Crocheting Along...and a Giveaway!

Today I have been very busy cooking hooking up some more purple evil minion custom hats for my dear customers. These hats seem to be in high demand and I am loving every minute making them. This hat is my absolute favorite and I can't help but smile while making each and every one.
Tonight on Facebook, starting at 7:00 p.m. PST, Poppy Petals and Lotus Leaves is having a Mega Vendor Giveaway hosted by Rafflecopter. This wonderful giveaway will go on until next Thursday, August 29th. Crochet D Lane's contribution for this AMAZING giveaway is a hand crocheted custom sized ice cream sundae hat in any colored flavor.

You don't want to miss this giveaway. There are lots of amazing items up for grabs. Don't believe me? Just look HERE to see for yourself ALL of the wonderful items available in this giveaway. There are about 100 vendors contributing in this giveaway!!

Back To School They Go!

Today was the girls first day back to school! They were both very excited and a little nervous. Xiera is now a fourth grader. She told me that when you are in fourth grade, backpack book bags are out and messenger bags are in. I found her cute messenger bag on Artfire.com. The bunny is the artwork of Chibibunny.

Zella insisted on dressing up for this special day and picked out a zebra printed dress to wear. She said she wanted to look fancy for her first day of first grade. She wanted a unicorn book bag this year and I was able to find one at Hanna Andersson with the lunch bag to match.

They wore their fancy footwear that they picked out.

And off they went onto that big yellow bus.

A Busy Crocheting Week

Cool fall weather is fast approaching and the custom orders are beginning to pour in. I have been working on something new every day. I finished two cute cloche hats this week for a dear customer of mine. I haven't made them in awhile so it was refreshing to make these. The first one is the Euro Garden Cloche.

The next one is the Whimsy Fun Cloche.

Both of these cloche hats are available in my Etsy store.
I also worked on two adorable purses. It had been almost two years since I had made a fairy mushroom house purse so it was exciting to make another. I just love this purse.

The latest purse I finished made me feel ready for fall. The cute little pumpkin purse is always a fall favorite of mine to create.

Both of these purses are available in my Etsy store. Now I am ready for a cup of hot apple cider and my favorite fall treat; candy corn.

The Minions Have Arrived!

Sugar3 Boutique on Facebook is having their Villainous Launch going on right now. Karen of Layla*and*Stitch and I collaborated for this fun launch. Karen made the shirts and I made the hats to match.

I believe the shirts are already sold but if you are interested in them, you can contact Karen on her business page on Facebook, Layla and Stitch Children's Boutique and ask her if she will be making anymore. Two of the Evil Purple Minion hats have already been purchased with Buy It Now, but once I am caught up with orders, I plan to list these fun hats in my Etsy store.


This collaboration was so much fun! I always enjoy working with Karen. She has been making beautiful boutique clothing for my girls for seven years now. She is very talented and her designs are absolutely amazing. The Sugar3 Villainous launch ends tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. CST so if you get a chance, please stop on by. There are a lot of wonderful designs available for this fun launch!

Summer Sister Portraits

Yesterday I took the girls to Wegerzyn Park for a fun sister photo shoot. The weather was perfect! The temperature was in the high 70's with no humidity, lots of sunshine, and blue skies. The girls wore their cute matching sister dress sets. I had purchased the dress sets earlier this past spring from Mellonmonkeys on Etsy.

My little "thumb sucker" had a visit today with the orthodontist. She is six years old and hasn't kicked her bad habit quite yet. All of her front permanent teeth are all grown in and she is ruining them. Because of this, she is having a thumb habit corrector appliance put in within two weeks and it looks like braces may be in her future. She isn't exactly thrilled with this and still thinks that she will continue sucking her thumb once this appliance is in. She is such a defiant yet sweet little thing.

There is never a dull moment with these two, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

More Summer Flip Flop Styles

Over the weekend I found about nine pairs of flip flops left to customize so I decided to customize a few to add to my Etsy store. The first pair I pulled out was a brightly rainbow colored pair. The first thing that came to my mind was how perfect these would be for a pool party. I added a few fun colored fish to them and accented them with some fun fringe green yarn that resembles seaweed. You can find them in my Etsy store HERE.

The next pair I found was black with silver hearts. I decided to crochet some Monster High skulls to add to them since they had that punk rock look to them. You can find these fun Monster High Flip Flops HERE.

The last pair I had customized a little while ago. I liked the flower pattern on these. I decided to crochet a flower appliqué that resembled the flowers within the pattern on them. You can find these pretty Navy Daisy Flower Flip Flops HERE.

Sorry...Been Busy...

...enjoying our summer!



The warm weather is FINALLY here!

Lalaloopsy Dolly Fun with Sugar3

Sugar3 is having their All Dolled Up launch today. I made an adorable Mint E. Stripes Lalaloopsy purse to match a dress Karen of Layla*and*Stitch created, and there is a beautiful bow and necklace set made by Tutu Cute Boutique to match as well.

There is a lot of detail on this little purse. I added a lot of beads, sequins, Swarovski crystal beads, and buttons to the little Christmas tree on the front.

Little peppermint buttons line the pink ruffle scallop trimmed purse flap. The aqua purse strap is also trimmed in a pink ruffle stitch.

A lot of detail was put into sweet Mint E. Stripes' face. I used both 100% cotton yarn and thread to create her.


The launch has already started and you can visit Sugar3's Facebook page HERE for your chance to bid to win. The launch is going on until Wednesday, July 3rd, at 3 pm. CST.

New Summer Flip Flop Designs

I promise that I am still around. I have been busy painting our home, and keeping our summer bound girls busy and happy. In between all of the chaos, I have been crocheting new flip flop designs. I just finished the Party Cupcake Flip Flops today. They are my absolute favorite and are already available in my Etsy store. You can find them HERE.

I hand sewn little Swarovski crystal beads onto the cupcakes for a little bit of sparkly sprinkle accent fun.

The next pair I created just in time for the Fourth of July. They are the Patriotic Stars Flip Flops and are a size 10/11 in little girls. You can find them in my Etsy store HERE.

These I Heart You flip flops are already sold and lasted about 4 minutes in my Etsy store last week. :) They turned out super cute I think.

And last, but certainly not least, are the Chevron Flower Flip Flops. These were also listed in my Etsy store last week and lasted about 4 minutes before they were sold as well. They turned out very colorful and fun.

New Flower Flip Flops

This week one of my dear customers mailed a few pairs of flip flops for me to customize. She told me to surprise her so I had a bit of fun embellishing these.
The first one had peace signs all over them. I decided to put peace signs into the centers of the flowers.

I think they turned out really groovy, don't you think?
The next pair was leopard print. I crocheted red flowers for these and sewed a pair of leopard printed buttons onto them.

I think these turned out beautiful and are my new favorites!