Pepperberry Crochet

Finished Spider

Here it is. :)

Amigurumi Skeleton

Fun, fun. I'm home with a cold. I always feel guilty when I'm home sick, so I cleaned my shelving & now feel worse. Instead I curled up on the couch with my monthly planning for the Day Job and at least have the month of October figured out now.

Speaking of October, I made this guy over the weekend, he's a great big long skeleton. I love skeletons with big noses...

Mini Pumpkins

Mini pumpkins. I needed something to do with my hands last night watching movies. I'm working on some other stuff now. Also, I'm in love with my new camera. In love!

The omlettes...well...the omlettes were not so good. Perhaps another time...

Candy Corn

Candy corn are back in the etsy shop.

I'm still working on the persimmons.

I love this photo, they look like they're pleging allegiance, or something. Huh.

Persimmons

Agh, I really don't like it when I'm doing something wrong with a piece and can't figure out what it is. I'm relatively sure, though, that it's a combination of wrong colors & poorly utilized needlesculpting on these persimmons. Even though the reference photo I have depicts persimmons with sort of dented in sides, an internet search has revealed that it's more common for them not to have dented sides.

I need to hit the LYS to pick up a better shade of green, and a more intense, reddish orange. I also need to decide if I want them to have pointy bottoms or smooth. This may require more reference.

I also made more cookies tonight--this time it was chocolate chip with wheat flour instead of the standard white flower. They're good enough, but I should have used dark brown sugar instead of Brownulated.

More fall edibles

Hee hee. Amigurumi apple. This is about 2 inches tall.

Amigurumi Pumpkins

My favorite time of year is here, so following the sugar skulls I've been working on some amigurumi pumpkins of all sizes. And mountains of slugs, but I need batteries for the camera, so those aren't ready yet. Spent the weekend cheerfully crocheting, watching season 3 of Supernatural, and running errands.

Also, I have tried the pumpkin spice Hershey kisses & am sad to discover that they are white chocolate.

Sugar Skulls

I think I've gotten so used to my old camera's flash washing everything out that I keep overcompensating on the new one and washing out my images. I've converted to Picnik, by the way. I used to take photos with the old camera, upload them onto the Mac, edit with photoshop, then put on a memory stick and bring them onto the laptop. Then I started plugging the old camera into the laptop (I'm so smart that it only took me a year and a half to figure out I could do that) and edit with the little mini editor that came with my printer/scanner. At last, I am able to upload off the new camera and edit on Flickr. Hooray!

I love everything about the fall, including Halloween, and anything vaguely related to Halloween. So here is a sugar skull. Admittedly, the only thing that makes it different from last year's skulls is the embroidery. It's such a super cheerful skull, and it makes me happy.

Happy October!

Not much new to say, just thought I'd share this photo. I love taking photos of many, many things in a small space. This one also includes a tiny brown and orange candy corn.

Working on some cute little apples. Though I'd love to make nothing but Halloween items all year round, I'm trying to branch out and do some fall, too.

Candy Corn Craziness Continues

I just love candy corn. I think I've mentioned that before. I try to avoid eating it, since I have no self control, and inevitably end up eating enough of it to make myself sick. I should be ashamed, it's so bad for your teeth, etc. :)

At least I can make toy candy corns that won't ruin my digestion. I started working on these guys yesterday. Given my current obession with "Tiny Needle, Big Yarn!" I needed an excuse to make something tiny. I've also learned how to make an invisible decrease in crochet, which has made making tiny items a lot more possible. I know, it sounds ridiculous that I didn't know how to do this, considering how long I've been crocheting for, but my crochet education has been a little spotty.

I found out Friday that I will definitely be at Bazaar Bizarre Boston this year! I'm quite excited to go again--I had such a blast last year and got to meet so many nice people. The event is December 9, from 12-7. If you're in the area, you should definitely go. It's a great time and there are plenty of interesting crafters.

I'll be off to work on some more candy corn, and maybe a few other fall items, I'm not sure. These guys are up on the etsy shop. Have a great weekend!