Monday 12/10/12

Here's my progress on the Lalaloopsy doll for Mo for Christmas! I'm so excited! I hope I can get it done in time. I had a custom order for my Etsy shop to get done so my customer could have it before Christmas.


Our Friday craft was a paper chain in white and red to resemble a popcorn and cranberry garland. Thanks to GGma (my grandma) for the idea!


Our paper chain in the front window. Which inspired me to do this...


Crochet popcorn and cranberry garland!!! You can buy the pattern here or on Ravelry! Sorry for the crappy pictures!






I made sweet potatoe fries to go with our sloppy joe dinner Friday night. They were mushier than I expected, but really good!


Morgana likes to make the Lalaloopsy doll legs walk.


We put up the Christmas tree yesterday. Christmas is going to be so fun with Morgana at this age!








And here's the custom order from someone in my Etsy shop. They saw my Baby Love Mitts pattern and asked if I sell the finished mitts. I said I didn't, but would be glad to do a custom order. Here is a shot of the first one done. This size is 10 months old! So tiny!



We also have got all our Christmas shopping done in 24 hours... online, baby. Plus, we only got gifts for us and the kids.

If I don't post again until after Christmas, Happy Holidays everyone!

New Listings! Green Cthulhu and Pink Cthulhu

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New Listing: Crochet Pink Sugar Cookie Baby Beret & Diaper Cover

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Or visit my Etsy shop for other great patterns and handmade gifts!

Not So Smart

Okay, so, probably my posts are going to be short still, but I will try to post as often as possible and I will include a link in each post to my flickr page, where you can see more of what we're up to.  I've recently changed phones to a smartphone and it's not any easier to kill all my birds (flickr, blogger, and facebook uploads) with one stone (sending one text to all three).  I don't really like how the texted blogger posts were presented, nor that I could not caption my photos on facebook with a text.  Add to that blogger's new dashboard set up and I can't view the comments for my posts.  It's complicated. Anyhow, here's today's picture and photo page link!

Isn't this the cutest button you've ever seen?!?! I made it for a newborn diaper cover that I'm crocheting for a sugar cookie baby set to sell in my Etsy shop.

Visit my flickr page for more!

Hugs and love!

New Listing: Queen Bee Yellow & Black Crochet Hoop Earrings

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Sugar Cookie Beret

I'm crocheting this pink sugar cookie beret to sell in my Etsy shop. (http://www.etsy.com/shop/YarnPixieCreations)

New Listing: Blue Seaside Knit Fingerless Gloves

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New Listing: Purple Twilight Mist Crochet Hoop Earrings

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Or visit my Etsy shop for other great patterns and handmade gifts!

New Listing! Crochet Barefoot Flower Baby Sandals in Aqua & Red

The Barefoot Baby Sandals in Aqua & Red are now listed in my Etsy shop! I'm excited about these! I love aqua and red together lately.

What I Should Do vs. What I Want To Do

So, I probably should be knitting or crocheting or folding laundry or doing some marketing research and networking. Instead, I'm watching The Hot Chick on E!, suckin' down a York Peppermint Pattie iced decaf coffee, watching my baby wander around her play yard playing with a blanket and drinking apple juice so fast it makes her cough... and blogging.

I figured I owed you all at least a somewhat subtantial post to let you know what's going on in Pixie world. Here we go!


I had a birthday over a week ago. These are my gifts. Sunflower necklace and a Joanns gift card for my business from hubby, milk jug ceramic measuring cup set from Kate and Happy Feet Two from Morgana. (Hubby always gets me movies from her for her to watch, because her being entertained truly is a gift!




We went to The Living Planet Aquarium (thelivingplanet.com/index.html) for my birthday. Morgana had so much fun. The penguins were her favorite. Seeing my baby so excited and having so much fun was the best birthday present ever.






I'm knitting these Mama Love Mitts in brown for me. You can buy the pattern in my Etsy shop (etsy.com/shop/yarnpixiecreations).


I crocheted these baby barefoot sandals today (modeled by the lovely Little Miss) to sell in my Etsy shop. I want to make everything in aqua and red lately. They'll be listed this week, so keep an eye out for them!





