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  • Loveable Linda

    Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 12:34 in cat, crafts, critters, crochet, etsy, plush, softies

    This extremely fuzzy crocheted kitty is waiting to snuggle with you. Find her and other huggable critters in my shop. Thanks for visiting.       ...

  • Steve

    Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 20:48 in crafts, crochet, dog, etsy, plush, softies

    My latest crochet critter, Steve, the striped dog. He’s waiting for you at Critter Central.       ...

  • Cool Cards

    Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 20:43 in art, critters, crochet, plush, softies

    I  have added some new items to my Zazzle shop, the shoes were getting lonely sitting there all by themselves. To keep them company and to fulfill a customer request, I added blank greeting cards fea...

  • Halloween

    Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 in cat, crafts, crochet

    I can’t help but notice that Halloween is upon us, everywhere I look is pumpkins, skeletons or black cats. Today in my email I received Lion Brand Yarn’s newsletter and it, too, is decorat...

  • Introducing Terrance

    Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 21:04 in crochet, dog, etsy, plush, softies

    I have been missing in blog action for a few weeks now. It has been hard for me to return to the computer after toiling away in front of the monitors all day at the job. Besides, all I really want to ...

  • Custom Crocheted Dog

    Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 15:27 in crochet, dog, plush, softies

    Is this not the cutest little dog you have ever seen? I think he is, although I must admit I am biased since I am the one who crocheted him. I think I fall in love with every critter I crochet. I am s...

  • It’s Fair Time!

    Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 21:46 in 1, crafts, crochet, plush, plush team, softies

    The Etsy Plush Street Team, of which I am a proud member, is going to the fair these days. We’re in the middle of a two month challenge period of creating plush fair food, fair sideshow attracti...

  • Stumbling Upon Crochet

    Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 21:24 in crochet

    Yoola’s fabulous crocheted metal pomegranates: Sriyana’s incredible tapestry crocheted mandelas: Fable’s pretty passionflower purse: emily barletta’s stunning piece center:...

  • Double Craftiness

    Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2008 at 12:09 in crafts, crochet, encyclopedia of crafts, fabric art, purse, sewing, slippers

    Here’s a couple of projects from that seventies series of craft books, Encyclopedia of Crafts, to spark your creative drives. A purse that looks like a house (instructions) and slippers made by ...

  • Sassy Cat

    Posted on Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 10:40 in cat, crafts, crochet, plush, softies

    Not a lot to say today, I’ve had the last week off from the day job and have spent my days sewing, crocheting, and enjoying. Back to work tomorrow. So I’m going to post a few photos of my ...

  • Fuzzy Crocheted Cat

    Posted on Saturday June 28th, 2008 at 22:52 in cat, crafts, crochet, plush, plush team, softies

    The Etsy Plush Steet Team, of which I am a member, challenged us to create our version of our favorite childhood toy/plush and then to post about it on the team blog. Here’s what I created and w...

  • Painting

    Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 15:15 in cat, crafts, critters, crochet, dog, encyclopedia of crafts, hot pink & tan, painting

    So I was leafing through one of the 24 volumes of the Encyclopedia of Crafts looking for a project to scan and pdf (is that even a verb?) when I stumbled upon this page. I don’t know why, but th...

  • Double Fun

    Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 01:13 in beads, crafts, crochet, encyclopedia of crafts, fabric art, patchwork, plush, softies, toys

    Since today is a holiday in the USA and I get paid to stay home and work in my studio, I thought I’d post two Encyclopedia of Crafts projects. One for you softies makers and one for you crochete...

  • Press Clip

    Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 19:44 in crafts, critters, crochet, fabric art, quickdfw, softies

    I’ve been so busy with the day job and then my little crafty world at night that I forgot to mention that yesterday I was featured in an article in the Dallas Morning News publication called Qui...

  • Wild Thing

    Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 21:30 in beast, crafts, crochet, maurice sendak, monster, plush, plush team, softies, where the wild things are

    The Etsy Plush Street Team blog is featuring members’ posts detailing the plush that they each created for the Storybook & Fairytale Project/Challenge. I am a member of that team and have be...

