{Something New}

I'm stepping out on a limb...I found some great patterns for some women's hats and i thought I would give it try! Don't get me wrong, I love making baby and kid hats and all that fun stuff but i wanted to see if an adult hat could turn out just as cute...here's what i made...and actually i took one of the adult patterns and turned it into a kids hat as well...still working out the pattern but peyton's turned out really well! enjoy...

threw this one in because, well it's cute...a new visor hat
pattern!

{...on to the fair}

today i sent out an entire box of my projects to be sold at a craft fair by my dear sweet friend. in my last post i had shown some of the items that went into that box. below are a few more that i thought were worth mentioning!

these are actually not for the fair...dear little Benjamin...
i hope these fit your sweet little feet!

{Dress It Up With Bows}

i am always to trying to find new ways to dress up my projects. recently i came up with the idea of using satin ribbon. satin bows, of course, make any hat look so much cuter but i never thought to add them to the little crocheted baby boots. instead of using buttons i attached satin bows and i must say they turned out so much cuter than i thought. the pictures really don't do them justice. a sweet, dear friend of mine offered to sell some of my projects at a craft fair held at her church in vacaville, ca. below are a few of the things i am sending her way! :) thanks sweet friend of mine!

{my latest creation}

so i wanted to make a chunky looking hat that would look adorable on a newborn. i can just picture it, a newborns first picture wearing this hat...it's sweet with a satin bow! of course, i don't think anyone would argue that anything on a newborn would look cute but i think this would add a little sweetness! :)

{Oh So Sweet}

a dear, sweet friend of mine called me up to tell me that she was having a 2nd little girl! friend, you know who you are ;) anyway, when i got that call i couldn't help make her something sweet. so i came up with these adorable little slippers and attached silk flowers to them. they are simply sweet just like my friend! take a look and see for yourself! i'm also adding a few other sweet projects as well! enjoy...



Friend, these are for you! So sweet little girl slippers.



silk flower hairbows

Pink silk flower hairbows

adorable newsboys hat that
i made for my daughter. I added
a pink silk flower.



sweet little baby boots!

tiny little boy newsboys hat

 

{baby shower gift}

my mom recently asked me to make a baby shower gift for a friend of hers. i, of course, was happy to do it and i must say, i was very pleased with how it turned out! the gift is actually three items. after i made one item i got another idea to make another item and so on....so her shower gift has three items instead!  below are pictures of what i made!

i was making these cute little slippers, which i added one of my
fabric flowers instead of a button, and i thought i would
add a cute matching newsboys hat..also with a fabric flower!

this is one of my favorite patterns! i actually tweaked the pattern
because i didn't like how they first came out...but in the end i thought
they were pretty adorable... i can make these size 0-24 months!

along with this gift i have also been playing around with other slipper patterns.i did make a similiar pair to the pink slippers which are below . i also figured that i have been making alot of girlie items and that it would be fun to make something for a boy. i found a pattern for little loafers! i can make them in 0-24 months as well! they are so darling!!

grey/taupe slippers with brown fabric flower
and rhinestone.

adorable loafers.

{thinking Fall colors}

one of my favorite seasons is Fall. i love when it begins to get cooler and the leaves on the trees begin to change colors. there is always a crisp smell in the air that reminds you that winter is right around the corner. love it! unfortunatly, Fall does not exsist in arizona! i, however have decked out my house in harvest colors and in the name of Fall i found some cute fabric that reminded me of fall and flowers to make some new hairbows for my daughter...i did throw in a pink hairbow just because she's a girl and she wears alot of pink! enjoy!!



this flower is made out of silk! so sweet!



{My new favorite place}

i found a new favorite place. well, it's actually not new and i've liked this place for a while but now it's my new favorite place for finding great crochet patterns!! etsy.com has some of the cutest patterns out there and now that i know how to crochet i also taught myself how to read a pattern. there are so many possibilities out there!!  i recently got my hands on some patterns for the most adorable hats and i had so much fun making them! check them out below. the name of the store where i purchased the patterns are below so that i can give credit where credit is due!

Speckled Frog by speckledfrogcrochet

http://www.speckledfrogcrochet.etsy.com/



adorable newsboys hat. i made one for my daughter but
i added a ribbon and flower to make it more girlie!
I also just made two of these for a sweet friend of mine who
is expecting her 2nd little boy!

pattern called for a rose but i liked this flower better!
i am making six of these in hot pink and black
for 6 adorable little sisters!

chunky bear hat. this one can also be made with side flaps
that tie under the chin. i recently made this one for my
sweet friend who is expecting!

{Flowers are in the Air}

it seems like every where you look, flowers are being used to spruce up anything. as i was thinking of more ways to add some flare to my hats and make some cute hair bows for my daughter, i thought to myself, how hard can it be to make a fabric flower? turns out, it's not hard at all. you just need a little patience! i had some fabric laying around so i thought i would make an attempt to put together a flower. i am happy to say that they turned out pretty cute and can be used for all sorts of things including dressing up a hat, making into a fashion pin and ,of course, hair bows!

Adorable, wouldn't you say!

{hats, hats and more hats}

ever since i made that first hat, i've been wanting to make more. so i did! i wanted to post some simple beanies that i made. most are done in single stitch, some are done in double stitch and some are done in both. they are so simple to make, now that i have the hang of it, and i think they are so cute. during my learning escapade i figured out how to make different sizes as well. below are some pictures of some boy beanies that i made.

by far, my favorite hat to make is for a sweet little girl! there are so many different things you can do with a hat to make it girlie and cute! the hat below i have made in some many different colors and have used ribbon and flower hair clips to add a touch of flare! i learned how to make this hat thru trial and error as well, however, i learned the special stitch by watching a tutorial on-line. there are so many things you can learn on-line!

i made this hat for a girlfriend of mine who
recently had a baby girl...adorable!

my sweet little girl showing off one of her hats!










{What's in a hat}

when my grandma sat down and taught me how to crochet i knew that the first thing i wanted to learn how to make was a beanie. i didn't think it would be difficult. i figured that once you knew the basic stitches the rest would be easy, or so i thought. in all honesty it is pretty  easy to make a simple beanie, if you know how to work in rounds, count stitches and decrease and increase stitches and all that fun stuff.  of course i am a beginner and none of those words really meant anything too me. yes, i know how to start a chain, i know how to single stitch and i know how to double stitch...that's about it. but i was determined. after learning the basics from my grandma i decided to teach myself the rest...and so i did!  i practiced and practiced and restitched and restitched many hats and then....i finally figured it out! i made my first beanie, it's actually for my daughter not for myself, but i take great pride in that first beanie! and it's the first of many,many, many beanies and hats.  from learning how to make that one simple beanie, a world of adorable beanies and hats opened up right before my crochet hook!   



I quickly learned that you could turn any plain beanie
into something adorable!



My daughter wearing my first beanie!
This time I added a flower clip.