366 days of photos week 37

sorry for the long delay, it's been crazy busy the last month or so.  it's going to be a fast update so here we go...

day 250: 9/9 sun  no photo...


day 251: 9/10 mon

flower i made with a clear glitter button

day 252: 9/11 tues

my sweet pea made the cutest flag ever in remembrance of 9/11.  i'm going to frame it & put it up!  NEVER FORGET!!!!

day 253: 9/12 wed

it's been awhile since i've done a hair post.  i did their hair the same way.  look how cute they are!!!

day 254: 9/13 thurs

a finished scarf for ms maria, jess's friend.  it was just a simple dc scarf but in extra long.

day 255: 9/14 fri

this is maria in the matching hat with that white flower/glitter button from earlier.  :o)

birthday shout out!!!  this was jess's 18th bday!!!  yep, that's right my baby girl is of legal age, i can't believe it, where have all the years gone???   made this bow from a secret deodorant ad, got the tutorial from bffmrt, a great way to recycle & it's super easy to do.  on that note, a secret deodorant ad has never looked so good!  ;)

day 256: 9/15 sat

look at this precious baby!!!  his name is baylor & isn't he gorgeous?!?  his mommy is a previous co-worker friend from back in the phone book days.  that hat he is wearing was one of my fo's.  i can't get over how gorgeous he is, tawners makes some beautiful babies.  :o)

it rained & this was on my sidewalk.  i thought it was so pretty!  just a plain old leaf that fell off a tree, what a nice little piece of art.  :)

well that's all for week 37, a couple more weeks to catch up on.  i hope all of you have been doing well, i've missed you all, i haven't even caught up on my fave blogs either.  it's been so hectic!

fo friday!!!

happy friday y'all!!!  time to show off those pretties made!  :o)

today i have a hat & a lovey for everyone today.  i made a baby gift for a former co-worker.  she asked me a couple of months ago for a hat & i made her a bonus gift.  :o)

i used bamboo spun, i swear this is the softest yarn!  it's a chunky 4 so it makes for faster blankets. 

i used easy makes me happy, monkey hat pattern for the hat.  this pattern is perfect for all hats & it's really cute if you make the actual monkey hat.  i made the lovey by using ambassador crochets pattern.  i hope you all have a great friday & check out all the other fos at tami's amis.

fof & week in hair

sorry i've been so absent, it's been super busy again at work, it's budget time so everyone is scrambling to get all that done.  have lots to show you so here we go.

fos for the week

the first 3 hats were a special order referred from a friend they turned out so super cute, can't wait to see what they look like on the cuties.

this is the daughter's hat

this is the neice's hat, it has a little bill on it, i definitely need to make more!

this is the momma hat :)

this set of two hats is a request from a friend for a baby shower


love the brown/ivory flower with the pink hat



cute little ivory bear hat with a hot pink sparkle flower with blue button center

here they are together, aren't they just adorable?!?!?

week in hair

monday was the only day q wanted something other than a headband

tuesday

wednesday, hopper told me, "i look so cute!"  yes, my little pumpkin, you sure are!

thursday, look at that crazy face on hopp!  :o)

friday

math game fun night, last night q's school had a little family fun night but i just took her so it could be me & her time.  she loved it but i do have to say that some of it was far too advanced for a little kindergartener but she tried really hard on what she didn't know.  i was so proud of her.

this was the penny flip game where you count how many times it lands on heads & how many time on tails.  she flipped 10 pennies & got even numbered heads/tails.

this was not easy, even for me!  you put the shapes in the main shape to make whatever animal.  with of help from the instructor she got it done.  :)

this was math war, you flip a card over & add the two, whoever guesses the right # first gets the cards.  let me just say this boy was a GREAT sport!  he was so patient & sweet & waited for her to get the #s added up.  he gave her a few of them.  :o)

this was the computer math station.  she was having a blast & so we jotted down the addresses, if you would like the free math game web sites let me know, i will give them to you.  i think this was her fave one.

