Blanket plans

Hi everyone!
Long time no blog life's been very stressful but happy to be back : )

I'm experimenting with a new project. My best friends birthday is coming up and I'm crocheting her a blanket

The pattern is from the book happy hooker. From the stitch and bitch series. It's the blanket with the tv design. If you're a 80s or 90s
kid you'll remember that lovely set of colors going up on your tv when the tv or VCR went out.

Being the nerd that I am I couldn't pass it up. Plus in the book they give you a link to a site that will graph out pictures for you so you can knit crochet or cross stitch them : ) I had a lot of fun playing with it. I'll post the link to it soon plus a picture of one of the ones I picked to play with.

The pattern is pretty simple it's the very basic granny square.

You need to make so many squares of each color
21white
14yellow
14light blue
14 green
14 pink
14 red
14 dark blue
9 grey
9 purple
17 black
Each red heart skein made close to 14 squares for me but it all depends on how tight or lose your work tends to be

Now I'm all for budgets and not over spending. The book states specific colors and yarn types. I am personally using red heart brand yarn I got from Walmart for 2.77 a skein
I'm also using a different sized hook I'm using a 6.50 mm hook.

I'm almost half way through the squares I finished my pink purple dark blue and I'm half way through red and yellow. I'm excited!

Plus I've decided after I'm done and piece it together if I don't think it's large enough I'll use my left over yarn from my stash to make a border around it to enlarge it.

I'm volunteering today at Saint Vincent College at the basilica gift shop

It gave me a chance to make some squares....6 in about an hour I don't know if that makes me a slow crocheter or what ^^;

I think they're turning out ok I hope to post a pic of all my squares finished before I put them together

Well hope someone gives this a try and if you have let me know how yours went : )

Nepeta Pillow Case ProtoType For Sale!

Hi Everyone!

I'm going to be posting this lovely pillow case on etsy on Sunday January 8, 2012.
It is my prototype for future nepeta inspired pillowcases.
Face it people if you cosplay as Nepeta and you travel to your Cons you need to have an awesome Nepeta pillowcase to sleep in style : )

Could you tell I was so excited to finish this that I took the picture after taking it right out of the embroidery hoop?.....ya I was excited, I think this is pretty!

It is a standard sized pillowcase. In a nice shade of green, the embroidery is a different shade of green although the picture likes to show otherwise. I also have done a nice edging with green beadings : )

Stitching in some of the symbols varies, this was done on purpose. The symbols are smaller on top and become larger as it goes down as well.

Pillowcase is machine washable and dryer safe as long as not on high heat. Permanent Press is ideal.

This fun pillowcase is going for $10! That's pretty cheap : ) Not bad for hand embroidery. It is only available for sale in the United States and shipping cost is $3.

When it's purchased I'll ship out ASAP. It will be washed and neatly ironed and packaged safely : )

Come on you know you want to be the one at cosplays saying "well ya? you have a pillowcase too? well FANTASMA sold me the prototype, the ORIGINAL!" It even comes with a sewn on victorian shaped button to know it was from me : ) If you don't wish to have it on it is easily removeable.

Even if you're not a Home Stuck fan if this is your Zodiac sign it's nice to have : )

nepeta leijon pillowcase

Hi everyone! I've been embroidering up a storm. The nepeta pillowcase is almost done, yay! Pctures to come soon. Green on green with a crocheted edging ^.^