I started some blue wristwarmers today to sell in my shop as well.

I'm also crocheting a circle jacket for a secret recipient and a baby doll cardigan for myself in Hometown USA in Dallas Grey. This is the picture that I'm following and trying to figure it out on my own:



Hope you all are well. I'm trying to keep up, but it's hard now that I take care of the baby, try to take care of the house and do needlecraft related "work" all the time. Thanks for sticking around. I'll keep trying to keep you updated often!

New Listing: Baby Love Mitts Knitting Pattern

You can now buy this Baby Love Mitts knit pattern and a couple others in my Etsy shop, Yarn Pixie Creations. Spread the word! New patterns and handmade items coming soon!

Mama Love, Take Three

I knit these Mama Love Mitts for my wonderful Mother. Pattern coming to Etsy and Ravelry soon! Everyone around my Mom was getting some of these wrist warmers and I thought she might be feeling left out, so I asked if she wanted some. She said she would actually like to have some, but she asked for a solid color and we landed on black. I think they're very sleek. I hope she loves them. =)

More Baby Love

I made more Baby Love Mitts. This time for my 3 year old niece, Danika.

I've written a pattern for these that will be in my Etsy shop. I've also done a modified version for women that I call Mama Love Mitts. I want to perfect each pattern before I post them. So, I need to do a couple more test pairs and actually write down what I'm doing. The construction technique (In the round? Flat? Vertical thumb hole? Horizontal?) on every single pair I've made, including child and adult, has been different. I think I've finally decided how I want to do it and will write my patterns accordingly now.


She loves them! She didn’t want to take them off to go potty or dunk her cookies in her milk, but we convinced her that she can put them right back on after she washes her hands or when she was done with her cookies. She even had trouble with opening a door knob, but didn’t want to take them off, lol.

The main color yarn is actually a really OLD skein of Red Heart, probably from the 50s or 60s.

The Etsy Has Gone Live!

My Etsy shop is now open for business!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YarnPixieCreations?ref=si_shop

I only have one item right now, but will add more as fast as I'm able. I will be doing handmade and patterns, so keep an eye out and tell all your friends!

Baby Love

I just finished these fingerless mitts for Little Miss today. I wrote a pattern too and plan to put it in my Etsy shop. I'd also like to do an adult version that's similar, but not an exact replica. I love how the gradual color variation of the Red Heart Kids yarn (color = Bikini) looks!





Also, Stu was telling a lady he works with about the cake I made him for Valentine's Day. He had me text him some pics to show her and she might pay me to make a cake for her boyfriend's mom's birthday coming up! That'd be cool, huh? Hubby was all, "New career?" LOL. Maybe. We'll see.

The Taste Of Evil

I made these gluten free peanut butter cookies today. They are evil. I can't keep them out of my mouth. They're so good. I made them once before for the holiday cookie exchange for my knit meeting. I'm not allergic to gluten, but one of my knit meeting friends is. So, I found this recipe. It's so easy, you're head will spin. And they're SO good!





And we did a photoshoot for pattern pics for this Little Lamb hat pattern I'm going to sell on Etsy. If you haven't heard, Etsy is on hold unitl we can gather the funds for my business license and DBA. I may have Kate redo these photos, she has a better camera.

Christmas 2011

Mo opening her first Christmas gift ever.


Kate got the camera she wanted.


I got a sewing machine! Now I can sew a buncha things to help save us even more money and make gifts for people!


Stu got the complete Star Wars Saga on Bluray.


I made cinnamon rolls with Jiffy baking mix, since we already had everything for them on hand, including the baking mix. They turned out tiny and biscuit textured. They weren't what I expected, but still good. I will bake big puffy ones next year.


I just finished knitting these hand mitts for Morgana. She refuses to keep her hands in my coat or the sling when we go for our daily walk, so I made her these.

Oh, and I have to license and DBA my Etsy shop before I actally open it and it's gonna cost a pretty penny. So, that's been put on hold for now. But, don't give up on me yet, it'll happen!