Working on Halloween costumes....... I better finish in time!!

So, last night my daughter and I were trying to decide what we wanted to be for Halloween.  At first she wanted to be an anime character, then she wanted to wear a Japanese school uniform (like the ones you see in anime and manga).  Now she has decided to be a lolita.  After showing her some pictures of dresses online, she has decided that's what she wants to be.  She wanted a pink and black dress, but I'm trying to stick with what I have and not buy anymore fabric.  I have this blue cupcake fabric and she decided that's what she wants her dress to be.  And she wants me to wear pink cupcakes.  I'm going to work on her's first, and if I have time, I'll make me one, but if not, I have a costume I made from a couple years ago that's I'll wear.  But I would still like to make one for me too. 
The thing that's going to be really difficult, is I've never really done a dress from scratch before.  Sure I've taken parts of patterns and made a dress that way, but I've never actually drafted a pattern.  I have an idea of what I want, and I've drawn it up, so I've got the first steps out of the way.  So now all I have to do, is cut out some peices.  I may have to go and get some fabric anyway, because I need some kind of white or cream colored fabric to go with it.  If I just did it all the cupcake fabric, I think it would be way to overwhelming!
I spent a lot of time on the internet last night looking at various dresses and tutorials, so I think I have a rough idea of what I need to do.  I will definitely be posting some in progress shots.  I can't wait to make these dresses!  Now, my question is, should I make the both exactly the same, or make the m different??  I'm not sure, but so far, I'm leaning towards the same.

Well, wish me luck, I'm off to start drafting my patterns!

State Fair crafty winners

So, a few weeks ago, the munchkin and I ventured to our state fair.  Rides, games and carni food, what more could you ask for?  Other than the prize winners for all the contests!  There were some AMAZING crafts!  We have a few favs, but they were all equally amazing!  I wanted to enter in the crochet toys category, but sadly didn't have time to finish the doll I was working on. :( and sorry for the poor picture quality on some of these

my personal fav

a section of afgahns

more afgahns

my daughter's fav

There was this amazing Amigurumi doll made by a 14 year old.  I think this is just the cutest doll!  She did such an amazing job on it too.  She won 1st place for it.  I told my daughter that if she gets to practicing she could make something like that and enter it in the state fair as well.










The next 3 are my fav costumes that were there.  I think I like the mad hatter costume the best, but the final fantasy cosplay costume is also pretty cool.  The winner of the final fantasy hand painted all the flowers on it.  It looked fantastic!  I just hope the pictures do it some kind of justice!

The mad hatter costume.  I love this one!  I especially love the jacket!!

Everything is hand painted, and it looked fantastic!
















Finally, there were the cakes.  These were all blue ribbon cakes, and they were just amazing!  I'm not sure which one I like the best  Here they are!

The detail these people put into these just amazes me!!  They all look great!!  I can't wait for next year's fair to see what's made and to enter my own creation! :)
Hope you all enjoyed the photos!

And the winner is!!!

It's here!! The winner's of my anniversary contest! And the winner's are.......
For the crocheted Decoden picture frame...... Jenny Rachel!

For the WIP (work in progress bag)...... Ali Edwards!

And for the crocheted monkey!!......(drum roll please!!)


Riechan!!!!


Congratulations everyone! I will be sending out messages tonight, and the winner's have 1 week to get back to me with their mailing info. And for the winner of the monkey, I will also need to know what colors you would like. Again, Congratulations!!

The decoden prize

So I've finally finished one of the other items I'm going to giveaway for my contest.  the Decoden frame!  I was really happy with the way this turned out too!  So here it is!  It's a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" frame.  I'm really happy with it!  I love the lolita/girly feel of it.  I hope you will too!  Without further adieu, here it is!!!!

The contest is open!!

It's official!  The contest is underway!  Everyone who is already following this blog is automatically entered!  Along with anyone who has "liked" my fan page on Facebook.  YAY!!  Time to celebrate!
The grand prize will be a crocheted monkey from a pattern that I created myself.  What better way to celebrate my blog than with an original patter on top of that!
Here's a photo of the first monkey I've created!  I've decided to not make the monkey until I've chosen the winner.  This way you get to chose the color(s) that you want!  Just keep in mind that depending on the size of yarn I use will depend on the size of the monkey.  If you would also like the monkey to be smaller, I would be happy to make a smaller one as well.  Here's the Monkey!

It's Buttons the Monkey!

I will also have a second place drawing for a Decoden picture frame, I will post a pic of that as soon as I make it.  I the 3rd prize will be a work-in-progress bag.  Pics of that will be up as soon as I finish it.  It's almost done!

So I guess now on to the rules!  This is contest is open to everyone who wants to enter.  You will have one entry for following my blog and 1 entry for "liking" my Facebook fan page.  You will also get 1 entry for commenting on my blog and 1 entry for commenting on my Facebook fan page.  The most you can have is 4 entries.  It doesn't matter how many comments you leave, you will only get 1 extra entry (i.e. 1 comment = 1entry, 10 comments = 1 entry).  No entries will be accepted after August 29th at 11:59 pm.  I will draw the winner's names on August 30th.  I will either send you a message through blogger or via Facebook.  I think concludes the rules!  So good luck everyone and here's to another year!

It's decided!

I've finally decided what it is I'm going to crochet for my blog's anniversary! A while ago I had created my own pattern for a jointed monkey, so when on my Facebook I asked what I should make my auntie suggested a sock monkey and that gve me the idea to crochet then monkey that I had created myself! So I still need to decide on a color! I also think I will make some other things as a like 2nd and 3rd p,ace prize kind of thing. They will obviously be smaller than the grand prize but I think I would like to have more than just 1 winner. I think one of the prizes will be a deco den frame. I love. Deco den! It's so much fun to do, ok aside from the hand cramps, it's a lot of fun to do. I'm not sure what the third item I will make will be, maybe a piece of jewelry? That's actually not a bad idea. Make something from some of the crafts that I'm good at. I guess since I'm fairly good at sewing I should make something sewn as well! Oh boy, I'm getting carried away with myself here. I better just stick to keeping things small and manageable right now. If I have time I will make a sewn item as well. Just need to think of what that sewn item should be.
Well better be off, I have a birthday present to finish up really quick. Thankfully it's almost done! Well happy crafting everyone!

Almost a whole year now!

Well, it's almost been a whole year since I've started this blog, and to celebrate you can't just say Happy Anniversay blog!  No, that's what you do with your regular blog!  For the crafty blog you have to do something crafty!!!  So, to celebrate, I will be having a contest!  I'm going to crochet an amigurumi doll, not sure what kind yet, and raffle it off!  You will get 1 entry for following my blog, 1 entry for "liking" my Facebook page, 1 entry if you comment on the blog and 1 entry if you comment on my Facebook page (Please note that it does not matter how many times you post a comment on my blog or on my FB page you will still only get a total of 1 entry.  So if you comment 10 times that equals 1 entry, if you comment 1 time that equals 1 entry.)  So you will only be able to have a maximum of 4 entries.
When the contest is over, I will put all the names in a big container and draw 1 lucky person to win the doll! I may do a few other drawings for some smaller items that I'll make, but I haven't exactly decided yet.  Will post the official start of the contest in August for the 1 year anniversary!!!  YAY!!!!
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