Full of Shame...

Guilty Cat is Guilty.

I have been a naughty crocheter and have been neglecting my blog terribly!!!  I am so full of shame!!!  There are a few things that have gotten in the way of me crocheting, and blogging, and blogging about crochet.  These things include(d)

-studying for/writing my art history exam (which, btw, I think I did very well on!)
-finishing up my last few classes, and all appropriate projects for said classes
-spending time with friends whom I haven't seen in ages
-attempting to clean my house

-mailing items sold on Etsy
-working
-preparing for my vacation

-working on a very important art commission

-...playing video games but I promise ONLY A LITTLE BIT!!!

Anyway, tomorrow I am off to LAS VEGAS (n_n) but when I get back, I will have nothing to do but work and craft, so there will be lots more up here in Cute Town!  I plan on doing some instructionals, so if you're learning to crochet you'll want to stop by for tips, tricks, and techniques!  If you're just looking for cuteness, there will be feature blog posts on things I find cute, crochet and otherwise, and hopefully you will enjoy those too!

In the mean time, please accept my humblest of apologies, and I assure you, proper cuteness will resume in about a week.  Thanks to any and all of you who swing by my blog, I love you all and wish you the best during the week of my absence!  

Have a cute one!  <3

Skinny Pig Madness!!!

Hello, Super Cuties, did you all have a good Easter?  On Easter I went to the zoo with some very tall friends of mine, two of whom are well over 6 feet tall, which made me feel like I was a halfling.

"They're taking the hobbits to the hippo enclosure!"

Speaking of hippos, today, whilst at the pet store picking up dog chews and hammy noms, I quietly pointed out to Kevin that they had "skinny" pigs (via running over to their house yelling AHMAHGAHD SKINNEH PEEGS!!!!).  Skinny pigs, for those of you who don't know, are hairless (or almost hairless) guinea pigs who are pretty much the cutest thing ever.  I don't know what it is about them I like so much, considering hairless cats and dogs freak my right out, but they're just so sweet!  They do look like little hippos!  Here is a picture of one (not the ones I saw today, obviously) and I'll admit they're funny looking but OH GOSH LOOK AT TEH WRINKLES!!!

...dem wrinkles...O.O

I held one and he was just ohmygoodness I can't even holycowIwantone...

...what?

...you want me to talk about crochet?

...ugh, fine.

JUST KIDDING, I am happy to talk about crochet since that is why you are here.  There are five-yes, count 'em, FIVE-new items up in my Etsy shop, I have been feeling pretty industrious of late!  First, we have these adorable meranimals!  My favourite part is the little flower gems!  Let's face it, a mermaid wouldn't wear a bikini top, she would use things naturally found in the sea, like aquatic plants and shells and stuff!

Besides, human mermaids are BORING, let's get some bunnies, bears and kitties in there!

Then we have the newest additions to my Little Jar Bear collection, a night time blue bear who's a real star-gazer, and a shy and quiet girly-girl lilac and grey bear who loves pink and purple!

 

So then, Super Cuties, I hope that's enough cuteness to satisfy you for today!  I definitely had my cuteness fill (SKINNEH PEEGS!!!) and am going to go and think of something else cute and cuddly to create!

Have a great one, Super Cuties!

YOU GUYS!!! GUYS!!! GUYS, YOU GUYS!!!

YOU GUYS!!!


Go and check out Thingor!  I did those spring time amis for their promotion which is going on in Calgary this weekend, and it looks like a pretty cool website!  I am happy to be a part of it, even if it is in a small way.  Plus, I got to meet one of the guys who runs it AND discovered an awesomely cute little tea-house (even if it is in Kensington) called the Oolong Tea House, which I totally made a thing for on Thingor!!!


Also, it has been duly noted that I talk a helluva lot, and I apologize to Craig and thank him for listening to me blather on and let me show him photos of my dog.


WANNA SEE A PHOTO OF MY DOG?!

YOU CANNOT RESIST THE DERP!!!

