Now I Just Need Some Pins

My pin cushion is finished! Hurray! I just love love love cupcakes and really wanted to come up with my own design for my pin cushion. I crocheted the bottom and used a felted wool sweater for the top. The cherry is the coolest bit though, it is filled with steel wool for sharpening your pins! I got the idea from Diane.

Now I want to get some colorful pins that will look like sprinkles.

I still want to make this little cutie, as I've always wanted a hedgehog.

Ta Da!

This green bunny was given to Violet's now 3 yr old friend yesterday. The two of them were giving the bunnies shoulder rides around the park and pushing them in the swing. Super cute!





I made a couple of changes with green bunny. I thinned out the arms and legs by decreasing earlier and attached the arms a tad lower than at the neck. The ears are a big difference, I made them wider and attached them facing out. I used felt to make green bunny's face and attached it on with permanent fabric glue. I found it is hard to embroider much detail directly onto the crochet stitches.

To make the bunnies, I used this basic amigurumi pattern from Crochet Me and just adapted the arms and legs and made up the ears. If anyone would like me to go into more detail about my changes, please let me know and I'd be happy to!

It really doesn't take long to make, it is only single crochet stitches in the round. You can take this pattern and make what ever you dream up.

It's Reader Appreciation Day!

Many thanks to all you readers and for your great comments. I feel like I've been super busy and haven't been able to reply to everyone. So I want to say "Thank You!" with a fun little give away. Leave a comment on this post and I'll enter you into the drawing for a custom made crochet cupcake! I'll draw the winner on Monday, something fun to start next week off with!

Progress...and Some Random Thoughts

I'm progressing on the bunny, a little slowly because...brace yourself...I've been doing a lot of cleaning lately! Every time I have a minute, I've been cleaning and purging. Which is a good thing because we have way too much stuff in this little house and we are in major need of some organization around here. Suffice to say, I have been able to sit down and do some crocheting. Should be ready to stuff and piece together soon.

On another note all together, Dot at Dabbled is doing a 4 part Shrinky Dink Test Drive with #6 plastic containers. Super cool!

It has been brought to my attention that Christmas is only 6 months away! Time to start thinking about what to make for gifts this year. It is a little hard thinking about Christmas in July, but there have been too many years that I've found myself sitting at the sewing machine or knitting until the wee hours of the night on Christmas Eve to finish the last of the gifts. So this year, I'm going to try to get started now.

We had a power outage in our neighborhood this morning that lasted almost 2 hours. It was right when I was about to make coffee, take a shower, start some laundry, put on something for the kids to watch, read blogs, call some people; all the things that could not possibly be done with out electricity. First, the kids went around testing all the light switches, and I walked around the house wondering what in the world I could possibly do until the power came back on. After we finally accepted our predicament, we sat in the brightest room in the house and started crafting! The kids did some beading and I worked on some crochet. What a relaxing morning! Some times it takes a power outage to remind you to slow down!

Hope you all are having a great summer!

A Look At Blue Bunny

This is Blue Bunny, my first amigurumi. Violet loves Blue Bunny. I look at Blue Bunny and see all the things about it I want to change. It has pretty wonky ears, and I tried so hard to get its face just so.

Well, now is my chance. I'm going to make one as a gift for one of Violet's friends. I will keep most things the same, I'm just hoping to make it better.

Once I've finished, I will post the pattern for all to use.

Mint Chocolate Chip With A Cherry On Top (and a little amigurumi love)

This one is for a good friend of mine that has been waiting patiently for me to crochet her a cupcake. I hope she likes it.

These are seriously so fast and fun to make. It just takes a couple of hours, you've got to make yourself a cupcake.

I first started making cupcakes when I discovered the world of Amigurumi. I got sucked into site after site of adorable little creatures and oh, the food!

Here are a few of my favorites:

Crochet Me has a tutorial on how to get started with your own little Amigurumi dude, including how to crochet in the round and how to make an adjustable ring.

Ana Paula has some super cute patterns in her Etsy shop.

I love this tiny bear on the Amigurumi Along site.

Planet June sells lots of fun patterns for dogs and other animals.

You have got to check out Gourmet Amigurumi. Elisabeth Doherty creates the most amazing creatures and has a book sharing some of her patterns.

Stitch shares her pattern for a very cute Amigurumi Doll.

Hopefully that's enough to get you started, be careful, its addictive!

The Cupcake Gang

I purchased some crochet patterns from anapaulaoli.etsy.com, she has some seriously cute stuff, and along with my patterns she included this super cute cupcake pattern that she offers for free on her blog as well.

So, I totally went to town and I made all the birthday kids a personalized crochet character cupcake. It was so fun thinking of each child, trying to create something just for them.













This was last year. Its birthday season again, and I've got my work cut out for me. I've got some sewing projects going and I want to make some appliquéd t-shirts. I was thinking initials would be fun. And I'll probably try making some more softies!