Costume Season Has Begun

It am excited for this years costume season. I love Cosplay, and this year my husband and I will be doing Link and Fi from Zelda Skyward Sword. I am kind of freaking out a little about Fi's costume but I can do it right, I sure hope I can. If I succeded it making it as cool as I want it to be I will be putting it in the Craftsmanship contest at Anime Banzai. My husband's costume shouldn't be so bad, just have to make so many darn accessories for his. His sword I bought him as an anniversary present, so at least I don't have to worry about that. Still trying to figure out Fi's hair and face.

Well since I have been finding some fun tutorials I thought I would add those to my blog as well since Cosplay brings so much joy into my life. :) Not many understand my insanity but to the few who do, it is a passion and a art form and is hard to not get involved in. I will post progress pictures of my costumes and the super uber cool plushies I am making for the Art Show at Anime Banzai. Yeah for being a geek. :)

Happy Jelly Fish

Watermelon Jelly Fish

I have been obsessed with Jelly Fish for the past little while. I think they are cool and fascinating.  I started Crocheting them for my niece who loves Jelly Fish. She loves to go the aquarium and just stare at them. They have a light that makes them change colors and she loves that. I made her a Jellyfish plushie and she absolutely loved it. She loves when I make her stuff.

My love for Jelly Fish started with an email I got at work. It was called Jelly Fish Bad Day. It was talking about a deep sea welder who got a Jelly Fish down his suit one day at work. The moral of the story is that your day at work can't be as bad as having you butt swell shut because of a Jelly Fish sting, so just tell yourself "I love my job" when things get rough.  I don't know how a story of a jellyfish sting made me like them but they did. My sister-in-law even bought me a Happy Jelly fish  Neacklace that I wear when I need a pick me up. I even watched an Anime called Princess Jellyfish. The anime is what gave me the idea for crocheting them for my niece. Then I went to the Aquarium at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas on my husband and I's anniversary trip, and saw some stuffed jellyfish there, which helped my modify the pattern I used for the first jelly i made to the pattern I used now. (no I didn't buy one of their plushie I did but a cool Jelly Fish Keychain though)

I started off with some fun variegated yarn, and the plushies started to grow little personalities. Watermelon Jelly loves everything about summer, and so on and so on. yeah I probably should name them more properly but oh well. I love Jellys I hope you do to :)

Pretty Purple Jelly Fish

Purple Majesty Jelly Fish

Rainbow Jelly Fish

Great Idea for Flip Flops

I have a great idea I am want to crochet myself some flip flops. Okay that might sound funny but I think it will be really cute. My mom found a cute tutorial for ruffle flip flops and I thought I would be cool to modify the pattern and make them crocheted. In my opinion it might even be easier to make, but I love crocheting.
Click here for Tutorial that i got the idea from. I will post pictures when i have figured out how they will look.

My Shop

I finally got my shop on Etsy. It might be a bust but who knows. I have been really busy in the crochet world for the past month. I feel bad for not posting sooner but that is okay here I am now.  I even got pictures taken of quite a few of them. I will post some of the pictures here in this post so you can see.

Supi From Cardcaptor Sakura

Kero from Cardcaptor Sakura

Charazard from Pokemon

Pokeball from Pokemon

Sailor moon from Sailor Moon (I need a better picture)

Domo

Chocobo from Final Fantasy

Pikachu from Pokemon

Yeah I have more as well just haven't had time to photograph them. They are really cute like a Cthulhu, tree spirit, vampire, Jelly Fish (so cute), and some more anime characters. Enjoy :)

Despicable me 2

When I found out they were making a send despicable me, I was really excited. I love minions.

 Despicable me 2 Trailer Click Here

I even crocheted myself some minions, save one to my friends for Christmas to sit next to their other minion they have, also I made one for my dad (he just hasn't gotten it yet). Then My friend says she want to crochet minions so now I have to write down my pattern. Which I am fine with since it would be easier to read some thing typed then my chicken scratch.

 

 

Minion as work

I also had a great Idea I want to make holiday Minion I think that would be fun. Yeah for minions :)

The Panda

I am one of those people if I love a pattern I find online it get printed and put in my three ring binder. (yeah it is getting a little full, might need to get another binder.) Well I was working on my husbands Charazard at work (done thank goodness) and all I brought with me was white yarn. Since I was helping out the office girls by sitting at greeter I got the Dragon done. I was still up there so I looked in my bag and the white yarn was staring at me. I rummaged though my patterns and found a panda. Pandas are white so I started it. such a cute pattern.

Since I I made the first I have had quite a few people want one. He wasn't that hard to make which is nice. If you want the link I will have to go find the cute little pattern again. Two things it says to the pattern that I found cheaper alternatives to is the slicker brush it says to use I used just a hard bristle brush I found at dollar tree. Other then that I just think it is the cutest little thing ever. So Kawaii!

 

 

My Panda Buddy

Sick at home

Well I am not one to get sick, but for the past two weeks man I was gone. I missed nearly a whole week of work. I Finally went to the doctor and he didn't tell me what I had just what I didn't have. Antibiotic and inhaler later I am feeling quite a bit better. During my time of laying oh he couch wishing I was dead, I did two of my favorite things played The Sims 2 (guilty little pleasure) and crocheted.

I sadly was only able to crochet when I was feeling somewhat good, so didn't get as much done as I would have liked. I did create my own Pikachu pattern. I looked online and couldn't find one I liked so had to make my own. He is so cute (when I camera starts working I will post pictures)  I am also have been working on my husbands Valentines gift and crocheted Charazard. I found this pattern on line so far it is being a pain. It really isn't hard so so many pieces to make. I think I have only 6 more pieces left to make on him. I a hoping to have the head done today so it looks like I have something done besides a bunch or random body parts scattered on the front room floor.

Here is the link to pattern site.http://bizzycrochet.blogspot.com/2008/09/pokemon-charizard-look-alike-pattern.html  Be warned if you are a beginner  it will not be an easy pattern more complicated because of m the many parts you have to make. I will post pictures of him as well once done.

That has been my life for the last two weeks I am on the mend and able to go back to work. Still not pushing it to hard though don't want to kill myself. :)