Crochet Gifts 2018

This Year's Crochet Christmas Gifts

So I know I haven't blogged that much this year, but that doesn't mean I haven't been doing stuff! The last few weeks I have been hard at work getting my crochet gifts done. Here's what I have along with where you can find patterns. 

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Asymmetrical Shawl

Pattern- Tango Shawl, Moogly

Yarn-Lion Brand Shawl In A Cake

Knit Slouch Hat, Fur Pom Pom

Pattern- Freestyled this! Child sz, CO 74(5mm needles). Ribbed band, 12 rows purl, 10 rows knit

Yarn- Hobby Lobby, I Love This Yarn, black and Elements Flower

Pom Pom- DIY'ed that

Hat with Beard

Grey Hat Pattern- Bright Stripes Beanie, KT And The Squid

Beard(small)- Bobble Beard, Ashley Marie

Plaid Hat Pattern- Kids Plaid Hat, Whistle and Ivy

Heart Earflap Hat

Hat Pattern- Valentine Heart Earflap Hat, Classy Crochet

Purple and Grey Hat

Hat Pattern- V-stitch Winter Beanie, Over The Apple Tree

Ralphie Rabbit

Pattern: Ralphie Rabbit Raglow

Grey Stripe Pusheen Cat

Pattern- Stripey Cat

Cowl

Pattern- Stargazer Cowl, Left In Knots

Yarn- Lion Brand Scarfie

Christmas Years Past Projects

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Decorative Wood Sled

Decorative Wood Sled From Recycled Wood

Our wood swing set had seen better days, plus my kids have pretty much outgrown it anyway. We decided to take it apart and there it sits in the back yard until we get around to trashing it. When we starting decorating for Christmas, I had a light bulb moment! We could build a rustic sled with the wood! It's already weathered and the perfect red color. Just throw on a Christmas bow and some rope to finish it off. (Hint: found the rope at the dollar store)

I don't have any pictures of the process, but anyone could freestyle a design depending on the size wood you have and how big of a space it will go in.

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I Love Diaper Cakes!

Diaper cakes are my go-to baby shower gift. Anyone who's had a baby knows you can never have too many diapers!

Here are some examples of diaper cakes I have made in the past. I'm pretty sure anyone can do this project. If it's your first time, you'll just need a little patience! My diaper cake tutorial can be found HERE.

Make your own diaper cake! See my tutorial

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DIY Box Top Trophy

Trophy for the Box Tops For Education top class.

Wood Countertop, Bathroom DIY

I always knew this 80's countertop in my bathroom wouldn't be here forever, I just had other projects that were higher on my list of priorities! Well, it finally happened, I decided I couldn't look at this counter for 1 more day.

A few years ago, we took a weekend to give this downstairs bathroom a tiny face lift. We framed the builder grade mirror, painted the cabinet and gave the walls a fresh coat of paint. I never liked this countertop, but I could live with it until we finished other stuff in the house.

Like a lot of projects I do, I saw this on Pinterest! I figured this would be a fast and easy project, just pop off the old counter, touch up the paint and spend a couple hours putting together the new countertop...NOPE!

• Pop off the old countertop 
• Build new countertop, stain, add a billion coats of poly 
• Buy a new sink because all the sinks toilets and tubs in this house are bone colored and I already changed out this toilet to white
• Apply knockdown plaster on the wall behind toilet where the counter was attached 
• Realize that the color of the stain and the tile back splash I chose clashes with the cabinet and wall color
• Repaint walls and cabinet
• Touch up the molding paint
• Touch up black molding around mirror
• Notice with the new, lighter wall color, the ceiling isn't really white and now looks horrible and needs to be painted as well
• Install the countertop and tile back splash
• Even though the counter is exactly what I wanted, the new wall color I chose is way lighter than I thought it was and now I want to paint the walls again and maybe the cabinet too...

Home DIY is never as fast and simple as we think it will be. Oh well, what can you do?!

I don't have a detailed tutorial for this countertop, but you can pretty much see how it was done from the photos. Everyone might need a slightly different method depending on what you're replacing and your existing fixtures. After I stained, I applied several layers of polyurethane. The sink was attached and sealed in place with clear silicone caulk and I used the same caulk to seal the gaps between the three pieces of wood.

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