Blog Give away by Kokoro

Hey there! now that I have discover the wonderful ' Amigurumi Groups ' in Flickr I have been meeting a lot of nice people. Following link to link I ran intot his wonderful lady from Argentina who just happens to be a wicked Amigurumi Creator, she goes by the name of Kokoro and right now she is having a Blog Give Away! in honour of Friendship day which is celebrated on July 20th in Argentina. So if you like Amigurumi's and like to visit blogs to win prices then this is a good chance, go check it out!

Mexican Amigurumi Dollie finished!

I made this dollie using Owlish Sarita the Doll Pattern
I had a lot of trouble figuring out the hair, but thanks to my buddy Raider I finally got it;)
Thanks buddy

you can buy this pattern at Owlish's Etsy store

Amigurumi Sirenita finished/terminada!!!

I finished my little girl's mermaid, who started as a birthday gift but once i saw the love on my little girl's face for this mermaid, I couldn't deny her. So now her friend will get a totally different mermaid I am thinking purple tail and brown hair ;)





You can find this lovely mermaid pattern, and this cute little icecream cone: at here Ana PaulaOli's Etsy Store

Amigurumi Mermaid ( second Mermaid )

Hi, I am making a new mermaid this time it was supposed to be a birthday present for one of my children's friend, but my daughter has fallen in love with her, and I can't take away another mermaid from her.. so I will just have to make a whole new one for this little girl and for now, this is Dani's mermaid ;0)
You can find this lovely mermaid pattern here at Ana PaulaOli's Etsy Store

Here is the work in progress, I will post her once the hair is added.



Here is Dani adding a cupcake to the mermaid's body as a head, she thought that was hilarious

Amigurumi Dam*ed Beaver, and Chocolate Bunny

I made the beaver for my 5 year old son, because his soccer team is called " The Beavers ". The Bunny I made it for my 3 year old daugther because I didn't make her anything for her birthday that just went by while I made stuff for her little friend's birthdays.. so the guilt won, she is getting more than just the bunny now ;) Here are the photos, you can find the Beaver Pattern at this wonderful Blog: BitterSweet

And the Bunny Pattern I purchased at Etsy from this really nice buyer: LuvlyGurumi









Diego's Beaver( He calls him Freddy ) and Hedgehog ( he calls him Apple Trouble ) have become friends ;)

what I did today

After my disappointment with that Etsy seller.. I have to show what I have gotten out of Etsy, this beautiful Bunny pattern from LuvlyGurumi, who also has an account on Flirck where you can follow her.

She was so fast in sending me the pattern, and so nice to deal with ;) so please go visit her.
here is my version of her bunny:

etsy vrs free patterns

This is a pattern that is being sold on etsy right now.. here it is for free on this site: Rheatheylia.com now you know that you can get it for free here: Lavender Bunny

Piccu is making a Yoshi Crochet Pattern! wooh!

I want to say thank you to the wonderful lady who runs this blog, Picuu, she is currently working on a costume made pattern for me of Yoshi!!!! I will buy it as soon as she puts it on her esty shop and you should too!!! ooh I am so excited!!! my 5 year old son is even more excited than I am, since seeing this pattern when ever I am looking at the Yoshi that Piccu made he asks ' are you making it yet??' ;)

Please take a look and go visit her, she should have the pattern on sale very soon!

Mermaid pattern by Ana Paula

I made this special mermaid costume made for my kid's little friend who had her 5th birthday today
pattern here

She really really liked it, will post photos of her getting the mermaid soon.

2 more Amigurumi hedgehogs coming up!

Now that my little girl's birthday is over.. I am actually going to sit down and make her something special...tsk.. tsk
I concentrated too much on making the cupcakes to give away at her party and the dollie for her bestfriend, and the candy for her other bestfriend that she ended up with nothing specially made for her! the most important and special little girl there is in my world..