mspaint adventure etsy work

Hi everyone! I have a etsy question for you all. To all the MSPaintAdventure enthusiasts I'm going to be selling Embroidered pillowcases. Each one will have a trolls symbol on it in their blood color. Before I start them I would very much like to know if there is anyone interested. I'm willing to do additions if anyone has any ideas ex: an embroidered lusus like a crabdad an embroidered troll face (only if my practice ones work out well enough) I am also williing to knit eridan scarves if anyone wants one. Only thing is I will only make them if anyone shows interest. So please send a comment Prices: pillowcase: (color black) with blood colors $10 per pillowcase pillowcase: (color white) with blood colors $10 per pillowcase pillowcase: (other colors) with blood colors $10 pillowcase: (any color) all blood colors and symbols $12 scarf: eridan scarf $15 with or without fringe Also even though the others don't wear scarves I can do scarves in their colors in various patterns $15 for basic patterns $20 if they're lace patterns because they take more time and require a lot of patience. Please feedback is desired :) thank you so much for your time Also don't forget I am willing to do requests, just as long as they're not too insane hehe I could do favorite quotes, I can put their names on them, I can put your names on them, *jokes* anyone want a karkat vantas pillow that says "****a$$" ? hehe Maybe an embroidered black turtle neck with the cancer symbol? Thank you ^.^ hope to hear from you soon!

Sorry

Hi everyone, I just want to apologize for not getting out my christmas baking recipes out. I had a family crisis, my grandfather passed away and I took it very hard. I also sadly got sick right after Christmas. So all in all December seems to be becoming the anti fantasma month...I hope it decides to like me next time around.

Roasted Vegetables

This is an easy recipe. Trust me anyone can do it.
You'll need vegetables of course!
I used:
eggplant
green pepper
mushroom
tomato
avocado
Other ingredients:
Olive Oil
Hidden Vally Ranch Seasoning packet, in buttermilk ranch
white pepper (to your taste)

Preheat your oven to about 430 degrees farenheit
Cut up all your vegetable.
I used half of an eggplant, 1/4 of a large green pepper, one large tomato, and about 4-5 medium to large white button mushrooms.
To get rid of the bitter taste in eggplant I soaked my chopped eggplant in salt water for about 10 minutes.

When everything is prepped, put into a mixing bowl. Do NOT add the avocado that will not be roasted.
Add olive oil to coat all the veggies nicely. Add white pepper to taste and add the whole packet of ranch mix. Toss to coat well.

On  a pam sprayed baking sheet, spread out the veggies. Pop into the oven for about 20-25 minutes.

When done, serve with the chilled avocado mixed in. It gives a nice contrast : )

Then done, you'll have nice tastey flavor packed roasted veggies. Goes great with a slice of garlic bread (...or two), if you're trying to have a light supper. Or serve with your favorite meat.

Fun part it's a cheap dish : ) CHEAP! the best part!

Honestly did this on spur of the moment. I was hunting for something to make for my lunch ^^; It's also an attempt to try and eat a bit healthy

Kuroshitsuji Muffins

I saw some recipes for tea muffins online and thought why not make some of my own?
In dedication of one of my favorite anime Kuroshitsuji I give you...
The tea muffiin.
It's consistency is sort of dense like a corn muffin. Do not expect these to come out like a blueberry muffin or something like that. These don't rise very well and are dense. The taste is very light.

I suggest giving them a very light drizzle of honey. It makes the muffins taste like a cup of tea with honey ^.^ oooh so tastey. This doesn't use much sugar in my opinion and not much oil so it's not an all that bad muffin to eat compared to other muffins.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4 tbs sugar
pinch of salt
2 large eggs
3 tbs vegetable oil
1 1/3 cup milk (I prefer whole milk or 2%)
1 tbs of lemon juice (I used fresh)
1 tsp of black tea
(In this one I used Matte Leao a black tea from Brazil,  I would have liked Earl Grey but I was out)
muffin cups

Heat oven to 350 to 360 degrees Farenheit. This batch I tried 360. At about 20 to 25 minutes for bake time.

The leaves of the tea were too large so I used my mortar and pestle to grind it up a bit.

Mix your dry ingredients together.
Add lemon juice to your milk and microwave it for until warm. It'll make it a bit clumpy, will make it sort of the consistency of buttermilk. Which is another suggestion, if you prefer you can replace the lemon and milk with buttermilk. Although I do enjoy the flavor of the lemon adds to the muffins : )
Mix all ingredients together and put about 3 tbs per muffin cup.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Done!