Three little bunnies

My friend Kali saw pictures I posted on Facebook of the Amigurumis I crocheted. She asked me if I could make some bunnies for her three little boys. She wanted 3 different colours with matching eyes. I'm about to post them now this lunchtime to her and hope that her boys; Matthew (4) and the twins Connor & Lucus (2) will be happy with them.

Blue bunny with blue eyes

Green bunny with lime green eyes

Dark Red bunny with copper coloured eyes (couldn't find nice red eyes)

You probably notice from the photos that the pictures were taken at different times. The blue bunny picture was taken before my camera bounced on the floor so the quality is better. That one I had ready 3 weeks ago, the green and red bunny was finished yesterday (I had to wait for the eyes to arrive from USA first, ordered them a month ago so they took their time getting here)

Blog award

I received this blog award from Carmen over on Whoopidoo...ings a week ago. I know I've left it a bit long but I had such a hard time picking just 10 great blogs.

Anyway, here it goes.

1. First one goes to Fröken Elsas virkblog. She makes the most fantastic crocheted little mice. They are amazingly cute and I adore every single one she made. Do take the time to visit her blog, it is written all in Swedish but the pictures of her handy work speaks for itself. I'd love to be the proud owner of one her little mice.
2. My second choice is Mum's Monkey. It's a feel good fun blog that me and my boys enjoy visiting everyday to see what he's been up to.
3. Sofia-Sobeide is another Swedish blog I enjoy to read. She makes some lovely Amigurumis and I just purchased one of her a patterns of a dragon that I plan to make for my oldest boy.
4. Another painting blog I love her art. It kind of speaks to me and I recently purchased one of her prints...waiting eagerly now for it to arrive in the post :)
5. And lets not forget Arkonite's place. She is my food guru. I love reading her blog, but most of all I love trying out the recipies she posts. So far all of them have turned out perfect for me (as long as you forget the beer but chicken where I left the knife on the tray and put it in the oven, although the chicken was still delicious). Not all the recipies are her own but they are all tried, tested and tasty. Do try the boyberry boy bait.
6. Little Cotton Rabbits she makes the most adorable knitted items. Her bunnies and other creations are awesome.
7. WooWork.com. A cute Canadian guy who makes Amigurumis and shows them off in a fun interesting way. Here are two of my favoriets The name is Woo. Howie Woo and A.t.o.m-a- therapy
8. If you haven't discovered Floating rabbit: a word from the burrow yet do take a look, here is an artist who draws rabbits and the stories that goes with the pictures are great. I've started reading his blog in March about the moon-gazing rabbits, rainy day rabbit, three flying rabbits...its a lot of fun and heart warming.
9. StuffedNonsense two lovely ladies who sell some weird and wonderful handcrafted stuff. I bought myself one of their sock monkeys as a Christmas gift but....shhhh... don't tell me, I want it to be a surprise when I open it on Christmas day :D
10.....Amigurumi Artist makes some truly different, intricate and remarkable amigurumis.

A bit of a mix for you to explore and hopefully enjoy :D, not all of them are crochet or Amigurumi related.

Little girl in the making

Thought I'd share with you what I'm up to at the moment.
If all goes well she is gonna be a gorgeous little autumn girl. Got a dress, an arm, hair and some details to add and she be all ready to show.

I also got some more bunnies on the go but I have one more ear to crochet before they are ready be shipped out to their new homes.

Craft fair

Getting ready for tomorrows craft fair. Packing it all together now to make sure I haven't forgotten anything.
Made some snowman soup(thank you Tams for helping with the labels), reindeer food and a few calendar to put on the table next to my Amigurumis.

It has been tough getting everything ready this time. The boys have taken turns in being unwell. My youngest is recovering from an ear infection right now so there has been quite a few sleepless nights here.

Wanted:

Anyone who fancy designing me a greenpixey or knows someone that I can approach. I'd like something that I can perhaps use as a logo on my blog, a stamp, my business cards and sticky labels
All ideas welcome

Id like something fun and quirky rather than a traditional pixie if possible

Cant offer much as payment, if you'd like, perhaps an Amigurumi of your choice.

Let me present to you....

...Alice Cooper

Carmen from Whoopidoo...ings saw the Christmas angel i made and asked if I could make her an Alice Cooper angel. She kindly emailed me several pictures to give me an idea on what to do with his eyes and hair.

To start off with Alice looked more like Uncle fester...
I googled loads of instructions and tutorials on how to put hair on amigurumis. Also contacted June from PlanetJune who was really helpful, she gave me a few options of different yarns to use for his hair. Unfortunately, all the yarn I wanted had gone out of fashion and was impossible to find so I had to settle for normal black yarn that I untwined.

As I mentioned in previous post my camera is on the blink, so please pop over to Carmens blog and have a look at further photos of Alice

It was fun to be asked making something different and I enjoyed the challenge.

I'm quite excited at the moment
I managed to work through my long list of ordered Amigurumis and only got a few mug cozies left to crochet. It has been fun but stressful, far to many late nights and I probably gained another gray hair or two in the process. Not that anyone would notice, I went a bit mad a month ago and changed my hair from blond to bright vibrant red... Hum di dum di dum.... :D

I also finished my Halloween Amigurumi too. Yeay! Stitched it together last night.

Baby Ghost - pattern by Crea-Me

What else, oh yes I had a request to make a custom made Ami that I've also finished (I'm hoping to show some pics soon if the new owner don't mind ). I had to attach hair for the first time on that one and that was a challenge. It did how ever encourage me to try it again...

...so now I got a new project. I'm gonna find a pattern I like and make another amigurumi with hair

Oh... and if Santa is reading this, I think I need a new camera for Christmas. I tried fiddling around with all possible settings but most of my pictures now turn out blurry.
Reminder to oneself if I do get a new camera, keep it out of reach from the children, cameras do not bounce when dropped on the floor