Stuff I Make

Every Glass Within a Mile Radius of Me is in Danger of Being Etched....

I can't stop etching! Thanks to my Silhouette - the new love of my life - and the vinyl I scored at Hobby Lobby, I've been an etching fool.

At first I was scared of the etching cream because of the fumes and warnings like "if this stuff touches your skin you'll break out in a rash that weeps fire" but after using it a bit the fumes must have infected the reasoning center of my brain, because I no longer fear the etching cream. I LOVE IT!

So I was thinking to myself, what can I do on my silhouette now?! I must have been drinking a glass of water at the time because I was reminded at how annoyed I get when I put down my drinking glass and K drinks out of it... or vice versa. Not that we mind sharing germs, it's just that we have a mortal fear of each other's backwash. Foreign backwash is worse than ingesting etching cream, I swear. 

Anyway, I thought "HEY! I should etch the glasses so that we know whose is whose!

Then I thought, wow, we really need new glasses. 

Then I went to Ikea.

THEN I had to decide exactly what to etch. Our initials? Nah, too boring. I needed something unique for each glass... but with a theme.

It came to me suddenly then. PLACES WE'VE LIVED AND STUDIED!

So I got on my beloved Silhouette and imported some country and state outlines, traced them, added words, cut, stuck it to the glass, wiped on the cream, washed and VOILA!

(I made a total of 12)

Here's the South Korea glass next to my new favorite cookie jar (and szechuan spice jar!):

I even made a World cup:

(my stencil slipped dagnabit!)

And then I got cocky.

Let's stack all the glass for a cool picture!!!

I can't even blame the dog or the kids. Just my stupidity. Ah well. Looks like I'll be going back to Ikea and doing some etching! WIN-WIN!

 

 

 

 

It's A Tea Party!

My mother is an avid tea drinker and an avid crocheter. She also has a room in her house dedicated to dolls and their miniature accessories.  Naturally, this was what she needed for Mother's Day:

And to add to the craftiness of it all, I included some yummy sugar cookies:

I can't tell you how much fun it is to decorate with royal icing. 

I made this entire tea set during the course of Clara's dance lessons this year. It's the perfect 45 minutes to sit in a comfy chair, crochet, and chat with friends.  

Happy Mother's Day!

    

Too Cool Cat

He's SOOO cool....

... with his beret, bell bottoms and turtleneck.  He's almost too cool to be a crocheted.  He must have been born that way.   Cool in a Chuck Norris / Mr. T kind of way.

"The film Brokeback Mountain was originally cast with Mr. T and Chuck Norris. The sole reason the two legends declined the starring roles is because if Mr. T and Chuck Norris were to kiss, God would die."

"I pity the fool"...

  

I bet this cat has one hell of a roundhouse kick, too.

But despite his cool superiority, he was made as a gift for a very darling, sweet one-year old.

  

Zero Calorie Hamburger

Of all my crochet doodads to date, this has been by far the funnest one to make.  It never got boring.  New colors, new shapes, new stitches....

First hamburger ever that burned calories.  How many calories do you burn crocheting?  Ten?  Twenty?  

Pattern courtesy of THIS book.  

Ahhh... If This Isn't the Cutest Little Creature...

Last time my sister was here visiting, her 6 year old thumbed through one of my Amigurumi books and declared that she would like me to make her this deer for Christmas.  Being an irresistible (and spirited) child, I couldn't resist.

I could have easily plopped a red nose on it and made it into Rudolph.  But that was not part of her request.

But she was a fun little thing to make.  And for the first time ever, I used poly-pellets and nylon stockings to stabilize the legs.