Little Visitor Swap

Well, Monkey has arrived home. I think I am going to name him McGee after the NCIS character. He's cute in a goofy sort of way, so I think it fits him pretty well.

Look at all the goodies that McGee brought back with him!

Crochet Doll Scarf

I made this for a swap. I'm really quite proud of it. It's about my 2nd ever crochet project. I know it's all wonky and curly because I don't know how to control tension yet, but I'm just glad that I finished it.

The Toy Society

This is something similar to Book Crossing only instead of books, you use stuffies. The owner of this blog is trying to get more people involved and will soon expand this idea to other areas. We are in different countries, so I am not involved personally yet, but I really think this sounds like an awesome idea. This button will be in my side bar all the time for anyone else that is interested. Check it out!

Cross Stitch

Here are 2 cross stitch flowers I did awhile ago. They both came in little kits with all the thread and everything needed to complete the projects. They are my first cross stitch projects. I have a new little kit (of a cat) to work on next.

Purple Parrot

I can't believe I forgot to post this. I made this for a "Friend of Craftster" raffle swap. It was so much fun and this bird actually went to a girl with a friend that trains birds, so it was perfect.



This is what I got from the swap-a beautiful crocheted shawl.

Mended Puppy with New Friend

I've had this little white puppy plush forever. Even after my dog ate off one of the eyeballs, I just couldn't get rid of it. Finally, it hit me-just add new eyeballs. The new eyes are much bigger than the old eyes, but it's still cute. While I had the white puppy apart I decided to try and make a new one based on the shape of the white one. I had some socks that had worn out so they became a new puppy. OK, enough blabbing, onto the pictures.

Together:

Butts Together:

Close Up:

White Puppy:

Sock Puppy:

Newbies Swap Goods

I can't believe I forgot to post when I got the goods from my totally awesome swap angel. She really thought about what I would want and then, she sent really quickly. I was very lucky to get such a great swap angel when my original partner flaked.

Everything:

Bookmark:

Magnets:

Bag:

Box:

Carving:

Easter Bunny Poppet

Made for my aunt for Easter/Birthday.

Newbies Only Swap - My 1st Swap

I participated in my 1st swap on Craftster and unfortunately, it didn't really go too well. My partner and I didn't communicate much, but I just figured it was due to us working on our stuff to send each other. I know my skills aren't fantastic, but I worked really hard on everything I sent her and I spent way longer than the guidelines suggest (because I'm so slow). Still-it looks like she got my package, but is not going to be sending me one (what Craftster calls a flaker). I had a feeling this might happen from the get-go, but I didn't want to let it ruin my experience. I ended up having a GREAT idea as to what to make my partner and I really hoped she liked what I made, even if I don't get to hear it from her. I like what I made, so I guess that is what counts. Here are the many pictures of everything.

Purple Dress for Poppet

This is the dress I made for W's poppet. Since I'm going to be seeing this evening, I decided it was high time to make the doll some clothes!

New Naked Poppets

New Naked Poppets! These are my two newest-no names yet, as they are going to be gifts. I'm just too tired to work on clothes now (especially since I stink at clothes), so I'll tackle those tomorrow I guess.

I did two different hair styles, the all white hair I did with a middle part, and the purple/white hair, I did the "headband" way. I'm still not so good with hair, but I like how these look.

New Reindeer Ornament

So tonight I finished reindeer number two. I made this one with a different, more deer-like tail, I posed his antlers (the first one has bendy antlers too) and made his legs closer together for better standing. I also added the hang tag on the top of his head and that seems to work a lot better for him hanging straight. I still didn't add any eyeballs because I'm too afraid of messing him up.

Little Reindeer Ornament

I made this little guy with this pattern by MinaBeana and also with the antler alteration by Estrata from Craftster.

It hangs a little top heavy, so I'm going to sew the hanger a little closer to the top of it's head. Soon it will be off to the Netherlands to live with a pen pal of mine.


Someone pointed out that I didn't have eyes on it. The only eyes I could probably do are googly eyes, so I don't know if I should or not.

Mail Sorter

I've paid one too many bills late, so I made this mail sorter to hang next to the fridge. It's pretty ugly and poorly sewn, but it works, so that's all I care about right now. To be honest, I was surprised my sewing machine did it-it's a really thick fabric and there is a thin layer of cardboard on the back. At some points if was through 4 layers of fabric AND the cardboard. Now that I know I can do it, I may go back and make a nicer one.

PLUS, it was my first time using the button-hole maker on my machine!

These are hanging on a light switch until I put it in it's actual home tomorrow.

Pudgy Horse

This is supposed to be a pudgy unicorn as made by THIS pattern, but I forgot the horn. I also stink at hand sewing. I already have ideas on how to make the next ones better.

Poppet is Complete!!

I finally finished!! I named her Maybell after one of my cats.

Here she is naked, but with hair.



And here she is with her very poorly made dress/pajama thing.