All Things Fee: 10/01/2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

Fail?

Since, working on all my hats I've been trying out new "accessories" to attach to them, and I have made the Irish Rose before and LOVED it.

But I wanted to try a new rose, and I am not sure if it is a fail or not... What do you think?

I think it might be too big, its about the size of my fist, so for a kids hat or even a hat for me its a bit big.

If you want the pattern, you can find it on Ravelry, here.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bookmark Corners!

Have you ever made a bookmark corners? I hadn't either until yesterday! I made a bunch to sell at the craft fair, and then in my shop afterward ( early November).

These are super simple to make, and was a nice way for me to craft quietly during nap time! There's something about folding paper, like origami, that just helps me relax.

Do you have an avid reader on your christmas list? This would be the perfect gift for them! I have 10 different papers available!

If your interesting in purchasing any of these, email me. And we can work out the details!

allthingsfee@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Normally, I procrastinate...

I will be the first to admit, I typcially wait until the last minute. But with the upcoming Craft Fair, I have started a couple gifts and gotten working on... Christmas things!

I know, I just worked on candy corn, a Monkey Costume, and other Halloween items, and I am rushing right past Thanksgiving... But I am blaming it on the Craft Fair.

Here is another crochet hat!

Found the pattern on Ravelry, and mine looks more like a Granny Square than what the pattern looked like, oh well. Its still cute!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

So, lately I have been working on some newborn hats for a craft fair I am doing at the beginning of November. I love how quick they are working up, especially compared to a knit hat. I love knit and I love crochet. But, for these hats Crochet wins. Once you know the pattern, you don't have to pay attention! I made each hat in about an hour or so!

Each of these hats are for sale, if you interested. Plus, I am making "accessories" in each colorway. Little ears, Flowers, Buttons, Pom Poms...

Email me if your interested!

allthingsfee@gmail.com

Monday, October 25, 2010

Leftovers to Rice Pudding

Some nights I make something, and we eat it all. Other nights we don't even touch it. Well thats what happened with the rice from the other night. We didn't even eat a spoonful! So, I put it in the fridge thinking we will eat it the next night. Well, we didn't but what I do like to do with my rice leftovers is Rice Pudding. Yum. I came across an easy recipe years ago, and haven't looked at rice leftovers the same since!

This recipe is great for rice you cooked, or even leftover from your chinese food!

Best part is you don't need to measure. It is one of those recipes that isn't an exact science!

What you need, Ingredients:

Leftover Rice ( or Fresh)

Milk ( I've used whole and 2% with success)

Raisins

Cinnamon and Sugar ( not pictured)

A pot to cook in

Place rice in pot, add milk to cover. See, no exact measuring needed!

Let rice soften back up, then add cinnamon, sugar and raisins.

Let cook, until nice and soft. If it looks runny keep cooking, if dry add milk.

Place in a bowl and enjoy!

Sometimes I warm it up, and add some cold milk to it and eat it like a cereal. Other times as is, and other times with vanilla ice cream. What isn't good with vanilla ice cream?

Friday, October 22, 2010

Carter's Costume: Part Two, Monkey See, Monkey Do...

After deciding that my little man would make a great Monkey for Halloween, I did a google search and found the most perfect costume to base it off of. And it didn't look that hard to mimic!

First I began with our undergarments, I picked up a pair of brown sweat pants, and a tan turtle neck (they didn't have brown of coarse). And I also got a brown and tan striped shirt that might look cute too.

Then using those as my color base, I went to my fabric shop and picked up 3/4 of a yard of brown fleece, and 1/4 of a yard of tan fleece. For a total of 5.99! Much better than the original costume price!

Then I went to work, drafting a pattern from a hooded sweatshirt that currently fits. I took a couple sheets of printer paper and taped them big enough to fit my sweatshirt on it.

I tucked my sleeves inside the sweatshirt and pretty much traced around to base my pattern from. Because I wanted a hood and not a hat, I traced the hood off of this sweatshirt to create three piece pattern too. I also made a pattern for my belly, ears, and tail by free handing onto my paper and cutting out.

Cutting out my fabric was next. This was pretty straight forward.

Sew! The best part! At least I think so. I started by sewing my belly onto my front piece, but left it open and stuffed it with a little bit of pillow stuffing to make him a chubby monkey. Then, I sewed the shoulders together, and then the sides.

After trying it on, I decided that it wasn't chubby enough, and ripped out my side seams and added a rectangle about 4 inches wide on each side to make him extra chubby!

Sew my additional sides in, and retry on. Perfect fit! Onto the hood! I assembled the hood first and then attached to the back of the monkey suit. Added my tail and done! Perfect, nice and warm for our Upstate NY Halloween night, which I feel like the last couple years it has been freezing or raining. Yuck.

And that's it! How cute did it turn out??? Love it!

(*Sorry about the black and white images, they color was way off as this was a midnight oil project!*)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Carter's Costume: Part 1

So, I made Carter's costume... And I made step by step instructions if you want to make one too, I just haven't had good enough weather to photograph him in it! So.. hopefully today? Tommorow? But here is part one.. What do you think he is?

Supplies:
Banana
White Felt and Yellow Fleece

Peel your banana.

Place your peels on paper.

Trace your peels

Number you peels, so you know which ones belong next to one another.

Sew your peels in order, Sew 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, and 4 to 1. But leave a gap so you can stuff.

I didn't care that my seam showed from the outside, because the yellow peel will hide it.

Repeat the process with the yellow. Only sewing up halfway.

Place banana in peel! How cute?

What do you think he is?

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Spooky...

As we are nearing Halloween, I am finishing up my decorations. I've been teaching my son, Carter, that the decorations are Spooky. With that being said, my decorations have to be kid friendly so they don't hurt him or he can't hurt them.

So to jazz up my fruit bowl, I threw in a bag of eyeball bouncy balls. Perfect addition of spooky-ness to the kitchen counter! Best part, he hasn't even tried to touch them!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Happy Monday!

My Monday started out on two great notes! Well, to be technical, late Sunday my bestest friend in the whole wide world had her second baby! So, I spent the morning driving out to cuddle my new 7 lb. friend. And it was so worth it!

And on a blog note, I love checking in with other blogs and seeing my stuff! Check out Simply Designing, as they featured our version of Candy Corn today!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

To Follow, Not To Follow, Or Subscribe

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know that I have added the Subscribe option to the blog. So if you would like to Follow, or Subscribe you can do either. Both are available in the right sidebar, here's what your looking for...