Thursday, May 28, 2009

Crochet Hedgehogs

My little hedgehogs ( From Ana Paula's patterns ) are multiplying, the second one you see here is for one of my little guy's friend from preschool. They have known each other since they were babies and now she is moving back with her family to the states.. I hope she liked it, it was very sad and emotional to go and say goodbye to this precious little girl...







Finally a photo of my 30 something year old bear " Osita " and my 17 year old cat "PooToo" they are both so loved ;) I don't know what would become of me if anything happened to one or the other..

Monday, May 18, 2009

Crochet Casitas

So lately I have been obsessed with Ana Paula's patterns... this is the latest pattern that I actually purchased from her ( a first ). I just needed to have my own Casita, well this one is for a dear friend of mine who needed cheering up and now she needs to be thanked for making my little guy's birthday a special one.

Here is her casita, and Diego's ( my little guy) hedgehog again




Sunday, May 17, 2009

Crochet Hedgehog and Cup cake from Ana Paula's books

Happy Birthday my little guy ;)
thanks to Ana Paula's books and patterns, I was able to finish two birthday presents, one for my own little guy who is turning 5 today, and one for my little girl's best friend ( one of her very bestfriends );)





Here are the presents for my little girl's best friend







Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Hedgehog from Ana Paula's "Amigurumi World Book"

I am making my little man a birthday present for Sunday.. the big day when he will be turning 5.
They read a book at the preschool about a hedgehog at the beginning of the school year, I found it very cute and he loved the book.. so I decided to crochet him a little hedehog with a little apple stuck to the back, here is the book that the little hegdehog that I am trying to recreate is from:


And finally here is where I am getting the pattern from ;) from this awesome book... Amigurumi World, the author is such a nice lady, and very kind too, go visit her blog, and buy her books! yes there is two of them.
(family and friends you can now find this book on my wish list at amazon * hint hint * )


So any way here is what I have so far, I am struggling with the fur or spikes on the hedgehog's back.. I don't think I can follow her pattern, my brain is not making sense of it.. so I might try something else form another one of her patterns ;)




Thursday, May 7, 2009

Icecream Cones Crochet style

My latest crochet creations ( I got the free pattern on how to make them from this nice mommy of two: IceCreamConePattern), the big one is for Diego the pink one for Dani, I made it as a thank you present for Diego, I know they have something special set up for ' mother's day' at his pre school tomorrow



The pink one is for Dani, as a thank you present on mother's day for what ever she has set up for me ( with her dad ;)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Working on Birthday presents

My little boy Diego will be 5 on May 17.... i need to make something cool and special for him.. but what? another painted rock? another pillow? curtains? ... scarf? beanballs? all of those things have been already made for him.. he is into BAkugans.. * ideas? *





My little girl Dani will be 3 on June 11... for her it's more easier to come up with ideas.. she would LOVE more play food made out of crochet.. she wants an ice cream cone, a cake.. anything princess or pony related will make her day.. but again, ideas?




Then two of her best friends' have birthdays coming up!! one will be 3 on May 17 ( so special! just like her big brother Diego ) and her other best friend actually shares the same birthday with her?? how coooool is that? it was destiny for them to meet I think, Ella Dani's other's best friend will be 3 on June 11, they are only 7 hours apart and were born on the same hospital same floor, her mom and I met 7 weeks later by accident on an yahoogroup.. yep destiny.

I just thought I would share those cool stories.

Here are my kids two friends whose birthdays are coming up!






Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Crochet Apple - Happy little girl


I made a BIG apple for my little girl, i got the pattern from the LionBrand site, they have some very nice free patterns, so any way, here it is! and here is the link in case that you want to make for a loved one too ;) here is my little girl enjoying all the stuff that I have crocheted for her so far ;) I love this new form of art.. my knitting needles are jealous, my brushes can't stand the crochet hooks, and my pencils are ready to battle the hooks.. poor guys, I will go back to them eventually, I never stick to a craft for too long, I rotate them ;)


Saturday, May 2, 2009

The crochet food that was meant to be a present

So these are all the little things that I had been working on to give to my daughter on her third birthday but being the little monkey that she is.. she found the ahead of time.. oh well.. she loves them ;)

Again most of the patterns of these lovely fruits and the burger come from my favourite amigurumi book.. * cough * which now you can find in my wish list at amazon.ca ;) because sadly the library was getting ready to sue me if I didn't give it back ;)
Amigurumi!: Super Happy Crochet Cute (Paperback)

The Onion pattern came from this awesome crochet site, all I did was add the stems and roots and it became an onion! ;) Crochet Spot

To make the pickles to go this awesome blog: WITHOUT LOVE, DEEDS, EVEN THE MOST BRILLIANT, COUNT AS NOTHING.~ST THERESE OF LISIEUX





Friday, May 1, 2009

Latest Hats for friends' of my kids

My little hats ( following the pattern from my How to Crochet KLUTZ book ) have been a big hit with my daugther's friends, here are two more of her bestfriends modeling the latest hats. ;)




My daugther found another hat that I had made for a friend's little girl who lives far away and has claimed it's hers... sigh.. she also found the play food that I have been working so hard on to give to her for her birthday present, well, at least she loved it ;)




These are the two hats for my friend's little girls who live back on PEI where I used to live






Also here is a little fairy portrait that I drew to thank one of my oldest and dearest online friend, mostly for being such a good friend and always listening to my rants



Something that is really bothering me today are the wildfires burning around my beautiful city ( Halifax, Nova Scotia ) you can read up on it here, but thank goodness at this hour they are under control is it raining right now, I have never been so happy to see it rain.. Halifax Wildfires


pss.. one more thing, do you love OWLS??? I do! take a look at this wonderful Owl artist I found today
April Has No Time For Bloggin