Decoden Cupcake Fascinator with a Cherry on Top!

I recently discovered clay... the air dry clay... the kind you don't have to knead the bajeesus out of before trying to throw on a wheel and then keep your hands hella steady to work up a vase.. I've done that.. in high school It's been some years now :). I miss getting my hand dirty then making something pretty out of mud. I do. But then my yarn get jealous, and there's a lot of yarn in my house.. so its best to not make it jealous... right? ;)

Not sure how long I will play with clay.. this play date was inspired by my ever creative and spontaneous coworker... :) yes, the one with a love for flamingos:). She's a bridesmaid in her brothers wedding coming up and not to be outdone by the black bridesmaids dresses she wanted to add some flair of her own. It's Laura, she's one of a kind and well, she likes to dress the part :). God love her for it! lol :D She shared with me a picture of a cupcake fascinator complete with a strawberry on top that she really wanted and thought I might be able to make. With all the craziness of work lately and the projects I have lining up (did I mention I have a queue? :s) I didn't see how it would be possible, and made a sheepish... "I don't know much about that craft genre" comment... it was true, I don't. I didn't. Did I have time for it? Maybe... evidently yes.. because here I am, making time to share the post and the creation/items with you. Honestly I think this is just what my creative juices needed. Was a break from yarn. There I said it! ^-^ And no, no I don't feel guilty. DO I think I'll wake up with a yarn noose around my neck from the jealous strings? No.. no I don't! Muha. MuahahahahhahaaaHA! :D

Youtube helped me out a lot on this project. I found many varieties of this "recipe" for making clay into decoden. Some mix the clay with water, others mix with glue and still others mixed the clay with lotion. I started with water and then got creative and grabbed a lotion I had called sweet pea. My coworker is in a play where she was cast as a My Little Pony. do you remember those lil toys? I remember they all had a picture on their butts of a rainbow, or cupcake, or shamrock, heart, etc. and the ponies themselves smelled like whatever symbol they had branded into their butts. I figured it would stand to reason that sweet pea lotion smell would add to the cupcake fun, no? The first time around I added much too much lotion and the clay was too wet to mold. The second time around I grabbed from the wet clay and incorporated it with the dryer clay to pace myself. Luckily that did the trick!  I think they turned out pretty okay! I like that they look a lil cartoony :). .. and I'm thankful I was able to come up with a cherry alternative that wasn't super heavy either! :D

What do you think? What fruit would you have done? Do you decoden?

And... yes... they were dry in time for her birthday! :D

...and for showtime! :D

Vampire Bunnies Climb too!

See O.O ^-^ 

Have I told you lately I love my customers? Cause I do... :)

Thank you Micheal for sharing this photo with me to share with the rest of the world ;).
I always enjoy seeing the adventures my creations get to go on one they leave my hands :)
This photo rocks!

Want a Vampire Bunny of your own? Find him here. 

Or if you're crafty - the pattern for him can be found here for instant download. 

Flamingo Hat + Flamingo Fan = One Happy Flamingo Customer :)

YAY! :D You might remember my co-worker from Christmas, or from the flamingo amigurumi she had requested last year.

We decide to showcase not just her amigurumi flamingo desk buddy but also a few of her other flamingo things that make us smile :)

Yes, yes, that's a flamingo phone cover and yes, yes it's clever :) and yes, isn't she such a good sport to take these pics and let me share them with you?! :) Yes, yes I think so! ;)

Ahh! Cuteness times infinity! O.O ^-^

And here we are stoked that the hat is adorable on her :D ;) I mean, how could it not be? ;)

I promise to have the flamingo hat pattern available *soon* my family from the Midwest is coming to visit tonight and staying for a week (yes! :D) so I've not been quite so focused on the patterns as I had hoped to be for you faithful followers - I will make it up to you somehow!  

Feel free to add any comments and ideas for how I can make it up to you - not having the pattern ready to go yet :) ;).

Thank you for reading and viewing ! :D

♥ Dawn

***UPDATE*** 6/10/13 - the hat pattern is available for your crafting pleasure! :) 

Have I told you lately...

...that I love my customers? ;)

I recently sold a holiday garland - one of my favorites I should add - with the Victorian (discontinued) red heart yarn.  I also have a tree skirt made from this yarn that I pull out every year to dress up underneath a tree around the house :). I love Christmas time. Its such a magical time. :) *swoons*

Sorry, Christmas is shiny so I got distracted lol ;) back to my awesome customers - Stefanie was gracious enough to share her photos of this adorable little gent with me to show how she used the garland. You will see the garland has a cameo in each photo behind this lil guys adorable hat (or smile :)) Photography by Stefanie Politi as you'll notice in the photos - please take a look at her other photos on fickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/njmommyof3boys/ . The kids are so cute and Stefanie knows what she is doing with the lighting ;) :).

Thank you again Stefanie for the photos - allowing me to show the world how awesome my customers are :). You's the best! ^-^ ...and I love the photos! :) They all make me smile! :)

Hey Santa! Wait, wait... Lucy is that you!? :)

I recently sold a tiny Santa hat to a wonderful customer Cindy of California! :) Cindy was kind enough to share photos of her feline Lucy in my Santa hat! Lucy looks like she would make a very good Santa - organized, calm and collected - don't you think! ;)

I hope you enjoy these photos & a big thank you again Cindy for passing these on! Lucy looks adorable! :)

Happy Halloween!

Indeed! :) This was the best Halloween yet :) The foyer was decorated, I was in costume today to hand out candy and I got to see another happy customer model one of my creations :)

Look at this little cutie! :) He's the roughest toughest viking there is! Just look at how he sharpens his ax with his teeth! :) ;) That would intimidate anybody who might have to fight him, no? ;)

This lil boys parents are super awesome - not only did they get him a hand knit viking hat (complete with horns and faux knit fur!) and a matchin fur vest,  but they made his stroller into a boat as well! :) I'm so glad to be sharing these photos with you - compliments of his mother :). Thank you again Julie! :)

...to all you followers of lostsentiments here, facebook and twitter ... here's to you! :) 

I'd get you a cold one if I could to show my appreciation! :) And if I could I'd do it in the costume I had on today compliments of an awesome co-worker :) You all rock! :) Many many thanks! I hope you all had a happy and safe Halloween! :) 

Bunny Santa, Witchy Cat?

I have awesome customers :) they are so nice! Truly... they send me pictures of their pets with my hats on from time to time and recently I was lucky to get these photos! Had to share - enjoy! :)