Freebie Friday!

It was a long week, so lets wrap it up with a giveaway! 
I made this cute set so its unisex . . . . the flower is on a button and comes right off so it can be a boy hat.  SUper bright and fun, this will chase the winter blahs off mighty quick.  ;)  Its a 2T/3T set and the hat could probably fit a smaller 4 year old as well. 

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Winner will be drawn tomorrow at 10 am MDT. 
If you live outside the US/Canada, you'll need to pay $4 shipping. 
Thanks! 

A baby gift . . .

Some of you know, its the year of the baby in my extended family . . . so many babies! I think (haven't heard for sure - other than they were being induced!) that my cousin and his wife had a new baby boy last week! They live in a place known for cold winters, so I made him this little hat.
The front

The back

A close up of the stitch detail.

Love, love, love little baby hats!

The Whale Beanie

I've had an idea to put a whale on a sun hat, and i got the perfect opportunity to practce my whale stitching skills on this custom order!
The whale has a hand stitched grin, eye, and spout of water.

Light blue with white stripe and edging to add interest to the body of the hat.

Thanks for having me make this, Meagan!

Etsy Sweethearts - Wee Bee Uniques by Julie

Remember I told you I'd been the lucky recipient of some unexpected and very sweet gifts from my new friends? Well, Julie of Wee Bee Uniques had me pick out a couple favorites from her shop as a gift to Big Mac! She also sent shedding snakes for Crazy Pants, but he must love them a lot because he hid them from me and won't let me take a picture. lol! Here's my baby in his brown bear hat with orange stripes . . .
This is only his fourth or fifth time trying on a hat, so forgive the confused expression!

And this is the photo prop hat we picked. Isn't it sooooo cute? Big Mac has an extraordinary noggin (96th percentile!) and my hubby loves these hats so much, he told me not to hand them down to another baby, but keep them for the next. He's a fan of Julie's now for sure!

You can check out Julie's work on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/moandozzy#!/pages/WeeBeeUniquesByJulie/144670929989?ref=ts

Or on Etsy:

http://weebeeuniquesbyjulie.etsy.com/

http://weebeephotoprops.etsy.com/

Please do drop by! She does amazing work and is so very kind!

A Custom Order - Dress, Hats, Hair Accessories!

Jennifer of Doodle Bug Boutique (you can find her store on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Doodle-Bug-boutique-and-more/122572481103173 ) Fell in love with a hat and a dress and combined them to have me make this fun toddler dress!
Here's the hat she ordered to match.
And these are the matching hair elastics on toddler-sized elastics.

A toddler size rose head band to match that dress!

And boys deserve great crochet too! A hat for her son.

Thanks so much Jennifer! I hope you AND the kids love it!

Baby Gift

This is a big summer (and fall!) for having babies in my extended family! waiting for my own baby can be a little . . . frustrating . . . so crochet has been a good distraction! I was able to finish this set for my cousin's baby, scheduled to arrive the first week of July!


The baby's momma requested blue and brown, so I stitched up this 0-3 month size set.

Brown cotton baby shoes with ankle straps, blue buttons, and verigated toe tops.

Blue cotton visor sun hat with verigated band and brown accents.

Hopefully she likes it!

Etsy Baby Shower!

Those of you who see my posts on Facebook may have heard about Etsy Baby Shower. Its a fun little, well, baby shower for Etsy users! If you use Etsy, are expecting, and have made at least 5 Etsy purchases, you can recieve 4 baby gifts from participating Etsy sellers with big hearts and talented hands! I am one of the summer recipients. I got some amazing items I plan to photograph and blog, and will do so after baby arrives! (More fun to have pictures with baby in them!) I also decided to be a participating shop and offered to do two baby gifts. I got assigned to give two gifts, one for a boy, one for a girl, for a momma to be of TWINS! I've been crazy busy filling orders before baby, but she's been so sweet and patient and the hats are done! I just need to package them up and take them to the box. Here's what they look like!
They're both 100% cotton sun hats and slightly smaller than my standard newborn size (becuase twins are tiny when they make their appearance!) but they should fit the babies for 3 months or more. Crochet stretches. :)

This is the boy one . . . . it's bright blue with a verigates yellow, blue, and green band with green borders.

Up close shot of the visor part. :)

Here is the girl hat! I used the same green for borders because I wanted them to "go together" without being too matchy. This one is bright pink with a pink, orange, yellow, and green band. I also added a yellow flower and ruffle brim.

These were so fun to plan and make! If you're interested in being a recipient or participating shop for Etsy Baby Shower, check out http://etsybabyshower.blogspot.com . It is so fun!

Starfish on the Beach!

When I made my first starfish hat, I really thought it was a risk. My hubby thought it looked weird. But it has been my most popular hat! Even overshadowing the ladybug hat! Here are a couple off-Etsy hats I've completed . . . .

This first one is for my friend at http://lilikin14.etsy.com in a 12 to 18 month size.

She request the "top secret" buttons. :) (I've had to remove them from hats for children under 3 years due to federal regulations . . . if you get buttons on a hat for your tot, just be sure to check for loose ones before handing the hat over. My son wears his button hat a lot and we've yet to loose a button!)

This one is for my cutie pie nephew. I made it for his first birthday, which is actually this weekend, but since they were on vacation at the beach last week, he got it early. :)

I can do any color of starfish. So far the most popular are the red and orange. I've done a purple one as well (you waterfront folks know that purple ones are actually pretty common!)

