Another Unicorn!

I made another amigurumi from my book - the shy little unicorn!

I used my new yarn too and was so excited to use all the bright colors!!

She turned out so cute! 

Both my kids like to play with her.

Kira gave her a crown and made her queen of all ponies!

I love her pretty hair!!!!

My Week in Pictures - Week 5

SUMMER IS HERE!!!!

Today is our first official day of summer!

Last week went by quickly and was jammed pack full of stuff for the last week of school.

Kira had her last baseball game and got to play catcher

She got a trophy!! All the coaches told her she was the most improved!

Kira also brought home her "Author's Journal" with the stories she had written this year.  This was one of my favorite pictures she drew of her and her BFF together.

Caed celebrated the end of the school year with a special award.

:)

THEY PLAYED TOGETHER WILLINGLY!!!

And without fighting!

A moment worthy of capturing!!!!

I GOT MAIL!

My mom got my a gift certificate for my mother's day gift.

There are 17 different yarn colors in this box!

I'm so excited!!!

Finally found one of the LOTR sets in the store.

We had to bring it home right away!

Some of my crafting this week included working on a bunting project at work

Starting a new blanket - this is my first knitted blanket!!

Making a unicorn with my new yarn!!!

And taking lots of cute pictures of these cuties!!!

I hope everyone's week is wonderful!

Happy Memorial Day 

Best present!

For Mother's Day my husband bought me the best present - two amigurumi crochet books:

Amigurimi World and Amigurumi Toy Box

These are the cutest books with the cutest ideas ever! I think I squealed out loud at some of the pictures and couldn't WAIT to make them!!

I've made 4 already from the books and I wanted to share them with you!

I fell in love with the bear and wanted to make it right away for me!

I used some left over "mermaid" colored yarn I had from another project.

He fits perfectly in my purse and loves going on adventures.

I then let my kids pick out something they wanted me to make them.

My son picked this duck with a bear hat and named him Gunther.

My daughter wanted me to make her everything in the books!!!

She finally settled on this duck and named her Sophia.

She has also requested that I make a bear and kitty hat for her!!!

Finally I made this polar bear!

I love that the patterns come with hats for the animals!

This pom pom hat made this polar bear EXTRA Cute!!

I can't wait to make more of them!!

My mom gave me a gift certificate for mother's day and I got 17 new yarn colors!!!

What amigurumi have you made before?

Do you have a favorite from these books?

Or do you have a suggestion for another book I need to check out?

Bow Ties are Cool

I have turned into a Whovian!!  

I was slow to catch onto the awesomeness of Doctor Who, but now I'm a fan!!

This weekend I was looking at a DIY for a crocheted bow tie.  I tried it out just because I thought it was cute.  I can't help but say "Bow Ties are Cool" since starting the 11th Doctor Episodes and then I knew I had to make this hoop!

I love the combo of crochet and embroidery.  I'm trying to think of more options for this :)

You can make this Geeky Hoop yours! It is now available in my Etsy Shop 

My Week in Pictures - Week 4

Another week has quickly gone by!

I can't believe this is my kids' last week of school!

Soon I'll be a mom to a 5th and 3rd grader!!!

They grow up too fast!!!

Here are some of the highlights from last week

We have weekly staffings at work.  I really enjoy them already because I work on an awesome team, but it is made even better with a cup of coffee and my Totoro Notepad from Ohstrumpets

Kira made this cute card for one of her friends.

I love her little pandas!!

My son is in cub scouts and we had our annual water balloon fight.

This was our last one since my son moves up to Boy Scouts next year

I think I am in the wrong place for picture taking!!!!

BLYTHE UPDATE!!

I don't even know where to start!!!

I am so overwhelmed by the kindness of the friends I have made through the online crafty community!

I ordered a few things from Becky and Olivia and got a whole package of goodies!!

Then they next day I got another package from Jenny!

Kira is going to be soooo excited!!!

Don't tell her, but I had to try the dresses on her doll!!

Speaking of Kira, she decided she needed to put a bunch of sticker jewels on her face!!

It seems to be the thing to do among our neighbor girls!

One of the best parts of my week was getting to go to The Austin Renegade Craft Fair with my bestie Maja.  I always have fun with her! We got to check out some of our favorite shops and look at some new ones!

I got some awesome goodies! I'll have to post about them later!

I didn't get a picture of us together because we were both sun burned, one more than the other! 

But here are some fun book bracelets we were checking out!!!

Sunday we made a trip to the Lego Store in Austin.

We always have a lot of fun there.  I love seeing my kids and hubby get excited about the different sets.

Caed was checking out the digital box - you hold up the lego box to the screen and then an animated set pops up on the screen and you can see what it looks like! We watched the storm troopers run all over the place!  It was way too cool!!

I even came home with a prize!  

Now my my keys are doubled in awesomeness with my new Batman Legoman!

Of course my week included LOTS of crafting, but I'm saving those pictures for another blog post!

I started a new geeky hoop last night!! I wonder if you can guess what it is in reference to??