No, Peeg! My dessert! MINE!

Making Peegs is fun, but they have cheeky natures and are always hungry!

"...you gunna...you gunna eat that?"
"BACK OFF, PEEG!"

The copious amount of whipped cream is Kevin's fault.  Yes.  Kevin.  <_<

That sweet lil' oinker trying to steal my tasty dessert is a stripey Vanilla Cookie Dough Peeg.  That is my second favourite kind of ice cream.  The first, you ask?

BEHOLD!  Your Mint Chocolate Chip Peeg Overlord!

I also love Tiger Tail, but I don't have the right materials to make her right now.  I guess there are lots of awesome ice cream flavours, but those three are the best...albeit not in the same bowl...

While those three are chilling (get it?!  Because of ice cream?  Oh, but I'm witty!) over on my Etsy shop, I am figuring out an actual pattern for the Peegs and hoping to have something on my site by July.  In the mean time, if you are wanting a really good introductory crochet how-to, I recommend the following videos and sites!  

All Free Crochet for free patterns and tutorials.  It's a good idea to have a few granny squares/slightly hole-ey scarves under your belt at the very beginning.  Simple single crochet scarves are great to practice the "moves" of crochet.  Once you know how to hold the hook, the yarn, and make stitches with confidence, crocheting amis is quite easy!

Naztazia does a very good instructional video for All Free Crochet.  It's easy to follow and for very, very, very beginners!

Red Heart is, of course, a well-known yarn brand and has a lot of great content.  Plus, you can do a knitting tutorials as well!  (BOOOOO!!!  KNITTING!!!  KNITTING!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!  Sorry, but the divide runs deep!)

So get those hooks out at get practicing, and soon you'll be whipping up amis in no time!  I'll make my Peeg pattern and hopefully by the end of the summer you'll have some of your very own Peegs sneaking into your kitchen and stealing your strawberries...

Stay Cute!!!!

p.s. I claim no rights to the previous links, and am merely providing them as tools for any of my viewers.  I did not make them or own any material they contain within.  I hope that sounds official enough!

Miserable Weather, Adorable Amis!

Just over a week ago was my boyfriend's birthday, and Thor must have been super excited because it rained buckets (flat parking lots were several inches deep in water) and there was a ton of thunder and lightning.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!"
"Thank you oh god please stop..."

Ever since, it's been raining and/or hailing here in Calgary.  Actually, we had one nice day, but the others have been pretty wet.  Some more thunder and lightning too.  I like storms as much as the next girl, but I hope it gets sunny and stays sunny soon, I want to plant my balcony flower pots and work on my flip flop tan.

However, all the crummy weather has given me time to get some crochet work done around here!  I finished the piece for the winner of my contest, Imma Blac Shepe aka Jessica, and will be sending it out tomorrow.  A version will be available in my shop soon too ^_^

An ice cream hippo and his cone home!

Gotta admit...that is a pretty good hiding spot.  I mean, my ice cream cone is the LAST place I would think to find a hippo.   Giraffes, yes.  Hippos, no.

This is a cute way to keep a hippo as a pet!  They may be cute, but real hippos are dangerous wild animals and I'm pretty sure they don't like ice cream...or dairy treats of any kind.

If you want something super sweet, though, you really can't beat cotton candy!  I love the way it is super fluffy and almost huggable, and how it melts in your mouth, and holding a stick of pluffy goodness with friends tearing off big chunks and laughing together.  Can't wait to do that at the Calgary Stampede* this year!  And I found this yarn and thought it was perfect for a cotton candy unicorn!

The paper sticks they use always looked like horns to me!

Even though all the colours taste the same, it can be hard to pick!  Surely the bane of my parents existence when I was a child..."....um...yello-NO!  Blue!....no wait, pink plea-" "JUST PICK ONE!"

I have a commission due by the end of next week, so I'll be working on that.  In the mean time, I will attach some links to free "how to crochet" sites, so you can master the basic step, and so that I can come up with me official peeg pattern to share with you!  So stay tuned for that starting in July!

Have a sweet, ice creamy, cotton candy day!

*I wonder if it's possible to crochet a deep-fried Oreo cookie?  Another popular...um..."food" of the Stampede...

