sea Glass & Marble jewelry, shoulder bags & purses, OOAK Clothing, pillows & covers, items for the kitchen & accessories.......Most of the purses are made with denim, from mostly denim to just a little, like this lovely  Summer Denim Shoulder Bag with Large Quilted Garden Pocket

This really is one of my favorite parts about handmade creations, 4 different people, with very different items, 2 of which do crocheting &/or knitting, similar but completely different items.  Unique creations!

Wow - about 2 weeks ago I had over 1300 unread e-mails, I'm now down to about 170! No, I'm not reading every one of them, some get deleted without even being opened, but I have read about half of them!

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by.  Would love to hear what you think, be sure to leave a comment so I know you stopped by, besides which, it's another link to your blog. :))

ArtFire CrazyTrain Rider Giese DeseiGns

I love this - that you can have so many people doing essentially the same thing, but they do it differently, and end up with unique creations.
Our current rider is GieseDeseiGns with some pretty awesome hand knit and crochet items: hats, gloves, mittens, baby booties & hats, slippers and some made especially for holidays.

These Hand Knit Matching Hats for Mother & Daughter are adorable.

and check out this darling Hand knit Burgundy Grape Hat & Booties Set

Love this little Lace Crocheted Baby Bonnet & Booties in Cream


Right now there are about 120 items in this great studio, but if you don't find exactly what you want, she does custom orders too.  One of the awesome things about buying handmade, you can often get it your way! 
No, it's not too early to be thinking about those winter hats! Visit GieseDeseiGns for some great hand knit or crocheted items.


and of course I can't forget the littlesister/littlebrother tag-alongs:

ViaDellaRossa with some inspiring , earrings, rosaries, Religious Glass Tile Pendants such as this Virgin Mary Mother of Christ RCIA Confirmation

Christie Cottage with an eclectic collection of art, decor, dolls, pillows, headbands, coasters, pin cushions and more..............such as this pretty Hobo Bag

Virtually Yours with a very nice collection of banners and avatars, such as this pretty Blue Bird Banner & Avatar, and she also does website development.















Have it your way and check out these wonderful shops.
Thanks for coming by and have a great day.

ArtFireCrazyTrain Rider StitchCrazySisters

I just finished going through a bunch of old email's- esp the artfire collection emails - and interestingly enough the stitchcrazysisters shop was in a number of the collections!  It's not hard to see why, they have items in in more than a few collections with the nice work they do. With a nice selection of doll clothes, slippers, and baby clothes this is a fun shop to visit.

Love this colorful Hand Knit Infant Sweater

and these adorable Crocheted Baby Booties

This Beautiful Crocheted Infants Dress is so sweet.



Reminds me of the dress I made for my daughter when she was 2, I'm not sure I'd be willing to part with it for the price they are selling this adorable dress for.  Ok, not the actual dress I made her!
Since I do a lot of crocheting and a little bit of knitting, sometimes I get a little hesitant about featuring other people who do the same thing, but that's actually the fun part of all this, we all do things differently!
If you are looking for something special for that upcoming baby shower, a little ones' birthday, or a special dress for your little one's favorite doll, I highly recommend checking out the StitchCrazySister's shop.

And on to the littlesister/littlebrother tag-a-longs:

acadienne with knit and crochet items for you, the kitchen, bath, caps, scarves, shawls, and more
How cute is this Pink and Green Crochet Pot Holder Dress

MelekDesigns has a very nice assortment of jewelry. I love dnagly earrings such as these Cats Eye Heart Charm Earrings

and TheSunnySideBiz with sea glass jewelry, jewelry, bags and purses, clothing and more such as this delightful Sun Moon and Stars Quilted Pillow

Be unique and and check out some of these cool shops where you will find quality hand made items that aren't owned by 1000's of other people!
Support Handmade!

As always, thanks for coming by and have a fantastic day! Be sure to leave a comment too! Yes, they are moderated, sorry.

ArtFire CrazyTrain Riders

I admit I was a little surprised & very excited to find that I'm the crazytrain rider - for yesterday and today - seems as though I'm always a day behind!

However, I would like to feature AndreaDesigns who does so much to keep the ArtFire CrazyTrain going. Here you will find some beautiful hand knit scarves, shawls, shoulder warmers.........................I love the way she combines yarns in many of her creations such as this lovely Lila Skinny Scarf made with 4 different yarns. Pretty, huh?

This Knit Golden Fields Shawl looks so luscious - imagine wrapping that so soft mix of yarns around your shoulders in the cool spring evenings........................or fall or winter...................

Andrea does have some summer shawls, but this Violet Neck Shoulder Warmer, keeps calling my name, and those sweet pins come with it! 

Thank You Andrea for all you do. 
Be sure to check out AndreaDesigns for some awesome hand knit creations.









Now, for those wonderful littlesister/littlebrother tagalongs I'd like to introduce to you

Acadienne who knits, crochets and does some awesome embroidery work.  You will find, shawls, scarves, socks, leg warmers, items for the bath & kitchen, and more such as this lovely Celtic Design Blackwork Hand Embroidered Brooch Green Shades

ChristieCottage with a wide assortment of items, jewelry, purses, totes & pouches and so much more - like this adorable Blooming Pocket Pincushion now that's a cool idea to use those old bluejean pockets.

If you're looking for jewelry supplies, check out Many Horses Jewelry Supplies & Artwork - she apparently aslo makes these cute hairstick clip-ons such as this Butterfly Love Hair Stick Clip-On I think it would be fun to get 2 or 3 of these to put on a hair stick - dangly dangly




As always, thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

ArtFire CrazyTrain Rider Stitch Crazy Sisters

Stitch Crazy Sister's bio is simple and short, "We are 2 sisters that love to stitch" well, it's a tad longer than that, but not much!  I love this shop.Some of the cutest doll clothes, womens' crocheted slippers, baby items and children too at some very great prices I might add, espeically for hand knit items!

This Hand knit 3-pc Infant Set is so nice -  it looks soooo soft

Check out these pretty Crocheted Womens Button Cuff Slippers - so warm and cozy and pretty too!  Note: these ones are wool - if you can't wear wool they have acrylic ones too, so be sure to check out the slipper category.

This handknit Ballerina Outfit for 18" Dolls is just too cute!


and as many handmade artisans say, if you want it in a different color, let  the StitchCrazyStisters know!














almost forgot the littlesister/little brother tagalongs:

onpensandneedles with items from ereader covers, baby, home & personal items, and some awesome pens like this White Marble Tru StoneCambridge Pen  Beautiful isn't it!  Graduation is just around the corner.

MelekDesigns with a whole lot of cool jewelry - love these Sterling Silver Briolette Earrings

MajesticCrystalRose,  with a variety of items from jewelry, Christmas ornaments, hair accessories, quilted wall hangings................................you'll find this adorable Glass Spider with Copper and Hematite Legs in the Christmas ornament section!






See how much fun you can have visiting Artfire and checking out all the handmade items.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.