The Return of Spring Chick and Blue Bunny

I got my pics back of the blue bunny hat and spring chick hat that I recently blogged about HERE and HERE, and they are just so adorable! I made them both to match these adorable outfits made by Rachael and Lisa of Princess Pickle Boutique. Kenzie modeled the sets! Isn't she such a cutie?







With Love,
Lindsay

Ahem...is this thing on?

I have an announcement to make! I have decided to start selling once again on Ebay and teamed up with the AMAZING designers of the Lil Peas Boutique!

I am so excited to be apart of this talented group of ladies and look forward to working with them on our upcoming launches!!

Yesterday was the warmest day of the week, and the girls' were starting to feel a lot better, so the girls and I had a lot of fun outdoors modeling for Jayne of Baby Grace Designs. The girls turned the shoot into an Easter Egg hunt which made these beautiful Easter Dress Sets come to life!!

Thinking About Taking Up New Residence..

at the doctor's office. Yes that is where I have been with my 2 girls and hubby for the past 2 weeks. Hubby started with a nasty cold and sore throat, then Xiera had a sinus infection that turned to Croup. Both Xiera, Zella and I still have nasty sinus infections. Hopefully our antibiotics start kicking in soon so we can get past this. We even had to postpone Zella's birthday party last Saturday to this Sunday because of all the terrible illnesses going around in our home.
In between playing nurse I have been able to catch up on a few orders but my crochet time has been very limited these past weeks. Here are a few orders I mailed out this week.

I made a Brobee hat with removeable arms for another customer of mine.

We had a very small birthday celebration for Zella since we were all sick. Xiera and I made cupcakes for her. Happy Birthday Zelly Belly!! I can't believe my baby is already 2 years old!!

It just seems like yesterday when she looked like this.


With Love,
Lindsay

Happy Heart Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! --> You know I couldn't resist my girl Hello Kitty showing some love on this post! ;)
I have had such a busy week. As you already know, Zella's big birthday party is next weekend and I have been planning and gathering goodies for her special day. I am still planning on making her Sponge Bob birthday cake. I am just a little nervous how I am going to go about it, but I am sure once I get started on it, everything will fall into place...hopefully. ;)
I have been keeping my promise to Xiera about fixing her hair up everyday! Phew...these hair styles she picks out really are time consuming, but I love the one on one time we have in the mornings while I make her hair pretty. Here is a picture of one of my favorites!

I found the original hairstyle HERE I just tweaked it a bit because Xiera's hair is a lot longer. I thought the little Scary Spice twisty buns looked cute with it. I have also not mastered the reverse french braid technique, hence the regular french braids. ;) O and yes that top she is wearing is about 3 sizes too small for her. She has been playing "dress up" with Zella's outgrown clothes. She insists that they fit her. I disagree.
In between party shopping for Zella, new hairstyles, and helping Xiera out of her outgrown dress up clothes, I have found some time to work on custom orders and a few more hats to collaborate with my dear friend Janissa of JM Baby Boutique.
First is this adorable little boy bunny hat I made for a dear customer of mine.

And here are some more hats to match JM Baby Boutique's Sets.


And how cute are these little hair clips?


I can't wait to see what Janissa makes to match them!

With Love,
Lindsay

Look "Hoo" I have been working on

I am working on a BUNCH of hats to collaborate with my dear friend and awesome designer Janissa of JM Baby Boutique. I am so excited to work with her and even more excited to see our pictures of our collaborations come to life! ;)
Aren't these two a "Hoot!?"


With Love,
Lindsay

Creative Hairstyles

Just recently Xiera has been insisting on me trying to put her hair up in different ways. She told me she was tired of her hair being down and wanted me to do something pretty to it. So everyday this week she has had a different hairstyle! I have found some really neat hairstyle ideas from Bowsnstuff and Hairstyles For Girls. We tried the double hearts hairstyle from Hairstyles For Girls blog today, and well, ours didn't quite turn out like hearts, but it still looked really pretty and she got lots of compliments when we were out and about shopping today. ;) She told me she felt like a princess. ;) Now if only Zella would let me do something to that crazy hair of hers.....



With Love,
Lindsay

Yo Gabba Gabba Part 1

The girls are really into the tv show Yo Gabba Gabba that plays on Nick Jr. If you haven't seen the show than I suggest you do so because it is the funniest and cutest show EVER!! One of the girls' favorite characters from the show is the green long armed one named Brobee. I thought it would be so cool to make a hat that resembled him. I think he turned out adorable and I am now inspired to make a hat for every character. Is it not the cutest hat you have ever seen? It just makes me giggle every time I look at it! I am not sure what makes me laugh harder; those long dangling arms or that goofy smile! ;)



With Love,
Lindsay

Sweet Treats

I have had a lot of requests for cupcake hats that resemble real cupcakes like my cupcake purse!

So I would like to introduce a few Cupcake Hats that will surely satisfy that sweet tooth of yours!

First is the Cupcake Party hat that matches the Cupcake Party top and purse I made last year. You can see them both Here.


Next I have my favorite kind of cupcake, Strawberry Chocolate Chip!!