  • Crochet Floral Centerpiece

    Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 15:05 in centerpiece, crafts, crochet, floral, flowers, paper mache

    My Berroco Knit-Bits arrived in my inbox this week with beautiful crocheted flowers in a centerpiece configuration. Just gorgeous. And what a unique idea. I once made a painted vase and created some ...

  • Another Crochet Puppy

    Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 22:46 in crafts, crochet, dog, orange, plush, puppy, purple, softie, softies, stripes

    I have been creating more stuffed drawings lately, but I was in the mood for crochet and feeling sort of in a tropical, fiesta, bright colored kind of mood. I made this puppy and I named him Oscar fo...

  • Green

    Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 12:23 in cat, crochet, softies

    I actually have been making stuff, not just peering into the past. I have some new stuffed drawings I created using fun new fabric. I just haven’t taken any photos yet. Soon. If I can tear mysel...

  • The Encyclopedia of Crafts

    Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 21:11 in 70's, craft, crafts, crochet

    I have multiple projects in various stages of incomplete right now and rather than finalize any of them, I’m going to start a new series on my little blog here. The Encyclopedia of Crafts is a 2...

  • Crocheted Dodecahedron

    Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 12:37 in crochet

    The newest issue of Berroco’s Knit Bits hit my email inbox and although you’ll find lots of instructions to crochet cute amigurumi critters in this issue, what really jumped up and grabbed...

  • Fuzzy Dog x 2

    Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 18:38 in crochet, cute, dog, puppy

    The new owner of my crocheted fuzzy dog sent me these pictures of the two dogs meeting. Click on the pic to see a bigger view. Don’t they look great together?...

  • Fuzzy Dog

    Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 20:39 in crafts, critters, crochet, cute, dog, fuzzy, yarn

    Do you remember all the way back to January 10? I wrote about Lion Brand Yarn’s catalog and some other things including the fact that a friend of Mike’s wanted a crocheted version of his d...

  • Cutest Knit/Crochet Ever

    Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 16:56 in critters, crochet

    My friend Donna in Atlanta, who is also wishing spring would just hurry up and get here, sent me this pic and I just had to share it with you. This is a friend of Donna’s pet rat Annabell mod...

  • Another Day, Another Catalog

    Posted on Tuesday January 29th, 2008 at 22:18 in crochet, knit, sweater

    Do you receive catalogs in the mail that just make you sigh and wish you’d win the lottery? I do. But I never buy a lottery ticket, so no chance I’ll ever win. But when the newest Peruvian...

  • Meow

    Posted on Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 at 12:53 in cat, crafts, crochet, softies

    I crocheted a striped cat for my sister’s birthday and she’s boxed up and on the way to Cleveland, Ohio. I hope she doesn’t get cold....

  • Lion Brand Yarn

    Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 at 20:37 in crafts, crochet

    My mailman delivered the new Lion Brand Yarn catalog to my house today. Since I got home from work, I have been studying the glossy pages from front to back and then all over again. Unfortunately for ...

  • 2008

    Posted on Friday January 4th, 2008 at 11:38 in cat, crafts, crochet

    Here we are, another year begins, the holidays fade into memories. I hope everyone’s festivities were joyful and fun and that the new year will find all healthy, wealthy and wise. Or a close pro...

  • Tapestry Crochet

    Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 20:24 in cat, crafts, crochet

    I am intrigued. I somehow stumbled upon this website and of course fell in love with her kitty bag. I must try to make one. Don’t you just love it? It almost looks like early Greek symbols of so...

  • Crocheted Critters

    Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 22:14 in cat, crafts, critters, crochet, softies

    I’m not feeling very verbose these days, so I’m posting a couple of pics of my latest creations. The Siamese kitty was adopted by a New Yorker and the little lilac pup is still waiting in ...

  • Critter Ornaments

    Posted on Monday November 26th, 2007 at 21:59 in cat, crafts, crochet

    Well after two posts about ornaments I figured it was time for me to make a couple of my own. Last year I crocheted a bunch of ornaments and gifted them away. The year before I sewed and embroidered ...