{Just Be} Happy 6th birthday!

Thank you for your support, I am proud to say that I have been in business for 6 years. In these 6 years,    my two kids (Lucas 5 and Sophia 2) were born, I became a busy mom and learned how to love in a total different way.

I have changed my crochet style a lot, improved a lot as a crocheter and designer, I hope you stick around and ride along with me in this fun journey, crochet is certainly a big part of my life.

As a thank you, I've gathered some wonderful prizes from some designers I love, so here are the rules:

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Dog Treats

Little lady got up this morning, had her milk and before I was even done with my cup of coffee she was already asking me to make dog treats because yesterday we ran out of treats, so she got in her head that this was important business.

I had never made dog treats before, but I was not about to go to the grocery store with two kids in tow just to buy dogs treats - I am sorry. After an online search I found a super easy recipe that called for flour, peanut butter, milk and baking powder, but I decided to make a half batch since we have a small dog and treats last quite awhile. {Recipe here}

We also just used a circle shaped cookie cutter since we didn't have the cute bone shape, maybe I'll keep my eyes peeled for a bone shaped one next time I go to Michael's or Joann's.

Anyways, the little lady had a blast making treats, she truly enjoyed it and so did our lovely Jack Russel.

Cheers!

Knot Animals Scarf - The Fox

So the fox love is big at our house, my kids love the youtube video "What does the fox say?" and even before that video, they were already in love with fox toys and such, so it felt natural to create a fox scarf!

I have been in love with the knot style for awhile and I noticed that most patterns for that type of scarf were knit, so I created my own.

Now, tell me, aren't those pictures simply adorable?? I sent them to a photographer friend {amanda buechler photography} and she captured some images of her beautiful little girl sporting the scarf for me and I couldn't be happier!

If you want to make your own fox scarf, the pattern is available in my craftsy, ravelry and etsy shops.

Cheers!

Same ole

Gah! How come I have been feeling like the time is going by too fast lately? Am I just getting old? Am I just too busy? I don't know the answer, perhaps all the above… but here I am, taking a little break, I just ate a piece of chocolate cake that the little man and I made together from scratch, it was delicious and it went perfectly with my cup of coffee.

Anyhow, here are some highlights of our lives lately:

My sweet pea looking at an art piece at the Hotel Murano in downtown Tacoma last week when we quickly visited the Madrona Fiber.

At the fish market - the kids were having a good time looking at the sea creatures while we were waiting for our order of clam and salmon chowder.

Watching the sharks at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. It was a very cold day, we walked around the zoo a little bit and then warmed up inside of the aquarium. Cold is not an excuse for staying inside of the house, right?

This weekend we went to the Georgetown neighborhood in Seattle to see the big cowboy hat and boots. It was 37 degrees, raining and the kids wanted to run back to the car quickly, but we were able to get a phew pictures and make some fun memories.

Now I am going to make dinner and hopefully later I can finish making my sweet pea's Easter basket. Yesterday I made two bunnies, one for each kid to give them for Easter. I am planning ahead this year, compared to how I usually am and I am excited that we will have a handmade (for the most part) Easter. I can't wait to show you pictures!

New work

Blah! My days have been so full, I had first intended to slow down a little bit, but things just don't work the way you plan sometimes most of the time, wouldn't you agree?

With that said, I have been working a lot, necessity makes you creative, I tell you. lol

So… I made wrote a new pattern, I call it "Knot Animals" - which is a knot scarf with an animal design, pretty straight forward. If you are a crocheter, you will be surprised at how fast this scarf works up, I have made several, including a snake one that I haven't had time to photograph yet.

Pattern can be found in my ravelry, craftsy and etsy.

 I also created new photography props, like this open stitch bonnet that I call Fiona.

A Cecilia headband...

and and an Amelia Bonnet.

Well, I hope you like my new creations, I better get back to my orders!

I know I haven't been blogging much, so if you look forward to my posts I apologize, but I honestly don't know if there is anyone reading my rambles (leave a comment so I know you are here!)…. which is ok, I write because I like and I like looking back and remembering how I felt, looking back at the things I did with my kids, etc.

Anyhow, my husband and I were talking the other day and we decided we should start doing some exploration with the kids, going to places that we have never been to, not far away though since we have little kids and they can't stand being in the car for super long rides. Today we went to a park in West Seattle. When we got there my husband said: "so what do you want to do now? do you know where are we going?" and I said: "lets just walk, with no agenda and maybe we will stumble upon the wooden alligator I saw in a picture" and sure enough we did and we had a blast looking at the plants, walking on the water, feeling the soft moss on the trees and most importantly - being together. 

This week I also made dinosaur tails for the kids because I was in the mood for sewing and I crocheted a little,  we also went on a monkeyshine hunt yesterday around town and we had friends over for dinner. Life is good and I feel so blessed, even though there are some hard moments, tears and tantrums. 

Fresh out of my hook

I am not only back home, but I am back at my crocheting, of course you knew that wouldn't take long to happen. Vacation inspired me to create new designs and also gave me the energy to make some amigurumi toys {the patterns for the toys are from laly lala} for my kids, which I am usually not too patient for. 

The fact that I am feeling inspired makes me so happy, I unfortunately can't show you some of the things I have been working on as they are submissions for some crochet publications, but I can tell you that everything is very colorful, bright and happy.

On a different note I am glad to report that since I came back from vacation I haven't had any jaw problems, thankfully, which leads me to believe that the whole TMJ problem I had was from stress. I am trying to have smaller goals for everyday so I don't overwhelm myself. Let's see if I can keep things calm throughout the year.

Anyhow, I hope you have a great week!