Pink Crochet Hat

So I just finished this hat last night and thought it turned out pretty good. Sorry for the blurry photo, I'm still working on the photography problems. Though I made this hat, credit must go to Kay Rae, who made this pattern and was nice enough to share it (for free) on Ravelry. The instruction were very clear and the hat did not take long to make at all. Its definitely a good pattern for those starting out and who want to get away from the basic single crochet (or whatever) hat. If anyone out there wants to check out this pattern just click the link at the bottom of this post and you'll find the pattern under the title "Big Girl Bonnet".

http://www.blog.goldfishluv.com/

Until next time...

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

Everyone LOVES a giveaway! I whipped these bad boys up last night (and by whipped I mean it took me a couple hours because I am a slooooow poke) and they are wee bit tight for my daughter so one lucky winner will get them!
Not the greatest picture of them, but they are super cute! I would say that they are a 0-3 month size, have a soft fleecy lining, leather sole, and are a super soft corduroy with a cute denim flower.

To enter:
Follow The Lackadaisical Willow and leave a comment telling me so.
Giveaway ends in one week.
Tell your friends :)

I can feel it...

Coming in the air tonight...well actually a giveaway. Seeing as how we still only have one follower (you know you're a loser when...) hopefully maybe a giveaway well convince people to follow us, either that or my mom will be really lucky when her name gets drawn!
I am working on something for a giveaway, so stay tuned...

Summer Fun

Here is the EASIEST summer activity to do with your kids...are you ready?

CHALK!!!

Not just any old chalk though- homemade chalk in whatever colors you want, however bright you want, and you paint it instead of draw with it. Chalk paint, its a good thing (channeling Martha).

It dries looking just like regular old chalk, just brighter.

Here's how you do it:

Step 1: Mix equal parts water and corn starch.

Step 2: Add food coloring to desired color.

Step 3: Go outside and paint :)

Send me pics of your chalk paintings :)





Foxy ain't it?

If you are not able to guess from the title the hat is supposed to be a fox. This hat (that I made for a toddler or a big headed baby) took me a few hours to make and was made a couple of days ago. It's the first of potentially many crochet animal hats that will be sold (hopefully) at the towns Christmas Choas, which is obviously not for awhile. So you lucky followers (or rather follower because at the moment we only have one haha)gets to see some of what will be sold. You also get to see my crochet abilities expand over this next 5-6 months, YAY! As you can probably tell by the photo my abilities are pretty amateur at the moment but as with everything it will get better with practice.

I am looking forward to sharing some more projects in future posts and also to learning how to take a better picture because wow does this one suck. I probably should've taken the date off and did it in a room with better lighting. I will work on that for the next post.

P.S. I'm new to blogging (obviously), so those reading will soon realize that I like brackets: I'm very bad for putting thoughts in the middle of sentences and apparently for blabbing on and on.

Flower Clippies

Here is probably the easiest tutorial ou there. Lots of people have them, and really, these are one of those things that you can really put your own spin on.
Step 1:

Find some synthetic fabric- natural stuff won't work. I used an old satin shirt. Cut out circley type shapes. No need to be exact (unless you want to), you can experiment with different shapes if you want. I prefer circley-ish shapes but power to ya.

Step 2:

Find a candle, lighter or some sort of fire source :) and singe the edges of your circles. The fabric will curl and you can play around with it until you are happy with how it looks. Repeat for all your circles. I also like to singe it a bit in the middle, it helps it look flowery.

Step 4: Stack 'em. Simple right, you can glue each layer down or hand sew them together, either way stack 'em until you like your flower.

I sewed mine together and used a button in the center- could easily just glue it down instead. Now glue it to a ribbon lined clip and

VOILA

Sorry for the blurry pic, it looks much cuter in person, I've also used these flowers on shirts and as brooches. Have fun and let me know how it goes :)





Happy Canada Day!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Canada, Happy Birthday to yooouuu!

Usually I try and ensure that the whole family is dressed in red and white Canadian themed finery, and this year, somehow, I was completely unprepared for Canada Day. Two out of the five of us wore red and white and the rest of us were big ol' party poopers :(

I did however throw together a fun scavenger hunt (Canadian style) for my kids to do when we walked downtown today. And at some point if I can figure out how to upload a document to the blog I will add it on here so that you can print it out at home if you want...but I am a tad computer stupid soooo it'll have to wait.

Here's my son checking off items (he found a beaver lol).

My daughter's festive feet :) I love pudgy little feet!

And me, not even wearing a single item of red...does the white cardi count?? Didn't think so. Next year I will do better.

Happy Birthday Canada :)