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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Hippity Hoppity....and a Free Pattern

You're never too old for an Easter basket. Specially when they're cute mini baskets!

**WARNING** Cuteness overload ahead. These baskets are so adorable, your teeth will hurt!

Told you!

You can fit more than you would think.

Can't say I didn't warn you...

If you've got a ridiculous amount of different colors of Easter grass hanging around your house, <ahem!> you can even make them tone on tone.

Cute or OCD? I can't decide....Cute!

If you can fpdb and bpdc, it's not too late to make these. Each one only takes under 1 hour to make. The pattern is created by the brilliant mind behind Many Creative Gifts and is FREE on Ravelry.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!
Cherish

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Daffodil Corsages - Just in Time for Easter

After making a handful of daffodil pins, I decided I wanted to try to make an actual corsage. Something more like the flowers we would buy our Mom and Grandmothers for Easter and Mother's Day.

To do so, the stem would need to be longer and I would need a bow. Luckily, my Mom taught me how to tie a florist bow ages ago. A little floral wire and...ta da!

Pattern by Melbangel.

I made a bunch of these. A whole crop!

And they'll be packaged like this:

Just like it came from a florist.

As is typical for me, no two are exactly alike.

Can you spot the tri-colored daffodil? Out of all the dozens of daffodils, it's the only one with 3 colors.

I've started listing these in my Etsy shop. More will be added every day this week. There's still plenty of time to get the flower before Easter.

Be sure to add the code NEWLOOK2012 for free domestic shipping. (International shoppers, contact me for a shipping discount!) The offer expires this week, so don't forget!!

Happy crafting!

Cherish

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Daffodils

Lately, I'm all about flowers. I've had success with my flower pins, which got me thinking about all the other types of flowers out there. First up, daffodils! After all, what's more Spring-like than a daffodil?

I looked around at all kinds of patterns. Some of the free ones were nice, and I even saved a couple. Then I found this one on Etsy:

This beautiful pattern can be purchased from melbangle on Etsy.

It's perfect! The original calls for acrylic yarn and instructions are included to make it on a "stem." I decided to make it into a pin and since I like to felt, I made the daffodil in wool.

It's funny how the flower dictates the yarn. My flower pins are made from worsted weight wool and I love them that way. They're dense and fuzzy and really make a statement. I tried making a daffodil in worsted weight wool and it looks like a dinosaur daffodil.

That's a standard size mouse - this daffodil is bigger than my hand!

Not at all what I wanted. So, I switched to fingering weight wool, and a much smaller hook. Perfection! These are petite and delicate. So far, I've made some in light yellow and a darker yellow. I also have some combos -- just like in nature! My favorite just might be the darker yellow with the orange rimmed center. Next up, white with pink centers. I'm just waiting for the yarn to get here.

I'm thinking about fixing these up as corsages, in boxes with a ribbon & everything, and offering them as an alternative to the traditional Easter corsage that needs to be refrigerated and eventually dies. They'll be in my Etsy shop soon -- in plenty of time for Easter.