Amigurumi Mermaid Finished!

These patterns are by the very talented Ana Paoli

I finished the second mermaid that I was working on, this one is for one of my best friends' little girl who lives in Quebec, Canada.


Here are the two mermaids finished.



Finally here are some photos of my 3 and 5 year old wearing their new Halloween costumes ( these are for next year ) I just got them for less than 5 dollars each.

New Amigurumi Mermaid - pattern by AnaPaoli

I finished a new little mermaid for one of my good friend's little girl, who just happens to be one of my daughter's best friend. On Saturday we are going to her third birthday ;) this mermaid has been very costume made for her, she asked for the purple tail and purple hair. Think she will like it?


I also fixed Danielita's dollie for her, the neck wasn't holding the head up, so I had to re open the dollie and add a wooden ' spine', and that did the trick.




Then you can see the next mermaid in line, it's for one of my best friend's little girl who lives in Quebec, this will be a very late birthday present I am afraid.
I am really getting a lot out of this pattern ;0) love it!





On another note, this is the latest stray that I picked up, I found her wondering on a busy street, I almost hit her with our van, I have been calling vet clinics and shelters and every number that I can think of for a week trying to find her owner. So far no luck.. isn't she a doll? Mean while my husband is ready to divorce me over my latest rescue project, I had promised him that the last stray was the last one..

Crochet Pumpkin Hat

I made this hat for my friend's little girl but her outfit already came with one, never the less my little man got to wear it for this photo ;) he looked so cute.
You can find the free pattern to make this cute hat here.

Amigurumi Sun and Rain Mobile

The sun is for a future mobile for a dear friend who just had her first baby boy, and the rain mobile was donated to my daughter's preschool, where they sing a lot of ' Rainny ' songs.. ;) I thought they could use this to sign along to ' Rain Rain go away ' ;) This pattern is by Amy Gaines, I purchased it on etsy

My latest creations - Baby Hats

This weekend one of my dearest friend finally had her baby girl ;) they named her Kara! ooh how we have all been waiting for this precious munchkin.. She was a week late!!!!! In my anxiety to finally meet her I kept busy by making her these three hats:
By friday I knew that it was a girl, so I had to make a few changes to the blue one.. just a pink flower to make it more girly ;)








I made this special purple hat for my little princess, after all we share this in common, Purple is my favourite color too ;)

New Crochet Mermaids - Pattern by AnaPaoli

I made these two new mermaids for two of my kids' friends, who just happen to be sisters ;) I hope they liked them, their mom Julie, who is a dear friend picked them up on her way home tonight. This was a very very late birthday present, I have learned my lesson, I will start all birthday presents well in advance.
This pattern is by the very sweet and talented AnaPaulaoli on Etsy





When my little girl saw the dolls and me taking photos, she ran to get her own dollies, and we had a nice photo session with Mermaids and her doll Pink, and her favorite doll of all times, ' Dollie', she is the reason why I started making my own dolls. I am happy that she also likes the ones that I have made for her so far ( the pink little girl and the purple mermaid, pattern also by Anapaulaoli.









I haven't posted a good photo of this either, it's a lady bug purse that I made for Dani earlier in the summer. I got this purse pattern from CrochetVillage on Etsy, she is also a very sweet lady, I plan to get more patterns from her in the future.



Finally a few shots of one of the biggest love of my life, my dear 17 year old PooToo, the orange kitty all curled up. She's been diagnosed with Cancer and is not expected to last much longer. I am trying to say my goodbyes and having a hard time with it. She truly is my oldest friend.



It's funny that it would be on her last year of her life that she would find a cat that she finally tolerates. She's never liked any cats.. well except for her own babies ( she had 3 ) and her sister Gordita ( my mom's 17 year old cat ). But here is proof of her eating with Gary our 3 year old deaf kitty. Maybe he is just a very special kitty, he has to be to win her over like that. This has never been seen PooToo sharinga food dish.. I thought I would never see the day.



Poor Gris watches on, she's always dreamed of sharing a dish with PooToo.. ( she is the gray kitty )




Finally his plan has been revealed! you see before he picked this spot to sit on, there used to be a ceramic cat there, looking just like that, funny enough this same cat broke it last week, and now look at him! he wanted to BE the cat in the mantel!

Baby Shower gift - Pattern used by Amy Gaines

This weekend I went to a dear friend's baby shower :) here is what I made for her using Amy Gaines ( on Etsy ) pattern ;) my friend seemed to like it, now I am finishing two more like this one for 2 other friends, I just ran out of stuffing... so I need to pick up more today before I see one of those friends on Wednesday ;)

ESPANOL: Este fin de semana fui a una fiesta de regalos para una amiga embarazada aqui le llaman ' Babyshower'. Aqui esta lo que le hize a mi amiga, usando el patron que compre en etsy de Amy Gaines



Here is a photo of the beautiful baby shower card that I gave my friend provided by my very talented and crafty friend Julie, please visit her blog if you are into greeting cards and stamping up ;) she is amazing!!!

ESPANOL: Aqui esta una foto de la tarjeta que le di que hizo mi otra amiga que hace de este tipo de arte, tarjetas usando estampas.. hace bellezas! Visiten a Julie para ver el resto de su arte.



And finally here is a photo of what my daughther and her bestfriend got into during the babyshower. While the moms and grandmas were all cooing over the big belly, they were busy ' decorating ' her friend's room with tons of gift wrapping paper.. they said they were playing that it was Dani's birthday ( that would be my little one ). Before my friend got too mad at them and made them clean up, which she never did, she found it amusing too, I ran to get the camera and take this shot ;)

ESPANOL: Foto de mi hija y una de sus mejores amigas, y lo que hizieron mientras las mamas estaban en la fiesta de la embarazada, ellas decoraban el cuarto de la amigita usando este papel de regalo..



Pregnant me and my pregnant friend:

ESPANOL: Yo con 4 meses de embarazo y mi amiga que esta a punto de tener.

A Crochet Dollie for my Dani ( pattern by AnaPaoli)

My little princess started preschool this week, and so to celebrate her coming of age, well.. kind of, I made her a very special dollie, costume made to her liking, she wanted the whole thing pink, and some purple.

So here is ' Pinky ' as Dani has started calling her, a very special dollie for a very special little girl ;)






Here are a couple of photos of my little girl on her first day of school

Yoshi Amigurumi

I finally finished my version of Picuu's YOshi!
You can find the pattern here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6830195

Amigurumi Fruits and Vegetables gift

I have been working on these for a few days, they were fruits and vegetables for my friend's niece as a present from her auntie. Any way, here they are, if you are interested in any of the patterns, I can dig where I found them, I only bought the one of the Corn, everything else it's from the net ;)

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 ;)