Baby hat and booties gift set, another treasury full of love and a dead fish

I'm always multi-tasking ... but sometimes it's better not too! Today was one of those days, you know the days I'm talking about. A million and one things on the to-do list and only 24 hrs in a day to get it done. So while I'm making dinner my kid decided to clean the big fish tank we have. I love looking at the fish but I hate cleaning the tank, always have always will ... heck I rather clean toilets then having to clean that tank. I think it all has to do with access to the darn thing. It's a very tall tank you see which makes it hard to clean. But my kid is taller then me now and can easily reach the bottom so she has taken on the job of cleaning the tank. I end up putting water back in it but that's the easy part. So while she was busily working on cleaning it I was making dinner while all the fish were removed and sitting in a bucket on the counter top, so Azriel and River (our cat and dog) wouldn't get the crazy idea to play with them. Well about 30 min later, dinner had been eaten and the tank was ready to get filled up with more water I stepped back into the kitchen to find one of our fish dead on the floor!!! So, I've given up on fish, my beta I replaced about a month ago, well his replacement decided he didn't like his new tank and died as well. I can't figure this out. We've always had fish and had them for years, for some darn reason we keep ending up with dead fish, which is a bummer because I do like my fish it's cleaning the tank I don't like.

Anyways, enough about dead fish ... I finally got a chance to take some pictures of my latest knitted baby hat and booties. These are really small so they are for a preemie or a newborn. I do love the colors I used in this set.

And a pair of my felted baby shoes made it in a treasury on Etsy entered into the nonteamchallenge 16 by http://www.etsy.com/shop/birose?ref=pr_shop_more. Check out her etsy shop which has all kinds of lovely button yoyo jewelry and gifts. The treasury is all about Valentine's day so check out all the cool items and shops that are listed in this one.

Nonteamchallenge 16 treasury on Etsy

I love the item (http://www.etsy.com/listing/57198686/keep-calm-and-carry-on-wood-floor-8-x-10) for this week's nonteamchallenge 16 on Etsy. I could have gone a lot of different directions with creating this one but I picked the baby way. So have a look at all the cool items I picked from many different etsy shops. If you like to join in the fun visit this blog http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/ which tells you all about how to get involved and get your name out there if you have an etsy shop and if you don't ... still come and visit us and check out all the cool things to purchase. Here is a snapshot of my treasury.

Etsy's nonteamchallenge 15 treasuries with Valentine's day items

With Valentine's Day coming up there will be lots of love being spread around on Etsy and everywhere else. I found a pair of my pink needle felted baby shoes in this lovely treasury by http://www.etsy.com/shop/StoneSavvyJewelry who has some beautiful jewelry in her shop so go and have a look you might just find that perfect valentine's day gift. Here is the gorgeous treasury she put together for this week's challenge.



And ... here is the treasury I entered for the challenge as well. I love putting these together. Wasn't sure about the theme I wanted to use but I thought this to be an appropriate fit since the item of this week's challenge is a cool, cute print of a salt and pepper shaker from FlourishCafe shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/FlourishCafe?ref=seller_info and plenty of other cool items in the shop too pick from. Here is my entry for this week, hope you all like it.



I just found my felted heart listed in another beautiful treasury entered into the nonteamchallenge 15 for this week. Nicely put together by PoshGirlCouture http://www.etsy.com/shop/PoshGirlCouture. She has some beautiful items in her shop. Go and have a look at her shop and at all the beautiful picks in this treasury and feel free to leave a comment. We like to find out what you think!

Alice Springs Beanie Festival - Emu Hat

A friend of mine commented on one of my profile pictures which is a photo of a hat I made a couple of years ago which I entered into the Alice Springs Beanie Festival (http://www.beaniefest.org/). I think that was the 3rd year I entered the competition and every year I tried to make a silly hat. Well I've always had a hard time making things look funny and/or silly. For some reason my stuff always ends up looking more realistic and elegant I've been told. I guess that's a compliment but believe it or not ... I used to get very frustrated by trying to make a cool, silly and crazy looking hat or beanie. Now the year I entered this one (2008) I had no clue on what to make but it had to be something related to emu's. I did have a big bag of real emu feathers stashed away in my closet and then I found this bag of metallic thread/yarn my mother-in-law had given me and I had no clue what to do with .... until that day! I started crocheting with no real pattern in mind, also didn't bother to match any of the threads, I just used them as they came out of the bag and voila ... this is what I ended up with. As I moved along making this I wasn't sure on how I would be able to attach a bunch of feathers to it so in the end I ended up crocheting a weird kind of thing for the top in which I could push the feathers into and attaching them with glue. I must say I thought it looked pretty silly, now my dear husband and child didn't think it looked crazy enough but that's the best I could do so I entered it just like that. It didn't win anything but it did sell which made me very happy ... at least somebody else out there thought it was pretty (and silly) enough to spend their money on it. I do wonder where it might be and what kind of person purchased my emu hat ...

100% calorie free cupcake!

I totally agree my kid is a much better baker then me but I must say I make great calorie free cupcakes ... give me a pair of knitting needles and some yarn and voila ... a chocolate cupcake, vanilla frosting and a cherry on top! Sorry, it's not eatable but it makes for one cute baby hat that's for sure. Just listed it in my Etsy shop so check it out.

So earlier today I discovered I had knitted 2 left baby booties ... I do get annoyed when things like that happen especially since I was trying to finish them so my husband could take them to the fire station as they are a gift for somebody. Oh well I guess they will have to wait another day. I figure I will now knit 2 right booties so I have one pair for the gift and another pair I can list in my shop. Now I feel much better about knitting 2 left booties earlier today. :0)

More treasuries with cute pincushions and adorable felted animals

My needle felted hedgehog mummy and baby were featured in this cute treasury by http://www.etsy.com/shop/ZionShore featuring some really amazing pincushions!



My needle felted foal was featured in this beautiful treasury by http://www.etsy.com/shop/Goatielocks featuring adorable animals!

This week's Etsy treasury nonteamchallenge 14 entry

Here is my entry for this week's challenge on Etsy's nonteamchallenge 14 so check it out, some really pretty items. I called it "You gotta love the earth"