Dog Collars for Etsy

Hi Everyone!

I know I have no followers what so ever....ya I know I don't I'm not popular what can I say.
But I thought I'd let everyone know that in a week or so I will have some things posted on my Etsy shop. I am pleased to inform you that they are decently priced as well.

I am going to be selling some dog collars.
I did applique and bead work on them.

They will be selling for $10. and shipping for them is $2. within the United States.

Here's what three of them look like.

They're an excellent deal!
If you were to go to Walmart to purchase the collar alone (completely plain) you'd be paying over $6.
And if you were to purchase a decorated one from the store you'd be paying over $15.
So it's a deal ^^

They are 16 inches in length and should fit a dog approximately the weight of 18 pounds to I'd say about 30 pounds.

Now if you are concerned that the flowers won't stay on. I can guarantee they will unless your sweet little puppy is a chewer. My dog Sasha has a few of them I've made in the past 2 years and only one has come apart and that was due to her going through a chewing phase she helped them loosen up. The one she wears now is over a year old and still holding up.

Here's a picture to show you. This is the one she wears now.
I had to hold her fur back...she's extra fluffy so it hides sometimes ^^;

 

 

So hope some of you guys are interested.

These collars would make great Christmas presents for your puppy

 

Please comment or contact me if you have any questions

Thank You! ^_^

 

 

UPDATE!
COLLARS NOW UP ON ETSY FOR SALE!
$11 per collar with $2 shipping

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link for facebook is on the updated etsy collar post that was placed November 22nd.

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^__^ THANK YOU!

Free Portal Amigurumi Pattern: Wheatley

Hi Everyone!

Today I made a Wheatley Amigurumi. He's not the greatest one out there but he's made completely out of yarn. No hard bits. Yes I am proud of that because one it's cuddly and two if a kid wants one it's safe for them ^^

He's approximately 4-5 inches in height...I couldn't find my tape measure to make sure. He fits nicely in your hand. I hope you get a chance to make him. Now this is free. I just ask that when you use it you give me some credit since I did make this pattern. Please don't sell him for profit. I repeat COPYRIGHT.

With that said here you go:

Portal Wheatley Amigurumi:

You will need:

Yarn:

white
blue
black
light grey
dark grey
I used Red Heart yarn

Hook: F/5-3.75mm
Darning/tapestry needle (what ever the yarn can fit through)
Poly-fil

Using the white yarn

Chain 3 and join.

You can also use the magic ring method. I tried both before finishing the product. My preference was the traditional chain 3, looked a little bit neater. I suggest you try out both methods to see what you like best : )

Abbreviations:

SC = Single Crochet
ST= Stitch
SL ST = Slip Stitch
SC DEC: Single Crochet Decrease
FO = Fasten Off

R1: Work 9 SC in the ring, you may SL ST to keep it a little neater looking at the end.

Switch to the blue yarn.

R2: Work 2 SC in each ST (18 ST at the end)

R3: SC all around.

R4: 1 SC in next 2 ST then 2 SC in the 3rd ST, repeat til the end.

R5: 1 SC in the next 3 ST then 2 SC in the 4th ST, repeat til the end.

Switch to the black yarn.

R6: 1 SC in the next 4 ST then 2 SC in the 5th ST, repeat til the end.

Switch to light grey yarn.

R7 - 12: SC all around.

R13: 1 SC in the next 4 ST then do a SC DEC (30 ST at the end).

Turn work inside out, because the inside is actually the outside part that will be seen.

R14: 1 SC in the next 3 ST then do a SC DEC (24 ST at the end).

Stuff with Poly-fil

R15: 1 SC in the next 2 ST then do a SC DEC (18 ST at the end).

R16: SC all around.

R17: SL ST skip a stitch and SL ST again, repeat (approximately 9 SL ST needed, but may need more or less depending on how loose or tight your stitches are).

Make a knot or two and sew the excess thread into the ball.

For the sides:

Make 2

Using the dark grey yarn:

Chain 3 and join with SL ST

R1: Work 9 SC in the ring, you may S ST to keep it neater.

R2: 2SC in each ST.

Switch to light grey yarn.

R3: SC all around.

FO and sew onto the side of the ball.

Handles:

Make 2

Using the dark grey yarn:

Chain 20.

R1: Using the back of the crochet or also known as the "butts" of the chain, SC all 20 ST

R2: 1 SC onto the other side of the chain to make it look more bar like. JUST ONE SC we are not going down the 20 ST again on the other side. This is just 1 SC on the first stitch on the other side. FO.

