Hello World

How has your summer been going? Me and my families...not so good. It all started with my father having a heart attack and a quadruple bypass surgery in June. He's feeling better now. Then my mom went to the doctors to address a spider bite on her lip shortly after. It wasn't anything serious,though. Then in August,my 14 year old cat buddy Whiskers  passed away. It's been tough,but I'm slowly getting used to it. I'm even looking at other kittens! Throughout all of this going on,I've been going through various bouts of illness,ranging from acid reflux,asthma,serious seasonal allergies,muscle pains,and now a possible sinus infection! So,we haven't been able to spend our Summer as we usually would,but I guess all you can do is count your blessings,pray,and keep looking ahead. =)

May News

Hey,long time no see! How is everyone doing? I figured I would do a random updates post today. I'll be separating each topic into different paragraphs. My dad and I went to a local antiques store to sell some stuff yesterday. We gave her a 1920's light fixture (from our house),a weird shoe "thing" (might be a shoe shining stand),a couple of tourist plates,a butterfly yarn organiser,and a Carmen record set. She gave us $35.00 total,which wasn't bad considering we paid about $3.00 total for everything originally! Here is the link for this antiques shop.

I have been working on all different sewn plushies lately. I've mostly been getting the patterns for them off of Youtube,but I've been making some of my own as well. Here are a couple of the plushies I've made,plus the links for where I got the tutorials from.

This is my brightly-colored mushroom. The tutorial is by Tammy Hallam,and here is the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGEawRaYStU

Second,is this bright blue Chubby Mamegoma. This tutorial is by Sunmoonjooo,and here is the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vO947wFtjI

Third,is this Flower Yeti. The tutorial is by Soreribsin,and here is the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf080iHnmh8

Fourth,is this Zombie Mochi. The tutorial is by HapyFriendsShoppe,and here is the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgu-Pg9kcLc

I've already started to crochet Halloween related plushies! I know,it's weird,but I was bored! Anyway,here is a photo of my crocheted Little Ghost.

I also used felt for the arms. I'm thinking of possibly posting the pattern for her sometime soon,but I'm not sure just yet.

Wow that was a long post! Well,I guess that's it,and I bid you a fond farewell!

Easter

Happy Easter! I figured I would take some time to post on here tonight. Anyway,we got some nice treats (my favorite was the Adventure Time Lady Rainicorn plushie I got),we had a nice dinner,and we had an excellent dessert! Why do I say excellent,you ask? Well, it consisted of a devil's food chocolate cake,a red velvet cake with vanilla icing,and my favorite,a big ol' cheesecake! =) Well,I guess I'll just post a link for the Lady Rainicorn plushie,and wish you all a Happy Easter!

Adventure Time Lady Rainicorn Plushie:http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Time-Adventureu-Favorite-Plush/dp/B0078P4JHU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364776406&sr=8-1&keywords=lady+rainicorn+plush

Bye!

Mochi Bunny Plushie

I have a hand-sewn bunny I made to show you all!

Isn't he cute! *clears throat* Anyway,he is made out of felt,sewn with embroidery floss,stuffed with polyester stuffing,and he has a yellow sparkly pompom for a tail. Unfortunately,I forgot to take a photo of his tail. My bad.  =)  I got the tutorial for him from HapyFriendsShoppe on Youtube. The name of the tutorial is "How to Make a Kawaii Mochi Plushie Tutorial". It was fairly quick to make,and it was easy to make the adjustments to make him into a bunny! Here is the link for the tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgu-Pg9kcLc
Oh,and the house is all decorated for Easter,and I'm trying to wait patiently for Easter Sunday to get here! My mom is busy in the kitchen,making candy for our relatives (and ourselves). She's making me impatient though,because all I smell is freshly chopped coconut. Apparently,one of our cats (Whiskers) rather enjoys the smell of coconut,too. Well,I guess that will be all.
Bye!

