Inspirations from Flowers

 I get most of my inspiration from flowers and since my hand has limited usage I have been taking pictures of flowers, Mushrooms and plants and my family sends them as well. Since it does not appear anyone reads my blog lol I am gonna start posting my inspirational flowers here best way to keep up with them. :)

Work Station Mess

Working on the new pattern. Making a mess I have finalized three pieces so far. I also noticed all of the my pics are with the same doll. So I got me a couple new ones. I am not really sure I like the new ones but at least there will be new faces on my website soon.

I got two of these. Their legs are made much different I assume for the mermaid tails but they will at least give the website two new faces to my designs. All Baby Alive doll 12 to 13 inches. Now I can see if the outfits I make will fit other dolls than the one I have.

New Ready to Ship Items

Been working on rebuilding my Etsy shop  and its lots of time with pictures and re-arranging. I decided not to split my shop as originally planned. I had some completed Baby Alive clothes needed to be added. The sun was shining long enough to get some pics yesterday. Plan to add these new outfits today. I am also working on a new pattern for this doll, a swimsuit. I am debating on adding a wrap and a towel and a beach ball to the pattern as well as a small bag to go with all the items. First the suit needs to be completed. You can look forward to pics of my progress next week.
Onward to designing and more doll fun. :)

I am back

I am back to blogging here. I tried to launch my own website and it worked out for a while but decided it was not what I wanted to maintain. I will be returning here and be bloggin about my fur kids, my travels and my crafting. I have learned quite a bit about myself lately and what I want to design.

My husband and I are planing to make a big move into the country and possibly try to go off grid. This has caused me to recently re-evaluate what I want to make. I was trying to stay with the trends make what sells but I really did not like making some of the items and I do not like that big bulky yarn not at all. I  live in the northwest and tried making myself one of the bulky hats and it had to many holes and was cold. Not what I want to wear.

As a spoiler alert I can tell you most of my items are made with a C Hook to a G Hook. I prefer Caron Simply soft yarn. #caronsimplysoft  I do use baby weight or cotton thread to make doll clothes.

I prefer Baby Alive #babyalive or Baby Born Dolls #babyborn.  I have tried to like the American Girl Doll but I dont. I have made clothes for her and they don's sell I will be sticking to the dolls I like and prefer from this point forward.

Some of my more recent creations are:

Missing A Loved One Have a Bud on Me...........Cheers Daddy

As the dawn is about to break I have to take a deep breath for many the Holiday season is the hardest for the loss of a loved one. But this weekend is always the hardest for me. The one time of year I miss Daddy more than ever. I remember this weekend of the celebrations and massive BBQ's. You know I never eat ribs unless they were made by him. So this weekend I am gonna get me a six pack of Budweiser and drink the whole thing.. And in his memory this purse was designed and made so for the next seven days it will be free.. Have a Bud on me

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bud-bag

Not fond of bloggin can you tell

Well I tell myself often than today is the day I wills tart blogging and as you can see that does not often happen. I am learning to link my blog with Ravely as well as my Google+ account so maybe now it will all pull together.  I have been working on this awesome test for a wonderful designer on Ravelry. The Designer is called Spider Mambo. She does amazing things and I love her patterns.

This is the owl test I recently completed for her. It is lovely. The pattern is not yet available but as soon as it is you can find it on her link above or by going to my project page here. I will add the link when it is available for purchase on the page. I have made several of her Creepy skull beanies you can find the one I recently made on my projects page.

Free Purse Pattern

When I first started writing I had a thing for purses. I loved making new ones and coming up with new ideas. My first few patterns are still available for free. This one fast became a popular with my family. I made several of the heart purses some with beaded hearts instead of crochet hearts and in several different colors. This purse is great for Valentines yes but my little girl loves hearts all year round.
Go to Ravelry and check out the Dangling Heart Purse . The pattern is free.

If you dont crochet then feel free to email me about making you one of these adorable purses.