I always love my Tuesday nights with the crafty gals. This week was no exception. We has some serious crafting!
Eli created Super Mario characters to do battle on our kitchen table. Stephen caught the whole drama.
The end of the battle:
Liza showed her super remote skills:
Lastly, my finished crochet stash. It seems to grow larger by [...]
Here’s Liza eating her birthday cake at the giant locals kid birthday party we had a few weekends ago.
Here’s Eli pretending to be a robot in the box of one of Liza’s birthday presents. A pirate, my little pony robot.
And lastly, here are the two monsters I finished last night. They are going to my [...]
This is without a doubt my favorite thing I’ve crocheted so far. I worked on him while in the UK, so I think he is sufficiently British. Blessed even.
The cuddly Doctor is going to Alana over the Fourth of July weekend and I will be so sad to see him go. I think I’ll [...]
The three cacti I crocheted for Kat and Sean. If only I could crochet little sombreros for them they would be perfect.
Excuse me a sec, while I go look for a pattern…
Eli and Liza demonstrating how sharp the needles on a cactus can be.
This critter doesn’t have an owner yet but that’s only [...]
With Stephen gone the past two weeks, I had a lot of time to practice my new hobby.
The hat took way longer than it should have but I learned a ton in the process. Like you have to count the stitches. Not just guess. It’s the difference between a rug and something you can actually [...]
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted about any scary kids’ toys. I don’t know if that’s because Eli and Liza’s toys have gotten less scary or because I’ve grown desensitized to them. If it’s the latter, then I’ve finally found a toy to shock me out of my complacency.
Meet Ribby the frog.
Ribby doesn’t [...]
by Eli
Once upon a time, there was a green-headed robot. He was lonely and very sad. But…he had no friends. But then one day, he met a purple-headed robot, Joe.
“How do you do, Joe?” said Sparky. (Mom, the purple-headed one is Sparky.)
“Good!” said Joe.
“Good!” said Sparky.
“But we don’t have any more friends!”
“You’re right!” said Sparky.
“We [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about scary kids’ toys. Good thing Eli got a new batch for his birthday!
Meet Black Hole.
He’s the enemy from Planet Heroes, Fisher-Price’s new line of planet-themed action figures with tie-in DVDs and comics. You can tell he’s a villain because he speaks with a British accent.
Eli’s fascinated with [...]
What are thaumatropes you ask? Thaumatropes are Victorian spinner toys. In this case they are also Eli’s birthday party invitations. I got the idea from my new favorite author Ester K. Smith. The thaumatropes are from a book called Magic Books & Paper Toys. You hold the strings, twist and see the robot open and [...]
Several years ago, a friend from church graciously gave me a trunk load of her son’s toys. He was turning 13 and I guess that means some sort right of passage by ditching all of his kid toys. One of the things in the stash was LEGO Creator: The Race to Build It Board Game [...]