A Mermaid Plush Doll

It has been a long time since I have done a craft due to the fact that it is hard to find material here in Poland. But I did however manage to do a plush doll for my daughter and it was really easy to do. 

I started with felt material that I purchased (for Polish friends) at Empik. Using a pattern found HERE and HERE. I made changes to combine the head and torso in one piece but the head shape and arms I used. Using the leg shape I got the general length that the tail should be and added the flipper. The body, hair and face are felt. Hand-Embroidered face and seashells, hair flower and braided "seaweed" belt made out of satin ribbon. You can make any doll that you want from the above patterns just using your own creativity to give it a little bit of your own personality.

The doll's face is hand stilled with embroidery detail.

The detailing on the fin was done by a sewing machine. But it could be easily done by hand if you don't have a sewing machine.







The finished product measures about 20 inches (51 cm). Like I said before, the pattern was changed to fit the mermaid doll and it can be changed any way you want. Comment and send some dolls that you have made and I will post them to share with everyone! The Pattern that I made for the mermaid will be posted soon.

Your Kid will Love it!!

Easter Time!!

Easter is always a fun time to decorate the house up nice. Easter is a great time to shake off Winter. What better way then to hang flowers in your window. This is a Styrofoam egg hung on a craft fishing wire. I used a needle to pierce through artificial flowers. You can use any type of flower but I believe the smaller the better. I made DOZENS of these and they are strung across every window.

Here are a bundle of Icicle or Carrot boxes strung together to greet the Easter Bunny! The patterns were found HERE and you can have a blast making them. These boxes can be used as small gift boxes too.

In the hallway there are an assortment of Bunnies, Decorated Easter eggs and flowers to welcome in the spring and Easter.  Patterns for these can be found HERE, and HERE.






Here are the cutouts up close. I used my glitter pen (Glitter Gel Glue) to give it a little sparkle. For the squiggly stripes, I used my decorative scissors to cut strips of a contrasting color. I think that the smaller bunnies would be a cute size for a template for sugar cookies as well.

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For the most part, It is not hard to decorate your home if you have the right amount of paper to do the job.

And as always,

HAPPY EASTER!

Valentines Day Decorations

 

Hearts in the Hallway and Cupid on the door. Just to add a little bit of Valentine feel for the holiday. I always decorate to add more of a feel to the apartment. 

Hearts on the curtains and a Mobile for Valentines Day. There are hearts and cupids that I recycled from Carsyn's Birthday for Alice in Wonderland Party. These are all the decorations that I made to celebrate Valentines Day. It was fun to make. 

Valentines Day Cards

These are the Valentines Day cards that I decided to make this year. I got the idea from HERE. It was fun to make. The who purpose is that when you open the card up, you have a "box of chocolates". It was a cute idea that made for a cute card.

This is the view of the card without the cover lifted up. Happy Valentines DAY!

Microwave Oven Peanut Brittle

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups dry roasted peanuts 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 pinch salt (optional)

1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon baking soda

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Grease a baking sheet, and set aside. In a glass bowl, combine peanuts, sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Cook in microwave for 6 to 7 minutes on High (700 W); mixture should be bubbly and peanuts browned. Stir in butter and vanilla; cook 2 to 3 minutes longer.
2.	Quickly stir in baking soda, just until mixture is foamy. Pour immediately onto wax paper (tried a greased glass dish..BAD IDEA). Let cool 15 minutes, or until set. Break into pieces, and store in an airtight container.