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A Doll in 48 hours?

Why yes!  It's amazing just how much you can accomplish in less than 48 hours if you ignore Facebook, Pinterest and other internet time sucks...LOL!!

My friend's daughter's first birthday party was this past Saturday and after much pondering I decided that I wanted to make her this doll.  I knew that I had the day off on Friday and after consulting with my sister she confirmed my belief that I could have it completed in a day.  So Friday found me sitting in my craft room, watching a marathon of Star Trek Next Generation and Law and Order SVU on TV, crochet needles in hand.  By Friday afternoon I had all the pieces for the doll completed.

Then came the task of putting her together, giving her a face, making her hair and making her dress.  All was going well and I had her all assembled with a face by night time.

Then I hit a snag with her hair.  Let's just say that if the instructions say use a sewing machine to do something, please do and don't try sewing by hand...again, just saying!  So at 2am I gave up and went to bed figuring I could finish her hair and dress after I came back from the gym and before we headed out to the party that afternoon.  As they say the best laid plans and all that jazz. In any case to make a long story short I got her hair completed but not the dress so I had to bring and IOU to the party.

As soon as I got home I worked on her outfit before I lost the momentum and motivation.  But enough with the suspense!  Here she is completed!

I dressed her in a different outfit than the one in the pattern and since I had an extra day before delivery I decided why not whip out another dress for her.  Every girl needs more than one outfit after all. You can find the pattern I used for the doll plus other versions of her here on Sugar'n Cream, search the free patterns for Lily Doll.  Just note that you need to create an account.

I even had time to whip out a card. So now you know just how much you can accomplish in less than 48 hours if you put your mind to it!  And guess what...Facebook, Pinterest, and all the other internet stuff was still there waiting for my return.  Imagine that!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Baby Knitting and Cupcakes

Another Museum baby is on the way so of course we had to celebrate and throw a shower.  And what's a baby shower with out cupcakes and gifts.

Remember the sneak peek from Wednesday?  Here's the full reveal of what I made...baby hat and booties.  Aren't they cute and the yarn is called Girlieflage...squeal!

The cupcakes also had a girlie theme!

They almost did not make it to the shower as my oven decided to stop working.  I had them all mixed up and in the pans and the oven decided to not light.  Luckily a great friend came to the rescue and I was able to trek over to her house (in the rain I may add) and use her oven.That's dedication for you!

Just a simple vanilla cake with a dark chocolate Hershey's Kiss as a sweet surprise in the middle.  The toppers are a mix of homemade marshmallow fondant and molded chocolate.

Here's a photo of our baby shower spread! It was a lot of fun and the parent's to be where very happy and thankful!

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Sister Sketch May 2013 | Sketch and Templates

My latest sketch for May!

If you would like to play along you can grab it here as a PDF | JPG| PSD. 

Come on back in two weeks to see what we each did with this sketch and to share your own creations!

WIP Wednesday

Happy Hump Day! So let's see what I have accomplished since I posted two weeks ago!

I have made some progress on my halter top but clearly if I want to wear it before next summer I need to pick up the pace.

Does my scarf look different to two weeks ago? Well maybe it's because it is a completely different pattern. I am having a complete love hate relationship with this yarn. I love that it is so soft and pretty but it is so slippery that it is a pain to work with. I have started over twice already and I just give up. So I am trying it with a different pattern.  Third times a charm...or at least that is what they say!

I got no further with my crochet sweater but I swear I have a really good reason for my slow progress with these.  I had to stop to make a gift for a friend  Here's a peek of what I did and the full thing will be revealed in Friday's post.  Gift will be delivered tomorrow and I don't want to spoil the surprise in case she see this.

So anyway I am hoping to have lots more progress to show you in two weeks time and I may even have something new on my needles.  You will just have to wait and see.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Doodle a Day

So I mentioned in this post that I am attempting Doodle a Day and so far I have completed days one through five.  Not bad I think! Here's what I have come up with thus far.

May 1 - View

May 2 - Paper

May 3 - Road

May 4 - Fear

May 5 - Five Things

Tomorrow I need to catch up and do days six through eight.  If you like what you see you can follow my progress on Instagram (vernellc) and the hastag for all who are doodling is #doodleadaymay.

