Latest Craft Creations

I have several different areas of "crafting" that I like to do. Sewing. Crocheting. Jewelry making. Paper crafts. But the desire to do each of them kind of comes and goes. I just finished up a bunch of sewing and my crafting mood is starting to swing back around to crocheting.

I decided I wanted to try my hand at making some stuffed animals. I got a book with some patterns and have found some fun free ones online too. 

I started out with making a cow. I had thought maybe it would be one for the new baby but as soon as I was finished with it and Zethan got a hold of it and I saw how much he loved it, I told him he could keep it!

Then Titus found a pattern he wanted me to use for his. He wanted a dolphin! They are very inexpensive crafts to make but take time! Titus kept asking, "Are you done yet? Are you done yet?"....

He was very happy with the end result though!

And miss Lillie Loo wanted a kitten. (When she just brought it to me to take a picture of it, she said the eye and the whiskers needed redone-they played with them on the trampoline last night).

The kitten's name is Melody and Lillie picked out the colors for it =) 

I thought with the new baby coming it would be fun for them to have something special and new here just for themselves. I have been making a lot of baby things so it was fun to make something for the little munchkins too! Something to make them feel special too!

And of course she wanted to pose with her kitty. Crazy, unbrushed hair and all =)

Latest Project {crochet edition}

I have seen different versions of these on etsy. I really liked them, but didn't necessarily want to spend money to buy one since I knew how to crochet.

I did end up buying a pattern but it didn't work up the way I wanted it to. And I thought I could figure out a way to make it much cuter and easier.

So this is what I came up with. I did many trial ones before I finally got the pattern written down just the way I wanted it to be.

It buttons in the back, but mostly that is for looks. It makes it cuter from the back =) And the poppy flower is what really makes this fun!

Brothers

They just love each other.


So much ornery-ness for such a cute little guy. Don't you love how the hat is making his little ears stick out!

Finally a picture with them both looking! Matt was actually taking these pictures and I think he took 3 before this one and each time Zethan would close his eyes, put his head in front of Titus or turn his head. Boy, I love these little boys!

And I finally made something for Titus! I brought that hat up to him while he was playing in room and said "Here Titus, this is for you!"

He jumped up and said "For me?!? THANKS MOM!" And then he gave me a HUGE hug. It was so adorable. He must have been feeling a little left out since mostly I make girlie things for Lillie=)

Fall Style

I got Lillie a hat crocheted yesterday! I thought it turned out very cute! Pictures don't always show it very well.
I was so excited about this one because I actually won this pattern for free! It is always exciting to win a giveaway! Thank you to Speckled Frog Boutique!

Lillie wore the hat to school today. I told her she had to take it off when she got into her classroom. She was insistent that she could wear it all day because, "That's what Gracie does with her hat." She is always telling us funny things that Gracie has done. I think Titus even has a little crush on her from everything Lillie tells us and he hasn't even met her. Hehe!

And Lillie showed us a trick where you "take your eyeballs out, pop them in your mouth, and then put them back in." (She closes her eyes, pretends to put something in her mouth, sticks her tongue in her cheek and then pretends to put them back and opens her eyes. Ta-Da.) I asked her where on earth did she learn that? Her response: From Gracie.

Gracie sounds like a fun little girl and Lillie seems to be making fast friends with her! I wonder what Lillie will learn next!?

Actually Lillie's little mind is just a sponge. She is saying new things everyday that she is learning in her classroom. She has different work stations to do and so many other things! Like P.E. and music. I am surprised by how much she is soaking up already! And it has only been 2 1/2 weeks! I am so proud of her!

House Slippers

Lately I have been wanting to do some crocheting projects. Maybe it has to do with the cooler weather. I'm not sure. But anyway, etsy is filled with super cute crochet patterns. I found a cute little pattern for house slippers. More modern than your grandma's crocheted slippers =)
They are fun and they were worked up pretty quickly!

Its kind of fun making something for myself once in a while=) Although, I made them last night after the kids went to bed and this morning Lillie saw them and is begging for me to make her some=)

And of course baby Z thinks any shoes left in the open are fair game for him to confiscate. So those little piggies are his=)

I have a few more new patterns to try out but I probably should make myself work on sewing projects for the upcoming craft fairs! I have lots of new products and so does Natalie! We are very excited for this year! Have a great Friday!!

Couldn't leave Titus out now could I?

Since Big Sis got a hat, little Tidy man of course needed one as well=) He was SO excited about it!

It used chunky yarn so it worked up super fast and turned out so fun!
Sis was even a little jealous of the fun ties and the pom-pom on top=)
Now all I need to make it one for Zethan.
Which sweet little Titus keeps reminding me of=)

Pink Hat

Here is a little project I worked on yesterday and finished up the little flower today!

I'm not very good at reading crochet patterns but it was pretty simple. I think it turned out pretty cute. As long as you don't look too closely at it, it looks just fine=) I really liked what the little white flower added to it! So fun!

And on another note. Titus has been extra naughty lately. =0 Yesterday while we thought he was napping, he was putting on finger nail polish. And finger nail polish in the hands of a 2 almost 3 year old boy is not exactly a very clean thing. He did manage to get all of his finger nails painted though. Just with a little extra. It got all over his sister's bed sheet which I supposed is where he was putting it on. Then of course he just couldn't help himself and he had to 'paint' the wall by his bed. Oh my.
Then just now as I was getting lunch ready-egg casserole- I walked through the living room to do something and glanced over at Titus sitting so still on the couch. Hmm, I thought, he is watching the movie so nicely. And then a closer look, and, oh, he got my little, really sharp embroidery scissors and is cutting his jeans up. While they are still on him. Oh my. Naughty. Naughty. He has been told over and over that he is not supposed to have scissors. At least he didn't cut his leg up.

Please warm up soon weather so the kids can get their energy out in a positive way! At least where there aren't any scissors or any finger nail polish.