Fabric Haul and Plans for the KNITche,

I recently came across a $2 per yard sale at my local store and took it upon myself to buy everything I possibly could. After all that excitement I thought it would be fun to do a little haul video, it's not the best but it is definitely a good start.

All of the Fabrics were full cotton and I got a yard of all of the fabrics except for the mermaid scale fabric which I got 3.5 yards of instead. 

A large amount of these fabrics are going to go toward new projects I have going for the KNITche and it's reopening in early August so if you enjoyed any of the fabrics you saw make sure to keep an eye on that,

I'm ready to set sail (and start sewing),

                                                                  Ms Sinking Ship 

The Final Grab Bag of the Sale!

                                   

Okay guys the last bag of the sale is here! This months sale went by so fast, I really hop you guys check out this last grab bag because it was definitely my favorite back to make and it's pretty cool in my opinion as well.  It includes:

One Crochet drawstring bag that can be customize with any two colors just list which ones you'd like when you buy them. 

One long circle scarf that will match the bag, perfect for keeping you warm when it starts getting chilly on fall nights.

One Elegant bow, the one shown is an example but you might not end up with they are personalized to fit with the colors of the bag as well and were created to add the perfect accents to you hair on those special days.

and lastly,

One Crochet Teddy Bear, also created to match the bag and the other contents inside.

I hope you guys enjoyed the sale, I have some new stuff coming up as well that I hope you guys like and check us out again tomorrow for some awesome stuff I have inshore for you guys!

Ready to Set Sail (and add this to etsy),

                          Ms. Sinking Ship

Only Two Weeks Left and This Weeks Bag Is,

                                                                                                                

   

This weeks Grab Bag is here and it is super awesome, it comes with

• 4 of our yet to be released purple line bows, all perfect for adding something to your hair to make it a little bit more magical than it already will be, even on those hot days where you'd rather be in the air condition but you're not.

• 1 Cable-knitted waist belt accented with a vintage stones, to add pizzazz to outfits made for those classier moments.

• 1 Pencil Pouch with a vintage brass button, to keep all of your items nice and neat even when everything else during your school year anything but.

and all items will be made to match the specifications of your pencil pouch, you can specify the color you want used in the letter to me at the end of your purchase rather than in the variations to keep all of your options and varied as possible.

If you aren't familiar with where to get this bag and your interested it check out:

etsy.com/shop/theknitche

To find this and all of our other sweet items.

Along with that I do have some fun new items that will soon be in store for The Knitche and some cool stuff I'll 'be doing here as well so keep an eye on that. I'll be back tomorrow for Tutorial Tuesday where we are going to be doing an awesome natural look.

Ready to set sail (and see you all tomorrow),

                                                       Ms. Sinking Ship 

Tutorial Tuesday and This Weeks Grab Bag,

Hey guys! This weeks' grab bag is finally out! Along with the tutorial for this week as well! I apologize for the lateness of both I've been having some electronic complications yesterday and early today but hopefully it is all worked out now. This weeks grab bag doesn't have a lot to it but it has plenty of personality to make up for it! This weeks tote is completely customizable from all of the colors used to the embroidered initial in the front, and long with that tote comes to crocheted collars, one scalloped and one original to compliment any shirt, to match, this tote comes with one more thing to add to those and that is it's soft ball style bow, this bow will keep you accessorized while your hair is up and out of the way on hotter days, you can get this grab bag on my Etsy of course and the link for that if you do not know it already is
etsy.com/shop/theknitche

Now on to the tutorial! (Didn't you love those salesmen skills) This week I did a modified classic look, it still has your basic light eyeshadow and winged eyeliner but instead of red lipstick I went for a bright pink just for fun. I want to apologize for the lips portion of the video, like I said I've been having technology problems and that was part of it but I hope you enjoy it anyways, next weeks will be a natural type look and will hopefully turn out better than this one if you guys have any ideas or comments for that let me know. The products I used for this tutorial were:

Base Eyeshadow: NYX Avant Pop Palette, surreal my heart, white
Crease Eyeshadow: NYX Avant Pop Palette, surreal my heart, silver
Eye Liner: SmashBox Gel Liner in Deep Black
Lip Liner: NYX Lip Liner Crayon in 835 (Pinky)
Lip Color: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in 18 (Prague)

So just so you are all aware I didn't actually mean to use all of the same brand it just kind of happened, so just enjoy that there. I'll be back later this week with a back to school shopping clothing haul which should be fun, and if you really miss me until then you can check out my snapchat: cherishhornbeck
for every day stuff and possibly some fun promo codes for those who add me!
Ready to Set Sail (and get everything working,)
                                                             Ms. Sinking Ship

Back to school grab bags!

