OOOOPPPPSSSSS A Month has passed

Hiya everyone

It appears to have been a month since I last posted.  I am very sorry.  I havent really done anything in the last month. 

I did the second and final cake decorating and here are my cakes

Embarrasinly that is all I have to show you.  I am still working on my dragon.  It has a head, body and legs at the moment.  So must crack on with that.  And need to get organised and buy some fabric for the rag dolls I want to make.

Hopefully I will be back soon with a dragon to show you.

Sal x

Blast from the Past

Hiya

Hope you are all well. 

I have been thinking about what I can make for the girls in the family for Chirstmas this year, how organised am I!!  Have seen a very modern and lovely rag doll which reminded me about one that I made years ago (over 20! :O).  Here she is.  She is now residing in my waldrobe as she freaks hubby out.  So I was thinking of making these with little outfits, maybe a coat and bag.  I think there are a few little girls who would love one.

But back to what I am doing now.  I went on a cupcake decorating course yesterday (got another one next Wednesday morning) and decorated these cupcakes.  I love them and really enjoyed decorating them.  The kids and hubby certainly enjoyed eating them!

And finally I did manage to finish this pink dinosaur.

I am also part way through my latest project.  My youngest son decided he wanted a dragon and that I had to make it.  So after trawling through the internet I could not find one that I either liked or felt I could do.  So I sketched out roughly, and I do mean roughly on the back of an envelope, of what I wanted and am trying to replicate it in crochet form.  I am actually writing down the pattern as I go and if it works well I will post it here.  Of course if it doesnt you will never hear of it again! lol

I hope everyone has a good evening and hopefully I will be back soon with a crochet dragon. :D

Sal x

Enough of the Crazy

Hiya

So, my husband now thinks I have totally lost it.  After making my washing up liquid apron, I then made one for my hand soap bottle.

These are so cute and fun to make I then made some more.  And its whilst sewing these that my hubbie made the comment "enough of the crazy".  I prefere unique! :D

Finally I have managed to finish Elmo.  Although why he is so skinny, I dont know and I think I used a different size crochet hook to make the inside of his mouth as it turned out too big so looks a bit odd!  Ah well, showed the kids and they love him so thats all that matters.

I have almost finished the dinosaur but that has turned out a bit odd as well!  And I have dug out a few more cute fabrics for washing up bottle aprons.  Need to keep up the crazy unique, its fun!

Hope to see you soon

Sal x

Lots of Things Started..

Hello

As the title says, I seemed to have lots of things started but not finished.  I started an elmo but ran out of white for the eyes, then I started a pink dinosaur forgetting that I had no white to finish it.  So I then started a blue dog, got one leg done and now cant find the pattern!!!!!! :s

So, onto the stuff I have finished.

My friend's daughter will be 1 soon so I made her this teddy bear.  Of course the dark pink is sparkly as all girls need a bit of sparkle.

I had an order for a gardening nana sock monkey.  So this is what I came up with.  The basket has flowers and carrots in it. :D

As I was making a apron for nana sock monkey I decided to sew up some more for my washing up liquid bottle and hand soap bottle for the kitchen.  My kitchen is red and white so obviously everything has to be red and white.  This is what I made.

And here it is on the washing up liquid bottle.  I love it!  I need to by more ribbon for the next one.

I hope you like my little makes.   See you soon with, hopefully, some more finished goodies.

Sal x

Started to Crochet with Plarn

Good Evening

I hope you all have had a great weekend.  We have been sorting and decluttering the bedroom.  We now have the home gym ready and access to all waldrobes and drawers (first time in 4.5 years!).  And I have managed to salvage 1 t-shirt to be made into scarf and 4 of hubby's shirts to be made into something, maybe dresses or long tops to go over my skinny jeans.

Other than that I havent really been busy.  This is as far as my ball of plarn got me.  I did start doing single crochet and then decided that it would take a year to make my bag so switched to double crochet.  Got another lot of bags to cut up which might be done tonight.

And here are the 2 ear warmers I made.  I do like the white and pink one so might make another.  My daughter loves her one and one of her teachers commented on how lovely it was in school last week.

Not really done much except add to my to do list, have also added a crochet elmo. :D

Hope you pop back soon.

Sal x

Plarn.......

Good Evening

Recently I read about plarn (plastic yarn).  http://www.myrecycledbags.com/2007/02/17/instructions-for-cutting-plastic-bags-creating-recycled-plastic-yarn/  So I decided to make myself a shopping bag out of all the free plastic bags I have.  I do try to take reusable bags so its taken a while to get some.  Anyway, I cut the bags up and joined them together with my daughters help to make my first ball of plarn.  I think I will be needing many more as I want a big bag with long straps to put over my shoulder so I can carry more.  My husband thinks I am completely mad making 1 bag from lots of bags.......

My Plarn

I also decided to make an ear warmer as I found that unless I wear my hat my ears get cold on the school run.

And here I am wearing it for this mornings school run and I am pleased to say it worked very well.

 I really like these so made 2 more that I may sell. 

I am currently working on another green sparkly one for my daughter.

Back soon

Sal x

Giant Teddy Bear

Good Morning

Has everyone got snow.  We have had some but I dont think it will still be there tomorrow.  I hope not anyway, I have to drive tomorrow afternoon and I dont drive in the snow.

I made January's contribution to my xmas/birthday stash and I have also made a huge teddy bear for a first birthday but need to make a dinosaur so her mum can pick which she would prefere.  I think the teddy is bigger than she is (the baby not the mum).

So here is the Hello Kitty that I expect my daughter will end up with at some point.

And the teddy bear.  I started to follow a pattern for his head and muzzle.  I then changed the ears as I didnt like the ones on the pattern.  Got half way through the body and changed that.  And then decided that the stubby arms and legs werent very good so came up with my own for them as well.  I am very impressed with how his feet came out. 

His arms and legs are flappy so he can sit and stand.  I think it looks better than stubby ones that dont move.  And much easier to cuddle.

And here he is by my remote control so you can see how big he is. 

I seem to be running out of wool now, I have lots of fluffy wool but only part balls of real wool, not enough of anything to actually make something so a trip into town to buy more is needed.  Off to browse pinterest to get some inspiration for my next project.

Thanks for popping by

Sal x