wip wednesday, birthday gift & a kitcher sighting

i've been making headbands for a while now & i like them but i was looking for a wider version & i found one i really really like but it's front & back post stitches & it will take forever for me as i'm not so good with those stitches.  i'm thinking of converting it to regular stitches it just won't have ribbing.  anywho, i was looking at my "i'm a HOOKER!!!" board & saw i had pinned this headband a while back & thought i would make it.  it's not as wide as the first one but it's wide enough. i really like it & it's turning out really pretty. 

sorry bad lighting again, the headband i originally wanted to make is the one in the picture on the paper.  :o)  didn't realize i had gotten a pic of it as well.

this is the pattern i'm working on right now, it's nice for dreads or long curls as she describes.

i love this headband!  so neat!

i'm finished with the top portion all i have left is the sides & the button.  the only thing i don't care about on this pattern is that it uses a 3.5 hook & i hate the tiny hooks.  give me a pattern with an I or bigger hook & i'm good to-go.  i actually tried to make the pattern with an I hook but the holes were way too big so i'm going by the pattern. 


yesterday was my birthday, yep, i'm the big 3-6!  it doesn't bother me like some people, it's more of, just another day thing to me.  i don't feel older either.  :o)

chicharrones cake!  hahahahahaha

i walked into work yesterday after q's christmas party, forgot my phone so no damn pics! :(
brittany had got me 2 bags of pork rinds, one hot, one regular (i love pork rinds!), and tied a balloon around the bags.  so that's what i got instead of a cake, i specified i didn't want cake so this is what she came up with.  i freaking love it!!!  :o)

oh & a kitcher sighting.  our elf on the shelf is not mischievous, i don't get why people want their sweet, cute elf to be bad!  don't get me wrong, it's funny but i hate cleaning up messes & those bad elves are making too many messes for my likings.  so our elf does non-messy, non-bad things.  this is what we woke up to a couple of days ago...


kitcher in daddy's stocking with our favorite xmas card from the murillo family.  :)

almost forgot to remind everyone to head over to tami's amis to check out all the other wips.  :)  have a great hump/wip day!!!

fof with kitcher & some catch up

i finished the cowl for her teacher but i forgot to have q model it but here it is

kitcher was caught crocheting next to the cowl.  :o)  he was working on his chain skills.  hopp thought it was the funniest thing that he was yarnin'!  sorry it's so dark, i will have q put it on & get a better pic later.  :) 

sorry so bad with my fof pics.  this was a hat i made a couple weeks back that i hadn't shared yet.  it's for carissa, i'm waiting on a pretty pic from her.  she wanted a zebra-ish hat, i found this pretty pattern so i bought it just for her.  it was pretty easy, i may make some more.  :)

now on to some christmas decorations...

here they are, electric sex in all it's glory on the tree!  :)  every time i look at them they make me smile.  this is all i have on the tree right now.  tonight we should have most of the ornaments up & maybe even the train.

now to catch up on the hair updates.  i had too many weeks to show so i didn't post any of the only headband days so i don't have many to show...

11.29.11 i did the twisted bangs on me & i liked it so much i did it with q's hair.  she doesn't have bangs but you can do it with any length of hair.  i found the video on pinterest & it's really easy but i have yet to conquer the bobby pin.  i just can't get them right & then get the other hair to cover it up.  it looked so cute on q with her side ponies.  :o)

12.01.11 i told her she had to do something different than just the headband so she said one pony to the side

12.02.11 i still love putting bows in her hair.

12.05.11 this is her christmas school shirt.  she is such a skinny mini and the shirt was long enough she had on leggings & black boots, i should have turned my camera so you could have seen the whole outfit.  i did a little ringlet on the opposite side of the pony & then topped the pony with a red bow with white polka dots.  :)

12.09.11 daddy did hair today & she actually asked for this!  i was in shock.  she looked like a little sumo wrestler.  :o) she also pulled out her necklace & bracelet she got from maria on her birthday.  my girls are so girly!  i LOVE it!  i'm not girly girly but i like it & so i'm glad that my girls are.  :o)