To-Do Tuesday, 7.3.12

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?


Where did July come from!?!?!? Was REALLY looking forward to my Tuesday off—my studio is closed on Tuesdays, so it's usually a guaranteed day off. Every other Tuesday, however, I go to Camden to help my dad at his art gallery & store. This was my off Tuesday, was going to clean the crap out of the house and get some crochet done. Yeah that's not the case. Today I get to drive 2 hours to Rochester, NH to work in a studio there, YIPPIE.... not! But they were in a hard spot for coverage and it is really hard for me to say no. It will be a huge paycheck though, overtime, plus Holiday pay, plus mileage & drive time for today & Sunday when I had to open my studio then drive to Portsmouth, NH and close that one.


Crochet Queue
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (See them Here)
• Mosquito (In Progress)
• Lion • Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Owl
• Duck
• Giraffe
• Hippo
• Skunk
• Birthday Present for Charlie (Apparently I don't have a finished picture of this guy, fortunately I know where he lives!)
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses


Home
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Clean out Fridge

Business
• Work on Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos(See some favorites Here)
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Lego Mosaic of Detroit Lions Logo (See it's Progress Here)
• Put Lee Auto Grand Opening on KaitLavinPhoto.com


Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

LEGO Mosaic

KC w/ her Mosaic

My husband & I refuse to grow up and still love to play with LEGOs. Can you guess how many photos we took when we went to LEGOLAND in CA? We have a caricature of the two of us as LEGO minifigs hanging in our living room across from a LEGO mosaic of our pup KC (you should all know by now how much we love our pooch!)

We sell custom Mosaics on Etsy and as they have a pretty price tag and are very customized they sell slowly. We did just make one for a customer in VA. Her husband is coming home from the military after being deployed in the Middle East and she got one made for him as his welcome home gift (awesome gift I might add!) He is a Detroit Lions fan so we did it of the team Logo. I set it up so we knew what color LEGOs and how many we needed, placed the order and then Kevin & I glued all the pieces in and actually created the mosaic (he did most of it actually). Then we mounted it and got it ready to hang. We shipped it out yesterday, I am excited to hear how she receives it and her Husband's reaction to it when he sees it on their wall.

Here are some images to show the progress.

FO Friday, 6.29.12

Good Morning!!! And Happy Friday! To many of you this means the weekend is here, but to me it's just the Tuesday of my work week. Fun!

Anywho, this is what I have to show for today!

Sophie Bear

 It's kind of hard to shoot outdoors with natural light when it's rained every day since I finished her. I promise, the next time I am home and it is clear & dry & light out I will get "real" photos of her. I am working on her brother now, Sylvan, have his body, head & ears done & attached, working on one of his legs. Went down a hook size for Sylvan, interested to see the size difference of the finished bears.



LEGO Mosaic

So who wants a mosaic of THEIR favorite sports team? Or pet? Or child? Or still life of yarn and crochet hooks??

And last but not least (definitely too the most time!) Wedding Photos for Joe & Julie. Here are some of my favorites.

A day late on the FO Friday, but at least I started the post on Friday right....?

Let's see what you've got! Show off your FOs with me and others over at Tami's Amis!

To-Do Tuesday, 6.26.12

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?


Happy 1st Birthday to Baby Charlie!! <3 my little nephew!


Crochet Queue
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (In Progress, Have a girl bear on the hooks, working with Cotton for the first time, still torn on if I like it or not)
• Owl
• Duck
• Giraffe
• Hippo x2
• Skunk
• Cupcake
• Birthday Presents for Charlie & Liam (Made a Sock Monkey for Charlie, will do one every year for his birthday, see more on Friday for my FO Friday post)
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses


Home
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Clean out Fridge

Business
• Work on Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos(In progress - So close to being done! Will send them out tomorrow)
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Lego Mosaic of Detroit Lions Logo (In progress, all the LEGOs are glued into place! Just need to mount it and attach the hanging hardware)
• Put Lee Auto Grand Opening on KaitLavinPhoto.com


Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

WIP Wednesday, June 20th 2012

I write this as my husband has gone off to do a test that can determine his career. I am nervous for him and can tell he is, even if he doesn't admit it. I am sure he will do just fine. We will find out in a few hours. In the meantime my fingers are crossed so hard it hurts.