So I am making her a mermaid.. and a dollie and a giraffe and a purse and butterflies.. it might take me all summer long but I am doing it ;) and for my Diego, well what ever he wants I will make ;)

Any hoo, so this week I am making 2 hedgehogs to give away at the graduation on Friday, my big boy is graduating from preschool.. oh the tears that are coming.. 2 of his friends will get a hedgehog and he will get something special not, not sure what yet ;)

Here is the dollie and the coat or dress hangers that I handpainted for my little girl's best friend, again the dollie pattern is by Ana Paula ;) go visit her blog and visit her at Etsy to check out her other patterns ;)

Dollie and cupcakes

Again using Ana Paula's pattern's Ana Paula's patterns I made ... 13 cupcakes, and one very special dollie for my daugther's best friend who is having a birthday party tomorrow morning.

The cupcakes were for my little girl's birthday party today ;) every one of her special little friends got a cupcake ;)
There were some friends missing... so i need to make still even more cupcakes!

Here are the photos of the dollie and the cupcakes









Oh! the only pattern that is not Ana Paula's is the one of the cute little candy! I got that from Etsy.com, from a lady who calls her store

Amigurumi Paradise!

here is the link in case that you want to buy it to make it ;)





And now to show my husband's talents off! This is the cake that he made ( took him two nights ) for our little girl's 3rd birthday.. who's the talented one in the family?? he definitely is ;)

Crochet cupcakes cupcakes

I am in the process of making.. let see 10 or 12 crochet cupcakes for all of my little girls' special friends. This will be what they get when they come to her birthday party on Saturday, boys are getting dollar store toys.. sorry boys.. no time to make them something cool and boyish like a bean bag.. any way, here is last weekend's cupcake, which was a birthday present for one of my kid's friend. ;) she will have to get something different than a cupcake for Daniela's birthday.. maybe an icecream cone.





And here are my kids at the birthday party


Diego is the one in the blue shirt with long black sleeves with his pal Ray ;)

Amigurumi Cupcakes

I made this cupcake using Ana Paula's patterns, this time I made one for Diego's oldest friend, he's known her since he was a baby.. and she was turning 5, only 2 weeks after my little man did.. How special is that? any way here are the photos of the cupcake and my kids and their friend who was turning 5 ;)
ps the little girl liked her cupcake ;)

Crochet Hedgehogs

My little hedgehogs ( From Ana Paula's patterns ) are multiplying, the second one you see here is for one of my little guy's friend from preschool. They have known each other since they were babies and now she is moving back with her family to the states.. I hope she liked it, it was very sad and emotional to go and say goodbye to this precious little girl...







Finally a photo of my 30 something year old bear " Osita " and my 17 year old cat "PooToo" they are both so loved ;) I don't know what would become of me if anything happened to one or the other..

Crochet Casitas

So lately I have been obsessed with Ana Paula's patterns... this is the latest pattern that I actually purchased from her ( a first ). I just needed to have my own Casita, well this one is for a dear friend of mine who needed cheering up and now she needs to be thanked for making my little guy's birthday a special one.

Here is her casita, and Diego's ( my little guy) hedgehog again

Crochet Hedgehog and Cup cake from Ana Paula's books

Happy Birthday my little guy ;)
thanks to Ana Paula's books and patterns, I was able to finish two birthday presents, one for my own little guy who is turning 5 today, and one for my little girl's best friend ( one of her very bestfriends );)





Here are the presents for my little girl's best friend

Hedgehog from Ana Paula's "Amigurumi World Book"

I am making my little man a birthday present for Sunday.. the big day when he will be turning 5.
They read a book at the preschool about a hedgehog at the beginning of the school year, I found it very cute and he loved the book.. so I decided to crochet him a little hedehog with a little apple stuck to the back, here is the book that the little hegdehog that I am trying to recreate is from:


And finally here is where I am getting the pattern from ;) from this awesome book... Amigurumi World, the author is such a nice lady, and very kind too, go visit her blog, and buy her books! yes there is two of them.
(family and friends you can now find this book on my wish list at amazon * hint hint * )


So any way here is what I have so far, I am struggling with the fur or spikes on the hedgehog's back.. I don't think I can follow her pattern, my brain is not making sense of it.. so I might try something else form another one of her patterns ;)

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.