I saw the most adorable photo on Instagram posted by yayoichang of two French bulldogs in some cute headgear.

I then knew it was my mission in life to crochet one for Bibi! I tried to leave the pattern pretty flexible so that you cam make one to fit your own pet. I don’t know that Bibi actually NEEDS something like this, as her body temp runs really warm, but you can’t say no to cute photo ops!

I designed the head band to be double layered, because that’s how it looked to me in the photos. So the pattern is basically a tube (which is working both layers at the same time when you squish the tube flat) that you crochet until the length can fit around your pet’s head.  Then you just stick some ears on top. Easy!

p.s. I can’t vouch for whether these will actually stay on your pet’s head for any amount of time. One good shake and Bibi’s ears went flying! I guess I would call these more of a photo prop! I think I made mine too small and they were also jutting into my neck a bit…but they were definitely WARM.

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Candace came through SF last week for some brief visits while she traveled back and forth to Hawaii.  Right before I took her to the airport, we decided to hit up the mall and take photos with Santa in our matching JapanLA Clothing x Sanrio sweaters!

I’m also wearing a TinyTangerines deer headband, and it’s kind of the best thing ever.

At the mall, we also went stir crazy at the little Japanese dollar store, and Candace got really excited about 1) toilet brushes and 2) GreeNoodles made out of a mysterious green vegetable thing that makes the noodles “deliciously chewy.” I ended up getting 4 different kinds of Pocky and some other edible stuff, but I’m too lazy to pull the image off my camera.

I realized that it’s probably a good thing that Candace and I don’t live close to each other, because, we go shopping-crazy!!!!! Would I have bought a $10 Transformers t-shirt if I hadn’t been with her? I think no! Do I regret it? Also NO!

I kind of failed to take pictures of my booth this year, since it was the same as last year’s booth. I kinda regret that now, but…..oh well! Here are a few Instagram snaps! I made a giant crocheted gingerbread man this year for the fair, and even though he barely fit into the car, I kinda felt like maybe he looked lonely by himself by the DJ booth. I would have loved to have time to make like 6 of them! Holiday orders really surprised me this year, which is awesome! But time-consuming! 😀 My buddy Elysse helped me out in the booth on Saturday. She was also my helper at my very very first craft show ever, which was the very first Maker Faire, and I believe, the very first Bazaar Bizarre in SF back in 2006.

Here’s a photo I found from it! My meat box is my cash box. I realized the night before my first show that I needed a cash box, so I panicked and made one out of a cardboard box and some random stickers. Inside, I hot-glued cardboard strips to create dividers for cash. I still use that same cardboard box to this day!!! I can’t believe it hasn’t turned to mush yet!

This is happening this weekend! Come on out! I’ll see you there!

I was super excited when I heard that Jenny & Aaron from Everyday is A Holiday were writing a book. I’ve always been a huge fan of their their shop filled with vintage-bakery inspired goodies for your home. I mean, look at this giant die cut cupcake!  It was neat to follow along with them on their book-writing journey via their Facebook page,  and now that the book “Mixed Media Masterpieces with Jenny & Aaron: Create Incredible Art Journals and Handmade Mixed Media Treasures with Two Master Crafters” is out, we can all learn how to create some of their sweet, retro magic!They generously sent me a copy of their book to check out the projects and attempt to make my favorite. I picked the faux cake project, OBVIOUSLY!! While the project in the book has multiple layers and more stuff going on on it, I decided to stay simple with one layer and some doodads I already had in my house.  My decision to only make one layer was also heavily influenced by my desire to wear my cake on my head, as I do.

There are many other fun projects in the book, and you get to check out all the tools and knick-knacks that Jenny & Aaron use to create their signature style.

Would you like to win a copy of Mixed Media Masterpieces? Just follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter widget! Since we are running into the Christmas holiday, this giveaway will end at midnight PST on Friday, December 27th. Good luck!