Some Crafty Goodness

Things have been crafty around the house lately. Guess I've just had the urge to create. One of the things I've been doing is teaching myself to crochet. At first I wasn't sure what possessed me to learn this new craft, but I've been watching Vicki's blog at My Creative Corner and I'm sure that has had an influence on me to learn crocheting. She does beautiful work. I've been learning to crochet by watching videos on youtube and Nexstitch. Here are my first two projects.

The green was done using a single crochet. I just grabbed the front loop while crocheting. I've learned I can change the pattern next time by grabbing just the back loop or the entire loop.

This was made with a double crochet stitch. Both dishcloths used 2 oz worsted 100% cotton yarn and I used an H hook. I have two other dishcloths well underway. I know my stitches aren't perfect, but for my first projects, I'm happy with the results!
This is an Easter Egg tree that I made. I saw something similar in a Pottery Barn advertisement and thought, "I could do that". I got a few spindly branched artificial plants and put them in a vase. I added glass marbles to the vase for stability. I took some extra plastic eggs and drilled a hole in them. Then I threaded some ribbon through the hole to make a hanger for the eggs and hung them on the branches.

Finally here is my daughter Emily with a dog cake she made using a pattern from Family Fun. The paws are cupcakes. The spots are mint patties and junior mints. The red collar is a fruit rollup. The eyes, tongue and tag are a wafer candy and the blue on the eyes are M&M's. The ears and mouth are chocolate licorice. Yum! There's just been a whole lot of crafting going on around here.
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Nancy
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