Angel Hamsters and Angel Peegs

Sorry for my absence of late, Super Cuties.  I've been quite busy (not playing video games, I promise) and a lot has happened.  I've been preparing for my trip, and working a lot, and unfortunately my hamster died.  I can honestly tell you, I'm 24 years old, nearly 25, and I cried like a little girl for two days and am still upset.  It was quite unexpected, she was only a year and a half.  She jumped from my hands as I was putting her back in her cage and fell, I guess hurting something internally.  She seemed fine at first but when I went to check on her the next night she was clearly in pain and it ended soon after that.  Her name was Miso and she was so cute...she used to like eating berry treats and running around in her little hamster ball, wiggling her ham-butt.  It seems so silly but she was my pet and I loved her, I think anything you love, from a goldfish to a horse, if it leaves you there is definitely a palatable emptiness.  However, I am thinking of Miso as she was in her happy life and knowing that her Super Cute little soul is at the Rainbow Bridge and she is happy n_n


In her memory, I made an angel delight little Teaspoon Peeg who is tiny and wee and super adorbz!

Hey!  How come this teaspoon doesn't have any cake or pie or ice cream on it?  What kind of second rate photo shoot IS THIS!?

My official pattern for Peegs is almost done, and there is another new cutie in my inventory; a little bear who likes to hide in itty-bitty flower pots!

I wish I could live in a flower pot.  Cheaper rent for sure.

It's not even August and I've made myself a fall hat.  I'll have to get some of those up and running and in my shop soon too.  I want it to get chilly so I can wear it...but I want the rest of summer to be nice and warm.  WHY IS IT SO HARD!?

Sorry, I clearly need to calm dow-MY HAT IS SO CUUUUTE BUT IT'S SO WARM BUT I WANT IT TO STAY WARM AND I CAN'T WEAR MY HAT ON THE CRUISE BUT IT'S.  SO.  CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!

*sedation via blow dart gun from the nice doctors who don't leave me unsupervised*

Teaspoon Peeglets!

They're cute and they know it.  I'd let them get away with anything!  Even SHENANIGANS!

Teaspoon Peeglets are a great success!  They are inspired by yummy ice cream (are we noticing a theme in my work?) and can fit into a teaspoon.  Vanilla, well, she is a classic favourite!  Sweet and cool and perfect for summer.  Now, Banana is an adventurous, fun loving gal who loves jokes and laughing!  I've always thought of bananas as being a bit goofy n_n.  Mint is calm, laid back, ready to just chill and enjoy hot summer days in the shade.  Sounds good to me!  Keep an eye open for even more cute colours and themed peegs over in my shop!

Yesterday I went to the Calgary Stampede, with my best friend Kari and it was great!  We went on the Zipper, I forgot how queasy it can make a person!  The cheesy haunted house was actually the stuff of nightmares, and I gibbered like a madman was quite delighted by the baby farm animals.  Oh, and I won an awesome dragon named Chester!

He is my greatest accomplishment to date.  No lie.

The leopard found a new home with a Super Cute little girl who didn't have any prizes yet.  It's all part of what I call my "Stampede Good Deed" (< clever rhyming slogan copyright of ME!)  I enjoy playing the carnival games but when I win something smaller or not as awesome as Chester, I like to find a nice, polite, small child who hasn't won anything yet and give them the toy.  Kari passed along her little pink gorilla to a thrilled toddler, and I gave the leopard to this adorable little girl who's mom was super happy for her...except I didn't realize this woman had TWO little girls (I didn't see the other one at first) so I gave her my giraffe that I had won.  It was the same size as this leopard but was actually totally amazing and cute and I love giraffes but what was I going to do?  "NO, PICK WHICH OF YOUR CHILDREN YOU LOVE MORE!  NO TOY FOR YOU, OTHER CHILD!"  Although that would have been hilarious.  Wrong, but hilarious.

The Stampede is great, but I ate a lot of crap ie junk food and then today, I ate a lot of junk food again, and the scale is not happy with me.  I'm going on a cruise at the end of the summer and need to get back on track, so wish me luck Super Cuties!  I can so do this!  I just need to be strong in the face of deliciousness.  Such...delicious...deliciousness...

As promised, a pattern for peegs and changes to this blog will be coming, but I just got a new computer and I'm still figuring it all out.  So please bear with me and thanks for your patience!  YOU'RE AWESOME!  But not as awesome as Chester.  Sorry.

