Other than crochet...

I realized I have a bunch of non-yarn-related craft projects waiting for me in the basement. I have a metal coffee table to repaint, a cool chalkboard-letterbox thing to refinish and repaint, and a small end-table to sand/refinish. It needs to warm up a little more to get rid of all of the snow outside so I can get to work on these things! You can be sure that once I'm working on them, you'll see pictures.

In the meantime, while it's been cold outside I've been experimenting with cooking. This is a very brave venture for me, as I'm the kind of person who burns EVERYTHING. I once ruined Ramen by forgetting what I was making part of the way through and I drained all the water and strained the noodles. Once I realized my mistake, I tried adding hot water from the tap. It didn't taste good. I had Papa Johns Pizza on speed-dial when I lived alone. All of the delivery people knew they'd be greeted with a cloud of smoke when I opened my apartment door. But I'm trying to fix all of that by making easy recipes and staring eagerly at my family while they eat, asking constantly "Is it good?"

Here's some awesome Sugar Lemon cookies I made. They were a little bit too-tasty, and disappeared shortly after I pulled them out of the oven. I made something edible AND delicious, yay!

Cephalapods Ahoy!

This giant guy is still awaiting a name. I was asked to make him huge, and he certainly does fulfill that requirement now! It was actually pretty difficult to sew him together at the end, as he took up more space than my lap could hold. At some points it took teamwork to hold and sew. But I think it's pretty worth it!

Lymph Node Buddy

I recently did a test crochet for this awesome blog I discovered - http://mixedmartialartsandcrafts.com .

Behold Larry the Lymph Node! (I don't know what makes it a Larry, but it felt right.)

 Check out her site for the awesome pattern! 3$ of the proceeds go to a Cancer Charity, Stupid Cancer.

Magenta Moo - The Blog

I've decided to split this personal/general crafty blog and my Etsy blogging, so I've created http://magentamoo.blogspot.ca/ . stop by and visit for updates on the shop!

I have a confession to make...

When it comes to Ravelry, I am terribly hypocritical! I easily spend hours each week browsing patterns. When I find one that catches my eye, I start looking through how other people have done the same project. I hate when people don't upload pictures of what they did! Yet I never do that myself. So, I'm confessing this to you so I can change that! My Crafter's Resolution this year is to keep my Ravelry Project Page updated!

Follow me on Twitter ( @DoPinkCowsMoo ) / Ravelry ( http://www.ravelry.com/people/missmatchedcows ) for updates on current projects!

Rupee Storage

Just a quick look at a recently finished coin bag for my Husband. He requested a Rupee bag from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword so I had a little making-up-on-the-go to do! I love how you can do that with crochet. It's a great medium for being inventive!

At least they aren't getting drooled on...

For Christmas I made this business card holder for a relative who boards dogs for a living. She had been complaining about any card-holding methods she had, so I decided to take a creative spin on a card holder! This was a quick project that in making gave me tons of ideas for future projects of this nature. Construction of a more animal-like project is more fickle than a garment, in that the expressions of the animal matter! The placement of the eyes took the longest because it was hard to give him the right face. As I've learned, the eyes can make or break a project with a face. This guy turned out pretty cute!