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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Final Fantasy blanket, final product

I just realized that I never posted a finished picture of my final fantasy blanket! I posted them on my facebook page, but not here! 


 Final specs: 7x10 feet, 21 rows, with 30 squares in each row (630 squares). Final weight: 8 pounds. Duration: almost one year. Below, you can also see my mario mushroom blanket I made about 2 years ago :)

I will also be making a pattern for my South Park people as soon as I can, and it will be up for purchase on my Etsy store very soon! I will provide a free pattern for Stan on my next blog post, so stay tuned! 

Stay crafty my friends,

-a

Monday, November 26, 2012

Fall sweater and thanksgiving

I have been so swamped with nursing school that I have shamefully neglected this poor blog. Since I opened my Etsy store last month, I've had several orders. Thank you for everyone who has shopped at CraftyyAllie! I also added an instagram follow button on my blog. I post lots of knitting and crocheting pictures on there that aren't seen on my facebook page, or here, so check it out!

On Monday (11/19), I decided that I really needed to make myself a sweater. I had started this sweater (and by start, I mean I did maybe 12 rows) back in August, but I decided I needed to finish it during my Thanksgiving break. I knitted furiously Monday through Saturday and on Saturday night I had my very own beautifully knit cardigan/sweater/whatever. I love it so much :)








I also had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family and Fletcher's. It was great to spend time with family just relaxing and not worrying about nursing school. For anyone reading this, please keep my grandpa in your thoughts. He will be having open heart surgery on November 30th.


I took some photos of my family for Thanksgiving. It was my first time shooting a family, and I'm glad it was mine. I love how these turned out almost as much as I love them.

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL thanksgiving. If you are still in need of last-minute Christmas items, feel free to stop by my Etsy shop and shop around!

Stay crafty my friends.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Etsy shop!

I finally broke down and opened another Etsy store. Hopefully this one will be easier for my customers to have access to purchasing my products! I'll be doing a product shoot tomorrow for headbands! I already have one listing: my GIANT CABLE-KNIT COMFORTER! woo!

If you guys know anyone that would like to purchase this, direct them to my etsy listing (please and thank you!).


 


Stay crafty my friends.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Angry birds pillow made for my precious 4-year old nephew

This weekend, my nephew Liam turned 4! Time goes by so quickly. He decided that he wanted to have an angry-birds themed party, so naturally I had to get my crochet hook working. I decided to make him a angry-birds pixelated pillow, using a graph I came up with. He loved it.



Liam was very happy for his pillow :)




 How awesome is this cake?!


 
 Ronan was trying to sneak a bit of cake. Needless to say, we ended up just letting him have that whole section of the cake. :)

I'm trying to decide whether or not I should start selling these? Any input would be nice! I could also do different characters, motifs, etc.

 Stay crafty my friends.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Guess the project WINNER!



Well, last week one of my wonderful customers correctly guessed the character that is featured on the blanket I am making!

The answer is: Final Fantasy 1 Warrior!

Do you know what she gets now? A FREE BEARD BEANIE! 

I'm so happy that someone finally guessed it. I was starting to worry that no one would!

Congratulations Tabby!

Stay crafty my friends

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Fall cardigan and holiday orders

Well, even though fall hasn't quite arrived in Oklahoma yet (today's high was 93), I'm already in love with the idea of fall knitting/crocheting! I made this terricata clay pot-colored cardigan for my grandma for the fall. She was kind enough to let me take pictures of her in it! I think it looks darling on her :)



If you look closely you can even see a green flower on her head (also made by me)!

It's also unfortunate to say that due to the complete insane-ness of nursing school, I won't be able to take custom orders this semester (up to December), with a few exceptions! 






















A quick clarification on the items:
first, coffee cozies: You are not limited to that particular style, that's just the one I have a picture of! Be creative! Prices on cozies will range between $7 and $15, depending on the style and complexity you want.
Second, I do have a limited color of hair clips in stock:
Left to right: turquoise (looks more bright blue here, but its more of a turquoise), black, light green, creme/white, maroon, red, purple. I have multiples of each of these colors (at least 5 of each), so please don't let the picture mislead you. These cuties are $3 each.

Third, The boot cuffs come in any of these colors:
Bottom row L to R: heather gray, black, mixed brown, brown
Middle row L to R: creme tweed, gray tweed, auburn
Top: mustard

If you really want a color other than a color shown, message me or comment and I may be able to find what you're looking for in my stash! These are $12 for 1 pair, $22 for 2 pairs, or $30 for 3 pairs.

I will also be accepting orders for the following (this is copied from my store page)
  •  Scarves (knit)- $30
  •  Hats, including beard beanies (crocheted)-price depends on color, size, style, etc
  •  Small toys (Hobbes wouldn't be considered small)-$5-$20
  • Baby items (the largest size for blankets I can do right now is 30x30 inches)--variable
  • Coffee cozies (knit or crocheted; knit will cost more than crocheted)--variable

How I will be doing orders this year is a little different: Please send me an email at Craftyallie@hotmail.com if you would like to order anything. Be sure to include the item, colors, sizing, and any other relevant information in the email. I will then set up a password protected, custom listing for you on my store, which will allow you to pay and input your shipping address.

Be sure to order things for the holidays as soon as possible, because i'll be raising prices the closer it gets to finals week/the holidays!

Stay crafty my friends.

Friday, August 31, 2012

WIPs

Here is a picture of all my WIPs currently (and more to come I'm sure!)

 These are the 5 blankets I'm working on right now (you can barely see the 5th one, it's that white pinwheel blanket on the right). 3 are for customers, and 2are for when I'm feeling stressed out. I'm almost done with my rainbow granny blanket! I just have 8 rows left!
This is a picture of ALL my WIPs. I've got 5 blankets, one purse, one set of mittens, one scarf, one Snorlax pillow, one owl hat, 1 baby cardigan (now completed), 1 brain hat, and 3 cardigans. 

And I still have at least 10 orders that need to be completed. I can do this!

Stay crafty my friends.