Doodle-icious

I am trying to keep the creative juices flowing by doing something crafty/artsy everyday. It could be crochet, sculpey, scrapbooking, photography or doodles. I really don't think I am a good 2D artist, but I can doodle something cute now and then.

The past two days I have been completely hoarse with a sore-ish throat. Miss Ryan accused me of sounding like a monster, lol. Sadly she's not too far from the truth, I sound horribly croaky. I have tried all my "never fails" and they are failing, even Throat Coat tea isn't working. Now I'm just trying not to talk at all to try and heal/rest it up. Not an easy task with a maniacal 4 year old on the loose getting into everything. She totally knows I can't yell at her too, and she is taking full advantage of it. The up/downdownside of having smart children, they can read youlike a book and know how to get around you. LOL sad but true! One fun thing for me though, I bought the other ami pattern book I have been wanting RoxyCraft.com's book "Tiny Yarn Animals" it is full of CUTE little guys. Oh and lastnight I made my lil sis M a bday- pressie, she is obsessed with giraffes so I made one sans pattern. I hope she will love it, and I already know I have to make a second one for my other giraffe fan, Miss Ayla.

My new cute creations

I was bored yesterday so I made some salt dough and began making some little friends. Then I made a few more... and then it kind of snowballed and I have SEVERAL. I still have a huge mound of dough too so I will inevitably make more. I used a few of my pattern books for inspiration and made some "creepy cute" friends. I will post more pics later.

Tea for three.... then MELTDOWN!

Today I had a little princess tea party for Ryan and her two friends Mercuree and Giselle. So on went the dress-up dresses, make-up and crowns. Lots of ballet dancing and twirling. I made some peppermint tea, mini muffins and jam tarts. Fun, fun, fun!

All was going well until about an hour and a half into it when the sugar high they were on became a whirlwind crash and burn! As soon as it was time for someone to go home it was pre-school DRAMA! I became the worst mother in the world, lol. I have spent the last few hours being yelled at and being told "I don't care about you anymore!". How am I supposed to deal with a mini-me? Ahhh the joys of motherhood! Why did no one warn me about this part?

Lazy Sunday afternoon

So today we are just lounging around relaxing. Ofcourse while I relax I crochet so I made a new ami today. Amazon Princess, I'll be calling her Zena from now on. She is from the book, "Creepy Cute Crochet" by Christen Haden, I was talking about. Zena is the first I have attempted from the book and I am going to make some more today I think. They are just too cute to resist. Besides, I have nothing else to do but watch the kidlet run around naked like a crazy person.

Side note, we Netflixed 3 seasons of Gummi Bears and have been watching them back to back. I think I will have the theme song stuck in my head for AGES! I did forget what a cute show it is though and have been enjoying watching it.

Sigh, It's been a while.

So I haven't posted on here in forever. I haven't really had anything to say that I wanted anyone to read. Depression and anger have had a hold of me for quite a while as I have been really struggling through the loss of my mom. I still cry everyday and miss her even more. But life goes on they say and I am TRYING to move past/through it. I have started crocheting again which is a good sign. It makes me happy to create things and it takes my mind off of other pressing thoughts. I am really trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy, I know its been hard on my household. Especially Miss Ryan, she never knows when I am going to burst into tears or just freak out. She is always trying to be sweet and it IS sweet, but then she will say things like "I'm sorry your mommy died" its all I can do not to just break down sobbing. Ugh its so hard to try and stay a little bit strong for her, if I start crying then she starts crying and we both just end up crying for like an hour. Its rough! But I am making little strides and victories everyday, I don't instanly start crying when I see her pictures or look at the piano, so that has to go in the win column!

Anyway on a happier note I bought some new pattern books and have been getting back to making little friends for Ryan and her army of ami's. I really reccomend "Creepy Cute Crochet' by Christen Haden and "Amigurumi World, seriously cute crochet" by Ana Paula Rimoli. They are both SUPER cute and have really great patterns for both beginners and pro's! I can't wait to start some of the creepy ones, think I will start with the skelleton bride and groom, TOO CUTE! How can you not love little gothic ami's?