Snow Day IceCream

Hello friends. :)

Like many of you, we just had a new fresh snow leaving several inches of snow on the ground. I was looking at cheezburger.com and the inner site called Must Have Cute and found someone who blogged about having a snow Ice cream day. So decided to try it. Used fresh (still falling) snow from our patio railings and my 3 yr old nephew helped out. It is super easy. All you need it : Fresh snow, milk, sugar, something for taste (vanilla) and food coloring.

Here are a few pictures of my modeling nephew afterward.

 He wanted to mix all the colors in his..

Yummmmmmy :)





Needs more sprinkles....

Pretty yummy, but tip. If you put it back in the freezer, you can prob put it in less than an hour because it freezes pretty hard. Just add some more milk to soften it up.

ravelry swaping

Hello fellow bloggers. I thought I would mention what is going on this weekend. I belong to this awesome site for all knitters and crocheters. It's called Ravelry and in it you can join groups where you can join in swaps.. with different themes and fun people. At the moment I am in the cute and quirky group and our swap theme is kawaii critters. The mod of this fun blog is Jordon and she also has a pretty nice blog you can check out.

My swap partner is Rinibugg and so far having a fun time putting things together. Will not mention what in case she wonders upon here and her surprise is spoiled. But I will post pics once She has received her parcel.

I was in another swap called Ho Ho Ho for Christmas, and my swapper turned out to be naughty :( Luckily I had amazing angels to send me things.

Wendy sent me the Stitch n Bitchin crochet book I been wanting.

Nikoline  sent me an amazon book, the girl who played with fire.

knittinkatz sent me a lovely package with so much goodies in it, I will just post a picture.------>













That is all for now, but will be posting again real soon with our first SnowDay IceCream. :)

Etsy top picks of the day

So I have rekindled my love for etsy and thought I'd share a few shops that I think are on my top list and favorites. You can never go wrong with something hand made that is also cute and useful! Win Win! So here is my top uber cute handmade goodies. :)

Sleepyrobot13 is first today on my list. She hand makes the cutest robots (along with a few other things such as zombie toast) they are all hand done and adorable. Everything from nerdy robot, zombie robot, girly to custom made items such as robots wearing a panda suit! These are something I would want to collect and have them all!












Next up is sophiesbeads. Her main seller is her custom made book charms.Perfect for any book lover! The details on the miniature books are so amazing it looks as if she just literally shrunk your favorite book! She is very friendly and helpful and makes custom orders as well, adding on beads and charms to the bracelet. She has also done a few other custom orders such as making a mini guitar hero! so whether its a book lover or a gamer, this could be the perfect buy.

Third on my list is KMStudioDOTcom . She takes recyling pop cans and turns them into something useful and oh so cute! She has made book marks, hello kitty necklaces, dragonfly hair clips and so much more using your favorite can of diet mountain dew or maybe Arizona tea.

And last but not least is TwinkieChan . She takes yummy food and crocheting to the next level! Love sushi? why don't you show that love off with a sushi scarf!Or how about a cupcake hat? The choices are almost endless with tons of yummy breakfast dinner and desert items you can wear! She also has a book out , twinkie chans crochet goodies for fashion foodies Which will let you make these yummy wearable yourself!















Who's on your top list?

Cruching and crocheting

So it is finally the new year! that means Christmas is over and luckly got all my crocheting done. Next time will start earlier! Also trying to "crunch away" all those holiday sweets and over eating!


Though recently I made a late Christmas present for my friend Jacob :) He made me a picture so I made him a beanie. It is a basic "skater" beanie but thought I'd share the pattern I used with you incase you wanted to make a quick project for a friend in these cold times...

This is the first time I ever written a pattern and I also done this pattern just at the top of my head so wrote down out of memory. Let me know if anything is wrong. Thanks!

Materials 

• Gray medium weight yarn
• Black medium weight yarn
• crochet hook size #
• stitch marker

You are working in the round.  place a stitch marker at the end of your row each time so you know when to start a new row.



1Using Gray yarn.Start off with a magic ring, or just chain 1 SC 6 and Slip Stich into the second stitch to make a circle.
2. 2SC in each stich (12)
3.Increase ,sc next stitch. Repeat till end of round
4. 'Increase, sc in the next 2 sc ' repeat till end
5. Inc, sc in next 3 sc . repeat
6. Inc, sc in next 4 sc. repeat
7. Inc, sc in next 5 sc . repeat
8.Inc, sc in next 6 sc. repeat
9. Sc around
10. Inc sc in next 7 sc. repeat
11. Inc sc in next 8 sc. repeat
12. Inc, sc in next 9 sc. repeat
13. Inc, sc in next 10sc repeat
14. Inc, sc in next 11 sc . repeat
15. Inc. sc in next 12 sc. repeat
16. Inc, sc in next 13 sc. repeat till end of row.
(now this is about as big as I made mine, I think it fits most peoples heads)
17- 29 sc around(this depends on how long you want it, try it on every couple of rows and see where you want it to stop. If you get closer to wanting to stop before you reach the end of the pattern just start to sc with the black.)
30 . switch to black sc around
31-32. (black) sc around
33. switch to gray. Sc around
34-36. (gray) sc around
37. Switch to black sc around. Slip stitch together and FO.

