Been a bit busy

Haven't posted much due to the mad crocheting rush of needing to get done before Christmas! Last year it was so bad that I literally didn't get my last afghan done till 3 am Christmas morning. So this year I am going to try to get it done before that. The worst part of all of it is that I can't post any pics until Christmas so my family won't see what I made them lol! This part kinda sux! I have so many pics I can't wait to put up!

I am very lucky to have family that love homemade things for gifts. Makes it so much more easier on me because I am horrible when it comes to shopping, I really hate shopping its just too stressful! Specially this time of the year!

Grandson is doing very well, he has so many different facial expressions just cracks me up! I got to watch him for a few hours on Monday, I was holding his bottle and he was holding onto me,he wrapped all 5 of those tiny fingers around my pinky. Darn near about made me cry! What a love!! Well this is it for my rambling thoughts. =)

Today!

Today we got to hold our grandson for the very first time! He is absolutely adorable, and we couldn't of been more blessed! He will be 2 weeks old Dec. 2.....its amazing how much progress this little guy has made over the course of two weeks. He was born a preemie and weighs a little over five pounds. I have never held a baby that small before. This little guy has a huge family and so many that love him, he's gonna be so spoiled, but in a good way! What a blessing he and his parents are.



Best Christmas present EVER! Welcome home little man we love you!

Our very first Grandson is here!!!

Our Grandson Owen has made his appearance a bit early! Just like his daddy always in a hurry! He was born 11/18/13 and weighs 5.53 lbs. he wasn't due till Dec. 17. So far he is doing very well, he does have difficulty with breathing but they were able to take the ventilator off today, he is still on a cpap machine to help with the breathing. He has already tried to push himself up on all fours. The doctor says he is a day ahead. One of the hardest things right now is not being able to hold him, I know that the time will soon come but waiting is just a pain!

Anyway here is a pic of our lil miracle grandson with our son Cody.......

Crocheted Stuffs for our grandson

Finally got through the baby shower now I can post pics of everything I have made for our grandson who is due in Dec. Yesterday was an awesome day for our family not only are we getting a grandson we are also getting a daughter. My son surprised her with an engagement ring, and dropped down to one knee. We are so very blessed to be getting such an awesome daughter and are very happy for them both. The hardest part was knowing he was going to propose and not say anything and at the same time I am so glad he told me because I would of been a blubbering mess for sure! I admit I did cry a bit but not as much as I probably would of have if I hadn't known!

On the hats I just used a basic beanie pattern and some just attached earflaps, the diaper covers I used flowers creations pattern and here is the link http://flowerscreations.blogspot.com/2012/05/free-diaper-cover-pattern.html, on the dinosaur hat I used this pattern http://snovej.com/archives/crochet-pattern-babys-dino-hat-with-cape, for the batman hat I crocheted an oval and used Louies Loops batman symbol pattern http://www.louiesloops.com/2012/07/holy-free-pattern-batman.html (for some reason I had some difficulty with this pattern but thankfully he did provide a video tutorial on youtube, I also used his mustache pattern for the mustache hat as we all know its all about the mustache lol http://www.louiesloops.com/2011/09/i-mustache-you-question.html, the Santa hat I used was a Drops pattern this worked up fast!  http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5340&lang=us#pattern_content

The minion hat hat is once again a basic beanie with double crochet, I put a row of black on the 5th row for the eye strap thing, the eye ball I just winged it, sorry no pattern I just didn't find a pattern I liked as most patterns didn't have the brown in the eye like in the movie, stitched on the half smile and the last row was worked in blue......

Last but not least the owl hat! I used this video I found on youtube my only suggestion is to pin down the eyes and nose, but sew the nose on first lol, I had a bit of a problem with the eyes moving so I had to tack the nose down the best I could. Awesome hat though! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAYSltApxLs

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who had made these patterns! I thoroughly enjoyed making them for my first grandson! =)

My first slouch hat

My sister had some major dental work done and was just feeling miserable. I had wanted to make her something to kinda bring her up a bit, so while browsing the net I found this awesome pattern for a slouch hat, here's the link to the pattern  http://meladorascreations-com.webs.com/butterlystslouchhat.htm while looking through her great site I found another pattern for a scarf called granny tears, this works up fast I just love it.  Here is the pattern for the scarf I used http://meladorascreations-com.webs.com/grannytearsscarf.htm . She also has videos, which I am always so grateful for, as I am a visual learner. Once I see it done I can pretty much follow the pattern. When I first started to learn how to crochet I learned from reading charts and to me that was just easier then trying to decipher written patterns.....Then I discovered youtube videos, thats pretty much where I live now lol. 

My sister will probably kick my butt for putting her pic up on here, as her cheeks are still swollen, but I don't have one of those mannequin head things to use. The joys of being my sister lol.... anyway here is a couple of pics of how it turned out.

Ruffled scarves!

I have made and sold so many of these. I have to admit I am personally not a huge fan of them. I'm not a girly girl lol.....but they are so popular might as well go with it! Here is just a few pics of the ones I have completed I won't post all that I have made as that would just take forever lol....

My top hat!!

So like everyone else I just had to make one of red hearts top hats! Here's a link to the pattern http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/halloween-top-hat . I just love this, it was a very fun project, it was kind of like reading a good book, once you got started you just couldn't put it down! Anyway here is a pic of mine, not to shabby first time out! The possibilities on this hat is just endless!