Leave enough yarn to sew to the ball. I basically just sewed the one side then passed the needle through the ball to the spot I was going to sew the other side of the handle to and sewed it like that then just tucked the yarn into the work and snipped off the excess when I brought the needle back out.

And there you have a Wheatley all to yourself!
I hope my pattern made sense.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask : )

Enjoy!

Next pattern I plan to do is for the Space Core but sort of a Nyan Cat space core scarf.
That pattern will be made available on etsy.  As well as the original product if anyone wishes to buy it. Prices have yet to be determined. They won't be expensive.

Hakuouki Craft

Hi Everyone!

So yesterday was Halloween my trick or treat night got scheduled to Saturday night because of the hurricane. So while I entertained myself with TCM's lovely night of old time horror ^.^ Boris Karloff was on. I decided to work on my best friend's Christmas present. Well I thought it would take a long time and it actually got finished last night....because I didn't pay attention to the time and when I started at 9 pm and was watching movies I did not see time go by to 5 am ya I was that into my work and my movies....

Well I designed for my friend a Ibuki Ryonosuke pillowcase. I embroidered it myself. I don't think it's the greatest work but since his products are rather limited I had no choice but to make something...sorry eBay I'm not paying $90 for a plushie that cost the company $5 to make --;

So here's my attempt. I did the outline in graphite paper outlines and then redid it with fabric marker. Then embroidered away into the night!

 The picture I used

 The outline....the dogs tried to share in the project....I found some puppy fuzz....on it after I walked away to get a drink....

The finished project

And comparison of project and photo

 

I think this looked better as an outline and some day I hope to try and fabric paint it but for embroidery...and me not being very good at it I think this was a project well done and I hope she'll like it when she gets it at Christmas ^^

Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas ^^

Foamy the Squirrel Amigurumi Update

Hi Everyone!

I know last year I promised a Foamy the Squirrel Amigurumi but so far....major fail I've hated my design every time. BUT the other day I was trying to do the Vampire Bat Kitten that's in one of the comics of JIMathers, it's one of the cartoon commercials. And I kept trying to form the head properly and I had it in brown yarn...lets just  say a different character seemed to decide he wanted made first. So everyone in a week or so you will have a picture of a completed Hata. His head is done so are his eyes. I'm currently working on his hat and his body. So I'm hoping this goes well.

Pictures soon!

This is his newer version this picture came directly off of illwillpress.com and is under characters.
I'm hoping I do him justice.currently trying to figure out the tail and how to do the comb out of clay.

Sausage Casserole

Hi Everyone : )

Today I got a rather tastey recipe for you.
The only sad part is I don't have a picture for it because my camera wasn't being very cooperative.

This dish goes wonderfully with white rice.

You'll need:

1lb mild ground sausage
2 cups frozen mixed veggies, I used a mix of peas and carrots
1 onion diced
1 tsp of minced garlic
1/2 tsp rubbed sage
2 boxes of stuffing
1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 can of condensed cream of celery soup
1/2 cup of sour cream
olive oil

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Saute your onion and garlic with about a table spoon of oil. Then add your ground sausage and break it apart so ti's nice and piecey. Now in a casserole dish put the mixed veggies in, you don't need to cook them put them in frozen.

Then mix in a bowl the condensed soups and sour cream mix well and set aside.
Once the sausage is cooked add the sage. Drain the sausage of it's fat and layer the meat over the frozen vegetables. Then layer the soup mixture on top of it.

Then follow the instructions to make your stuffing once it's cooked layer it on top of everything on the casserole. Cover it with foil and bake for 1 hour covered. Then once that is over uncover it and bake for half an hour or until the stuffing is a pretty golden brown.

Now serve it with white rice.

This is really tastey I had to keep myself from having seconds ^^;

Hope you give it a try!

DiscWorld Death Plushie

Hi Everyone!

So I did a quick project for fun. It took me about 2 days to do.
One of my favorite authors is Terry Pratchett who writes the DiscWorld novels.
And one of my favorite characters is Death. He's adorably cute...ya kinda weird to say that about Death but it's true he's cute. His home is in shades of blacks, greys and whites with additions added to it like it was drawn by a five year old. Plus he just loves curry and owns a horse named Binky and is known to use a motorcycle on occasion.

I love him : )

And I love the death of rats who will be my next project for DiscWorld.

How could you not love that????

Now I have a great pattern book for amigurumi and this is where I got the idea for Death. Creepy Cute Crochet by Christen Haden.

But that just makes a basic death.

