Happy Easter! (a little late)

Hello! Happy belated Easter! Hope it was enjoyable! We did the usual egg coloring and family dinner. Then today I cooked a turkey, mashed potatoes and even made gravy. I think my gravy actually turned out pretty good. But now I have to get going and start packing up for the craft fair this Sunday, April 3rd. I actually have to make a ton more cards.

Probably got a bit distracted by crocheting again! Here is a little bunny amigurumi, pattern by Stephanie Lau (All About Ami). I love her blog and her patterns! There are a few more patterns I'd like to try. And then I learned that my bunny is inside out. I guess I wondered when I made my first amigurumi if there was a right side and wrong side and it's been a few years since I crocheted so completely forgot about that and so this bunny ended up inside out. But still cute! Here is the bunny after I crocheted all the parts.

Here she is sewed together. I added some felt hearts on her feet and felt lining in her ears. But I really love the little flower.

Here is a better view of her flower. I used 9mm safety eyes that I've had from the first amigurumis I made years ago.

This is her back side. Isn't her tail so cute? She measures only about 3.5 inches high. I want to make more amigurumi now but need to get better hooks and needles. My fingers got a little numb crocheting this one because I used a 2.75mm metal hook.

Lots more to do so I'll end here. Thanks for stopping by!

Comments

Rachel Parys said…

She is sooooo adorable!!! I finally finished the blanket I was working on so that I could try some smaller projects!

March 29, 2016 at 5:42 AM

Cheryl said…

Even cuter!!! Oh, I didn't know there was an inside vs. outside...I don't think anyone can tell...

April 8, 2016 at 3:36 PM

Snowman gift card holder

Hi! I was planning to post this last night but I was just too tired to write or think of complete sentences. It's been a busy week with the boys on Fall break and still trying to finish up a bunch of crafts. I have been trying to make some crocheted crafts to put in my Etsy shop and finally I'm done with one. It's a crocheted snowman that can hold a gift card or anything actually that is small enough to fit in the pouch. The pattern is designed by ChiWei Ranck of One Dog Woof and can be found HERE . Here's the little snowman with his arms folded over in the front to look like he is hugging the card. I added this fun card that I stamped. You can definitely add in a gift card too behind this card. The gift card reaches under his nose. This is how the little opening of the pouch looks. I hope I can make more of these little guys. These would be so cute for teachers and I think it would be easy to put a little wire through the hat and then use it as

coffee cup shaped cards

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Knuffle Bunny

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