A Baby Blanket I crocheted

I made this baby blanket for a friend's daughter. She gave it to her at one of her baby showers. This was the first item I have ever been paid to make. She picked the pattern and I picked the yarn.

Pattern: Bernat Softee Baby Soft Stripes Blanket 

Yarn: Hobby Lobby's Baby Bee. I used 2 skeins of boo pink, 1 skein of flannel, and 2 skeins of Charming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin Cushin Gnomes

I am in love with gnomes and decided that I wanted to crochet some. I needed to think about who I could make them for so I decided on my mom. I thought I could make her a set to take to her Sewing club pincushion exchange or keep them for herself. After I finished crocheting them I sent her a photo (before I sewed the hat to the body). She loved them. I needed to find out how to make them into a pincushion before I sewed them together. She ended up sending me ground up walnut shells and I poured them into a baby sock and stitched it closed. After that I surrounded the baby sock with poly-fil. I ended up making 2 sets. One set for my mom and one for her to exchange. After she shared the photo with a friend her friend asked if I could make her a set that didn't need to be a pincushion. They were a lot of fun to make. Mom's pincushion exchange is on the 5th and I am excited to hear about who ended up with the dark teal/light teal set. Mom's set is the blue/yellow ones and her friends is the cream/pink ones.

A crocheted pincushion

Every year my mom participates in a pincushion exchange with her sewing club. This year she requested that I make a pincushion for her to share because she was running out of ideas. She told me I could make whatever I wanted. I searched and found a pattern tutorial by Cherry Heart for this beautiful African Flower Pincushion. I used scrap yarn from a temperature blanket I made for my dad.

A great blog hop has begun

Hop on over to Staying Crafty to begin a wonderful journey looking at the great projects the ladies have done using SP & Company Stamps. SP & Company is a wonderful place to get great stamps. Congrats to Sam for her new business and also for getting married on 1-11-11.

Christmas goodie holders

For Megan's Christmas (Holiday) Party I decided to make these cute little goodie holders. Here are 3 of the 27 different ones I had to make. Well they aren't completely finished yet, but you get the idea. There are 4 of each paper design. The tube part is actually paper towel rolls (cut into 2 pieces) and toilet paper rolls. Thanks for looking.

A few Christmas Gifts

I searched and searched for an idea as to what to make Megan's teachers for Christmas this year. We were going to make the cookies in a jar, but then you have to worry about food allergies and likes/dislikes. I didn't want to do a food gift set or even a perfume type gift set. Again, you never know about allergies. Here is what I decided to do for her teachers. Thanks for looking.

A Panda Christmas Gift

After Megan's Karate Instructor told me how much he loved panda bears and loved his birthday card I decided to make his Christmas gift similar to his birthday card. I used the Pagoda Cricut Cartridge and made a 9" tall panda bear. I also used the cartridge for the bamboo. I put the panda and bamboo on a back drop and put it in a 11" x 14" frame. Thanks for looking.