Potholders & Dishcloths

My future sister-in-law registered for a set of black dishes and white dishes so for her bridal shower so I sent her these two black pot holders and 4 black & white dishcloths to match her future dishes. Honestly, they are the best potholders and dishcloths money can't buy. They take a lot of time to make but are such good quality that they are totally worth it. I don't know what I'd do without mine.
I'm teaching a couple friends how to crochet tomorrow night and I'll start them off on a hotpad. It's a good starting point for beginners.

Ric Rac burp cloth/changing pad

I'm out of all the girl blanket and burp cloth sets I made but I still had this cute blanket in my stash. I figured it's probably nice to get something not pink every once in a while. I wanted to give something with it of course and had one cloth diaper left so this morning I sewed some ric rac across the seams. Maybe everyone else does this too but when I thought of it I thought it was pretty smart - I melt the ends of the ric rac with a lighter so it doesn't unravel. I usually melt one end and then start sewing and then when I start getting to the other end I cut it off at the right length and melt the other end. Just don't wait until your almost at the end though. Probably not a good idea to use a lighter that close to your sewing machine. Of course I wouldn't recommend letting your children do this but I have found that this is way better than using any sort of fray check and it's fun too.
The decorated cloth diaper can be a burp cloth or a changing pad. I absolutely love ric rac and can't get enough of it. Luckily I happened across a store that was clearing out some packages for 25 cents each so of course I bought all that they had in stock. It will be fun to use up on sewing projects for the next bit.

Custom Dog Sweater

Lastnight, as I was leaving Josh's cousin's birthday party, another cousin who is in town for the weekend asked me about the possibility of making a sweater for their 6 week old puppy. I was intrigued by the challenge so I searched around and stayed up late and came up with this.

I decided that it was too boring and need to be spruced up a bit so this morning I crocheted a black edge around all the openings and added a flower. I think it is greatly improved.

Now I just need to try it on the puppy. Even though the sweater only measures 6 1/2" long and is about 10" around I'm not sure it's going to fit but atleast now I know what I am doing and can take some measurements of the dog and make another one if I need to. Even though I'm not a pet person at all it was kind of fun to make this so I'm sure if there's enough interest I'll be making more.
Update: Delivered the sweater and it fits! So cute! Now I'm anxious to make another one.

HOME love is spoken here

I know I already posted a picture of this board along with some others a few months ago when I made them but I wanted to show you what I finally did with this one. Unfortunately, all the walls in the house I rent are painted white so it wasn't really going to work to just hang this on one of the walls. Luckily, I realized that the curtains in the front entry match the colors in this sign. Since I had already nailed a sawtooth hanger on the back of the board all I had to do was track down a piece of ribbon (which I found in exactly the right length), slip the ribbon through the hanger and tie a bow around the curtain rod. Then I cut a "v" in the ends of the ribbon and tada - cute decoration in the front entry. Love it!

Custom Heart Hairclip

I was asked to crochet a heart to be used as a hairclip. After a few attempts at altering a pattern this is what I came up with.I sewed it onto my last alligator clip leftover from all the flower hairclips I made at Christmas.

I have several requests for making flower hairclips so I guess that's the project I need to work on next.

Valentine's Day Boutique

I'm so excited about my Valentine's Day Boutique tonight at my home from 6-8 pm. Some of the items available will be:

Partylite candles and holders (many gift wrapped in sets)
Cookie Lee jewelry for women & girls with free gift boxes
Crocheted Hats, Scarves & Baby Booties
Little Quilts Quilt Kits
Tote bags
Hair pretties
Upcycled Clothing
Cupcake pincushions
Notecards
Notepads
Crocheted edge baby burp cloths
Origami roses
and more!

Each guest will receive a free gift and enjoy delicious goodies.

Custom Order Pink Uggs

After I posted the picture of the other uggs I was asked to make a pair of pink uggs for my friend's daughter. I just finished them up. Josh keeps asking where his pair is. I have a little bit of experience adjusting patterns for different sizes but I don't think I'm skilled enough to adjust this pattern from 6 months to a men's size 10. Sorry honey!