Ahoy fellows! For the next few weeks we are going to be doing a lot of hopefully, fun back-to-school stuff for you guys, we're going to have make up tutorials, fashion tips, etc. and to make all of that even better The KNITche is going to grab bags each week instead of a back-to-school sale, all of them slightly similar but different to the ones before it. All of the bags will be of the same price range and for that week only so if you want the bag, you have to grab it before it's to late! How ever, you will not know what each weeks grab bag looks like until that week, this weeks is shown above. I will be nice though and tell you the basic contents of each bag each week so you have a basic idea of the ones you might want to check out.

Week One: Pencil / Make up Bag (w/ vintage crystal buttons)

3 Yet-to-be Released Purple Line Bows

1 of our more elegant Bows

1 Scalloped Long Finger Knitted Scarf

Week Two: Knitted tote bag

1 Softball Style Bow

1 Crochet Orginal Styled Collar

1 Scalloped Collar

Week Three: Long Pencil Pouch

1 Cable-Knitted Waist Belt w/ Vintage Stones

4 Yet-to-be Released Purple Line Bows

Week Four: Drawstring Bag

1 Crochet and Felt Bear 

1 Elegant Bow

1 Basic Circle Scarf

This week you can customize the bag by picking the color of the pencil/ make up bag all of the other items are based around, so which ever color you pick from our variations, all of the items with coordinate with the bag in some way or another. 

You can get more detailed pictures and order here: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/theknitche

Along with These grab bags how ever, there will be fun little promo codes on here, my instagram, the KNITches instagram and many other places for fun little sales and things so keep your eye out for those. I can't wait to see how these next few weeks go with this and with the other little experiments we are going to try here on the blog! 

Ready to set sail (and send off the rest of this weeks posts),

                                                                            Ms. Sinking Ship

Books, Haircuts, and Business,

So this post has been written as many different things already but everything sounded weird when written down and I realized it was because you fellows have no idea what is going on in my life anymore. SO, I'll let you in on what's been going on and all of the crazy things that are in motion at this moment.

1. I'm writing a series of books on WattPad

So lately I've been working on a horror/thriller love story on WattPad (sounds kinda messy but it's not that horrible I promise). Along with that story I've been writing another book that is another main characters point of view of the same situations, they are being written at the same time so you can see both reactions and both sides to every situation around the same time. If you are interested in either, there named IdolIzed and Her Eyes, they are updated every Thursday and Wednesday (or that's when they're supposed to be updated. You guys know how awful I am at deadlines).

2. I cut off all my hair

This one was supposed to be an entire entry on it's own but every time I wrote it out, it sounded like an informercial and that was weird, the reason I am writing it in the first place is because of the impact it made on me. I have had my hair short before, but I was young and did not take a lot of care of my hair when it came to doing it, so it was horrible. This is the first time since childhood that I have had it short at all. My hair was below my chest and almost to the end of my back, when I cut it, it came to right above my shoulders I instantly felt some type of relief (mostly because my hair was heavy) but also because I was no longer doing my hair for everyone else it was for me, and as the days grew I became more and more relieved, then I became confident My haircut gave me that pushed I needed to feel free with myself, and to push my self to become more of who I wanted to be. It sounds cliche and even a little bit silly I know, but it's true. It made me feel good and in return I did everything else good as well. 

3. I've been working on getting my business together

As you guys know I am the owner of The KNITche and lately I have been working hard to get it out there and getting things sold. We now have an Etsy, a Facebook, and as of yesterday we now also have an instagram. New things are being made daily and new items are posted as soon as possible after that, so hopefully, with that production rate and all of our out put on social media we should be going at a steady pace soon, a steady pace that I am definitely excited for.

All of this has been keeping me from writing often but so has the fact that I'm not exactly happy with blogger and I feel like my writing is not accomplishing quite what I'm trying to get across, I do enjoy blogging and would like to continue to do so, but with all of that in might at the moment, I might not post as frequently as I would in other situations. I hope you understand and continue to enjoy the blog even with these minor setbacks.
- ready to set sail,
                          Ms. Sinking Ship

Mini March Mood Board,

The month of March is odd, it's the transition month between winter and spring, so everything about March could be unexpected. It leaves the feeling of risks and wanting to take chances. It also means ELLEs spring fashion magazine, which is exciting and inspiring. My mood board as of this moment for March isn't large, but it might grow. At the moment it's just inspiration and the beginning of a little expectation. Just the way March isn't.

