Owls Owls Everywhere

Well more owls had to be made.  After giving the pink and blue owl hat to a friends daughter, her sons wanted one.  So I made each boy a hat in the colors they wanted, and I loved the results.  Here they are

I changed the eyes and love the result Here is the pattern for the eyes...

In  Yellow
Make a magic circle, 6 sc in circle.  Tighten.
Row2  Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc.  join. 
Row3 repeat Row 2
In White
Row4 Ch 2 *2 dc in sc, 1 dc in next *  Repeat *  Join.  Leave a long long tail of white to sew on hat. 

Sew a black button in center of the yellow.

Another Owl Hat

I was asked to make an owl had for Randy's friends daughter in Blue and Pink, beanie style.  Wasn't sure how I'd feel about here, but I love it.   Here it is.

I used three seperate patterns.  The winter beanie one I used for the modern flower hats, the nose from the Owl hats and the bow from my sisters craft blog...Satiscraftion

Baby shower Gifts

Pictures of some of the Baby shower gifts I made

The Cuddly caterpiller is the first stuffed animal I tried and went very smoothly.  I found the pattern Here.  I did change up the pattern for the legs a little.  Instead of using both colors on every leg.  I made each leg match the body it attaches to.  So where the body is light pink so is the leg where it attaches and then it turns to the dark pink.  And where the body is dark pink the whole leg is dark pink.

This pattern was found Here.  I made no changes to this pattern.  I loved it exactly as it was.

This pattern was found Here  The only change I made was I added the flower that was in the pattern above.

And the set together. :)  Loved them all.

I haven't forgotten...

Athough I haven't blogged I have been crafting.  I made an adorable newborn dress (first time making any type of clothing, so proud and loving it) a cuddly stuffed catepillar, and sweet newborn brim hat all for a friends baby shower.  Also made a ton more necklace scarves for friends and family.

Next on my craft list a shrug.  Pictures of all coming soon :)

Necklace Scarves

I fell in love with Necklace Scarves.  I made a couple will post one of the pictures now and more later.

Owl Hats

I have only boys in my family but have been dying to make girly hats, luckily my friend has two adorable toddlers.  So I made these for them...

I actually used two patterns for these, and combined them for my own.

I used this one.  And this one. 

Sleeping Hat Progress...

Well I actually don't have 'progress' to report seeing as I finished in under 3 hours. :) Not expected. Just trying to do it, with no pattern, I'm fairly proud of my finished product. Though I don't love it and will refine before making for other people. Below is my finished hat. As soon as I refine I'll post the pattern here.

My lil Raiden, aka RC, modelling his newest hat, unwillingly.

My Modern Flower Hats

As promised here are the pictures of the two hats I made.  Simple, easy, fast, fun.  Just my kind of craft project.

This hat above was made for Tabitha, a little longer then Shannons which is below.  Other then color and button that was the only change made between the two.

The hat pattern was found here.  And flower pattern was here.

Oh My Hats....

My latest crafting adventure has been HATS.  I just finished hats for my two dearest friends, and now I'm working on one for my son, Raiden, simply as a practice for a kind I've never tried.  I got a request for a old fashioned stocking cap, aka sleep cap.  I've always wanted to try one, so here goes my newest adventure.... Pictures and progress to come.  Will post pictures and pattern links for my last two hats.

Salt Dough Ornaments

2Tree Salt Dough Ornament, a photo by amybevil on Flickr.

2011 found me crafting more Christmas gifts then ever. One of my favorites was these Salt Dough Ornaments. They were so simple and fun.

Recipe:

1 cup salt
2 cups flour
1 cup luke warm water

Simply mix the salt and flour together, then add the luke warm water until it gets a doughy consistency. Then knead with your hands for at least 5 minutes, the longer you knead the smoother the dough will be.

Roll out and cut with your favorite cookie cutters. You can roll it out at thin or as thick as you'd like but keep in mind the thicker you make them the longer it will take to dry. Then put them on your cookie sheet and grab a straw to make your holes.

We tried air drying, and using the oven. The oven at around 200 degrees till dry gave us the best results. Anywhere from 25 minutes -2hrs depending on the thickness of your ornaments.

When done you can leave them or paint. We painted them with acrylics added cream colored ribbon as a holder and wrapped them up.