Recently, a friend of mine (my photographer friend from the market) had a baby! His name is Archer, and thus far, his theme is superheroes. So when I asked if she’d like a baby mobile for him, I wasn’t too surprised to find out what she wanted it to look like.

Superheroes! Featuring Green Arrow, Superman, and Batman.

I was especially pleased with how Green Arrow came out, since I was able to make his arm actually bend to pull back the bowstring.

And I wanted to be sure that they were all attached to the mobile in different ways. Green Arrow with his bow, Batman sliding upside-down, and Superman flying.

Overall, I think this looks waaay better in person, but she liked it and that’s all that matters!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Actually, I’ve had a booth for a while. But I’m still super excited about it! There’s a cute little store having its grand opening soon right downtown of where I live, and I’m so pleased to be a part of it! I was nervous about renting out a space, because I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make a booth look full with the deadline I was given (it was about two weeks), but I’m so glad I did it because I think it came out perfectly!

Yay! I wanted to make it super colorful and bright. I’m especially pleased by how my sign came out. The letters in “crochet” are actually crocheted! Here are some closer pictures:

Overall, I feel like it was something to be proud of.

Happy Friday, everyone!

If you’ve been following my facebook, you’ve already seen this little guy:

(And my business cards.) I’m pretty proud of him! I made him with wire in the tentacles so he could hold up my cards. But I put wire in all of them because why not? Now he’s completely pose-able!

Probably the cutest thing I’ve made!

A friend who works as a photographer saw this and wanted one themed for her business, too. I decided to make her an instant camera that has business cards pop out where the Polaroids would pop out if it was a real camera!

The lens was fun to make because it had to be black on the inside, so it took some thinking. But overall, I think it came out well!

So that’s it for this week. Happy Friday, everyone!

Happy Cinco De Mayo, Everyone! I have nothing Spanish prepared, but I do have minions!

These were done for a coworker whose son loves minions. I’d made him a minion doll before, but he gave it to his niece on a visit, even though he didn’t want to. When my coworker told me this, I thought, “well, that kindness needs to be rewarded!” And I made him another at half price. I also made him a big minion backpack to put his little minion in!

Overall, I think it came out very well, and my coworker was very happy with it!

So not too long ago, I decided it was about time for a new bag. I was going to make one similar to my last one, which was generically bag-shaped, but then, while looking for what color I wanted, I found this adorable grey-yellow striped yarn and thought, “Why don’t I make a barrel bag that looks like a bumble bee? And thus, Bee Bag was born!

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I was so proud of him, I had a professional photographer take pictures of him at Beyond the Chaos Photography. Here’s how they came out:

His wings are pockets!

Happy Friday, Everyone.

Just a couple of little projects I’ve been working on in the last few months.

A coworker recently sent me a picture of a headband they wanted for themselves. Super cute!

And I was happy to oblige.

Although my picture didn’t come out as good, I think the headband came out perfectly!

Also, remember that frog I made for mom? This one:

He got some St. Patrick’s gear. I guess I’m a little late on posting this one.

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In honor of Easter, I’ve made a couple of cute little Easter Baskets!

Happy Easter, everyone!

I know somebody who LOVES sock monkey. You know- the monkeys that are made with socks. And she asked me to crochet one for her!

In retrospect, I could have cut up some socks and made it out of those to make it authentic, but I tried that with a towel once and I’m still working out the terrible, terrible kinks.

So instead I made it some clothes!

Evening Wear

Winter Wear

And that ugly T-Shirt everyone has that they refuse to leave the house in.

I’ve since gotten better at making shirts.

I’ve finally finished my most longstanding project! A couple of months ago- in January- I was contacted by a family member of a family member who I’d never met, and she said she was interested in what I can make. After I made her a little stuffed animal for a friend of hers- something I’ll post later- she ordered a large set for a friend’s baby. She wanted a blanket with the baby’s name and date of birth on it, a book like the one I made for my niece for Christmas, and a pillowcase to hold the book so the baby could use it as a pillow. I’d never done so much at one time before! But I was really excited to start this project, because other than the instructions “pastel colors” and “a story about a turtle and a bunny,” I had as much creative reign as I wanted. So here’s what I came up with!

There’s a little curve to it so it’ll stay on the baby’s feet. (It gets cold in NY) The pictures here show the curve both ways. It can also be used as a fitted mattress sheet! Sorta.

The pillowcase was fun to make- just a basic granny square. I love how the shape turned out when the book is placed inside!

And the book took the longest of all. Just sewing the words and appliques onto the pages took me nine hours! I did that all in one day when I was ready for this project to be complete. Embroidering the words took an hour and a half per page, except the Winter page, which is twice as long, and that doesn’t even take into account the time it took to make the pages and appliques! A very long process.

If you can’t read the story, it’s this:

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I love to do quick little projects on the side- and they usually happen to be the most useful things I make. Like this, for example!

At first glance, it probably looks like a you-have-no-idea-what, but it’s a mop pad for swiffers!

I made this for a friend of mine. Even wrapped it into a nice bundle.

And speaaaking of bundles, I made a couple of square dishcloths for a different friend.

Who also got some little feet for her daughter’s stand.

Little projects are great.