Carolina's baby booties

I made these last spring for Carolina and you can tell they have been well-loved. They fit her for awhile and actually stayed on her feet, usually. I used a pattern found in a BH&G baby knitting booklet. The pattern was wonderful and super-quick. I didn't even check my gauge and it ended up being too small the first time. I just made another real quick, no big deal.

I made them with some yarn that my friend Kat gave me for my birthday several years ago. She bought it in Norway on her LDS mission. I've also made a bear with this same yarn and need to post that too. I love these booties and am sad that her feet no longer fit them. She just turned 1 recently and has yet to walk on her own. These are the only shoes she's worn and only sometimes to church. I tell her that when she learns to walk we can buy her some shoes. She's pretty stubborn sometimes, but super sweet.

Here she is at Easter wearing her newly made booties. She sure has grown since then!

Peggy's apron

Ben's aunt loves Christmas and snowmen, so I made this for her with lots of love. The snowmen are leftover scraps from an apron (I think) from my mother-in-law. You know those aprons that come in fabric panels that you buy by the yard? My mil loves to make them and has given me some of the extra fun stuff. Anyway, the snowmen are kind of sparkly and I appliqued them on the bottom front. I also added green trim to match the handles and some red ric-rac. I made them in the same style I've made a bunch of kid's aprons this year. We should have more in our etsy shop soon. My sister has added some awesome messenger bags there. She's been using home dec fabrics and it gives the bags a lot of stability.

My current project is an apron for ME! Pictures will be coming soon.

In other apron-related news, Apronista has a great giveaway this week. Check it out!

We've been featured!

Isn't this so cool! Mama's Kitchen has featured us on her blog. Really fun! She has some really unique and nice stuff in her etsy shop. Thanks, Terri!

Katie's doll

I made this for my 7-yr old neice based on the ruby doll pattern. I would definitely do some things a little different next time. Crafting is such a learning process, but I'm still pleased with the outcome. I used some wool fabric from my grandma, felt fabric, ribbon, etc. It was a fun process. I am definitely interested in making more dolls.

Amy Butler apron

This was a hard apron to give away. We sent this down to Ben's sister in South Carolina. She is a big fan of Vera Bradley and I got this beautiful VB fabric secondhand from my sister. I get the best stuff from other people's overflowing stash. The vintage gold fabric came from a craft show for a $1/stuff a bag. My sister and I found some cool stuff. She made a great bag from one of the pieces. Anyway, the apron is a half apron from Amy Butler's In Stitches. The book is wonderful and I finally had to return it to the library this week. I got it on ILL and only could keep it for six weeks. I check out all my books from the library, but I might actually have to purchase this one.

I hope Ben's sister loves it as much as I do. Too bad there is not enough fabric for another one, but I might end up making myself one from a remnant I picked up at Joann's. It's the main fabric seen on this gorgeous bag in this crafter's post. I'm not a huge dog person, but the fabric really caught my eye.

Crayon roll

I'm not sure I followed the pattern exactly right, but I'm pleased with the results. We sent this down to Tim's second cousin in North Carolina.

doll update

The hair can be kind of tricky. This was actually my second attempt (no pics of the first). I liked the back, but I didn't like the front at all. It might have worked better with a not-so-thick yarn.

This is how she looks now. I'm not 100% happy with it, but she's cute anyway. I plan on making another one for a niece, so we'll see if it's easier second time around. Little Timmy insists on a doll too, he's helping me design a robot doll!