New Use For Lego Minifig

I decided that a turkey meatloaf was in order for the bitter cold weather we've been experiencing.
But were to put the ring while my hands were wrist deep in squishy, meaty goodness?

Behold!

I just happened to have Mr. DJ man (series 8) sitting right by the sink! 

Those little guys are great for EVERYTHING!

Lego Displays/Painted Spice Rack!

I'm sure I've mentioned my love for Lego.
I have a specific love for what is known as the Lego Minifig.
Sigh...

When you get to a certain number of things in any collection you need SOMETHING to display/store them on/in. I chose to paint some spice racks in an obscene color of yellow.

Here they are naked

After 1st coat of acrylic paint.

After 2nd coat...

Perhaps a primer coat would've been prudent?

I'm sure there's some primer around here somewhere.

Why is it I have to relearn this lesson over and over?

Sheesh!

Minifig Bride HATES painting 4-5 coats of anything!

grrrr.

Crochet Lalaloopsy Hats!

I hooked up 5, count 'em 5, of these hats and I must say I'm pretty proud of me.
We have 5 little girl cousins all under the age of 9 around us for the holidays, so I thought in one way or another these would be enjoyed.

I went off of a basic hat pattern sized for kids and used Vanna's Choice in Beige for the skin.

The hair was made from whatever I had in my stash and ranged from Super Saver to Simply Soft. 

I can now say with complete confidence I can do a crochet spiral in my sleep!

For the eyes I used some BIG buttons, hot pink felt for the cheeks, and black worsted weight yarn for the mouths and eyelashes.

While I adore the idea of Lalaloopsy and the look being all crafty cool,

I'm not a fan of the full on plastic the dolls are constructed from. 

This was my compromise with Morgan...

not that she ever said she wanted one.

To be honest, I thought they could be made and I wanted the challenge.

As with Mount Everest, i did it because it was there.

heh heh.

C is for COOKIE!

Will did not have a scarf and was feeling a bit left out.
Will loves Cookie Monster.
Will also loves his MeeMaw's chocolate chip cookies...
This idea seemed to be a no brainer!

This was a pinterest inspired project and the original can be found here.

Velvetdragon over at craftster did the honors.

I love how the eyes turned out with the 2 different size buttons (thanks the Melissa!).

It gives him that koo koo for cookies gleam!

Little Fabric Basket

This is a little sewn basket I made for Aunt Nancy as a hostess gift for Christmas Day.
The measuring tape fabric is the very last remnant from a years ago purchase at Crafty Planet (LINK)...an awesome craft store in Minneapolis I wish I could visit WAY more often than I do.

The fabric basket tutorial can be found at the ever talented Leslie's Art and Sew Blog !

This is my "go to" pattern for a basket such as this. 

So well written and a very quick sew up too!

You can also find Leslie as Leslieshappyheart on Craftster.org often paired up with the 

amazing Susanab. They've been hosting so many amazing crafty swaps on the site.

Most times, I can't resist. 

First Linking Party!

I was dinking around on pinterest, big surprise... I know.
I discovered this site "Sew Many Ways"...
She has lots of organizing ideas, blogging tips, and tutorials. Just about everything, right?

Well, there was this thing called a "Linking Party" that looked interesting and I'm kind of all about trying new things with my blog so I thought I'd give it a whirl.

Hope I did everything right. (tee hee)

Happy New Year!

So, it's officially 3:04 in the morning and officially the year 2013.
I'm not awake because of any awesome celebrating or whoopin' it up with champagne.
My Will has some kind of post nasal drip thing (most of the family has now caught a cold that like a Christmas fruitcake, no one wants but it gets passed around anyway) and his stomach muscles hurt from all the coughing he's doing.

Let me repeat that.

The poor 3 year old's stomach muscles hurt. Not his nose, not a sore throat, not even an icky tummy due to drainage...

He's breaking my heart and is SO my handsome New Years Date.

Will this fall at the Pride Fest Parade