Beauty and All That Valentine's Day Giveaway

Sister site, Beauty and All That, is having a Valentine's Day Giveaway.. check it out here: Valentine's Day Giveaway!!
Entries close on February 12, 2010! Details in link above.

Prizes include inspired crafts from here :)

Hand knitted fingerless gloves

I received this beautiful pair of fingerless gloves last weekend! They make me want to re-learn how to knit and make such pretty things again.. I only know how to knit the basic stitches and even then, they don't look as professional. For now, I have these to enjoy! Thanks, E! :)

Lion Brand's Pond Friends Stacking Toy

Happy New Year!

If you have been following this blog, you know that I have been working like a busy bee on a crocheted baby toy. I am SO Happy to announce that it is completed! I worked on this before the baby was born and now that she is here, happy and healthy, she can finally play with this! Or at least look at it... :)

This is called the Pond Friends Stacking Toy (three rings stacked- a bumblebee, a lady bug and a dragonfly) from the Lion Brand Yarn free pattern collection. I actually found this from Joann.com but now that I have discovered Lion Brand's website and free pattern collection, I will be using them as a direct resource! Joann's website has changed a bit and has made the search for patterns a bit more difficult..

Picture from Joann.com


My version :)



If you want to make a Pond Friends Stacking Toy too, go to Lion Brand's website!!. Love them!

Polymer Clay Cookbook Review

One of my Christmas gifts (for myself) was the Polymer Clay Cookbook. This book is such a great book to learn how to make simple clay foods, such as ice cream cones, cupcakes, waffles, etc. I bought this book because I wanted something to have, hold and use as a reference while I make these charms. The pictures are great and the instructions are easy to follow!

Another reason I purchased this book is that this book provided instructions on how to make the jewelry aspect and not just how to make the charms. So I learned how to add those little hooks you see on the charm itself with silver wiring, and how to make them into rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc.



Since the holidays is almost over, and there's no point in making any Christmas/Holiday charms, I will focus on the next upcoming Holiday- Valentine's Day!

This book has a section on how to make those conversation hearts , so I will give them a try and make them for friends and perhaps giveaways! :)


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Crochet project- Baby Toy

I'm almost there.. I have started this project in October (according to my previous post) and the reason why this blog has been on a hiatus (among other reasons.) But I am almost finished. I started stuffing some of the pieces together and it is starting to look more together. Once I am done, I will post pictures of my works in progress and final project! Thanks to Lion Yarn (the yarn company) for the wonderful pattern!

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See you soon!

Clay Food - French Macarons

What are French Macarons? According to Wikipedia, they are a delicious pastry made of "egg whites, almond powder, icing sugar and sugar." They come in all sorts of colors too, so when you have a dozen of them, they look very pretty. I saw these at the Bastille Day Festival in NYC this summer and I decided to try and make my own! (Not to eat, of course. These are used only for decoration and charms!)

These were taken with my phone camera, which does not have flash. Sorry!



Here is my Clay Food workshop. As you can see I am using regular products, not fancy schmancy tools to make these items. For example, the pen is used as a rolling pin; the paper clip is used to give the macarons its rugged edges; the cap of the toothpaste is used to get the circular shape for the macarons. All you need are your hands to sculpt, clay for materials, and a plastic surface, otherwise everything will stick to your desk!

October Updates on Crafts

Hello Crafty and All That readers!

I am busy working on a craft- it's a rather complex project, with several pieces, to make a toy. I can't reveal what it is exactly but I can say that it will have three donut shaped items and is extremely adorable and suitable for babies! :)

Will update with some pictures soon.