Patriotic Finds - Weekend Wonder

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3997676&id=191942987248Hello! So sorry I missed doing Weekend Wonder last week . . . . my sweet, sweet customers have been keeping my mind of pregnancy aches and pains with lots of pretty custom orders! Today I am not featuring just one shop. The 4th of July is a big holiday at our house, and I
m not sure how much blogging I'll be doing end of June, so I wanted to show off some patriotic favorites now! Memorial Day is coming, after all!

First up, this gorgeous headband OR necklace (you can wear it either way!) by Creations by Eileen:
http://creationsbyeileen.etsy.com
My favorite thing about this piece is the cute little stars! http://www.etsy.com/listing/46461310/patriotic-red-white-and-blue-wire

Next up is a fellow Utah Etsy Team member - this is GORGEOUS hand-crafted fine jewelry. Not just pretty jewelry, the real stuff!
http://galleonsgold.etsy.com
Beautiful gold eagles on earrings and a gorgeous necklace!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/43914316/eagle-dangling-earring-with-necklace-set

Next is a super patriotic set by Claire's Bowtique!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3997676&id=191942987248#!/pages/Allegan-MI/Claires-Bowtique/191942987248
Cute headband, sweet top, fun flip flops and a fluffy tutu! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3997676&id=191942987248

These sweet booties are from a fellow Etsy Fiber Arts Team (FAST) member!
http://ohbabydotcom.etsy.com

I love the little star button! http://www.etsy.com/listing/46260640/yankee-doodle-dandy-cotton-baby-booties

Ok, the last one is mine. :)

http://moandozzy.etsy.com

Patriotic hat for a baby girl! The toddler boy version will be coming up later this week! http://www.etsy.com/listing/45346793/crochet-flower-sun-hat-for-baby-girl

Enjoy your patriotic holidays!

Custom Sun Hats

My friend from Claire's Bowtique has 3 fun boys and one sweet baby girl, so she ordered these sun hats to help keep them cool and shady this summer! Each hat is 100% cotton with the exception of the red starfish on each starfish hat. The acrylic yarn makes a much more interesting starfish for some reason. :)


Ladybug sun hat sized for 9 - 15 months.

Starfish sun hat for 12-24 months.

Starfish sun hat for 4 - 6 years

Starfish sun hat for 6-8 years.

All three little boy sun hats lined up. So fun!
Thanks for having me make these for your adorable family!
Be sure to visit Claire's Bowtique on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Allegan-MI/Claires-Bowtique/191942987248 ! There are fun hair bows, flip flops, tutus, shirts, onsies, and more! Amiee can even customize an item to match your favorite hat from my shop . . . she's very talented!

Babies Everywhere!

There are an impressive number of new additions coming to my extended family this summer and fall. I'm first - due in early June with my second boy, and then we've got another boy coming in June, 2 boys in July, a baby in August, twins in September (if she can keep them in that long!), baby in October, and two in November. Wow! So, all this babiness warrants some off Etsy projects for my cousins and sister in laws! Of course, should you fall in love, I'll be happy to make something and put it on Etsy for you. :o)

First up are big brother, little brother Raiders inspired hats for my cousin.
The black one is for a 7 year old and the grey for a 6 month old.

Next, my sister's best friend (and cousin's wife!) lives just 5 minutes away and is just 4 weeks behind me. We even go to the same clinics and have our appoinments usually a half hour apart. Its been fun to be pregnant at the same time. She choose the colors for her sweater.

Its a 6 month size and very warm and chunky, as its pretty tough still to find chocolate baby yarn. Even though it is SO CUTE!

The caterpillar hat was a surprise extra. I LOVE caterpillar hats.

Custom Sweater Set

I am one lucky crafter! A sweet fellow Etsian asked me to make a sweater set for her one year old, similar to the one in my shop. We choose a pink and lavender theme with white accents. It turned out so precious!
The set includes a matching sweater and hat with a rose that can button onto either piece. I really like the fan stitch I use in the girl version of the sweater.

The back of the sweater . . .

The sweater with the rose on it from the front . . .

And the cute hat with the rose on it!

Thanks for having me make this! I really enjoyed doing it and can't wait for it to get to you! Be sure to check out HER cute shop at http://tutubugs.etsy.com .

SO MUCH CLEARANCE!

When I started using Etsy, I wasn't in the know about ANYTHING, really, so I would list a bunch of hats all at once. I've learned that listing one a day is better for getting traffic to the site, but for now, this means when I have an item nearing the expire date, I have a lot of them expiring the same day! In theory, I can just relist these, but man, I can't ever do it. I usually want to take better pictures and re-write descriptions and more . . . so if anyone has had their eye on these items, you can get them for 25% off the original price and save me the re-writing! ;)
I made this pair of hats when I was just starting to use Etsy. The dark blue one is sized for daddy and the light blue one for his favorite little buddy.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33798886

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=33799162

This camo hat is a men's size. My hubby still has one I made for him a few years ago. He loves it. My brother still wears his I made for him like, 5 years ago! I should really make him a new one.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=33799460

And I did this long spiral hairtie from some extra adorable yarn I had just a bit of. Your little girl could wear this with just about everything!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=33825128

Like I said, a ton of clearance!