Hello Kitty in a Bunny Costume

I made this for a friend's daughter for her birthday. The hood folds back so you can see the kitty's head. :)

Tiny Elephant

This was a teacher gift I made from Wibit's free pattern at http://littlegreen.typepad.com/romansock/

Fixing of the Posts

Some of the posts and photos are being revamped right now. Not to worry, they shall all return when I get them fixed! :) It may take a week or so, but they shall return.
*Please enjoy the peeping pons!*

Monkey Bread...Yummmmmy!!!!!!!!!!

Monkey Bread is a tradition in our house on Thanksgiving morning. But the kids always beg for it all year long because it is so yummy! I found a new fun way to make it that is quicker and makes individual servings. It is still made the same way, just in muffin tins.

You need the rolls of refrigerated biscuits ( I use the cheap small ones )

cinnamon
sugar

butter or margarine

Grease muffin tins.

Cut each biscuit into quarters.

Roll each piece in cinnamon sugar.

Place pieces in muffin tins ( i put approx. 2 biscuits/8 pieces per tin).

Melt butter and mix in cinnamon sugar.

Pour a couple of spoonfuls of cinnamon sugar butter mixture into each tin.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 mins.

Let them cool about 5 mins. Then turn tin over onto a plate, foil or tray.

Now you have individual servings of super yummy monkey bread!

Keep your mitts off my monkey bread!

It was all gobbled up soooo fast!!!

Baby Quilt

Special order baby quilt. I keep forgetting just how LONG it takes to make one of these small quilts! I spent an entire Sunday "finishing" this quilt up.

My Latest Obsession

Check out Flight of the Conchords on Youtube and watch the hilarity ensue.

The Mohawk Gang

They are kinda like the "Getalong Gang" but more fierce!

Hee hee hee

After Toph got his mohawk, his brother and their 2 friends decided they wanted them also. So this afternoon we headed to see Stephanie again for what could be referrred to as a MOHAWK PARTY. About 25 minutes later we had 4 excited boys with mohawks and lollipops.

Here is the mohawk gang consisting of brothers Sam & Michael and brothers Chan & Toph.

ROCK ON!

Splat! The weird freaked out thingie....

Not sure what he is...But I like him!

My newest creation!

(above is his front)

(below is his back)

Mardi Gras Ninja Bunny

Tomorrow is our monthly bunco night! YAY!

So I needed a gift to bring....What to bring to a Mardi Gras themed bunco...

Why, a Mardi Gras Ninja bunny of course!!!

She is a wild one! She already has 2 sets of beads...you know what that means!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

$40 for a Hello Kitty Backpack??? I think NOT!!!

So my 2 1/2 year old daughter likes to carry about 3 beanie babies, some coins,a sippy cup and other various items EACH time we head out to run errands, which means that either I try and keep track of all of them the entire time, or we lose some and then there are tears! Sad baby tears.

So I told her I would get her a backpack, silly me asked if she would like a Hello Kitty backpack....You can see where this is going. We are in Okinawa and anything Hello Kitty, especially backpacks are ridiculously expensive! So we shopped all day long and the only tiny toddler backpacks with Hello Kitty on them were $40!! I refuse to pay $40 for a backpack my 2 year old may or may not use to transport her coins and dolls.

I checked for patterns online and only found ones that I had to pay for. So I decided that I would wing it and try to figure one out on my own.

I had Hello kitty fabric that had cost me $2 for about a yard (I only used 1/2 of it). I had interfacing, a zipper (84 cents), I cut a belt in half for the straps and I used D-rings that I had cut off of an old belt. The total project cost me less than $4. And although it isn't perfect, it serves it's purpose and my daughter LOVES it!

I still can't believe I actually MADE this on my own with no pattern!

Cheesecake the HUGE Monkey

Meet Cheesecake the monkey.

She took a very long time to make, but was well worth it!

Made with red heart acrylic yarns and safety eyes.

Did I mention she is HUGE?!

She is 19 inches from head to toe!

She likes listening to Flight of the Conchords on her Ipod!

Super Sweet Nintendo Fabrics!!!

So, imagine my surprise when I took a quick detour through a local fabric shop and ran across some amazing Nintendo licensed Super Mario fabric!! Of course I had to buy some! As I was sewing, I realized I had run out of interfacing. So, twist my arm, I returned to the fabric store, all three kids in tow. And as I am contemplating how much MORE Mario fabric to purchase, my son excitedly points out ANIMAL CROSSING fabric!!!! I LOVE that game!!!

So of course, I had to make room for some of that also. :) I don't think I have ever been so excited in one trip to the fabric store. I mean, obviously since I am a craftaholic, the fabric store ALWAYS excites me. But I think this is the coolest fabric I have ever found! So I decided to make some DS pouches for my online shop. I mean, since a DS is a Nintendo product, it seems fitting! :) So here are the mario, animal crossings and some sweet gnome pouches! Feel free to leave comments if you like!