DIY Shoes For The American Girl Doll

Hello,

I took a break from crocheting and made this adorable shoes for Faye American Girl doll.  It took me a few hours just to make the shoe sole and liner templates.  The shoes have left and right size.

There is a lady on youtube channel that made all kind of doll shoes.  She made the most adorable doll shoes on the web.

Thanks for checking in with me again!

Helen

Pink Flower Crochet Afghan Finished - Yay!

Hello,

 I  finished this afghan a few weeks ago.  It measure approximately 50" x 70".  There are 70 crochet blocks.

I added a row of half double crochet around the border.  It looks like I weaved ribbon around the afghan.

 
I really like how it turned out but I should have use softer yarns.  You can get this  pattern from  here.
For those who wondering, it took me about 10 days to make this.  I used 9 skeins Red Heart super saver, 7 skeins  Aron, 1 skein Tea leaf , and 1 skein light pink plus a little Shocking pink scarp yarn for the center.

Update on this afghan,  this is going to be a big one.  I wanted it at least 90" x 90"  and I needed about 250 crochet blocks. Yike!

I am almost done.  I need 50 more crochet blocks but ran out of yarns.  Luckily, yesterday I received Joann Fabric flyer and there were five 50% off coupons that I can use.  Don't you just love that!

Well, that it for now, until next time....

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Helen

MonoGram Note Cards

Hello,

I made these for Katie at Westie Julep.

Katie sew American girl doll clothes and donated them to rescue groups.  She also practice random act of kindness.   Faye is one lucky girl to receive some of Katie beautiful doll clothes.  Thank you Katie.

These are simple  one side note cards but can also turn over if extra writing space is needed.

Helen

I'm Back

Hello Blogger Friends,

Normally I would say "it is so good to be back home" but not this time.  There are just so many things to do that the thought of coming home was a little hesitant. 

We went to Florida for the grand opening of the Atlantis visitor complex at the Kennedy Space Center. I wanted to see what $100 million exhibit looks like.  It was nice to see the history was being made.  Here is a link to the new visitor complex.     The list mentioned  60 interactive activities.  We will have to go back there again because we only saw a few.

Here is the entrance to the Atlantis visitor complex.  Very pretty, but I didn't take this picture, hehehehe.

Here is another link that describe each exhibit and this one here show some cool pictures of the exhibit.

There are stations for landing the Atlantis (as in video game).  I tried a few times and I failed of course.  My three kids got it on their first try.
Here is Faye landing the atlantis.

One last item I'd to share is this T-shirt and look at the price, $69.99 for a T-shirt! and don't forget to add the 6% taxes. My entire wardrobe cost about that much. lol Really.

I'm hoping to get back to some paper crafting soon.  Until then .....

Helen

Crochet Hangers Cover For 18" Doll Clothes/ Tutorial

Hello,

Faye's doll, Saige, has collected some wardrobe from Katie at Westie and Julp.  I made these hangers inspired from here.  I couldn't do the regular triangle shape hangers so I made them kind of rectangle shape.

I hot glued the bead and the crochet heart and flowers to cover up the raw (spelling?) edges.  I think they added a nice finish to the hangers too.

To make the hanger I bought a roll of 16 gauge wire from the Home Depot.  I think the roll has 200 yards of wire and it was less than $7. 

To do the hanger I measured 5 1/2 inches (6 inches was a better one) on the edge of a piece of wood scrap and  drew the hanger shape.  Then I put a few nails around the drawing. I wrapped the wire (about 20")  around the nails and  gave a few twists at the joining.

Took the hanger off the nails

 I used two pieces of PVC pipes (pull against opposite end) to straighten the hangers.

The doll clothes slipped right off the hangers so I single crochet around the hangers.  I think they turned out adorable and so girlies.

I will be taking a break and will be back July 8th.

Happy crafting!

Helen

A Quick Thank You Card

Hello,

Sharing a quick thank you card.

The vase was made from a small oval punch.  The stamp was from stamping up.

Helen

A Surprised Package For Faye

Hello,

Last week Katie at Westie and Julp surprised us with another package for Faye.  Isn't Faye one lucky girl?
Look what are in the package.  Summer clothes and accessories for her AG dolls.  How cute are they! I made the hangers and I will share them in another post.

Every time Faye opened the package that Katie sent her, she tried  the clothes on her doll and played with it. I forgot to take the picture then.    I found the pair of sock but when I needed them for picture I forgot where I put it.   Does that consider short term memory lost? (lol)

Thank you so much Katie for another lovely surprised.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Helen