I loved the pattern look and the idea but I did not like the pattern lay out itself. Um I know that makes no sense ^^;  So let me try to explain myself.

The patterns provided for the basic bodies of the amigurumi are given in English written format or in international graph format. As seen in the picture below:

Now the rows of the plush where you single crochet through out I was alright with. The decreases I quite liked because it gave some nice shape to the body. The increases that made the body larger I did not quite agree with. With my amigurumi I like mine to increase something like this.
Make the magic ring do two single crochets in each stitch. Then the next row would be do one single crochet then in the next stitch do 2 single crochet. And then each row the single crochet before the 2 single crochet in one stitch would increase by one.

Example:
R1: 2 sc in each stitch
R2: 1 sc in stitch then 2 sc in next stitch, repeat
R3: do 2 sc one in each stitch then 2 sc in the next stitch


Tends to make it a bit more even.

This pattern on the other hand required a chain one when you started each row which I didn't like the shape it formed too much plus if you crochet loosely it can leave a rather big gap (note amigurumi is one of the only times you should crochet tightly). So I altered it to fit my way of increasing.

Now other than that the body and head patterns were the same. The hood pattern I used exactly as was instructed.
She then tells you to use sculpey to make his eyes and scythe.
Now I'm not a fan of sculpey eyes.
So I used the stuffed animal eyes you can get at the craft store with the safety backs to hold them into place.

If you notice DiscWorld Death has blue flames in his eye sockets. That's not something they put on toy eyes. So I painted them myself with FolkArt Acrylic Paint, I used the type called Shiny and just mixed the colors up.

I painted the flames in and then I wanted him to have shiny eyes because that just makes a chibi look cuter. So I used FolkArts Clearcote Hi-Shine Glaze.

I would like to warn you that spraying this stuff on toy eyes can actually melt them just a tiny bit around the edges. So I had to keep turning them after I sprayed them to make sure it didn't end up too funky looking. After it was coated I lightly sanded around the edges to get rid of some of the roughness.

I put them into the head before I stuffed it. Then for safety sprayed some more glaze onto a soft brush and brushed more on. I let it dry over night.

After everything was done I pieced it together. I stuffed the head with poly-fil I did the same for the body but also used poly pellets to weigh him down. After that all I needed was his scythe which I made out of sculpey. The colors were black and silver. Baked it for 25 minutes. Let it cool then I used embroidery floss to sew it on to my plushie.

And here is my end result. Please ignore my clock and my bottles full of pellets.
By the way though if you need a container for pellets an empty snapple bottle works great : ) Also great when you need to pour it out.

I love my chibi Death he's cute I just need to make him a companion now
I'm also going to try to make his horse, Binky.

Hope you like him : )
And please try out Creepy Cute Crochet It's a great amigurumi book
Because let's face it those of us who like our amigurumi creepy, morbid and cute at the same time got to have this book. For heaven's sake Cthulhu is cute even!

Aperture Kitchen: Chicken Stew with Biscuit

Hi!

Because Aperture has to feed those test subjects sometimes!

 

 

Ingredients:

1 LB chicken

1 pkg mixed vegetables

2-3 chicken boullion cubes

1 tbs white wine

1/2 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp worchestershire sauce

pepper and salt to taste

3 cups water

2tbs unsalted butter

2 tbs olive oil

1 small onion diced

1/2 tsp rubbed sage

3 tbs flour

 

 

"A" is for APERTURE

 

 

 

Over medium heat add the oil and butter. Melt the butter and saute the onion and garlic.

Add the chicken and brown, make sure it cooks all the way through.

Add the boullion and sage.

Add the vegetables and flour. Mix well.

Then add the rest of the ingredients.

Stir occasionally and bring to a boil.

Then simmer for about 30 minutes.

Then done! Serve Enjoy!

 

For the Biscuits:

 

Preheat to 450 degrees

 

Ingredients:

2 C flour

1 tbs bakingpowder

2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 C shorteinging

2/3 C milk or buttermilk

 

Mix dry ingredients together. Then add the shortening and mix well. Mix to the point it looks like coarse crumbs. Then add your milk. Mix til it combines. Then on a lightly floured surface knead the dough lightly. Then pat it down until it's 1/4 inched thick and cut them out. I used a cup.

 

Then on a baking sheet that's been sprayed with nonstick spray bake them for 10 minutes or until lightly golden brown : ) yummy

 

Next recipe for Aperture kitchen contains potatoes because Glados hates them

Bird and Potato carnage for all!

 

 

Hope you enjoy : )