Fall FUN!

So, yesterday my sister and a good friend of ours came over.  They both have adorable baby boys.  My nephew Ethan is 10 months old and Colten is 8 months old.  They are both big, happy boys and the best of friends.

I just couldn't resist whipping up two hats for them to model together.  HAHA, What were we thinking.  Two mobile, active babies and we expected them to sit nicely and model hats.  Well, that is not exactly how it happened.  

Neither baby wanted to keep the hat on and when they weren't pulling their own hat off, they were reaching for the other one.  It was so hilarious and actually a lot of fun.  I mean, you have to have fun with it! 

Anyone that drove by and saw 3 adults acting like nuts with two little babies sitting in the grass yesterday...yup, that was us!  We were a sight to see. 

After taking nearly 100 pictures, I did manage to have a few that were simply adorable.  

Here are a few of the pictures (I included a some out takes as well, just for fun!)

A not so happy little apple.  I don't think he loved the grass.

There is a much happier baby.  Oh he is adorable!!!

This is as about as good as I could get of them both looking and smiling and keeping hats on.  We were trying for a few more but my battery died.  OOPS

I just LOVE this.  It isn't a perfect picture but it is so sweet.

I DON'T WANT TO BE AN APPLE! 

Yeah, this sums it up.  LOL  It was such a funny experience.

There is my happy little nephew.

He much preferred being a pumpkin AND in mommy's arms.

Amazingly ADORABLE!

Ethan was happy playing with leaves and sticks. 

We all really had a great time and I think they babies had fun laughing at us and making us WORK!

Photo of the day and DEAL of the week!!!

Ok, I was a little busy yesterday and just didn't get around to posting Monday's blog post. OOPS.  

So today will combine the two.  The photo of the day is also the deal of the week.

How very clever of me, lol

You can choose to get a Pumpkin or an Apple earflap hat for %15 off today through October 2nd.

Order HERE and enter code: DEALWK15 when you are checking out. 

Happy Tuesday!!!!

Weekly Wrap Up

Well its Friday...TGIF.  Looking forward to getting some much needed rest this weekend.  

Here are the things I have worked on this past week :-)  I have kept busy and will continue to work on orders this weekend.  I just LOVE this time of year.  Lots of fun projects to work on and beautiful weather....WINDOWS OPEN!  I just LOVE it.

Sweet baby sandals

Thing 1 and Thing 2 beanie set

Newborn football beanie, RAVENS

Snowflake Beanie

NEW: The Lattice Band

NEW:  Hair Spirals

I hope you all have had a great weekend.

Free Pattern of the day

I must admit, I have a pattern addiction.  I am always looking for new and especially FREE patterns.  It is a bit of an obsession.  I will post one of my favorite free patterns here every Thursday. 

Today I want to share with you a really fun, classic pattern from CrazySocks Crochet.

HAIR SPIRALS

She is one of my favorite pattern designers so when she posts something for free, it is a super great bonus!

You can find the free pattern  HERE

Here are some that I made for my daughter.  She just adores them!  I can't wait to make a bunch more.

Pumpkin FUN

We LOVE doing crafts around here and since we are getting in the "holiday" spirit, today we decided to do some pumpkin themed crafts.  Sometimes simple is best, we didn't do anything too crazy!

First I grabbed some Magnet Paper and printed out this pumpkin

Then I found an awesome website with lots of pumpkin faces and we printed out a few of those on magnet paper as well.  I did most of the cutting out when it was just me and the little ones but once my daughter got home from school, she took over and cut out many more faces.  As an alternative to printing, you could use a black sharpie and draw your own faces and cut them out.

Click HERE for some awesome templates to use.

Now we have a super fun pumpkin play area on our fridge.  The kids can mix and match the face over and over again.  Endless fun...for my kiddo's anyway :-)

My daughter wanted to make her own paper pumpkin as well so I gave her some construction paper, glue and paint and she went to work.  I just LOVE her creativity!

For this craft, I took the orange construction paper and printed the pumpkin outline right onto it.  Then I printed the face using the templates I posted above.  My daughter did all the cutting and used paint to decorate the stem and leaf.

Here is the template I used for the pumpkin.

We have had lots of fun with these simple crafts...stay tuned for more holiday FUN!

Wordless Wednesday

Deal of the week - 15% off Gracie Beanie

This is such a great hat for the fall.  You can customize it using several different colors, using a variegated yarn or solid.  

This hat is so soft and warm.

Order yours today and use code dealwk15 at checkout

Shop here:  Gracie Beanie

Photo of the day

This is like a little piece of Heaven.  I love this time of year!  Isn't this view breath taking.  

Now go grab your coffee and some yarn and pretend like you are sitting along side this lovely landscape.  That's what I am going to do.

Happy Monday :-)

Weekly Wrap up

Ok, TGIF.  Even though I am not done work for the week (I tend to get lots done on the weekends also).  I decided to start posting all my weeks work here on Fridays.  You know, just for your viewing pleasure, lol

This is my busy time of year and I am having fun with lots of custom orders.  

Here's what I worked on this week.

Spiderman Hat

Zoe the Giraffe hat

Toddler Warm Winter Booties

Simplicity Bonnet

Adult slipper boots

Baby Cakewalk slippers

Baby slipper boots

Simplicity Bonnet, pattern testing for Just Be Happy

I have several other projects in the works but they are not quite done yet.  You will see them on next weeks "weekly wrap up".

Have a great weekend.

Welcome Fall

Yes, I know, I have been MIA on my blog the past 2 months.  We had such a FUN summer and I managed to post a few of our projects but then life just got the best of me.  Sometimes it is nice to just be with the kids, create, play and have fun without worrying about documenting it.

School is back in swing, fall is in the air...AHHHHH, I just LOVE this time of year.  I am missing my big kids but happy to have some time with my littlest man.

Today we made a yarn pumpkin.  This was fun and easy to do.  It did prove challenging for his little hands but he only needed a little bit of help.  My big kids will be sure to whip one up in no time.

I found this tutorial on line for a yarn apple and we just did it as a pumpkin instead.  Click HERE for the link.

Wrapping yarn around the cardboard

Ready for the stem and vine

Slip the brown pipe cleaner under the top layer of wrapped yarn and secure TIGHTLY, twist into the shape you want for your stem.  Add the vine.  I slid it under the brown folded it in half, gave it one twist to secure and then wrapped the ends around a pencil to create the vine shape.

We missed a step when we made our first one.  Use another pipe cleaner (I used a matching color (red for apple, orange for pumpkin) and wrap around the BOTTOM side of the apple/pumpkin).  Twist it tight and hide the ends, cut off closely.  This keep the shape round and secure :-)

NOTE:  Using the second pipe cleaner to secure the bottom will result in a much tighter shape. If you like the loose messy look, skip this step.  

Our happy little yarn pumpkin.