Adventures in Pottery Painting

My mom's birthday was on the 2nd, and we celebrated on July 1st, which is also Canada Day!

AWWW YEAH!  FLAG!!!!

My sister and I took her pottery painting, and we had a hell of a time trying to convince her that even though the colours look different in paint form, they will show up the same as how they look on the display panel.  At one point, after she said for the millionth time that she didn't think the colours were right, I told her they WERE and I was going to throw HER in the kiln if she wasn't careful!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STOP YOUR DAMN QUESTIONS!!!

In all honesty it was a lot of fun and I am excited to see how her creation turned out, and my sister's little vase that was supposed to be a sunset but ended up a scene of cactus, and to use my new rice bowl I made, complete with built-in chopstick rest!

I think I suffer from seasonal dyslexia or something.  All winter long, after I finish ice fishing and caribou hunting and other Canadian activities, I think of how much I want it to be summer!  Conversely, in the summer I get all romantic about the beauty of fall and winter and all the lovely holidays in that part of the year.  And with my latest order of plain eyes from yeahshop I received a free gift of two pairs of little red-ringed eyes.  It got me thinking of cute (and a bit scary) amis for Hallowe'en, and I couldn't wait to make them!  So now...at the beginning of July, please meet...

BAT PEEG

...and...

ZOMBIE PEEG!!!

Even though they are Hallowe'en themed, I think they would be great anytime for anyone who likes zombies.  Or bats.  Or peegs, for that matter!  I'm going to have to get more of those eyes, I think.

That's all for tonight, Cuties!  Tomorrow...or...well...later today, I suppose, the owls will be flying (GET IT!?  Oh please say you did...) out to California to be part of Memo's Mind's giveaway, so be sure to check them out too if you get a chance!

Later, Cuties!!! xoxoxox

Harry Potter Owls!!!

Ravenclaw (barn), Hufflepuff (screech), Gryffindor (snowy) and Slytherin (great-horned).

Making these owls for Memo's Mind really made me want to go back to Harry Potter World in Orlando.  That was amazing!!!  If you haven't been, I suggest you go, it's so magical!

No, legit, magic.  It really was Hogwarts.  AND when we went to Disney World I met Sleeping Beauty in REAL LIFE.  She is REAL and that film is a DOCUMENTARY.

...just let me dream.

It's Canada Day, so a very awesome day to all my fellow Canadians who will hopefully get a chance today to soak up some sun and have a good time!  I have plans so I'd better scurry off to bed, but have a Super Cute Canada Day!!!

Quick post before sleepy time...

I'm having an "early" night (2:43 am) but I did just want to say you can now find my facebook page through it's new username!


www.facebook.com/sakurabean


Hope that will make it easier to find me!


Also, in the next few weeks I will be making this blog more organized and customized towards my actual products.  There will be a blog section, a shop section, a tutorial section, and maybe just some other sections filled with cute cutey cuteness!


Okay I seriously need to go to bed...

So Many Granny Squares O_O

I had the urge to crochet an afghan.

I am regretting my decision.

Not because I don't like afghans (granny squares are awesome!) but I sort of forgot how many I'm going to need...so far I have 10.  Out of 25.  Or, if I can keep my enthusiasm mustered, 36.  And I only regret the decision because I want to work on it and get it done as quickly as possible, but I want to do a good job, but I can't work on it and do the plethora of other things I'm always working on, and it's given me another distraction from doing things I don't want to do like laundry or cleaning and making me forget about things I do need like sleep and sunlight AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY SQUARES OH GOD WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF?!!?!?!?!

On the plus side, I'll get a cozy cute blanket out of it that will look considerably better than the last/only blanket I ever completed.  Hopefully.

In amigurumi news, a recent purchaser received her pink unicorn and was pleased, so I was glad of that!  Another customer bought this gift for a birthday present and that was successful too!  Although, honestly, who doesn't love owls?

"O v O"

This little owl enjoys the matching ribbon!!!

There will be more owlishness in a few days, after I complete my latest custom order...owls with Harry Potter themes!!!  Oh it fills me with nerdy joy!

And on that note, I will return to my nightmarish feat of making seemingly endless (but awesome) granny squares.  My fingers will be bloody stumps by the time I'm done, and my mind will be mush, but it will be the best blood and brain liquid-stained afghan ever!!!

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!