1st: I have my ELLE magazine. This is by far my favorite issue probably every year. The ads are always creative and give me ideas for color schemes or things to try and create based off of trends I notice; and the articles are a little bit more drastic than the ones written the rest of the year, which entertain me. As you can see I'm already beginning to go through it and tag my favorite articles and ads I've found so far, but I'm barely have way through the book so there is definitely more to come. 

This leads me to my second item,

2nd: Flag like sticky notes. I recently received this on an issue of Mollie Makes. I have a thing for sticky notes, I don't know why, but I have to tag and write about everything so they come in handy when I don't want to write or dog tag on the pages. These though, I am enjoy particulary well. The shape is more convient than the average square and it makes my tags look nice while still having enough room to make little notes on them. 

3rd: My labels. I use these as an expectation and a goal almost to help me keep creating. There are so many I have yet to use and that makes me want to create more. This month I'm determined to work on them and use as many of my labels as possible.

4th: My new Snake arm band, I have an odd love for snakes and I plan on getting one in the distant future when I'm more settled. I also enjoy little pieces of jewelry like this even though I don't wear a lot of it when I do I like to express an odd sides of me that aren't normally shown.
5th: My Pierce The Veil wrist band, Pierce the Veil is probably one of my favorite bands and I get to see them again this month which makes me incredibly excited and pumped. Their shows are always exciting and inspiring, making it an entire month joy anytime there near my town.
And last my
 6th item: The iPad mini I have shown. This is probably more of a life line than my phone. I do a large amount of work from my iPad, gathering ideas, researching, drawing, reading, writing, editing photos, I do all of it on my iPad, so it's shown because it is like my left leg most of the time and so it could a mood board probably dedicated all to itself.

Just a heads up. With all of this,  I am already working on and conjuring up a few more blogs that you all will enjoy that will be released later this week. I usually do not add things like this unless it's an update but since it has to do with items on my mood board why not keep you in the loop?
I'm ready to set sail (and continue into the month of march),
                                                      Ms. Sinking Ship

Making Elastic Headbands,

Headbands can sometimes be ridiculously expensive, and so I decided to make my own. 

You will need : 

Elastic 

Ribbon

Hot Glue Gun

Glue

(1) First you need about a 4-inch piece of elastic then (2) you need a long strand of ribbon, for the easiest way of measurement wrap it around your head and come to right behind your ears for the best fit. (3) After you have these pieces you will take the glue gun and put a decent amount of glue on the edge of the elastic, (4) next you will place the ribbon in the spot where the glue is, let it set for a second and then press down, because of the materials that are in the two pieces the hot glue seems to create a seal when you look at it. You'll want to  repeat steps 3 and 4 on the other side before continuing. (5) Following that cut 2 2-3 inch pieces of ribbon, (6) these you are going to you use to cover the ends giving your headband a more clean and finished look. Add glue to the end section wear  your ribbon and elastic meet, set one end of the ribbon on the glue and press, after holding for a  second continue to put glue on the opposite side of where you just were and wrap the ribbon around the section. Then add a tiny bit more glue to the front and finish the wrap. (7) Finish this section by cutting off any extra that might be there and them repeat steps 5-7 on the other side. Your finished product should look like step 8 above. If the headband doesn't turn out how you planned or you don't want to make your own I always have mine on sale 3 headbands for $6 on my Etsy shop. Link below.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/221859975/

If they do turn out and you post them on Instagram or Twitter use the hashtag 

#mssinkingship

and I can see all of the different ways you made yours work.

                  Well, I'm ready to set sail (and finish up other post for the week),

                                                                                  Ms. Sinking Ship

My crazy (and exciting) Month,

Hey sailors! (see what I did there? because I'm Ms. Sinking Ship. It sounded like a good idea in my head, I don't know if it actually played out well.) January has been a very busy month and a lot has changed and happened leaving me with little time to finish the blog posts I had been working on, so I apologize for that; But I do have big and exciting news! My Etsy is finally set up and ready to go! If you want to check it out here's the link: 

etsy.com/shop/theknitche

          I'm still in the process of adding all the listing and finishing up all the maintenance that needs to be done but it is now accessible, and along with that there are many posts to soon come out about new products, DIYs, and more. I'm so excited to finally get everything on a consistent, up and running basis. The first of many posts will be coming out later this week, but while you're waiting for that  you can always check out my Etsy page, the Facebook page, tweet at me, email me, or even comment on my Instagram. I can't wait to see how the rest of the year plays out based on this exciting month and I can't wait to share all of that with you all as well,

 Ready to set sail (and get going),

                                      Ms. Sinking Ship

A Thanksgiving Giving,

I am thank for all of the readers I have and all the customers I have at the KNITche and because of that we will be having sales all weekend and you know all of them a day early! Thank you all for supporting me so diligently and hope to continue to enthrall you all. I will be posting a Women Crush Wednesday this week but it will be more different than any other we have had so far it will be up soon so keep checking the blog for updates.  

