Finished 3, 3 more to go!

Maybe only 2 more.. I haven't decided yet..
I have finished 2 big bunnies and 1 little bunny. They are freaking CUTE!! I'm super excited about them! I have one more doll to do, a little bit more complicated than the bunnies, since this doll will have hair instead of ears. This one will probably be the most time consuming one to do, then I have 2 things to knit and I am done! And ahead of schedule so far, since I wanted to be done before vacation and we don't leave for a whole month!!
I'm going to take a break and get something to eat, then it's BACK TO WORK!! =]

Taking a quick break!

I have been busy busy! My wonderful husband went with me to the craft store today, so give me some advice about NFL colors for yarn. Once we got home, I finished a long and VERY VERY warm scarf for myself. It's not like I will need the scarf anytime soon, but it was close to being finished and I really needed the needles it was taking up. I will take pictures of it tomorrow, when I can have Brian take the pictures and use the outside light. I really love this new scarf!! After I finished that, I started working on the little bunny dolls I am making. I haven't decided if I'm going to post pictures of them or not yet, because they are surprise gifts. But they are coming out super cute so far!!
I can't believe we are going on vacation so soon! It's only about a month away!! WOOT! I'm so excited! Brian and I are already making plans of what we want to do up while we are on vacation and fun stuff like that!!
Once we get back from vacation, Brian and I want to start some new life goals that I'm also very excited about! I made the decision that I want to start making one meal a week (maybe once every 2 weeks) that we haven't tried making before. Already on the list are Shepard's pie and meatball sandwiches! I also want to start making all of our own bread, rolls, biscuits, muffins, cookies, cinnamon rolls, etc. I'm really excited about this!! We contemplated buying a bread maker, but decided that we would rather actually make everything ourselves. I'm going to start with just simple wheat bread, wait until I make that perfectly and then start to slowly branch out from there.
I also have a whole list of things, crafty-wise, that I want to make when we get home. I found an AWESOME tutorial for making flowers out of duct tape that I want to make and attach to headbands. I want to buy some cheap and colorful tulle, to try making a tutu. If I can make some really cute tutus, then I will definitely start making some for my favorite little girls!
But for now, I am working my little fingers with a bunch of knitting I have to do for the little dolls that I am making! And in the back of my mind, I also thinking of what crafty projects I'm going to take with me on vacation (I can't just be gone for over a week without something to keep my hands busy!!) and I have to start thinking of Christmas presents already!!
I'm off to get back to work, I will update more soon! =]

She's Back!

I was gone for a full week helping a good friend of mine by watching her little ones while she recovered from minor surgery until her mother-in-law could make it into town. I survived. I also wasn't able to craft AT ALL for a full week. It made me sad. But I was actually staying at my friend's house and taking care of her 7 month old and 2 year old 24 hours a day. So by the time they both went to bed, I pretty much collapsed into sleep every night, without a thought to any crafting. But I'm home now and I will be starting back up tomorrow with full-time crafting to finish what I'm working on before we go on vacation!! =]

One down, 3 to go..

Oh goodness! I have a month and a half to finish! And I probably won't be doing much of anything crafting-wise for the next week, as I will be watching 2/3 of my favorite girls while their mom recovers from surgery! Thank goodness they are the most well-behaved kiddos I have ever watched! I could be stuck watching a bunch of little hellions! Not that these little ones don't have their moments. =] I will try to craft a little during naptime and after I put them down for bed, but we'll see how that goes. Until next week, happy crafting without me!

Sewing together ears! =]

Since the only person I know for sure that reads my blog is my most wonderful mother-in-law, I trust she's not going to spill the beans about the gifts I'm making right now. So I'm sewing together pieces of ears for some bunny dolls I am making right now! I don't have any pictures, because I'm too lazy to get off the couch and find the camera and cord. So I will take more pics tomorrow about the progress I have made so far. =] I'm super excited! AND we are going on vacation in about a month and a half and I could NOT be looking forward to it more!! I'm super stoked!! =] Counting down!

Holy Moly!!

I just realized yesterday that I have only 54 days to complete 4 gifts before I go on vacation over labor day!! ARGH!! Craziness!! I'm making 4 dolls, each with their own theme. I know for sure 2 of them that I'm doing, but for the other two I'm at a complete loss for what I'm doing. But I just traced out the bodies of 4 dolls. I have to cut them out and then I will figure out the next steps.. =] Plus, on top of making these dolls, I've also been working a lot lately. Which is great for the bank account, not so great for finding time for crafting whenever the mood strikes.. It's going to be a bust 2 months!! =] I can't wait!

Alive! And sweating a lot..

Our a/c is on the fritz!! It's crazy! But Brian and I are an awesome team, so we are making it work! I'm channeling my inner Tim Gunn and have been saying "Make it work!" a lot lately, to myself, of course!
I had been working on a blanket for a friend of mine, for her baby shower. It turned out the wrong size for a blanket, a little too long and not wide enough. But then, it turned out to be the PERFECT size to cover the baby carseat!! I don't have any pictures of it yet, but as soon as I get some, I will post them! =]
As for my other recent projects -

I made this little bunny! She's small, I named her Jo. I don't really have anyone to give her to yet, but I'm sure she will make it into a gift sometime.. =]

I cut her out of some scraps of an old sheet, then sewed her face on with bits of yarn and an embroidery needle.

Then I sewed her together using embroidery thread and stuffed her with some stuffing I bought recently.

And I think she is super cute!! I made her dress, belt and hair-bow out of bits of yarn I had around the house. It wasn't enough to use as a bigger project, so I just had it around the craft area in the apartment. And now, she's sitting on our movie shelves until I can find her a home with someone else!

Besides that, I made myself an outfit yesterday out of things I already had in my closet! I took a sundress that Brian accidentally shrunk in the wash (it's 3 different colors of pink), and cut the top off of it and made it into a skirt. Then I got a white tank top (the only white shirt I have that doesn't have stains on it in the bust region.. for now..) and paired it with some bright pink flip-flops. TA-DA! New outfit!! It's super comfy and bright and very airy, so I will be wearing it a lot for the rest of the summer! I also have a blue sundress and a brown one, some type of dress, that I think will be made into skirts too. These 2 are as shrunk as the other ones, but they all are a little too tight around the boobs, but they make awesome skirts! Especially since I have been pretty much living in tanks lately. Compliments of living in the desert during the summer!

Here is the only picture I can find of my new outfit. I will have to take a better pic when I wear it again. This is from the AWESOME BBQ our friends Becky and Mike had yesterday. But the skirt is 3 stripes of pinks, with a white tank. Super comfy and breezy. I love it!
Next on the agenda are 3 gifts of dolls that I have just a couple months to make.I have to go tomorrow and buy a white sheet to make them, and maybe a little bit of extra yarn. Then I will be busting butt to get them finished before we go on vacation around Labor Day!! Super excited about that!! =] More posting to come soon! =]