I Haven't Abandoned Ship!

It's just that between work and school I feel like there is just no time for anything else! I have all of these ideas in my head and I just want to paint, crochet, take pictures, MAKE ART!

So one of the ideas that I can't stop thinking about is a mixed media piece based on lyrics to one of my favorite songs..."Imaginary" by Evanescence. The lyrics are as follows:

In my field of paper flowers,
and candy clouds of lullaby,
I lie inside myself for hours,
and watch my purple sky fly over me.

So in my head I picture a large canvas, with a painted purple sky  with pink spray-painted polyfill for "candy clouds". Then at he bottom, a deep green painted background in which I will place a photograph of my goddaughter, Madison laying on the ground staring up at the sky. I will cut her out of the photo that I take and just use HER. She will be surrounded by a field of handmade paper flowers made from black and purple paper and maybe some printed papers as well. I'm thinking of writing lyrics on the black paper with a white sharpie before cutting the petal shapes.

This totally looks awesome in my mind, so I just hope it all pulls together when I actually MAKE it! I will be sure to post pics while in progress and when finished!

Until then, HAPPY FALL!

AMIGURUMI TEDDY BEAR

On my journey to making a business from my arts, I decided to take a year and learn new techniques, patterns, etc. While doing some research, I discovered AMIGURUMI.  Amigurumi is a Japanese style of crocheted stuffed animals, dolls, etc.  I just knew that I had to try this! 

So here is my first attempt at making an amigurumi teddy bear.

ARMS

LEGS

LEGS & ARMS

BODY

HEAD

ALL OF THE PIECES SEWN TOGETHER

FINISHED BEAR

Here she is. My very first Amigurumi teddy bear.  I can definitely see where I need improvement, but I am still very satisfied with the way she turned out.  I don't like the way the legs are attached, nor am I too fond of the face, so I'm going to work on learning a different method of attaching the legs and maybe get some actual eyes or use buttons for eyes.  Overall, she was easy to make and I can't wait to make more!

Here is the tutorial I watched to learn how to make this bear: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8pphemYMJk

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Hooking!

CROCHET ADDICT!

 I learned to crochet when I was around eight years old. My mother taught me how to chain and and double crochet and that was about all I could do until my early twenties when she started crocheting again and I learned how to make a granny square. I would crochet for a period of time, then forget about it for a while, then start back up again.

Continuous Granny Square Baby Afghan

      I think I was bored with only knowing a couple of stitches. In 2011, while recovering from both back surgery and a hysterectomy, I picked the hook back up to give me something to do while I was healing. I decided that I wanted to learn something new so I turned to YouTube.com and found videos showing how to crochet things other than granny squares. After I had made my first star afghan, I wanted to learn more and that is when the obsession began.

This is the first star afghan I made.

      I realized that if I could watch a video and crochet along, that I could finally learn new patterns and not loose my interest in crocheting. I learned how to join granny squares and started making blankets that were more exciting than just going around and around in one continuous granny square.

Rainbow "Color Burst" Granny Square Afghan

A few months ago I attempted a hexagon instead of a granny square.  I found this very time consuming, and didn't get beyond three hexagons, but I will definitely pick this project back up again later.

Hexagons

 I recently went beyond the afghan realm and made a purse!

First "Mermaid Tears" Purse

Large "Mermaid Tears" Purse with Flower

With the purchase of my first iPhone, I decided that I wanted to crochet a cover for it. So I found a video and taught myself how.

1st cell phone case.

There were two problems with this pattern..the spaces between the stitches were too big and when your phone is ringing, it's kind of a pain to undo the button to get the phone out...so for the first time, I modified a pattern!  I added a few more stitches and eliminated the flap and button.

Cell Phone Sleeve

I definitely have found a passion in crocheting.  I am constantly thinking about what I can make next, and in fact, I am about to try my hand at AMIGURUMI. Details to follow!

Thank you for checking out my blog. I will continue to post my creations as I make them along with links to the pattern or video if anyone should be interested in learning to crochet or just learning a new design! 

HAPPY HOOKING!