When life became very busy and other excuses..

My little girl has started school! You would have thought that this would leave me more free time wouldn't you but apparently the reverse is true; I am now the Chair of my son's preschool committee & this is hugely time consuming as is the making of 37 tutus for my daughter's Christmas ballet show (hurrah I finally finished last week!) and the general stuff of life with a young family that I'm sure a lot of you can sympathise with.

So enough of the excuses; I'm just going to share a few photos of some of the things I have made since I last updated....

a needlefelted mouse...

needle felted baby owl....

crocheted minions!

needle felted kitten....

crocheted viking hat (pattern courtesy of Mamachee)

twin crocheted dinos

Erik the VERY happy crochet Viking

& a needle felted elephant - approximately 1.5 inches long!

so there you go - that's just a few of the things that have been keeping my crafty hand in... I shall try to post more, I really shall!!

to tutu or not to tutu...?

Hello there, I'm still here! My Facebook page has been taking a couple of orders and I am now just 17 "likes" away from 300 so I've obviously been working hard on that... I had my first order from a non-friend yesterday, which was rather exciting and very lovely :)

One of my fab friends asked me to make two tutus for her little girls to wear to a royal-wedding party, which I spent most of the day yesterday making....;; tadah!

of course it had to be red, white and blue! I'm hoping to get to the post office tomorrow so I can be certain they will arrive in time!! here's a close-up....

I have also experimented in the making of petal tutus (well... tutu singular and blossom rather than petals...!) what do you think?...;

this is made in my daughter's size and I will be posting it as a "something I can make to order" thing. The soft tulle, coloured elastic and petals do make them more expensive to make but I personally think it is a beautiful effect.....

I really should take a picture of my little princess in this but she was determined to wear it without any other clothes so not really an appropriate bloggy photo!!!

I really find making tutus rather therapeutic. You can use lots of colour and they look so fey and delicate :)

well ttfn, I have dinosaurs to finish!!

New creations and FB page

Hello & welcome! thank you for stopping by :) I've made a couple of new pieces to sell and have been busy getting my head round the whole Facebook page thing - promoting my page and liking other pages etc... I've managed to get 43 "likers" since I set the page up yesterday so not bad progress, though I'm really hopiong to get to 100 by the end of this week, that would be lovely :) The two makes I haven't shared yet (because I made them yesterday!) are Ermentrude the elephant keyring, she's so teeny, just 2 inches nose to tail...... I made her whilst being climbed all over!!!!

And my own version of a heart stitch headband (inspired by mamachee's design but my own pattern)

the elastic stops it flipping your hair up at the back!

Please come and visit my page and have a browse, or make a comment here! you'd make my day :)

ttfn

A dramatic weekend and my new Facebook page!

The peace of my Friday (and any plans!) were rather dramatically shattered by my little boy suddenly becoming very poorly and being admitted to hospital in the afternoon with breathing problems. Fortunately he was allowed home late that night and seems to be more himself now but I have obviously had other things on my mind than crochet!!

However, I have still managed to make a minion from the movie Despicable Me ;

and a baby seal this weekend

and this morning set up a page on Facebook to share and sell my little creations so please pop by and "like" me if you are on Facebook :)

ttfn!

Building up stock

Hello, hello; just a quick one today as I'm about to take a small boy to playgroup! I've mentioned before that I set up an Etsy shop last year, however it is looking rather empty and sorry for itself at the moment so I really need to do something about it! I've decided I need to build up a decent amount of stock first so that I can really show what I can do so I started yesterday by making this little cutie; Watermelon the baby dragon :) What do you think? he's really very sweet and (as with all of my toys) he was made without a pattern so I'm rather pleased with how dragonish he turned out.... & bless his little paws he's only 2 inches high, awwww!

Grrr!

I also made a bit of progress on a birthday present for my hubby but as I spent more time planning and browsing online for inspiration I have done mor plotting than hooking! However do watch this space...

Incidentally how much would you expect to pay for someone like Watermelon?

ttfn x

Crochet goddesses of Blogland...

As you may gather from my blog I love crochet. Though I tend to either completely design my own patterns for projects or adapt patterns to my own designs I get a huge amount of inspiration from browsing online...

Lucy at Attic24 has become something of a legend in the online crochet world for her amazing eye for colour, which she applies to the beautiful patterns she makes. Her blankets in particular are absolutely stunning and she has some excellent patterns and tutorials on her blog. This is a picture of her many glorious blankets. total eye candy;

Tara at Easy (aka Mamachee) has designed masses of patterns that are adorable and fun in equal amounts, some of which are available on her blog and some that you can buy in her etsy shop. The picture shows her "I heart U" hat/headband; I have designed my own version of this idea without having seen the pattern but I only worked it out looking at this picture;

Vanessa at Do You Mind if I Knit? has her a style of work that is very distinctive. Her creations (crochet, knit, paintings, papier mache.... she has many talents! In fact my daughter's very favourite book is illustrated by her.) are beautiful and she has some marvellously clear tutorials. Her two dogs are pretty darned cute too! This is her gorgeous "designer" style scarf, which she has created a quick pattern for;

Finally June from PlanetJune has created some of the most stunning amigurumi that I have ever seen. They are seriously fabulous and I would just love to have time to make them all! These are the easter themed patterns she has made, very seasonal!

I hope you've enjoyed this little peep into my blog reading! do you have a favourite that I might like too?

Christmas present making...

Here are some recent gifts I've made; they've been opened so I can share them now :) hats, bunting, handwarmers, a tortoise and an ornament; making gifts is incredibly rewarding