jeni ro designs trunk show!

Back in November before I officially launched my etsy shop - my sister had a trunk show for me at her house.  I spent the weeks leading up to it sewing, sewing, sewing away - so I had products to sell.  It was stressful but so exciting and worth it - having the show on the calendar gave me something to work towards and actually got me to open my etsy shop about a week earlier than I had originally planned.

A handful of people showed up - including one of my cousins and my best friend from high school.  I sold a few things and got some great feedback on my stuff - so it was a good night.  I even got a custom order!

Thanks so much to my sister Annie for hosting!!  Love that girl!  Check her out at her blog - http://withandwar.blogspot.com for spiritual inspiration!!

The lovely Miss Annie!  Oh and a cute sheep behind her on the table!  =)

Jill and Tonya

Adorable leopard I sold to Annie's hair stylist!

Cute plane blanket sold to my cousin!

Original Amigurumi

So I finally created a few original crocheted pieces!!  I made a few monsters for my kids!  I am currently working on a whole slew of monsters for Vance's 1st birthday party - for the favors - but we will keep those under wraps for now. 

But introducing jeni ro exclusives - one of a kinds..... 

 Vance's Green Monster

Olive's Pink Monster (she picked out the colors and I let her choose some features).

I think they turned out pretty cute!!

Its been a long time

since I have posted on this blog - Wow!  Well I had my baby boy in September 2011.  He decided to arrive 3 weeks early, so glad I got his room done in time.  Since then I have been busy adjusting to life as a Mom of 2 kiddos.  I have still been sewing and crafting (maybe not as much as I would like) but I haven't had any time to post any of my creations.  My main goal this year is to finish projects that I want to make for my own kids - and then next year (2013) I really really want to open my etsy shop and try to sell some of the stuff I make!!  Eeeek!  Exciting and scary!  Now I just need to get busy making stuff!!

Here is a sampling of the things I have been working on since my last post in August 2011.

 Stuffed kitty for Olive - from her baby brother Vance on the day he came home from the hospital

 Unicorn for Cousin Noey for Christmas

 More Star Wars characters for my nephews

 Star Wars

 Blue Octopus for Olive for Christmas

 Frog for a friend for Christmas

 Super Kitty for cousin Jacob for Christmas

 Took a break to whip myself up a spider banner for Halloween

 Puppy for cousin James for Christmas

 Princess (to go with the unicorn) for cousin Noey

 Had to whip up these scented pumpkins for my Mom and sisters for Thanksgiving favors (since I hosted)

 So cute and easy fortune cookie ornament

Mother/Daughter aprons for our friends Julie and Tess for Christmas

Yeah I was busy - but I think I managed to get most of this done before Vance was born!!  Yeah me!

Welcome to my blog!

So I am going to do it! I am going to start displaying and hopefully selling my crafts! I gave birth to my first daughter last year and have been scrapbooking, sewing and crocheting all year and loving it! After making tons of gifts for people and getting a lot of nice compliments, I decided why not join the crafty craze and see if anyone wanted to own a jeni ro!

Here are some of the things I have been working on - starting with the crocheted toys! I learned how to crochet last year after I found the cutest Amigurumi pattern book and asked my mom for some lessons - since then I have been busy making toys for our peps friends - who all turned ONE this summer!

Cute girl doll, bear in pjs and squirrel. All patterns by Ana Paula Rimoli