Best Booties on the Block

I am infinitely proud of my these flipping awesome booties!

(I'm loving on the mustard yellow right now...)

They aren't too difficult, and are the perfect project for your leftover yarn

I got the pattern from a friend over at Little Birdie Secrets

She is amazing!

I know, I know, you are DYING for the pattern!

You can find it here

Try it out, you won't regret it...unless you try to fit the booties on your own feet...you might regret that.

Don't forget to leave a comment to praise my mad crocheting skills...because I happen to be a very vain person.

Every Baby needs a Beanie

At the beginning of the summer, I taught myself how to crochet baby beanies using Youtube as my main resource. Let me just say that I spent a lot of time learning what NOT to do.


After much trial and error, I've finally found the perfect pattern off the blog Little Birdy Secrets. It isn't too difficult if you know the basics to crocheting, it includes patterns for 0-3m 3-6m and 6-12m, and it isn't too expensive. Plus, you can sell the end product, as long as you site the source of the pattern. So that would be a win win win win....win.

I just hope more of my friends start having baby girls so I can make a few more of these cute hats!

Once again, if you would like the complete pattern, you can find it over at Little Birdy Secrets!

Tag....You're it....Blanket Style

Don't you love it when a simple, easy project takes a lot longer than your planned? This was my night. 

I've been seeing these super cute tag blankets all over the place. Each time I've seen one, my common thought has been "I can do WAY better than that". Yes, I am a little too prideful, but COME ON people, at least choose fabric that matches. 

I decided to get the blanket a try for 2 reasons:

#1 - I wanted to make a non-crocheted blanket for the first time...ever.

#2 - I loved the fabric and I was too selfish to completely give it up, and I knew that if I made a tag blanket, I could make it 1/2 the size, and therefore have 1/2 left for me (So I'm adding selfish to the list as well...)

My cousin's wife is having a little baby boy in a couple of weeks...and the cherry on top of the cake? Their theme is OWLS! Love it love it love it. 

The tag blanket I made is about 2 feet by 3 feet, with 34 pieces of ribbon (cut into 6 inch segments). The length of the blanket uses 9 ribbons, while the width of the blanket uses 8 ribbons. You can find the tutorial I used over at Pink Thumb. 

Here is the flip-side to the blanket...I kind of like it better, don't you??

I want to keep this something fierce....

My name is Steve.

And you can't do an owl theme without an tag owl plushy!! It may look impressive, but I was pretty lazy at this point, so I hot-glued the eyes and nose on....


You want one of these cute guys for yourself?? Here is the tutorial and pattern over at Rubber Punkin