So have a good Saturday, and enjoy the long weekend!  And if you're in downtown Calgary or Kensington, and the weather isn't crap terribly unpleasant, perhaps you will have some awesome Thingor things bestowed upon you!  How cute!!!

I know that feel, bro...

...I know that feel.

Just under three weeks until Las Vegas with my girlfriends...I just have to get through the rest of the semester with my brain and most of my internal organs intact...then it's party time!  It's the last part of the school year that tends to drag on, and I start to resemble this here bear, so wish me luck!

But of course, no matter what is going on in my life, there is always cuteness in the form of crochet to be found!  Some items I sold on Etsy are on their way to new homes tomorrow, and I'm handing off the stuff for the local Calgary promotion as well.  I can't believe Easter is practically here already!  Can you, Super Cuties?  Guess I'm not the only one who is tired!!!

Even my new creation is tired!  Wake up, little ami!

Little bear, big cutenessocity!

This adora-bear is quite classic and simple in his design.  Wouldn't he look quaint in a cottage?  I think his sweater is cute as-is, but I couldn't help adding a gem, it's a nice little trademark.  Plus I have a tub full o' gems and I like shiny things.  I find my style is tending towards a more classic look at the moment, and I like it, but the best part about a style is that it can change and be influenced all the time.  I hope people will recognize anything I do as mine, but I'm not afraid to try new things or different techniques.  In amigurumi, there are no limitations except the ones you put on yourself, so if you're creating crocheted cuties, or any other piece of art, experiment and discover!  You never know what cutie-pie you might end up with!

Stay awesome, Cuties!

You know what's NOT cute?!

My downstairs neighbours think they're quite the party animals, and were having a shindig.  Which started at three in the morning.  And involved yelling.  And pot smoking.  And urinating on the lawn, even though he had just left my neighbour's apartment (which is on the ground level and opens out onto the lawn) and could have gone back in for five seconds.  And more yelling, specifically one guy being abusive and rude to one girl.  The vibrations from the music were thumping my floors, while the people were OUTSIDE on the balcony, not even listening to it.  At least this time it wasn't Adele (I don't really like her at the best of times, but especially not when I'm trying to sleep) but that has happened before.  Needless to say, I was not impressed.

My grumpy face.  Behold it.

People, I hardly need to tell you this-my Super Cuties are perfect!-but don't be that person.  3 o' clock in the morning, even if it's a weekend?  Keep it down.  Sitting on the bus?  I don't want to hear your obscenely loud (not to mention awful) music blasting through your headphones.  Oh, you went ahead of me going through a door?  I sure do appreciate you not dropping it in my face.  Or, if I held the door for you, a thank you is all I ask.  Because everyone HATES that person, and you can tell when you meet someone who is really really REALLY rude (a certain customer at my work comes to mind!) and thinks that it's everyone else's problem.  They fail to recognize that they are the common denominator.  They treat you like dirt and wonder why their lives are so full of anger and bitterness.  It's because they are receiving what they give. 

Because here's the thing, Super Cuties...MANNERS ARE AWESOME.  They really are.  I remember my parents, my dad in particular, hounding me incessantly about manners.  And I'm glad they did.  I try my best to be polite to everyone, because you can fault me on a lot of things, but I always say please and thank you.  I'm not saying you have to put up with crap with a big smile on your face...stand your ground.  But people will take you seriously if they realize that you are making a conscious effort to be nice to them, to make them feel like a person by taking their feelings into account.  Which is what manners do.  By covering your mouth when you cough you're saying "I didn't want to get you sick today!"  By saying sorry when you bump into someone you're saying "That was an accident, I didn't mean to get in your way!"  And they won't always reciprocate.  And they won't always even deserve for you to be nice to them.  But you have to treat others the way you want to be treated, and trust that one day, karma will turn back around and repay you.

Maybe I haven't articulated this very well, and I know this is my crochet blog, but I'm tired yet needed to rant.  So do it.  Do it for manners. Do it for good grace.  Do it for that hilariously annoyed-looking cat.

Do it for the cuteness.