Grandpa's Flowers

Our grandpa brought some of his flowers down to our house yesterday.

The flowers are called glads,or gladiolus. The colors are dark pink,light pink,and purple. He likes to bring these flowers to us from his garden sometimes. Well,I guess that is it.
Bye!

Nick's Birthday

Today is my brother Nick's 21st Birthday! He seems pretty excited about it,too. He is getting a blanket,a body pillow,a side table,and various vhs tapes and candy. Nick is autistic,so that is why these gifts may sound a little different,but it is the kind of stuff he likes. Anyway,I just want to wish you a Happy Birthday,Nick!  =]

Lilac the Bear

Here is my crocheted bear,named Lilac.

She is kind of vintage inspired. She took me a few days to crochet (off & on),but I think it was worth it. I wasn't very creative with the name,though. Lilac is the colorway name for the yarn I chose.  -_-  Oh,well. Anyway,the yarn I used for Lilac is Pound of Love from the Lion Brand yarn company. The yarn I used for her bow is Bamboo Nature Blends from the Bernat yarn company,and the yarn I used to embroider on her face is Super Saver from the Red Heart yarn company. I used a size E/4,3.50mm crochet hook for her body,and a size J/10,6.00mm crochet hook for her bow. I also crocheted a round tail for her,but that isn't in the pattern. The pattern I used to make her is called Buttercup Bear,by Yellow,Pink and Sparkly. Here is the web address for the pattern.
http://yellowpinkandsparkly.blogspot.com/2010/07/buttercup-bear.html
It is a free pattern. Here are the web addresses for the yarn companies I listed earlier.
http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/pound.htm (body color)
http://www.bernat.com/product.php?LGC=bamboo (bow color)
http://www.redheart.com/yarn/super-saver-economy (embroidery color)
Well,I hope this information helps,and I believe that is it!
Bye!

Ghost Post

I decided to do a group photo of the crocheted and knitted ghosts and spirits I have made recently.

I hope I will be able to make more by the time Halloween comes around. Here are the links for the patterns I used to make these ghosts and spirits.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-ghosts (the biggest one)

http://www.willynillyknits.com/patterns/free-pattern-amigurumi-ghost/ (the medium sized one)

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boo-the-ghost (the mini one,and I used crochet thread for it)

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/will-o-the-wisp (and this is the grey one)

The last one is more of a spirit then a ghost (it is a will o the wisp),but I thought they went together very well. Well,I think that is it,for now.

Birthday Today

Today is my dad's 52nd Birthday! Today he is having cupcakes and an ice cream cake for dessert (well,not all of it) . I also have a gift for him.

This is Piney,the baby alien. I'm not quite sure what made me want to crochet an alien for my dad,but I think he will like it anyway. The pattern I used for Piney is Tek the Baby Alien by Teresa Alvarez. Here is the link.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tek-the-baby-alien

It is a free pattern,and I think it is,in my own opinion,a pretty easy pattern. Well,I think that is it.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Craft Fair Last Saturday

The craft fair we went to last Saturday went nicely,actually. I managed to sell $24 worth of crocheted plushies. That is pretty good for me,considering most of them are priced a four dollars each. My mom also managed to sell some jewelry. I got some older kids books at the book sale at the craft fair (they were one dollar each,and they were hardcover). They are mostly from the 1940's through the 1950's. It was fairly warm that day,but we had a nice breeze. They also had the police there doing a demonstration with the attack dog. It was funny watching the dog trot around the police officer after it got the arm cover away from the guy that was part of the demonstration. My mom and I also got some photo cards from a lady that my mom knows. I got one with a woodpecker,one for my dad for his birthday,and one for my grandpa for his birthday. The funny thing about the one for my grandpa,is that it is a photo that was taken on a road the is fairly close to his house. Funny,isn't it? My grandpa's birthday is tomorrow,and he is going to be 86 years old. I made him an orange crocheted bird. Here is a photo.

The pattern I used is the pattern Birds of a Feather. Here is the web address.
http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/birds-of-a-feather/
It is a free pattern,and I think it is well written. Here is a photo of my stuff I was selling at the craft fair.

I sold out of the octopuses! I was kind of surprised by that,but that was my mom's prediction. I couldn't sell the set of marshmallows that are in the box,though. A couple people wanted them separately. Oh,well. I also couldn't sell my big crocheted snake. I guess he was priced to high ($25). Actually,I had five octopuses on the table,but one was sold before I thought of taking the photo. Here are the web addresses for the patterns I used for the octopuses and the marshmallows.
http://nyanpon.blogspot.com/2012/01/kawaii-octopus-amigurumi.html
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marshmallows
They are both free patterns,and I think they are nicely written as well.
 Well,I think that is it.
Bye!

Tiger and Whiskers,Birthday

Today is the birthday of our two cats,Tiger and Whiskers! They are both thirteen years old today. They got tuna for breakfast,and they are going to get chicken for dinner. I think that is pretty much the perfect present for them.  =]  Here are photos of the two boys.

This is Tiger (sorry for the far away shot,I couldn't find the other photo of him that I think is on the disk,but you can click on the photo to make it larger),

and here is Whiskers. Happy Birthday guys!