Etsy: Some stuff I'm making

As I posted the other day, I am opening an Etsy shop. Baby Isabella, my friend Kamila's not quite born yet daughter is going to model some of the stuff I am making so until then I probably will not be putting things up but I wanted to share some pictures of patterns I am working on. I am super excited because I love making this stuff.

A pea in the pod cocoon sort of like this one. Lot's of people use these for a photography prop in newborn photo shoots and stuff:

Reindeer Hats. I'm going to make a newborn sized one so that Isabella can model, then I'll sell them as made to order.

Some cozy baby booties. They remind me of little Uggs.

Some chunky baby bowls. I like this green but I think I want to make a cream colored one for Isabella to model. Maybe I'll make both.

Santa Hats. They are made with a yarn called fun fur so they are fluffy and fuzzy.

Owly hats. Started a pink one today.

Sock Monkey hats. I kind of want to make one for myself...

Some stocking hats. They remind me of Twas' the night before Christmas.

I am also planning on making my own pattern for a solid color dog sweater and then have detachable appliques to go onto it. Seasonal ones like a snowflake, shamrock, easter egg, pumpkin, etc. I'd like to make some adult sized scarves also but that will probably be down the road a bit. I am still working on the snowflake crochet blanket that has been in the works as a gift for my Mom for the past 5 Christmases. Maybe I'll actually get it done this year?

I'm Opening an Etsy Shop!

I have been wanting to do it forever. I bit the bullet today and created a banner, opened my Etsy shop and listed my first item (Lil' Pumpkin Hat.)

I realize that its a little late to be listing a pumpkin hat. Most parents would probably want it for Halloween but I figured I need to get started and if 1 person decided to buy the hat then thats great. If no one buys it, I won't be offended or surprised.

I am working on several crochet projects that will soon be listed on Etsy plus I am making several sets of my Cougar Town inspired EAT letters.

Without further ado, here is my Etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CreationsGnS

Newborn Pumpkin Hat

Operation make Megan's hat: semi-FAIL

Not a complete failure because the hat is cute and I'll give it to Megan's Mom Colleen so they can have matching hats. Fail because I was making this hat for a 5 year old and it fits my head. Wayyyyy to big.

This hat was a variation of the pattern for seija set from "The Happy Hooker" by Debbie Stoller. The flowers are from this pattern at this awesome blog: http://mycrochetstuff.blogspot.com/2008/05/little-flowers-with-leaves-free-crochet.html

Next I'll make Megan's hat for reals.

Baby Isabella's Seija Set: Completed!!

If you crochet, then you probably know about "Stitch n' Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker," an awesome crochet book written by Debbie Stoller. That's where I got this super easy pattern from. Keeping with the sugar and spice color scheme from Kamila's baby shower, I made the blanket with Bernat Softee Chunky yarn in Hot Pink, Grass and White. The blanket is good for cold winter days in the car because there is a small slit that the seat belt buckle of a car seat can be slipped through.

Next up: I really need to finish the snowflake blanket I started for my Mom 5 YEARS AGO!! I am determined to be able to give it to her this Christmas. Check out the free pattern I am using to make that blanket here:
Snowflake Blanket

Mrs. Crafty

I have been out of work for officially one week and I have to say, I rather enjoyed it. I have a zillion projects that need to be completed, most of which began before I started working for MDA. I didn't realize until now that non-profit work really sucks the life out of a person! So here are some of the things I am going to be working on, let's see how much I can get done this summer:

1. Three separate crochet projects. All of which I intend to be Christmas presents
for someone, although I do not know who yet.

a) Candy Cane blanket, which is done completely in single crochet, therefore very time consuming, but the finished product is so pretty!
Here is what I have so far (you make it on an angle to get the lines to be angular)

Here is what it should look like when finished:


b) Dark Blue Snowflake Blanket. I wrote down on the pattern that it takes me 1 hour to finish 1 snowflake and I have to make about 20 more so I am thinking this will be the first one done.
Here is one of the hexagons I have made:

Here is what it should look like when finished:

c) Light Blue Snowflake Blanket, also done in single crochet and started when was first teaching myself to crochet so the part that I have done so far looks a little odd. I may leave it the way it is, the imperfection may add to its charm.
Here is what I have so far:

And what it should look like when it is finished:


2. Painting the Apartment: Mark and I bought this beautiful earthy/clay color at Lowe's almost a year ago and so far, I have painted 1/2 of the kitchen. That's it. I am procrastinating BIG TIME on this, even though I really want it done. I know the finished product will be worth it, I just have to find the motivation.

3. "Our First Year" Scrapbook: I am scrapbookinng our first year of married life. I know it is incredibly cheesy, I just can't help myself. I have so much scrapbook stuff it is disgusting. I am up to Christmas, so I have some catching up to do.

4. Organizing our Itunes. Yes this is the geekiest thing on the list, but very necessary. Mark and I have separate profiles on the PC so we have 2 different Itunes but those 2 different Itunes get the music and video files from the same location, a shared drive on the computer. Recently, we got a lovely external hard drive where we intend to move all the files because we have over 6,000 songs. The problem is, half the files are not named properly, located in the wrong file, located under the wrong artist name or just plain wrong. I have to go through every file, rename it if it is wrong and get it in the right folder. This could be very annoying considering we have so many songs.