Crochet along cupcakes

This is my attempt at the crochet along project for the month of February from Alycia over at The Curious Pug 
free pattern on BitterSweet.

Lame I know, funky looking frosting and funkier looking sprinkles!  I am just not too happy with the scalloped edge it's like too tight and looking down, maybe I needed to add more filling?  and the fact that the yarns I used are different tickness does not help a lot either. 

Sophia asked for white cake and pink frosting.  Xavi just picked the blue one after I have done them I really didn't give him a 
choice.

He is always a good sport at posing for my pictures.

He said I should make an army of cupcakes.  And sure enough he started battling them.

In no way I support military conflicts and actions but I just could not resist taking pictures.  Even after the photo session when it was time to do homework he kept on battling the cupcakes. Boys will be boys I guess :/

I am glad he found a use for my weird looking cupcakes.

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UPDATE: 

Googly eyed cupcakes.  Sophia swears the pink and the green are her new best friends.

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Things that made me happy last week

I had been toying with the idea of a desk space for quite some time now, way back really.  The kids have their computer desk.  Meanwhile I keep wrapping my etsy sales and writing notes on top of the washer and dryer.  Lately the idea came back to me and I started a board on pinterest(pinterest is fun isn't it??) anyways the back to the board I titled it:

I need my own desk, in red italics underlined and bold print because this time I really wanted a desk.

I started searching my local thrift shops and nothing really caught my eye. Really nothing.  Plus I didn't want to spend 20 dollars on a desk.  Last week, we went to our tax preparer and in her office she had a cute desk as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it.  She said she bought it for $40 and would sell it for $40.  My husband gave me the a $20 dollar bill and said if I liked it I should get it.  So I put in the other 20 and the desk is now mine.

Initially I had envision a white desk, and I would have painted it but I love the color of this one. It's missing a knob, but who cares, not me.  It's the perfect size.  I paid way way more that I really wanted too, but I am not good at negotiating.  I could have said I give you 20 for it.  But that is just totally not me I am not good at that.  I liked it and I bought it.  Now I have to hunt for a chair and personalize it :)

Another thing that made me happy last week is my niece Ailani.  Finally, finally somebody looks like might follow my footsteps.  She was in my house last week as I was going to drive to San Diego with the kids to visit my mom.  She came up to me and asked if I could teach her how to crochet.  What??  She is asking me???  I tried teaching my sister 20 some years ago, my stepdaughter Valeria 10 years ago, my dear Sophie some years ago and Ailani comes to me asking!  Delighted I was.  I taught her how to finger crochet in a quick moment and she started doing basic chains.  She asked for more yarn for the way "1 1/2 hours is a long ride she said." 

Do you spy her crocheted necklace and her hairband? 

I love this girl (Insert Happy dance here♫ ♪)

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Crochet along Mary Jane Slippers

Mary Jane slippers was Januarys Crochet Along pattern on The Curious Pug.

This time I made a pair of slippers  for Sophia.  
She really loved them.

Remember I had done some other different kind of slippers before?  This time I learned a couple of new tricks.  Such as DC 3 together on the last row before closing up the slippers and SC 3 together to round up the corners. These are really easy to whip up in one sitting really.

I don't think I am at the corner of expert and pro yet, but I really liked how these came out.

 Sophia got a little carried away with her feet modeling

What do you think?? 

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Crochet along slouchy hat project

Two days before the New Year rings, I am happy to report that I am having a nice break.

This month I  decided to join Alycia from The Curious Pug 

on December's crochet along! 

I've told you before that I do not how to read patterns, this was my main reason for joining plus the slouchy hat seemed super easy.  And let me tell you it was.  

  

I sat down and started watching a movie on Netflix, carefully reading the pattern and counting the stitches.  I lost one stitch on the third row, but now problem I was able to fix that.  After the fourth row everything went very smooth.  

At the end of the movie I decided to go get the ruler and it only shows how fast and easy this project can go!  The pattern calls for 9 inches and I had done 11 inches of work :/ It was time to go pick up the kids from school so I put the project on hold.

 After we came home and the kids had eaten  I sat with Xavi to do his homework I picked up the project again.

 The first one to try it on was him of course!

The next day I made one for the little stinker. His ninja moves while being taken a picture cannot fail, you know that!

Finally got him to put the slouchy hat the right way 

and stay still!

I love it when you can do a project in one day although mine took literally ALL DAY LONG :/

But it really is super easy and remember I had mention in one of my post I didn't want to stress this Christmas? I didn't!! This was the perfect slouchy hat to crochet for nieces and nephews, for the smaller heads I just decreased one or two rows. I also did one for my husband and for my mom and for a friend...get it?? how easy and fast this is? 

One of my nephews asked for a beard so I went to you tube for help and did one for him and also for Xavi.  How can you say no when they tell you 
"I love you tia" (auntie)

So this is the first pattern that I read on my own!  Yay!  
Thank you Alycia!

 

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