pink giraffe

One of my good friends who moved away last year is about to have her first girl! I wanted to send her something little and girly as a congratulations. These little stuffed toys are one of my favorite things to make for babies and since my friend really likes giraffes, it was perfect. I think it turned out really cute. I hope she and her new baby like it too.

Whales and Sailboats

This is the baby gift I did recently for my sister-in-law's baby due at the end of March. I made the blanket, lovey, ball and double sided bib. I love the whales and sailboats; they are some of the cutest baby flannels I have seen. I love the color too, it is more of an aqua blue than just baby blue. The white is the absolute softest fabric ever; so great for a baby. My cousin crocheted the adorable little toy. To see more from her click here.

The bib is double sided, here are both sides.

waves

whale

Baby Toys

Toy #1 Front

Toy #1 Back

Toy #2

Toy #3

Toy #3

Toy #4 Front

Toy #4 Back

Toy #5 Front

Toy #5 Back

Toy #6

More baby toys

One of my friends is having her first baby, a little boy. Her favorite color has always been orange, so - orange baby toys!

I seriously can't get enough of these baby toys.

Baby Toy Balls

Baby toys are one of the most enjoyable and easiest things to make. Here are a couple of baby toy balls I made today. They are for our soon-to-be nephew, Aaron's sister is expecting this summer.

More animal baby toys

I love making these. To see my previous post about them click here.

These ones are for my sister, who is expecting baby #5. We are so excited for them!

Easter bunnies?

You know sometimes when you are crafting you have an idea in your mind, and it doesn't seem like it should be difficult, but then you start trying to execute and - it is a total flop? Well that happens to me quite often. Here is my latest example.

It's okay, you can laugh. These poor little fellas. (sigh) I just thought that since my daughter isn't going to be old enough to have Easter candy I would make a little stuffed bunny to go in her Easter basket instead. Seems pretty simple, right?

Attempt #1. Poor thing, I feel bad for it just looking at it. I used an idea that I saw online about using a pair of gloves to make little stuffed animals (I looked for the link, but can't find it; if you know what it is let me know and I will link it up), but mine didn't turn out too well. I admit that I didn't finish it. I was going to add a nose and a little dress. But when I got to this point I decided it wasn't worth it and wanted to try something different.

Attempt #2. This one only turned out slightly better (in my opinion; you may think it turned out worse). This one was from scratch. That should have clued me in to begin with. I just freehanded a pattern and made it up as I went along. haha And I was surprised it didn't turn out superb?! Oh well, Lena is so little she won't even care.

Update: My hubby got home and told me he thought my pink bunny was cute. Aww, such a sweet guy and a great husband. :)

Fun Project

This was a really fun and easy project. I LOVE it. I think they turned out so cute. And what a perfect toy for a little tot. I am going to put them in with a gift I am giving to one of my friends that recently had a baby. The idea came from http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/. It was her April 15th & 16th posts. I would highly recommend it if you are looking for a quick, cute project.

Dolly

This is a blanket that my mom was given when I was born. It is darling! It has four squares that hav pockets for a little doll to go in. One that is a cradle, tub, buggy and highchair. So cute! But I guess I was a little hard on the doll - very well loved. So my mom kept the blanket for me, but not the doll. So, I made a doll myself. I had no pattern or guide or anything. I made it up. And I think it turned out pretty cute.