St. Patrick's Day

Hello! I just thought I would do a little St. Patrick's Day post! Anyway,my dad and I celebrated today,by going antiquing. Basically,we went to a flea market and an antique center and did a bit of shopping. It was rather fun,actually. I got a few different things,including various crafting magazines (including a vintage crochet booklet),a box of vintage novelty candles (I have a post on here for a few of the ones we have),a box full of vintage Easter decorations (rather giddy about that),a small pile of Fangoria magazines from the 1980's,a Stephen King Danse Macabre hardcover book (for my mom),a few vintage postcards/advertising cards,three cards of vintage buttons,and....a Ladie's Home Journal magazine from the year 1894!! I really felt like hugging my dad for that one!  =)  Anyway,I'll put the links for everything at the bottom of this post,but there is one more thing I would like to say...

Happy St, Patrick's Day!

Fangoria magazines:http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=fangoria&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1311.R0&_nkw=fangoria+magazine&_sacat=0

Stephen King Danse Macabre book:http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=fangoria+magazine&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1311.R0&_nkw=stephen+king+danse+macabre&_sacat=0

Ladie's Home Journal Magazine:I couldn't find this spcific issue or any others from that year,so I'll just put a link to Ebay down,so you can look there. http://www.ebay.com/

Bye!

March Snow,and a New Crocheted Blanket

Wow,I can't believe it's March now! Time for St. Patrick's Day,and Easter,because it falls on March 31st this year. That would be the reason behind all the Easter stuff that's already up in the house.  =)  It snowed a few inches more this past weekend,but my dad and I were still able to go browse around the antique shops around here. I got a few postcards,two Garfield Easter ornaments (rather happy about that),a couple Easter bunny plush toys,three pieces of sheet music for $1.00 each (one was originally priced at $25.00! O_O),a vintage spinning top toy that apparently tips over onto its stick if you spin it fast enough (even though I still haven't gotten it to do that) for 0.25 cents,a Sailor Moon VHS tape...etc...etc. Anyway,now onto the crocheted blanket part of this post! I found a photo of a big crocheted granny square blanket on the Internet the other day. I had already seen this idea before,but I never thought I would make myself one. Well,a few days ago,I finally started one! I'm only using machine-washable,worsted (or as close to worsted) weight yarn for it. I already have a fairly good-sized square going,but I've begun to notice something. This is going to take me forever! It takes me quite a while to finish one row...oh,well. I guess that is my fault,for starting one. Hey,at least it helps to get rid of some of the yarn stash!  =) Well,I guess that's it. Here are the links for Garfield,and the Sailor Moon VHS tape.

Garfield:http://www.garfield.com/
Sailor Moon vhs tape:http://www.amazon.com/Sailor-Moon-The-Movie-Hearts/dp/B00004STAN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362438816&sr=8-1&keywords=sailor+moon+movie+vhs

Bye!

Mini Heart Ornament

I crocheted three mini heart ornaments for my family this Valentine's Day. A yellow one for my mom,a dark green one for my dad,and a grey one for my oldest brother,Paulie. They were rather quick and easy to make,so I've decided to post the pattern! First,I would like to get this out of the way.

I'm offering this pattern for free,but please respect my copyright. These images and the written pattern belong to me,and if you want to sell anything made from this pattern,please contact me first. Thank you. Now,here's the pattern!

Mini Heart Ornament
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Materials:
worsted weight yarn in your color of choice for the heart
DK weight yarn in your color of choice for the loop
size G/6,4.00mm crochet hook
a pair of scissors
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Stitch Key:
ch: chain
st: stitch
slst: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
tc: triple crochet
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Pattern
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Heart: using your color of choice,
8 sc in ring
hdc in first st
dc,tc2,dc in next st
hdc in next st
slst in next st
sc3 in next st
slst in next st
hdc in next st
dc,tc2,dc in next st
hdc in next st
slst in a st from the first round on the back-cut grey yarn,but don't finish off.
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Loop: using your color of choice,
ch through the last ch you made on the heart,where you cut the other yarn
ch 14
slst in fifth ch from the hook,and continue slst in each ch after
slst in same space on the back of the heart you slst before
Finish off,and cut yarn. Tie off all yarn ends,and cut them off.
Finished!

Here is a photo of our Valentine's Day lights on our house.

Well,I hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day!!