When I heard about Toffee Mag at KitschyDigitals(whose house I want to raid) a few months ago, I totally fell in <3 with it! It’s beautifully laid out and also comes with a “chewy center,” i.e. downloadable printable papers and fun craft projects.

When Toffee put out the call for contributors, I raised my hand! So please go check out Toffee. There is a fun surprise in there from me to you! Let’s just say it has to do with the forest, as well as your favorite hot beverage :).

EDIT: ok I broke. How could I not post any pics here? I’m too excited!

We had that funny forest/sky background already since it was one of Hairy’s art pieces, and one of my craft tables is covered in astro turf, so it all kinda worked out perfectly.

Another cool thing about the pattern in Toffee is that I’m pretty sure you could modify my fingerless mitt pattern (in my book) and make some cute fox gloves! 🙂 I was actually planning to do this, but never made the time. I think they would be adorable (I’d probably leave out the tail, though!).

Oh yeah, wanna see some “sketches” of forest friends before I decided on the fox?

Ugh, p.s. what is the DEAL, wordpress? When I host photos on WordPress rather than Flickr or Photobucket, and I try to center align everything, the photos NEVER center align! *FIST SHAKE*

Thanks everyone for voting for my book on About.com’s 2011 Readers Choice award thingie. It really means a lot to me to be getting so much positive feedback about the book, and I love how much fun everyone is having making the projects :).

I believe there may be a small feature/interview in the future, so I’ll keep you updated on that!

p.s. Don’t forget, if you live near London, I am having a book signing/crochet-along at 1pm on Saturday, March 26th, at the yarn shop All The Fun of the Fair in Kingly Court off Carnaby Street. I would love to meet as many of you as possible while I am out there! I am going for vacation and to visit family but decided to try to have one book event to hopefully meet you guys and say hello eat cupcakes and crochet them! (You don’t have to crochet … you can just nosh and chat, too!)

So I’ve been working on these mini cake hair clips, right?

I always have a difficult time choosing between the alligator clip and the french clip. I think the alligator clips are easier on the hair and easier to put on and take off, but I also think the french clip provides more stability for a 3D piece, and that’s why I use the french clips on the ice cream hair clips. I’m still trying to decide what to use on the mini cakes. I am thinking I might let people choose and just attach-to-order, although I’m still leaning strongly toward the french clip to avoid any wobbling.

At first I had the alligator clip on it, and I wasn’t a fan of the resulting wobbliness. Then I tried to rip off the alligator clip. That didn’t work very well. I kind of had to cut it off, and then use the glue and the new french clip to “mend” the slices I’d made through the crochet!

Here’s me testing out the french clip. Check out the rigorous dedication I have for bringing you quality product. 🙂

Soooo, I wasn’t really on board with wearing oversized shirts and leggings until I very recently realized that this was my uniform in junior high. Holy flashbacks!

I was actually made fun of for not wearing jeans like everybody else, but I thought jeans were really uncomfortable and weird, and I would much rather show up to school in what would pass for pajamas. These days, I live in my jeans, so it has been comfy but strange to run around in leggings today without a dress or a pair of shorts over them!

Also, I have ALWAYS been anti-Uggs, espesh when girls wear them with a mini skirt or Daisy Dukes. That just makes no sense to me. However, when I saw this polka dot pair, I had couldn’t resist. I don’t wear them out of the house, though. They’re my House Fuggs, and they keep my feet warmz when socks don’t cut it.

Shirt: Coco de Coeur
Leopard Leggings: Betsey Johnson, bought at FredFlare
Shoes: Refuse to be Usual
Socks: Sock Dreams
Cardi: Target

At first I tried to take pics in Photobooth, but it’s always so grainy. So then I strung them together to make this animated gif. Sorry the cardigan got all weird and pixely and funky. GIFS! SHEESH! Just think of it as *:.:**.:.*sparkle*:.:**.:.*.

For the past few days, I have been having fun working in 3D a little bit to create a new small batch of fun hair clips or mini hats.

There’s a lot of pastry coming your way…

Also right now I’m shooting more pics to put more stuff in my closet sale. Thanks so much to peeps who already bought stuff. You’re helping me clear out my craft room!