Showing posts with label Twilight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twilight. Show all posts

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Playing With Dolls

I have been having so much fun making dolls lately. As I was finishing an Elf Boy for Griffin after the felting workshop I went to last month, I realized that I had sewn, crocheted and felted dolls, just in the past month! First I helped my friend Bambi throw a Yo Gabba Gabba birthday party for her two year old. Along with Carissa, we had a "sweatshop" going in my craftroom that week, preparing kits for each kid to build their own Monster Dolls inspired by the birthday boy's favorite show. The kids stuffed their monsters and stuck on eyes and mouths cut from sticky felt. Then the moms sewed up the side seam and they were done.
Then I whipped up a couple of crocheted "Bella & Edward" dolls for Bambi's birthday. Inspired by a book called Creepy Cute Crochet, I made them my own by adding a tailcoat (proper for a turn of the century vampire), as well as Bella's dress, braided hair and saphire & silver hair combs, as described in the Twilight book series. My 3 1/2 year old insisted the vampire needed a little blood by his mouth. (Is it wrong that he can tell you what vampires and zombies eat?). And finally, my needle felted Elf Boy. This was the second workshop I have gone to with haddy2dogs, and my first time trying needle felting over a wire frame, so his arms and legs can bend. As soon as he was finished Griffin took his Elf Boy to play with, so I was only recently able to get photos of him. I now have materials to make 2 completely different types of dolls which I hope to make in the next month... so stay tuned for more...

Thursday, January 29, 2009

A Very Crafty Christmas

So it has been over a month since Christmas, but I had so much fun making most of my Christmas presents this year that I just had to share. Just got a new computer so now I can include pics.

My playgroup exchanged handmade gifts this year. I made
Crocheted Face and Dish Scrubbies in each of their favorite colors. I received a cross stitched bookmark, mixes in a jar & bag, & a yummy quiche! The one different gift I made was for Bambi, the Twilight fanatic who got a crocheted hat inspired by one Bella wears in the movie.

My friend at Sunshine Salad makes lovely organic cotton Dishtowels. She has a great eye for combining fabrics. I crocheted some organic cotton Dishcloths & Sponges for her to give her family which I traded for sets of her towels.
Then I crocheted cotton cloths & sponges to give to my family along with her towels - yellow lemons to go with lemon fabric and blue & green flowers to go with the flower fabric.


I crocheted hats and scarves for several others. My favorites, another Bella hat for my 18 year old cousin and a crazy, fuzzy snowboarding hat for her 20 year old brother. I never know what to make either of them, but she's a huge Twilight fan and he picked the yarn out himself. Wonder if they'll actually wear them?