DJ the Dino, as named by Oliver

So, one day my son (7) comes up to me and asks me if I am done making a crocheted bag I was working on. I told him almost, why? He then proceeded to say, well I want a long neck Dino and I want half of it to be orange and half to be green. I say uh, ok, well I will have to see what I can find.

I finish the bag (which was really cute btw) and started working on some other orders. Oliver (my son) comes up to me and says mom, you were supposed to make my dinosaur.

I told him I didn't forget, but I actually did....LOL

So I went searching for a long neck dinosaur crochet pattern. I checked Etsy, Ravelry, and just plain ol Google. I found this one - Apatosaurus Dinosaur on Ravelry.
Here is her picture. Isn't he cute???

We went yarn shopping together and Oliver picked out a light green for the bulky yarn, and a orange for the worsted weight. This Dino is crocheted using two strands of yarn at the same time (one super bulky, and one medium).

Slowly over the next couple of days I worked on DJ. Oliver had already named him before I even started making him. :)

Here is my finished DJ -

The pattern was fun and easy to do. I am now working on a purple and white one for my daughter. I hope to have her finished soon!

Hello, I am back

Hello everyone! I havent been on my blog for a while so I thought I would get on and reconnect. I hope everyones summer is going good so far. Mine has been great! My sister and her kids came to visit a couple of weekends ago. We got to go to the monster truck show, Woohoo! ; ) and we are mainly just really enjoying the nice wheather.

I also wanted to share what I have been making lately too! I have had lots of fun creating and I always love the finished product. You can click on the pictures to go to the listing and learn more about them!

These Octopi were requested by my friend at StandontheEdge.

I made this Penguin for my son! He loves green.

New Amigurumi crochet

I have been working on some really cute amigurumi things and thought I would share them.



This one is a cute cup of coffee. I made it in purple for my moms birthday. I think she will love having this little guy sitting on her desk.






This next one is an owl and I made him for a little boy who is turning one this weekend. I hope he likes him.

They were lots of fun to make and I cant wait to start something else! : )