banana shorts!  ok a little back story.  we do an annual presentation every year where they try to get new clients to sign up for an annual contract for tv commercial sales.  our manager was saying you need to work on your database for clients you want to invite this weekend, blah blah blah, & then he says, "even if you need to put on your banana shorts at home" we lost it, that was about 2-3 yrs ago!  we have been trying to find banana boxers or some type of banana shorts then i thought of this idea, duh!!!  so we got "banana shorts" a birthday cake....

how freakin' hilarious is that!!!!

i was a bit of a loss as to what was wrong with the lady that i ordered the cake from.  when i told her what i wanted (over the phone) & was giggling about it, she never once laughed or anything!  i couldn't figure out why she had no sense of humor, how could someone ask for banana shorts & you not even crack a grin, you can hear that in someone's voice on the phone!  anywho, i hope you all have a great weekend & don't forget to head to tami's amis for all the great finished stuffs.  :)

stocking up

i was asked a couple of weeks ago if i wanted to join a group of ladies that get together a couple of times a year & do a booth of crafts & wares during their extravaganzas.  it's not like a trade or peddlers show, its just a group of ladies that either make specialty items like crochet items, tutus & bows and stuff like pampered chef, scentsy & other home party items.  i jumped at the chance!  i'm the only one that does the crochet stuff so there is no competition!  love that.  i don't really have my name out there but a few people locally know me & then i have my non-successful etsy shop.  not ready to shut it down yet just trying to see if maybe by next winter i can get it going some more.  i would love to be wildly successful & make crochet stuff all day long & eventually open a cute little shop where i can consign other friends stuff.  i have lots & lots of crafty friends!



so i have been trying to stock up on my cute little hats, my favorite one comes from my friend betsy from the dainty daisy.  her stuff is super cute & she is the one i donated a couple of my items to get her nephew adopted from ethiopia.  the fundraiser was wildy successful & they made over $2000, their original goal was just $500!  well, i usually make them in a solid color & then try to do a multi-color flower but i got to thinking & have seen some really cute striped hats & thought they would be so cute in alternating colors.  boy, i was totally right this time, they turned out super cute!  the only thing is they are time consuming because you have to tie up all the loose ends from cutting them off after each row but they are so cute & worth the extra effort!  i'm just not for sure on flower choices, i've been having this problem lately, as you will see with my newest try at a pattern i found, since they are two alternated colors do i make a single color of flower or does the two colored flower look best? are there two colors you would like to see together?


pattern courtesy of the dainty daisy
the flower is huge but they are so cute on teeny babies

then i found this really cute pattern for a another beanie from crafty woman creations by brittany.  i just had to try it out.  i had never done a bobble stitch before, it's almost like the popcorn stitch but they seem to more 'bubbly' than the popcorn stitch.  so after a i watched a couple of youtube videos on the bobble stitch i started on it.  it only took me about 3 hours to make the first one, well maybe a little longer, i forgot to keep track of time.  but it turned out really cute.  i like them but they seem plain other than the texture effect of the bobbles, i guess i'm use to making them even cuter in as many ways as possible.  so now my question is, do i add something to this cute little hat or leave it blank?  do i add a flower or a pom pom or maybe even a bow?  i'm scared of bows, i mean, i know how to make a bow, i have girls i have to know how to tie a bow but i just don't know about a pretty bow, like hair bows.  so what do you think?  what should i add if anything?

pattern courtesy of crafty woman creations by brittany

i would like to really thank betsy & brittany for sharing their beautiful patterns.  betsy's pattern has blessed many of my friend's babies heads & is my best seller next to my bear hat.  brittany's will get it's fair share of gift giving soon.  :o)



i hope all my wonderful friends had a great mother's day out there!




oh yeah, i forgot one more thing, i got finished this last week.  my husband's aunt works in a dr's office & she asked me to make another blanket & hat set for another dr that was getting a new grandbaby, i made one a couple of months ago for another one of her drs.  i snapped a pic of the blanket before i send it on it's way, i love it, it's a beautiful stitch, very intricate but man it's extremely time consuming.  again, it's all worth it in the end because it's stunning!  i couldn't get a pic of the whole thing because it was so big, 2½'x4', so i had to fold it twice to get a nice pic of it.


shell stitch baby blanket, so beautiful!