it’s official!

October 1st has passed which means that I can justify decorating my house for Halloween. This in turn means that my house will be totally decorated for the next 3 months solid. This of course implies that the holidays are here, ushered in with my favorite season of all time. It’s official. And that all totally made sense in my head, sorry if it didn’t translate too well.

Here is my latest Halloween / amigurumi adventure. I really need non-breakable decorations and I saw the pattern for the cat on Lion Brand Yarn. Loved it and figured I could tweak it to get a ghost and a goblin. After looking around a few more seconds I found the pumpkin and the candy corn and my set was complete.

To display them, I painted some wooden clothes pins and just pinned them on a ribbon on our front room wall. Decorations and toys all at once. [big smile].

pink elephants on parade

So my husband taught me to crochet and I go in and out of being “hooked” on it. get it? hooked? whatever, you totally smiled. He is also the one who introduced me to the fascinating world of anime. Combine the two and you get amigurumi! yes the art of crocheting custsy little everythings, from fruit to hobbits to storm troopers to frogs. Not that I’ve been brave enough to try the storm troopers (yet). Here is my second attempt at a cute baby present. The first attempt hasn’t been given and I don’t want to spoil the suprise. This one though was a gift for my newest (and only) niece (on my side) Clara Jane Adelaide Jayne, who has finally decided to grace us with her presence. And what sweet presence she is too…yay for little baby girls!