Swap Question and Answers

Swap Partner Questions

Favorite color: Pink and neon/hot green. Also like black and silver and green,light/aqua blues, bright purples.but any fun color makes me happy.

Favorite colors to wear: greens(more darker not neons), browns, black, blue (im a red head so those colors seem to work best)

Favorite music: Country, rap/hiphop some rock. I pretty much just look up top 20 songs and listen to them. lol.

Favorite movies: How the Grinch stole Christmas(have it), Twilight series,  comedies, mystery, suspense.

Favorite tv shows:Criminal minds, Pretty little liars,House, Teen Wolf, Switched at Birth, Nine lives of Chole King,  Phinese and Ferb =], again comedies, suspense, mystery and cartoons. lol

Favorite books: Murder Mystery, (see a pattern? lol) And R.L Stine books (fear street), Twilight(but have them all ) The Hunger games series. To see a better list of my books check out my amazon book wish list 
or goodreads which has the books I have read or have but haven't read yet but want to read (and they are in order of what I would like to read first the most :) )

Favorite Food:Chinese, pumpkin(rolls, pie, cookies!) Cheese cake, Chocolate and peanut butter(especially together like reecses, or peanut m&ms)


Favorite animal(s): Owl, Penguins, Zebras, dogs. Woodland(like Foxea) and sea creatures and Cute baby animals too.. lol

Favorite drinks: Tea,coffee, Hot coco (we use to have all sorts of flavors -like butterfinger  and one that tasted like smores. yum!!- but they stopped selling around here so would love to get some more :(, Diet Mountain Dew.

Least favorite foods: Dont think mint and chocolate mixed. its just not right to me. lol not a huge coconut fan or onions, and also dont care much for ginger bread.

Favorite items to crochet/knit: little aguraiums

Do you prefer whimsical or realistic?: I like cute things more then realistic when it comes to crocheting.

what do you wear most during the winter season : Slouchy beanies, fingerless mittens/hobo mittens, boots, sweaters.scarvs.cowls. knee high socks. I like to layer

Have any hobbies: Reading, movies,crocheting, crafting, like girly spa moments (nails, face mask etc.) and food :)

If so anything you would like to receive to help with the hobbies?:crocheting : yarn of any kind or color. Would love to expand my collection with colors and brands, stitch makers, Row counter,Hooks. I also would like to learn new crafts such as knitting, screen printing etc. so any start/beginner kits would be awesome!

Have any pets?:A yorkie named Bailey and her little girl named Snookie.

If so what would make them happy to receive?:Dog and puppies would love some toys and treats.

If you was to receive a wearable item, which size would you need?(s/m/l/xl) Sweater M.- hat M/L(perfer them to be loose and slouch).-gloves(perfer hobo ro convertable..I have a touch screen phone so need to use my fingers)  M/ .-socks S/M.-shoes woman size US 6 1/2 - 7 wide.

Anything else you can think of:
 I love Christmas.. like I look forward to it in July, Especially if its The Grinch. Also like plushies/stuffed animals (kid at heart), I collect coffee/tea mugs, M&M items(especially the green girl)And Grinch items , for the most part if you use my 2 favorite colors I will love it lol. And "cozies" would be cute.. for anything..laptop(17.3''), drinks, tissues, ipod,sunglasses, etc. I also like candles with warm scents(pumpkin spice, grandmas sugar cookies, peacan pie)  and think it would be fun to get something from where you live (mug/shirt/etc). LOL.You can check out my etsy shop favs, since I love things hand made. Makes it feel special. :)

Christmas Decorations.

Hello happy hookers out there :)

I have been working on a few things for Christmas, Including some small Christmas tree decorations.
Such as...

• Stocking
• Snow man
• Sweater
• Christmas hat
• heart
• cup cake

And soon will be adding...

• mistletoe
• poinsettia
• Santa clause
• Christmas presents
• Ginger bread men
• Others

I am also working on a few side items and presents such as

• Mittens for mom
• dish clothes for dad and his wife
• Camo blanket for brother
• Teddy bear for nephew
• Pillows (sewn) for mom
• coasters
• A few stuffed amigurumi items for others
• Santa slippers for self
• Christmas stocking for our dog
• Christmas treats for dog
• And some Christmas gifts for my secret swapper on raverly
• ear warmers 
• can cozy
• turtle rattle for friends baby
• rolly polly cat for friends nephew

 Along with any thing else I decided to make in between time, which will hopefully be a lot :)

I will post pictures, links and patterns to all these as they get done and I have time.


Hope you subscribe and wait to see :D

(will add pictures and links here soon to finished projects and will keep adding when more are done)

Survey

Favorite color:

Favorite colors to wear:

Favorite music:

Favorite movies:

favorite tv shows:

Favorite Food:

Favorite animal(s):

Favorite holiday drink:

Favorite items to crochet/knit:

Do you prefer whimsical or realistic?:

what do you wear most during this season (hats, scarvs,etc):

Have any hobbies:

If so anything you would like to recieve to help with the hobbies?:

Have any pets?:

If so what would make them happy to recieve?:

If you was to recieve a wearable item, which size would you need?(s/m/l/xl) Sweater/ hat /gloves/ socks /shoes

Anything else you can think of:

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