And last but certainly not least is the Rainbow Sprinkles Cupcake modeled by the adorable Elle!


Aren't those jeans the cutest jeans you have ever seen?? And they match so perfectly with my hat!! They were made by the talented Kirsten of Oli*Beli. You can see more of her designs Here.

With Love,
Lindsay

Newsboy Style

I just received pictures back this evening from my model and her mommy and I could not WAIT to share my new Newsboy style hat!! Isn't it just lovely? I really love it so much! What is really exciting is that this can be made to fit a size 2T up to an adult size in practically any color combo!! I could probably make it to fit a bit smaller size too, but I would have to tweek the pattern just a bit to do so. ;) Isn't Elle just a living doll? I just love those beautiful blue eyes of hers. I am always impressed with her and her mommy Mandy's pictures! They are such a joy to work with. If you are interested in having them model for you, you can find them Here and Here. And don't forget to check out her BLOG.




With Love,
Lindsay

A Funny Little Chick

Okay so this has got to be the FUNNIEST hat I have ever created! The whole time I was crocheting it, I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. Hubby, who sat next to me on the couch while I was busy making him, kept asking me what was so funny. As soon as I sewed his beak and eyes on with those funny legs, he was cracking up laughing with me! LOL!! Little Chick is now on his way with Blue Bunny to be modeled. ;) I can't wait!

With Love,
Lindsay

Wonderful News For Crafters!

The CPSC just granted a one year stay of testing and certification requirements for certain products. This is wonderful news and a great relief for all crafters. But the battle is not completely over; only delayed! Here is the link!

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html

With Love,
Lindsay

A New Hope For Crafters

I was just informed in an email that the USCPSC recently held a public meeting with American Apparel and Footwear Industry Leaders. The meeting discussed the new CPSIA law for children items ages 12 and under. In the meeting it was discussed that textile items such as treated and untreated natural fabrics which includes cotton, wools, silks, and synthetic fibers such as polyesters, nylons, acrylics, knitted goods, as well as felts, laces, nets, and braids should be exempted from the new law that goes into effect February 10th. While textile items should be exempted, components such as zipper pulls, plastic buttons, grommets, snaps, screen prints, rhinestones, etc, were discussed that they should undergo third party testing for lead because the unpredictable and various amount of lead trace were still found. To read more information about this meeting please check out the Haute Couture For Kids Blog. Also here is the video of the public meeting. It is over an hour long but it is very informative and gives crafters hope.
http://www.cpsc.gov/vnr/asfroot/apparel01222009.asx

With Love,
Lindsay

A New Edition and a Blue Bunny

I thought I would introduce our newest edition to our family!! Meet Pineapple the Gerbil!! He is such a cute little thing, isn't he? He is very timid. He isn't quite sure of us yet, but I know in time he should feel a little more comfortable around us and will let us hold him. His favorite things to do are nibbling on toilet paper rolls and giving himself a sand bath. His favorite thing to eat is Cashews! Hehe!! He hates using his wheel and has been letting us know by using it as his very own bathroom. :( At least he is starting to like walking around in his ball, or maybe that is because he thinks he has a chance to run and escape from our wacky family! LOL!
Zella just cracks up when he starts rolling around in his little ball!!


Last night I finished up this little blue bunny hat.

I made it to match a set made by Rachael of Princess Pickle Boutique. I decided to try something new and overlap the buttons for his eyes and I really like how it turned out! I am working on another hat now to match another set of hers and then I am sending them off in the mail for her sweet daughter Kenzie to model! She is pictured on the home page of her website. ;)

With Love,
Lindsay

It's Tool Time

Earlier on today Xiera decided that her bedroom door needed some repairs, so she put on her hard hat, got out her tools, and went to work! Here is the video!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it! ;)


With Love,
Lindsay

A Birthday Just Around The Corner

Next month Zella will be turning 2 years old, (I know, crazy, right?) She is in LOVE with Sponge Bob right now so we have to have him as the theme. I have all kinds of cute ideas planned for the party. Sponge Bucket Toss, Pin the Pants on Sponge Bob, and if we have time, Fishing for Jelly Fish. For the cake I really wanted a cake that looked just like Sponge Bob. I called our local bakery who can make practically any themed cake you can think of. Well they told me they couldn't make the entire cake resemble Sponge Bob because he is a licensed character, but that they could put a Sponge Bob toy on it, and decorate the cake with the toy(s) on it. Well I decided this year, I would take matters into my own hands once again, and design Zella's birthday cake. Remember all of the cupcakes I baked last year for her first birthday party? I have done some research online and found this website quite helpful. I am going to try to bake a tester cake this week. So wish me luck and I will post pics. ;)
This past weekend,I decided I wanted to make Zella a little something special for her big day; her very own Little Miss Mini Me Doll! This little gal took a lot of time. The hardest part in creating her; Her hair. I think I spent 3 hours alone trying to get her hair just right. It brought back a lot of memories creating her since I used to restore rainbow brite dolls and create my own OOAK characters years ago. I really love her pink and blue striped tights and pink rosy cheeks.

Xiera of course wants me to make her one now too. I made a pinky swear promise that she will get one for her birthday too. ;)


With Love,
Lindsay