Pink Hippo Ice Cream Cones!!!

The winner of my Facebook contest is Imma Blac Shepe (cute name!) with her winning idea, Pink Hippo Ice Cream Cones!

"I get to be ice cream!!!"

Their will also be a version of this item available in my shop within a week, so keep your eyes peeled n_n

And the Hippie Bunny is off to his new home in Toronto tomorrow...bye Hippie Bunny, we'll miss you.  Also, GET A JOB!  (Just kidding!)

And, of course, a very happy birthday to my love, Kevin...even though he's super stinksauce...

Contests and Prizes!

Want to win an awesome amigurumi!?  Wanna try your luck at awesome prizes?!

I feel like a casino owner!!!  Except without billions of dollars...or swag :(

Then you'll want to head over to Memo's Mind on Facebook, as she purchased an item from me and is using it in part of a giveaway over on her site!  Which is cool, if all goes well more of my items will be featured there, it's a pretty neat site, I'm excited about working with her!!!  So there is chance number one!

Chance number two, head over to my site and enter my awesome contest!  The rules are simple...send me, in a private Facebook message, your favourite dessert (real or imagined!) and I will pick one and make a dessert-inspired amigurumi from it!  One to be sent to you, and one to be made and sold in my Etsy store.  You will receive a credit for your input, and if you have your own Etsy shop and/or facebook page a link will be given as well. 

So, Super Cuties, good luck, and the winner of my contest will be announced June 5th! 

Sigh...I wish I had casino swag...

Magician's Mayhem!

For all you fantasy lovers out there, my talented friend has written and self-published a novel, and I did the cover art!  It's an awesome story for tween to teens (although I'm an adult and I loved it!), I hope you check it out on smashwords (good for if you don't have a Kindle or other e-reader) and amazon.  The book follows Tobin, a young man who leads-well...led-a quiet life as he encounters magic and mystery!  This is just book one, I am excited to do the cover art for the next books in the series, and to read them of course!


Thanks for reading, Super Cuties!

Summer. So close.

 I'm excited for summer, because it means cherries and watermelons are in season, and are therefore cheaper!  And, since I'm home all summer long this year, I will have time to sit on my balcony, eating cherries and watermelon and drinking...tea.   Yes.

"Tea."

What with the weather finally improving, there is a lot of inspiration for me to crochet!  From fresh fruit...

Oranges are pretty tasty n_n

...to magical princesses...

Peegy is best princess!

...to chocolate pandas with red roses!

Chocolate, anyone?

 And, if you swing on over to my Facebook page, you can enter a contest at the end of May that might win you a cute summer-inspired ami of your own!  Who can resist!?!?!?

That's all from me tonight, Super Cuties, I am going to take a break and go and enjoy some...ahem............"tea".

 

Is this...is this a Diablo?

About two weeks ago I did my first ever window painting for my friend, who works at EB Games and the store wanted something for the midnight release.  The game Diablo III came out, and although I have NO clue what the game is even about, I did the window art!  It's a late update, but here, finally, is the photo!  As...shudder..."instagramed" by Kevin.

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?!

Of course, as I was doing it, people were coming in the store and asking when the game was coming out.  Even though I had painted it.  In bright yellow.  On the window.  Next to the door.  -_-

It's something I want to do more of, and there will be more game releases I can do for the store.  I know, I know, it's not crochet but it's my craft and it was really fun!!!  Maybe one day, when I have my own crochet shop (a nerdy dream of mine) I will have cute amis painted in the window!!! <3  If you want to do your own window painting, it's super easy.  Draw your image on the outside of the glass with a whiteboard marker.  Then on the inside, using ACRYLIC paint (some websites say to use tempera, we tried this, it does NOT work) paint your image.  But don't forget, you have to do whatever is in the foreground first, or you'll be scraping paint and starting over.  To remove it, wash with Lysol or any other household cleaner and use a plastic or metal scraper to take off the paint.  Super fun!  I'm excited to do the Assassin's Creed one, that's one of my favourite games!

As for non-denomic cute crochet, there will be two, possibly three new items ready for viewing tomorrow!  Until then, Super Cuties, stay awesome, try some window painting, and have a great weekend!