Crocheted Flower Hats

As I promised, pictures of the crocheted hats I made for Kelsey. I found the free pattern here. I have never crotched in my life and I do have to say that it was pretty easy, although I did have mom my right next to me helping me along the way. The true test will be when I go to make one on my own, which I am pretty confident that I can, after all I did make three of them. This black one is my favorite. It was the last one that I did and I was able to perfect it, I crochet loose, so on this one I made sure to crochet tight and I loved how it is tight fitting and looks adorable on Kelsey. I will be putting a big black button in the middle of the white flower.

The green one was the second hat that I did, and let me just say that I learned a lot on this one. I love the two-toned flower (which my mom crocheted), I was in a hurry to get the hats completed before we went home, so mom helped out.

The pink hat was my very first crocheting project, and I am very pleased by the results. I did change the pattern a little bit. I added two rows rows of single crochet before doing the picots. The black and green I did three rows of single crochet before doing the picots.

Personalized Gifts Part Eleven - Tatted Names

Our mom made these for each one of her grandchildren and the last name for each of her children for Christmas. She has 21 grandchildren and 6 children, what a busy little beaver. I asked her if she would be offended if I repainted them to match my home decor. She said it was fine and that she made them in a neutral color, because all of our homes decor are different and expected changes. So I repainted them and added different background to match each one of the kids' rooms. I was originally going to keep them together and have them in a grouping, but that didn't work out the way that I wanted, so they are now in each of the kids' rooms. I love how they are personalized for each one of the kids and something that they will cherish from grandma for a long time.

Here's the names mom made my kids.

Carolee

Personalized Gifts Part Three - Barbie Doll Clothes

These are the dresses mom made for Adrianna (she didn't quite have the third dress made in time for her birthday, so we will be getting it soon) Mom used three different patterns, but used different colors for each girl. Out of the 21 grandchildren there are 14 girls, so this kept mom pretty busy. We feel the love and the hard work as we look at them and they are cherished.

Carolee

Barbie doll clothes mom made Kelsey. Look at the detail on the Wedding Dress.

Look at the fun accessories!!

So much detail - the hat is amazingly detailed, how fun is the scarf and hand bag.