Now on to my Work-In-Progresses.
I have a few things on my plate lately so yesterday I would work on one thing for an hour, then do some house chores, then work on another thing for an hour, then do some house chores and so on. I'm planning on doing the same today, with maybe some lake time wedged in there somewhere, it's supposed to be 95+ today!!!

For Crochet I am working on a fat bottomed bear. I found the pattern at Yellow, Pink & Sparkly. I am using this pattern for the boy & girl (blue & pink) order that was placed. Up until this point I have only used acrylic yarn for my Amigurumi's. But after a trip to the two craft stores in town and not finding the "right" color pink, I found myself standing in front of the Sugar n' Cream display. I ended up with the color ways Rose & Hot Pink for the girl and Light Blue & Hot Blue for the boy. I am still torn on if I like it or not but will wait until they are finished for my final verdict. It seems smoother rather than softer if that makes sense. Also it makes my hands feel dry, is that the absorbent nature of the cotton removing the moisture from my hands?

We also have most of what we need for the LEGO mosaic and I started on that yesterday. We are just waiting on a shipment from the LEGO.com store that should arrive today or tomorrow then we can really get cooking on it! That order has the greys in it, which is a majority of the color in the mosaic. I was able to buy, cut, sand & paint the backing that we will mount the final mosaic to as well I laid out the baseplates and cut them down to side if needed, put the grid on them and even started gluing down some LEGOs.  The mosaic we have in our home is not glued, but with shipping this we though gluing may be a safe choice!

I also got a large chunk of Wedding Photos edited for Joe & Julie. Still a bunch to go so I'd better get on that now!


That's what I've been working on this week, how about you? You can see what others have on their hooks/needles over at Tami's Amis.

To-Do-Tuesday, 6.19.12

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?


Crochet Queue
• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (What type of animal should I do??)
• Owl
• Pig (Check Her Out!)
• Duck
• Giraffe
• Hippo x2
• Skunk
• Cupcake (In Progress)
• Birthday Presents for Charlie & Liam
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses


Home
• Dishes
• Laundry
• Clean out Fridge

Business
• Work on Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos(In progress)
• Lego Mosaic of Detroit Lions Logo (In progress, Most of the LEGOs are here, getting glue today and will start on it!)
• Put Lee Auto Grand Opening on KaitLavinPhoto.com


Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

WIP Wednesday, 6.13.12

Good morning all! It's another WIP Wednesday to share what we all have been working on. Unfortunately I have had so much other stuff (photography & LEGO mosaic) going on that I haven't gotten much crochet in :-/ I was able to shoot, edit and deliver photos for Lee Auto and also able to work on a few of the wedding photos from a few weeks ago, I really need to get my butt in gear on those, I am going to push myself to get them done by this time next week. Which probably means little crochet will get done. Why do I have to do such silly things like work & sleep? A good chunk of my time last Thursday was ordering LEGOs for a mosaic my husband and I were commissioned to do. You can check the one we did of our dog KC here. This one will be of the Detroit Lions logo. We are in Camden at my parents home now, but when we left the LEGOs were already starting to come in. To save on $$ we try to buy all our LEGOs on BrickLink which is essentially a marketplace of buyers and sellers of new and used LEGOs. Will definitely post our progress photos and final images once it's done. But all is not lost, I have been able to do a little crochet on my lunch breaks at work. I am working on a piggy and not working from a pattern, so we will see how she turns out. I'm still lacking on a name for her, any suggestions?

Oh and what's that holding my bright pink ball of yarn? That's my oh so amazing yarn bowl my mom got me for my birthday! I love it! It's made by Ning's Pottery. That's what I've been working on this week, how about you? You can see what others have on their hooks/needles over at Tami's Amis.