Pictures not showing up

My mother passed away and I am now in the process of going through her things and moving. It is that time of year where I need to pay Photobucket (the site that hosts my pictures), but they changed their packages again and I can no longer afford to pay for the package that includes unlimited bandwidth. This means my account is going to be downgraded to a free account. After a certain amount of time the pictures will not work. After I am done moving and get settled in, I will try and find a solution to this problem. Until then you should be able to find pics on Raverly. I have most of my stuff on there. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I just have so much to do right now, I can't fix this problem right away.

Little Fox Crochet Pattern

I made this little crochet stuffed fox for my daughter. When I was really young I remember watching a cartoon about a prince that visited other planets. Years later I found out that was The Little Prince, and that it was based off a book. I instantly fell in love with the story. The Fox was my favorite character. I wanted to share that with my daughter, but she has a really short attention span involving books. I decided to make this little fox while she was at school. I hid it, and then told her there was a surprise for her if she could get through the story. I read the story to her, and when I finished the Fox part, I got up and brought the fox to her. I told her that he wasn't tamed, and that she needed to tame him. So, now this little fox has his own bed next to hers, and she has been carrying him around everywhere. Hopefully, she will remember this when she is older :)

The Pattern is available for $5.50 in my Etsy Shop if you are interested.

What do you think?

Here is a link to the PDF of THE LITTLE PRINCE

Totoro Free Crochet Pattern

I crocheted this Totoro for a friend a while back. I just now got around to typing the pattern up. Here is the Free Pattern if you want to make one.

Remember: For Personal Use Only.
If you post a pic online, link back to me. Share the love :)

What do you think?

Jayne Cobb Inspired Hat Free Pattern

I wanted to show my Browncoat pride and make a Firefly hat, but since I also design patterns, I didn't want people thinking I was incapable of making a decent hat. Not everyone knows about Firefly/Serenity. Crazy, I know right! Since the original hat is Knit I had some playing around to do. I think I did a pretty good Fake Knit job ;) What do you think?

If you want to try to make one yourself, here is a link to the Free Pattern

Click Here Remember: This is for Personal Use only.

If you use this pattern and post it online, please link back to me and show some love :)

Blue Butterfly Crochet Headband

I wanted to try my hand at wearing fake dreads. So, of course I needed to make a Dreadband. The cool part is, it works for a regular headband too. Bonus! I haven't had the time to put dreads in yet, but I will post pics when I do. Expect more Headband/Dreadband patterns in the future. If you are interested in this pattern it is available for $3.00 in my Etsy Shop.

News: I opened a new shop where I am going to sell physical items and not patterns. It is pretty much just a place for me to sell stuff I make from time to time, crochet related or not. If you are interested, check it out here :) It is still new so, I don't have a lot in it yet. I will keep adding stuff though.

Side note: I will have 2 new FREE patterns soon. I am just waiting for my pattern testers to finish them, so keep checking back.

Thanks for looking! If you want to help out, share, share, share. It's good Karma ;)

Minecraft Birthday Party ideas with Free Printables

My daughter was turning 11, and she wanted a Minecraft birthday party. I searched and searched the internet, trying to find something cheap. We have a very limited budget, and I didn't want to have to invest a ton of money into a party. Here is what I decided.

For activities I went to this site and printed off a few Minecraft characters. I used the mini ones because they seemed easier to assemble. I let the kids cut them out. I had paste and tape. Almost everyone used tape.

I found this site and printed off the "sticker" pages. I didn't make stickers though. I let the kids paste them to a piece of paper. I gave them crayons and let them draw/color their own minecraft scenes. That took care of the activities.

Next, I had to make party favors. I made some rice krispies treats that looked like minecraft blocks. Chocolate for the bottom and regular colored green for the top.

Then, I designed a label to put on a ziplock bag. I filled bags with Jolly ranchers and gold nuggets. I was inspired by this, but I was lazy and decided to throw them all into one bag. I then looked at a bunch of bottle wrapper pictures, and decided to design my own. I filled water bottles with blue and red Koolaid. (Printables at the end)

I found the large paper creeper in the pic here.

I wanted a little bit more decoration at the party so I designed some labels for 1 gallon Absopure water containers and a 7up container.

Then we just bought green plates, black table covers, green cups and silverware, and black and green balloons at the dollar store. (creeper colors)

Party done. Most of it was printed out. Why spend a bunch of money buying things that you can make? I spent quite a bit of time making these labels for them to only be used for one day, so I wanted to share these. I hope this helps if you are thinking of making a Minecraft party.

Thanks for looking.

Winter Hat Crochet Pattern

This hat was a Christmas gift for my husband. I wanted to make him something warm, and not so outrageous. *I crochet a lot of fairy hats, not exactly something a guy would want to wear all the time ;)* I had a friend point out that it kinda looks like a Minecraft creeper. That was unintentional, but a welcome bonus. My daughter and husband both play that game, so maybe it was in my subconscious. LOL

If you are interested in the pattern, it is available in my Etsy Shop for $3.00

Thanks for looking :)

 

Custom Necklaces

Here are some pics of my new Hobby. I do sell them in my Etsy shop, and I take custom orders. I don't do this full time though. So I will only be offering to make necklaces as long as I have supplies. If you want me to make a necklace, contact me or purchase the listing I have on Etsy. They are $15 plus $5 shipping in the US only. Thanks for looking :)

