Congratulations Helen!
You won Crazy Chick. I used the low tech version to choose the winner (but it worked)...
Helen said...
He is gorgeous - I'd love to win him.
Posted by: Helen Winnicott | March 31, 2012 at 06:03 PM
So Helen, email your address to me so I can get Crazy Chick in the post asap :)
Thanks for all the comments. I read every one.
Welcome Blog Hoppers from It's a Creative World!!!
Come on in and pull up a chair, I'm so pleased to see you (squidge).
You should have just arrived from Scrapdolly's blog, Dolly's Dreamings, hope she was well. Just in case you are lost, there's a full list of all the IACW girl's and their blogs at the end of this post :)
Hands up who likes crochet? Well, I've been busy making a cute little Amigurumi Crazy Chick....
I designed him to fit into one of those plastic Easter Eggs...
Crazy Chick is only 3.5" from his toes to his head frill.
He sits comfortably on a Creme Egg...
... and does have a cute little tooshie-tail...
Now, if you're the kind of gal who loves to crochet, I've put together the pattern free, just click on the PDF downloads (both USA and UK terms). There's also a text only version for USA terms because I had requests for 'photo-free-printer-friendly-on-the-ink' text versions from some USA folks. Snag youself a copy.
B-U-T the good news is that you can win this little Crazy Chick for yourself or someone special, just by leaving a comment here on my blog. I will choose a winner on Monday 2nd April and send you Crazy Chick to your home. If nobody comes forward after one week I'll draw another name so don't miss out.
Sorry the blog hop is over and the winner of Crazy chick is Helen Winnicott
But the patterns is still free (help yourself)...
Download Amigurumi Crazy Chick Free Pattern USA terms
Download Amigurumi Crazy Chick Free Pattern UK terms
Download Amigurumi Crazy Chick Free Pattern TEXT ONLY USA terms
Crazy Chick has detailed instructions and many, many helpful photos on how to make him on the 'instructable' I wrote for the site instructables.com. he's entered into an Amigurumi Contest, so wish me luck!
Here's the next blog to hop to, it's Leanne's blog so go on over, she's got some great crafty inspiration waiting for you. Just in case you're lost, here's a full list of all the IACW girls on the blog hop...
Start at IACW
-Laura-http://bubbaboobits.blogspot.co.uk/
-Doda -http://www.dodadidit.blogspot.co.uk/
-Gabrielle- http://gabrielle-price.blogspot.co.uk/
-Eleanor-http://highlandhousekeeper.blogspot.co.uk/
-Erika- http://snappycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/-
-Ifa- http://ifazainon.blogspot.co.uk/
-Katherine-http://www.fruitofmyscraps.blogspot.co.uk/
-Dolly- http://dollysdreamings.typepad.com/
You are here>> -Mandy- http://6ichthusfish.typepad.com/ << You are here
-Leanne- http://craftaholicleanie.blogspot.co.uk/
- Kerry- http://www.socksandscrapbooks.blogspot.co.uk/
-Tracey- http://tj-runningwithscissors.blogspot.co.uk/
End up at IACW
Bye, Bye. Come again soon :)
Don't forget to leave a comment for the chance to win Crazy Chick. Good Luck x
Mandy .
A while ago, when I'd first got back from Kenya and was hit by a 'need to craft' bug, I decided it would be fun to take part in a crafty swap. On the blog 2 Peas there's a whole forum dedicated to swaps and I chose to join in with a 'Stick pin and toothpick flag' embellishment swap. It was organised and hosted by a lovely peanut called gus-gus.
These are the pins I made...
...and this is what I used...
The stick pin swap wanted sets of four, similar yet different. I made 6 sets...
I coated them with Glossy Accents and let them dry overnight...
They did look cute in my craft room...
Then I packaged them as directed and sent them off to gus-gus in the USA...
Well, imagine my excitement yesterday when this package arrived...
..containing 6 sets of very pretty stick pins...
I thought 'iamjen' had made pretty pins and her packaging was fab. That's woodgrain fabric on a large badge in a glassine envelope. Very cute. Love it.
Now I need to get scrapping and use some of these lovely pins on my pages :)
If you want more detail about how I made my stick pins, click here where I posted in detail on IACW.
