Blue Cherry Faerie

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The shoes done

Here are the shoes close up.

The pattern:

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

She's done!!! Introducing Sporty Poppet

I finally got the poppet made for my niece. She's really into sports so I wanted to make this special for her. I copied her school uniforms.

Soccer:

Close up of the shirt:

Volley Ball:

Skirt, Shirt and purse:

Face Close up:

Nekkid Shots:

The clothes all laid out:

I made 2 uniforms, one shirt, one skirt, a pair of shoes, socks and underwear and one purse. Ineed to tweek the shoes a bit. The grommets I used on it are not wanting to stay in the felt so I'm going to just sew around the holes. But basically she's done. I created all the patterns for her clothes. I had fun creating her.

My oldest son has requested one now. He's requested one with boy parts. So I'm hoping to start on that soon.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Books last week

I read a number of books last week. Easy to do when your kiddos are sick.

Paperback
The Undead Next Door - Kerrelyn Sparks - This is 4th book in her "Love at stake" series. I've enjoyed every book in this series so far. I reccommend it for a good read.

e-Book
Shards of the Mind - Theolyn Boese - This is book 2 in Ta'e'sha Chronicles - I love this series. Its a very emotional series. I can't wait til the next one comes out. Its nice to see the characters grow. The Ta'e'sha Chronicles are about a species of beings that are from another planet and can change into merpeople. You meet the captain and his family and their aquisition of a human mate. You can find it at Loose-id.
http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=670

I bought and read Camille Anthony's entire Werewulf Series. She also publishes at Loose-id.
http://www.loose-id.com/searchresult.aspx?CategoryID=13
Multiracial and I guess multispecies I love a good werewolf story.

Its some good readin'

Crochet Chickens

I made Crochet Chickens for my youngest son's class for Easter.

They have plastic eggs inside them. My greatgrandmother made my brother and I some of these so I just had to make some of these for my kiddos. I made theirs 3 years ago and I use them every year.

St Patty's Day Skirt

I made myself a patchwork skirt for St. Patrick's Day. I found a cute fairy shirt and some green and black sock from Hot Topic and just had to make a skirt to match.

Detail of the hem's stitching

Detail of the fabrics used

It took a heck of alot of squares, LOL.

Inspired by:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=226380.0
Tutorial:
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/05/patchwork-circle-skirt.html

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Poppets, poppets, poppets

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Some of the Crafts I've been doing lately

This isn't everything, but since my camera broke, I've had to take some of them with my camera phone. I'm not terribly impressed with the results of it all. Anyway here they are.

Brianna's Birthday present:
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I made her a purse out of the prettiest corduroy fabric. I found the fabric at Goodwill for a dollar. Can't beat that. I had the butterfly fabric and thought it was a perfect combination. I made her the purse, a personal tissue holder, a coin purse, a wallet and another drawstring bag. I also made some woven barretts. I've made a ton of these woven barretts lately and given them out as gifts to various people.

Valentine's men:
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These are bendy dolls that I made for my oldest son's classmates. He gave them out for Valentine's Day. Sorry the picture is so crummy. They really did turn out cute.

Acorns:
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I made these for someone on a forum I'm on. She wanted 2 of the acrons I've made but she wanted them in green. I think they turned out great.

I'll try to get pics of some of the other stuff I've been making soon. Hopefully my camera will come back from Kodiak soon.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

UGH!!! I promise I have been crafting

Our camera broke. I don't know where our old camera is and I keep forgetting to ask dh. Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures up soon of my projects. I did get some with dh's camera phone the other day, I'll just have to remember to get them off his phone.

I made a purse with assessories for a friend's child for her birthday. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. I've been making braided barrettes lately too. Other than that I've knitted some alien wash clothes and wove some potholders. Oh and I also made some green on green acorns. And a few other things if I think on it, LOL.

I've also been reading alot again lately. E-books are my friend. I recently read 2 great books from New Concepts Publishing. Unbridled by Raven Willow-Wood http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/unbridled.htm
and Rules of Engagement by Kaitlyn O'Connor http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/rulesofengagement.htm .
Unbridled is a new series by Raven Willow-Wood and is about centaurs and an alternate world/dimension. Rules of Engagement is the 4th book in Kaitlyn O'Connor's Cyborg Series. I really love her style of writing. This series is about organic cyborgs who gain self awareness and begin to want freedom and families of their own and their rode to that freedom. I've read several others lately too that are just as good.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Dragons

I think I'm in love, LOL. I absolutely adore dragons. I may have to get this pattern and try it out.

http://www.smallwork.com/dragon.html

Its amazing.

Quotes - Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

I love quotes from just about anywhere, books, bumper stickers, T-Shirts. I'm a sucker for a good quote. Anyway, here's a quote from one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite series.

Sookie Stackhouse is talking to Quinn as he's getting ready to change into his were form (in other words he's stripping).

"Oh, boy, You look better than a Happy Meal to a three-year-old"

I love that line.

If you haven't read any of Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series, its worth the read. There is supposed to be series based on the books coming out soon on HBO. The Series is called True Blood.