         Ready to set sail (and get some sweet deals),

                                               Ms. Sinking Ship

Socks On Sunday,

Yesterday night I spent a few hours playing around with my yarn and what came out of it was great a cute pair of purple fuzzy crocheted socks. I've always found the best things happen when you're not stressing over creating anything, and it's true. I have been stressed for weeks about getting more products out on the market for the KNITche and when I finally stopped stressing out about it and just starting working, things worked out. I hope to get out a step by step Picture crochet pattern soon (because I'm really bad at explaining them, or just reading them for that matter) for you all to use and for those that don't crochet and want a pair they are already up for sale on the Facebook page. Facebook.com/theknithchebycherish

Ready to set sail (and keep my feet warm),

                                                   Ms. Sinking Ship

New Products from the KNITche,

New products were recently released on to the KNITches page ( link below ) Three chalk board jars were recently added (and one none decorated on was released but not depicted). While Shooting pictures of these jars I had a little fun and used them to my entertain meant, I thought you guys would find it slightly entertaining as well.

On top of our recent release I am working on some very large chalk jars as well and a few jewlery pieces that will  be up soon. I will be posting pictures once they are done and you can find all of these things with much more at Facebook.com/theknitchebycherish

Ready to set sail and get back to work,

     Ms. Sinking Ship

Artist's Block : A deadly disease

Lately, I have had a horrid case of artist's block for the blog and the company. Along with that, I have had a constant movement of things that needed to get done, so, nothing has gotten done. I apologize for the lack of words the past week or two but I'm going to attempt to beat this block and get it all in track. I think I'm going to try and have certain blogs on certain days those will  hopefully home about within the next week. I'd love to hear feed back from you guys on things you want to read about and things you've already read.
              Ready to set sail and get back on track,
                                            Ms. Sinking Ship

Inspiration in an artillery base, A trip to the museum

Today, I went on to the base that is connected to my town and took a quick trip to the artillery museum; what I found was an extraordinary amount of inspiration I was not expecting. A beautifully aged car, a piece of the Berlin wall and an old war pillow that just caught my eye a little to well. I found it all to be educating on a history level but also, inspiring in a new light I would love to create and maybe embroider a pillow that looks similar to above and the Berlin wall is such an artisic kiss off to the government that I can't handle the excitement and momentum to work it brings to me. As for the car, I have a love for odd antiques and old cars is definetly one of them. I own a not so antique '87 ford and it is a very large love and inspiration of mine, so seeing a beauty like the pontiac above makes me want to scream from the roof top (especially,  since it's a favorite color of mine.) All of these things gave me a few ideas that I can't wait to start.
                  Ready to set sail (and work),
                              Ms. Sinking Ship!
   

Thrifty finds 8.21

This week on my way to buy supplies for a job, the mother and I(my little sister as well)  saw a yard sale and had to stop to look. I found quite the haul, and plenty of things I can not wait to use in products and DIY for you guys.

These jars are something I'm very excited for i plane on covering the pictures with chap paint and covering the lid with flowers and things to create a very cute new modern and sweet jar to hold a variety of things. I'll definitely be posting them up soon as a finished product along with the many other things these things i found will create. the glass jar was full of gorgeous vintage buttons and the pink box vintage handmade hair bows even that i need to find something to do with.  

    well, I'm ready to set sail - Ms. Sinking Ship.

A cute weekend work (from 8.17.14)

Saturday morning I had an idea, you know one of those off the wall random in the middle of doing something ideas? Well, it was one of those so I  finished what I was doing and I pulled out all of my yarn, ribbons, and craft-y  knickknacks and I got to work, making a medium sized crochet and felt teddy bear all the way down to the hand-embroidered nose. After I'm finished it will have a bow beside it's ear and a big one for another person to match it as well but i'm over half way there and ready finish this project up. (:  if you want to get a better look or even buy one you can go here :
Facebook.com/theknitchebycherish/
          ready to set sail - Ms. Sinking Ship