Thanks for stopping by!

Not WIP Wednesday

Sorry if you were expecting to see an update of my knitting and crochet works in progress.  It dawned on me that a weekly update may have been a bit to ambitions so I have decided to move to a bi-weekly update schedule.  So enjoy this wonderful bloom that Sheldon got from the garden yesterday instead.  Happy Hump Day!

Daily To Dos

I have been doing Photo a Day for a few months now with some months beeing more consistent than others, but I seem to be losing the zest for it.  I think I will take a break this month and focus more on taking photos of just things that appeal to me.

However, I am a glutton for punishment so I had to find another daily to do...I mean come on what else am I supposed to do with all this free time on my hands.  I found this Doodle-a-day on Ello Lovey's Facebook page and I am hoping that she continues for May.  If not I will just do the April prompts.

I am sure that my doodles will not be anything close to the talent that Rhi has but hey it is a doodle not a Picasso masterpiece and I think it will be fun!

For May I will also be picking back up The Happy Book by Rachel Kempster and Meg Leder.

I failed miserably the last time I tried to doing something with this book (see here) but after all the tragedy in Boston this book sorta jumped out at me from my bookshelf.  After all we all need a lot of happy in our life.

So looks like May will be filled with a lot of sketching, knitting, and happiness!!  I am looking forward to it and I hope you are too.

Sister Sketch Reveal April 2013 | Now & Then

April is here and we are still waiting for spring to decide that it is really here to stay!  But while we wait for the days of sandals and tank tops here's what I did with April's sketch below!

While looking through my photos I came across this photo of myself from last Christmas and soon after this one of when we visited Vegas back in 2005.  Apart from a different hair style I realize that I really have not changed that much in the last seven years.

I used an old kit that I have had in my stash for at least three if not more years.  That's the thing I love about kits, you can usually find coordinating stuff in one place to make a few projects. I used a border punch to make the decorative strips with paper.  Here are a few more close ups!

Now head on over here to see what Francine did with the sketch. Also if you still want to play along you can down load the jpg, pdf, or layered template.  Leave a link in the comments so we can check out your work.

Work in Progress Wednesdays

I have decided to start a new series about the knitting and crochet projects that I am currently working on, hence forth known as WIP Wednesdays.  I figured if I put it out there and promise to share updates from start to finish that I will keep myself honest and actually finish stuff before casting on something new...a condition known as castonitist!  I also think that this will motivate me to work on them more often and thus finish faster as I won't want to be blogging about the same projects for too many weeks in a row and thus boring you my dear reader.

I currently have three things on my needles that I am actively working on - two knitting projects and one crochet!

One Row Lace Scarf - this is my carry around project as it is small and easy to work on during knitting group at the Museum and my lunch times.  I am making it from this wonderfully silk yarn which is oh so soft to the touch but also oh so slippery to work with.  I have already had to stop once to untangle the ball.

Dolman Sleeve Crochet top - I already have one side of this completed and plan to start working on the other side this weekend.  It was surprisingly quick and easy to work up.  I am actually using an acrylic yarn that I got at Michael's but it is super soft and I can't wait to finish it and wear it.

Petite Cables Halter top from the summer issue of Love of Knitting magazine - I came across this magazine as I aimlessly browsed in a book store this weekend and it had such cute summer patterns that I just had to buy it.  I knew the cotton yarn that I had recently got would be perfect to make this halter top.

I am actually making mine with three colors of yarn in large stripes of color.  I am using a different weight yarn to what the pattern calls for so to get the correct gauge I had to go down in needle size.  Started on this last weekend and it is an easy enough pattern to work on while I watch TV and will alternate working on this and the crochet top.

So thanks for stopping by and check in with me next week to see how much progress I have made on these.

Sister Sketch April 2013 | Sketch, Free PDF and Digi Template

This month's sketch and templates are just a little late but we have not forgotten.  Here is what I came up with for this month:

Visit Francine's blog for links to download it as a JPG, PDF, or Layered Template if you would like to play along.  Check back next week to see what we did with this sketch.