Top Left to Right:
Seal of Rassilon (Doctor Who)
Timelord seal (Doctor Who)
Stargate
X-Men
Harley Quinn
Serenity (Firefly)
Startrek
Deathstar (StarWars)
White Tree of Gondor (Lord of the Rings)

 

Acheron Necklace (Sherrilyn Kenyon)

 

X-Men Necklace

Rose Madder (Stephen King)

 

Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)

Child's Pony Hood Scarf

My Daughter loves My Little Pony, so I decided to crochet her a Pony hood scarf to play in. She picked out all of the colors. She wanted to be her very own pony. I love that it makes her so happy :)

I have the instant download pdf pattern available in my Etsy Shop for $3 if anyone is interested :)

 

 

 

 

Winter Forest Hood

I was watching the CW series"Arrow" and was inspired to crochet this hood. It ended up being a bit heavier than planned so that is why I put Winter in the title. It is super cozy. I can't wait to wear it this winter ;) I have the pattern available for $3.00 Instant Download in my Etsy shop if anyone is interested. Thanks for looking :)

NEWS: My shop now accepts Gift Cards and Credit Cards. That should make things a lot more convenient. I'm sorry it took so long for me to make the change. I get a little freaked out when a site wants my bank account number. It turned out alright though.

 

What do you think?

Sanctuary Perler Bead Sign

This sign was inspired by Sherrilyn Kenyon (My favorite author).
Here is the pattern, you can use it for crocheting too ;) This is for personal use only. I have it separated into 29x29 square sections so you know how many large pegboards to use if you are using Perler Beads. I think it makes it easier to do this way, that is just my opinion.

Here is what it looks like on the wall. I put it above the door to my closet/indoor garden. It is kind of like a sanctuary.

How to Crochet on top of a project

How to Crochet on top of a project

Update 7-14-2014: This is the last video for a while. My camera stopped working and it will be a while before I can get another one. Sorry :(

How to Crochet: Tips on reading a chart

Tips on Reading a Chart

How to Crochet: Switching Colors

How to Switch Colors

Styxx Phoenix Free Pattern

Here is the Styxx symbol I made out of perler beads. Styxx is a character Sherrilyn Kenyon created. She is an amazing author, I love all of her work. Very adult (unless you read her young adult series) you have been warned lol.

 

Here is the pattern. You can use it for Crocheting too :)

 

Here it is on my wall with the Acheron Symbol I made. If you are a fan like me and want to make the Acheron symbol too Click here for the pattern.

 Let me know if you make anything with this pattern. I would enjoy seeing pics :)

Fairly Oddparents Cosmo and Wanda Perler Beads

This is NOT my pattern. I could not find the original creator(s). I did a search online and the Cosmo pattern came right up. After a lot of searching I found someone who did a Wanda but the picture was kind of hard to see. Again I couldn't find the original creator. If that was you, please give me a link so I can credit you for the pattern and thanks, it is awesome!

Here is a picture of them on our wall:

 

Here is a close up of Wanda so you can make one too :) If you do a search for "Cosmo Perler Bead Pattern" it will come right up. You can use it for Crocheting too! Just pretend the pegs are squares.

Doctor Who crack in the wall Free Pattern

I made this crack in the wall with glow in the dark perler beads.

Here is the pattern. You can use it for Crocheting too :)

 

Here is what I have on my wall. The Sonic Screwdrivers are NOT my pattern. You can find them by doing a google search. Have Fun!

Acheron Parthenopaeus Symbol Free Pattern

 Acheron Parthenopaeus Symbol 

with 

Perler Beads

Free Pattern:

I have it blocked by 29x29 peg boards (aka. 6 inch square board) in case you were wondering what the big squares were for.

Please don't ask how many beads it took, I didn't count. 

I bought 2-1000 bead bags of Yellow, 2-1000 bead bags of Orange, and 1-1000 bead bag of silver. I just used the black I already had. I didn't run out.

I get my supplies from here. It is a great store. I needed 13 boards, but I already had them. Parchment paper works really well so you don't have to buy their "special paper". You might want to get some 2 large pieces of cardboard to help with flipping the project. Also look up "taping perler beads" That helps a lot with large projects. Good Luck! Have fun :D

 (For those of you who don't know, Acheron Parthenopaeus is a character from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter book series. I love those books so much. It is a very Adult book series, you have been warned)

Crafty friends: You can use this pattern for crochet, knitting, and cross stitch too. In fact if you search for "perler bead" projects you can find a lot of patterns. For every bead just make a stitch instead. If you aren't computer savvy, you can get graph paper and color in where the beads are. Just an idea. When my finger heals enough to make videos again I will be posting on how to switch colors and read a chart. Until then, here is a tutorial I made a while ago that might help.

 Let me know if you make anything with this pattern. I would really enjoy seeing your pics :)

Necklaces

These three are my own personal designs. If anyone is interested send me a message through my Etsy Store. Each necklace takes about 2 days to make. I will only be selling them to US customers because shipping is so expensive. They are $15 plus $5.00 shipping. I also take orders. If you would like your own picture made into a necklace, contact me, and we might be able to work something out :)

My Family:

These I made for fun. Venom for my Husband, Rainbow Dash for my daughter, and the other 3 are mine :) (Joss Whedon, Doctor Who, and The Fountain):

These are from my favorite book series by Sherrilyn Kenyon: