Can't Contain Me Pincushion Swap @ Ravelry

These are doll sleeping bags that I got in the pinterest swap on craftster...notice the litle boy modeling these beauts!!!!!

The little piggy was from a swap a while ago on swap-bot.. I made the flower the other day at the dentist office..it didnt turn out as cute as i wanted
I got the pincushion in a flower pot, the floss and everything else pictured in a rav swap. This lil pincushion is too cute!!

Whedon-Verse

Here is another pic of the whedon swap


The main theme is "Firefly" with a little bit of Angel and Buffy too.  I made a Wash dinosaur shadow box, a Mal cross stitch ornament, Simon Tams's journal, a dishcloth for the serenity kitchen, a I love my captain mug from Kaylee, a Kaylee inspired necklace, an Inara inspired necklace, 5 magnets, and 3 pieces of fabric, 1 for Inara and 2 for Kaylee, a polymer clay stake, and Angel comic book, a crocheted strawberry for Kaylee and a tin like the box Book gave them to her in... I think thats it.  It was only a 5 point swap so I went a little above required but I had such fun brainstoriming and crafting for this one.. I cant wait till the next one

In the meantime I am in a Buffy swap on Ravelry, that is due out this month... I need to get crackin' as I only have a few things done.  I have to make an Ami of either Spike or Willow...
Today I crocheted Easter eggs, only 4, one for each of my kiddos:)

This is a hoop I recieved in a personal swap on Craftser from BurstofPanties, I have to make her a gypsy in return which I have yet to start on..it is Monster High, its for my daughters 8th birthday. She is gonna LOVE it:)

Two more hoops from the Hoopla Rd. 5 Swap.  Can you guess the theme... I saw some really pretty Alice hoops on there and on Pinterest, I have never really been "into" Alice before but alot of the art work that has come from it is so my style that i had to ask for Alice in my themes and I am super glad I did:)

This is so lovely! iT  is from a private swap with Mezcraft.  It is a day of the dead Painted Face. I love the traditional Painted Faces they are so beautiful. 

Here is what I got from the Wish Swap... A Nook cover (left) A supply hoop for my hooks and a bag...Lovely stitching... Wish I could make these myself!

My Wists

I guess I should make a pininterest but I am too lazy, all of these images came from craftster.org most from the organized swap galleries

I LOVE these!

See, these are some of the hoopla items for past swaps, super talented people. I want them all, I thought about maybe taking some of the designs and re-interpreting them  ? 
My favorite is the painted face I love painted faces and sugar skulls. Dia los Muertos = crafti possibilities galore! Yep....  And the halloween pincushion. I want some pincushions I have a total of zero.  I need to make some

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pattern

I used this pattern to make a TMNT for my son's birthday back in August, he loved it, seriously and I know alot of other little boys (and maybe some big boys too) would love it just as much,  this would be a cool Christmas gift to make for your son or nephew or hubby, whatever you want.  This guy, Wolfdreamer, has a lot of great patterns on his website, including Skipper and Kowalski from the Penguins of Madagascar Movie along with some other cool patterns too, you should really make this, it only took me like 3 days of working on it a few hourse each night so it is super quick and easy to make.

Ughhhhh

Tuesdays are so blah, I usually clean the house (daily) but today it is really bad.  A few weeks ago I discovered that their is actually a knitting store by me. Mass Ave. Knits, when I walked in I was literally overwhelmed by all the yarns. it is a fairly large store that is jam packed with lovliness.  I only bought 3 hanks of yarn, I usually just get Red Heart, and Simply Soft by caron which is like less than 3 bucks at walmart. so it was kinda hard to pay $14 for 1 skein, but it is 100% wool and it is so pretty, soft and the color is amazing, I got a teal and a gray, that I think I am going to make into a hat and maybe a scarf if their is enough, the new Crochet Me magazine (sept/Oct issue) has a really pretty scarf and hat on the cover, but it is a beret type and I really don't think I look great in berets... But it is still purty!

As I said my daughter will be turning 5 next week, I started to make her this doll which I got the pattern for on etsy, from here, she has some amazingly cute patterns, I started last week and was using E hook, but I lost it and have been too lazy to go buy another, so yesterday I used a F hook on it and just used one less stitch in each round than what the pattern called for and I can't tell the diff.  so that is cool.  I also started on a lalaloopsy look-a-like doll from a FREE pattern on Craftster, which I love, but I had to tweak the pattern a bit already cause my feet didn't turn out right, it is a weird pattern, it begins with the feet and you work your way up I think the legs, body and head are all in one piece, but it is okay, new things are good right?  Here are the photos of the dolls completed, I didn't make them, if you check the links, you can see the uber-talented peoples who actually designed and made them....

They are cute right, and the little witch is right on time for Halloween, which reminds me, I need to work on punkins too, I have 1 1/2 done, and I want to make at least one more or maybe 5 total, you gotta have an odd number so they look right.  I haven't been stitching lately but I need to do some of that too.   I am planning on having a hoopla wall and I want to swap some embroidered hoops on Craftster, they have ongoing hoopla swaps every month, they also have a bunch of cool swaps, you should check it out and get some new art. I may get some of the Sublime Stitching patterns, they are pretty rad, and etsy is a treasure trove of awesome-ness, but I really prefer the iron on transfers I don't like having to use carbon paper or whatever to get the pattern on my fabric, so...

Crochet Bunny

My daughter will be turning 5 this week and I have been making a amigurumi for each of my kids on their birthdays this year.  I started on a cute little witch from a pattern on etsy, but I stopped for some reason and started making some pumpkins for Fall.  Now I am working on a bunny.  I saw these birds and monkeys in Somersets "Stuffed" magazine, if you don't know what I am talking about, go to Joann's, Barnes and Noble or to their site and buy one, they are seriously amazing and the zine is chucked full of plushie love.  Anyways, I fell in love with these teeny birdies and monkeys.... They are from

Lue and Sue . She is seriously talented and I love her designs and best of all, she is sharing her patterns. You should really look, I don't know any little people (or big ppl) who would not be super=excited to get one of these amazing stuffies.  I want to make some just for me to hoard, but I have to finish a million other stuff first.   So here is what I am trying to achieve:


But, she hasn't finished adding the whole pattern so I am using another bunny pattern to finish it, but with a few tweaks to make it the right size...

Are these not like the cutest thing you have ever seen?  I am in love with them really.  I will post my own pics when I figure out how to get the pics from my camera to the laptop...Any ideas how?  I am a total dum-dum...sorry.   What are you working on? It doesn't have to be a crochet projects either.