A new week waiting to begin...

Well, the weekend is over and I worked both days.I am not complaining because last week I had some days off and I spend it, cleaning, clearing up, updating my webshop and crocheting.
I started on Fuzzy Bunny hats for Blythe Dolls again. Easter is coming up and they fly out of the door.

 

 Sold two already.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Made this one yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

I've created a lovely Easter Garland

 



So you see, Ive been quite the little worker. 

 

 

I also listed Friendship bracelets in my Etsy Shop. (Bracelets by Wendy)( http://www.etsy.com/shop/TeenyWeenyDesign?section_id=12293754 

She hopes to put some money to her study piggybank with the sales.

 

 

 

Here are some examples...

 

 

And these are the ones on sale...

 

 

These have 5 vibrant colours and measure 23 cm in length and 12 mm in width

 

 

Aren't they wonderful? In the shop you can view them a bit bigger. They are all made perfectly neatly in a smoke free enviroment and made with 100 % mercerised cotton yarn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful dresses...

It's freezing outside but it's warm inside. I have finally  photographed the finished dresses for BJD's.
Boy, what a labour intesive work this is. First taking pictures, uploading, resizing. Then I have to list them in my Etsy Shop. Put a discription with it (in Dutch and English).
It takes hours and the day is gone before you know it.

  

PukiFee

 

 

 

 

LittleFee

 

 

 

I also made a long Garland with Rainbow coloured Hearts

 

 

 

 

And I cut a piece of oilcloth fabric (Cath Kidston, Circle Ditsy) to size, for my little cupboard next to my kitchen.

The little blue tin was my mothers and is probably as old as I am. We kept little sweets in it.

 

 

 

Last saturday I helped my sister (who has moved to a new house in Zwolle) to put a nice cabinet together.

I put the back and the doors in the lower part and put the whole upper part together. I have a blister from the scewdriver in the palm of my hand to prove it,  but the result is wonderful.

 

 

 

The day before we ate at a sushi restaurant (MINOYU in Zwolle) and I enjoyed it immensely

It was made very fresh and you sure could taste that.

 

 

Later that evening we went to a theatre performance of the Carpenstars.

It was a show, set in a kind of Meet and Greet with Karen Carpenter. There were two women who played Karen, one played Karen who told her life story. And one sang Carpenter songs. Very nicely done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Year, New designs

With Christmas, NewYear and my Birthday over it is time for some new things.
The next festivity is Easter and also Spring is coming. So I'm inspired making things for this.
After a  period of cold, frost and snow, the temperature went up and now it is windy and rainy. I'm not bothered. I love nothing more than to sit and crochet while the weather outside is faul.

Here are some pictures from last sunday, when the last snow fell before the thaw set in.
They are taken from my attic window.

 

 

 

More News!! My sister has moved out. She lived with me for about 7 months after her house had sold (yeah, fantastic in the credit crunch!!) And her new house not ready yet.

But in december she received the key and two weeks later she moved in!

First time opening the front door!

 

Inspecting the kitchen with other sister.

 

 

 

 

 

So now I'm Queen of the house again and loving it!

 

 

 

About crocheting;
I have been muddling making a crochet birdy, which is different than all the others I see online. I succeeded in that (well I think so)
I'm totally hooked on crocheting birdies now and I already made two garlands. They are available in my Etsy Shop (https://www.etsy.com/listing/122327139/garland-birdies-and-daisies)

 

Isn't it a cutie!!

 

 

 

I also started making hats for LittleFee Dolls again and finished two of them.

 

 

 

 

 

Also clothes for PukiFee are in the making, I sometimes wished I had more sets of hands!

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Only 7 days 'till XMAS

 

 

 

 

 

Finally sorted all the items from the Christmasmarket and packed it into a box until next year.

 

 

I have sold all the little Jars with my homemade Port-Balsamic Jelly (a condiment for cheese and paté) in a giftbag. The little boxes with candles were a succes too and the readymade Spice mix for Gingerbreadman went very good as well.

With a little tasting tester, people loved it!

 

 

Overall it was a succes!

 

 

I would like to wish everyone

 a very Merry, Blessed Christmas

 and a Healthy, Hopefull and Happy New Year!!

Best Wishes,

Adrianne

 

 

Very short update...

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat...

I'm busy making all kinds of handmade things to sell at a (very small) local Christmas market on December 16th. It is held at a petting zoo.
I finished these little wooden boxes yesterday.
I covered them with, candy stripey, crochet and put a holly leaf (Thanks to a tutorial from Lucy of Attic 24) on the lid.
Then I put two little candles in the box and it will make a lovely little present.

 

 

 

 I couldnt resist to decorate the aluminium holders with a bit of tape!

 

 

 

 

 

Here's one in Cath Kidston colours.

 

 

 

                       

     

 

I also filled some glass jars with an all ready to use Gingerbread spice mix.

 Here there are two of them. I've crocheted a top to fit over the cork stopper, and made a Fimo (polymere) gingerbread man to hang from a candy striped cord, together with a little bell.

 

 

 

 

I will sell them (I hope) together with a sheet with a Gingerbreadman recipe.

 

 

 

Wow, has it been away that long??!

Just saw the date above my last blog. It really has been too long.

Is everybody doing fine?? From today I have 9 glorious days of work (Dutch Railways)
so I can do whatever creative job I want to do.

The last two days at work were very busy and restless. A broken down switch on the tracks ment people had to take another route and when the switch was mended and everything  was going normal again (for 45 minutes), there was a collision with a person on the same stretch. A day later the same switch was broken down again so people were getting a bit annoyed by it. Very understandable.

And  someone decided to test if, when we are without power, the reserve power will come on. Only they forgot to tell everyone they were testing it and 7 of the eight sellingpoints were out of order. I was the only one who could sell traintickets. It only lasted for 10 minutes or so. Then it happened 15 minutes later again; then they turned the normal power on again.
But, hey, it is no New York where it took 14 day for the power to come back.

On the blog I can finally see the followers again!
I saw I have 99 followers. I am very honoured that all of you want to keep up to date with my blog.

I have started with some Chistmas crochet and crocheted a garland.
It is 185 cm long (which is nearly 73 inches) Every little heart has a little bell attached to it.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/115031070/christmas-garland

 

I'm still busy working on Christmas ornaments. I would have loved to show you some, but it is too dark to take pictures at this moment, and I don't want to flash. So they are coming soon!!

I have to make a start with my christmas cards too. I want to do something with crochet and I am still chewing it through what they should look like.

 

I'm also reinspired to make little outfits for BJD like Lati and PukiFee, so busy with that too. Here are some examples of dresses I made earlier this year.

For those who don't know these dolls; they are Ball Jointed Dolls and about 16 cm high

 (6 inch). So you can imagine how fidgety the crochet is.

 

   

Butterfly on my head

 

 

 

Poppy

 

 

 

Ballet Girl

 

Warm Winter Pink

 

 

And for even smaller dolls (PukiPuki doll) only 11 cm (4 inch)

 

 

 

 

That's it for now, more coming soon.....