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 ;)

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!

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 ;)

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

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

Birthday Burger

I love this book! I want it! This is where I got the patterns to make this burger
Amigurumi!: Super Happy Crochet Cute (Paperback)

Question... is it ok to post the patterns if they are from a book?






I finally finished crocheting a whole burger and gave it to my son's bestfriend for his 5th birthday.. hehehe, I think he didn't really like it.. oh well! I got lots of practice out of it ;) now I will finish the one for my munchkins who do like it .

The works

I crocheted these for Dani and Diego. I still have to make the bun and the onions ;) I am really enjoying my self with these little things and the kids love my home made toys.

In case that you are wondering, so far I only made the lettuce, the cheese, the patty, and the tomatoes, I have two other tomato slices that are the same size as these ones, these just looked cool together with out matching in size

Lady Bugs for Sale - prices

Big lady bug 8.5" x 10 " = 30.00
Smaller lady bug 8" x 7 " = 25.00

Lady Bug Rocks for Sale

I need money! Easter is coming up and I have a few parcels to send back home to my family in Nicaragua, they need to be sent right away before the children outgrow the clothes that I have for them ( 2 baby girls, and before 12 months old, they grow like weeds )

So here are my latest rocks, one of the little one has already been sold, the other one is 5.00 canadians.
The big ones are... 30 for the biggest one and 25 for the other one... ( unless I change my mind and decide to keep the biggest one, it's so pretty... )

Second batch of CatBeds to donate finished

Hi, a while back I said I would do this cat beds for local shelters, so far I had made 5 and donated them to a shelter in Bedford, NS. Last night I finished 2 more for this local shelter http://www.bideawhile.org/adoptions/
Where i have been talking to a very nice lady, I have only heard good things about this place, so it's only fair that they get the next batch. Eventually I will make 5 more for the local Spca.

Here are the photos ;) you can see my cat Gris ( the gray one ) and Rocky ( big orange one ) along with my daughter modeling the cat beds.

Earth Hour

lights are off at my house and will stay off, at least for this night
Nova Scotia, Canada

What I have been up to

I am supposed to be working on catbeds for a cat shelter, but I have been busy making presents for friends, and my friend's kids, it seems that every one that I know was born in the Spring...

This was my latest project, to make a sweet little ladybug rock for one of my bestfriends, the rock is for her, the hat is for her little girl, and the beanbag is for her little boy ;)



I did manage to finish two cat beds for one of the cat shelters, here they are, my cats, PooToo and Garfield were just testing them, after these beds are done ( 3 more to go ) I will take a break to make some extra special and fuzzy ones for my furry munchkins.






My kids, and my furry kids ;)

Thank You Presents, Welcome Back Presents and Birthday Presents

I have been very busy, making stuff for friends, the frog is for a dear friend of mine, that baby sat my kids this weekend.. the hats are birthday presents for two little sisters, then I made one exactly like those two for another little girl that came back from Brazil, and I also gave her that little bumble bee as a Welcome Back present ;) so yeah.. I have been busy.