Valentine from my honey
Stephanie made me this cute little crocheted heart. Love!
links for 2008-03-14
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This is why I love the internets and the people that use them. People are awesome.
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Yes, he is. And it’s your job to find who killed him.
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Cool. Just cool. I’m going to start dressing steampunk.
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Deluxe chicken houses for urban dwellers.
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Swapping yarns for knitting and crochet. Hmmm. We probably have some contributions we could make here…
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a site dedicated to the world’s two best ingredients. If you want to win my heart, give me something with chocolate and peanut butter. Nom nom nom nom nom.
Gourmet Amigurumi
I’ve mentioned before Gourmet Amigurumi, the business run by Beth Doherty that makes great crochet animal dolls. I had Beth make this figure skating monkey for Christmas for Stephanie… along with a monkey for me, too.
If you look at Beth’s Flickr photos of her work, she’s got some really amazing dolls. She just recently created a really cute Chihuahua and an adorable penguin. Some of my favorites, though, are Angus the Monster, the Punk Bunny Rabbit, and the Hep Cat.
What’s really cool is how quickly she gets them done. She whipped up the monkey really quickly, and she hadn’t ever done ice skates before, so she had to figure them out. Even so, it was just a few weeks between the time I ordered and she got them to me. She seems to be getting a lot of business lately, so it might take a bit longer.
You can contact her through Flickr, or you can buy things from her shop.
Along the same lines, Jessica Hutch makes knitted dolls, including Robots.
Gourmet Amigurumi – amazing crochet animals
I stumbled across Beth Doherty’s amazing crochet creations on Flickr and from there discovered that she sells these adorable creations at an online shopping service called “Etsy” that works very similarly to eBay, only for handmade creations. Very cool animals, and the shop is a very cool idea, too.