Hat for my husband

My husband has been bugging me for months to make him a hat. It's not that I didn't want to make him one, it's that I couldn't think of a good enough design for him. He's kind of picky. ;-) I wanted something better than a plain one colored hat even though that's probably what he would wear the most. I guess I was over thinking it, which I don't think is such a bad thing because that's when creativity can be at it's best. I think.

This is what came of it. I like the warm colors, the way it fits, the different sizes of the stripes, how it keeps my head warm... wait... who was I making this for again?

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Bearded Man in Adult

Along with the Minnie Mouse Diaper set, I was asked about the famous "Bearded Man Hat". I don't know if you have seen these but they are hilarious and quite popular. I have made one but only in a child's size cause I figured not too many adults would want something like that..... WRONG. I've had a few requests but, with the winter season, I was so busy that I could not get around to making it. Now that Christmas is over and I had another request for it, I decided to get it done.

***I had a request for a different colored hat. (below)***

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Minnie Mouse Diaper Cover Set

This week I had another special request for a Minnie Mouse diaper cover set. I had never done one of these before but after a little research on the internet, I decided to take the challenge. What gave me the final push was a post on Facebook of a lady selling what I thought was the perfect hot pink color for the set. 

This is how it turned out - 

 

Rather cute if I do say so myself. I can't wait to see how this looks on the baby!

Big thanks to Suzan for making this request. :-)

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Minnie Mouse ver.2

I received a text this weekend from one of my wonderful customers asking if I could make her a hat that she had pictured in her head. She sent me two examples of the hat and told me each part that she wanted to use and what she wanted changed. After MANY texts, confusion, and laughter of trying to understand what she wanted, we came up with this...

This is the version of Minnie Mouse that she had pictured in her head. Another example of how customer's input and ideas help me make my business better everyday. Thank you Johanna! :-)

The Lorax

I saw this pic on..... I'll give you one guess..... PINTEREST, of course! I pinned to my "Crochet Ideas" board. It's an open board that I let my friends and family pin things to, to help me get ideas. Thank you friends! Someone had pinned this pic and right away, I was in love. So, last night, I thought I'd give it a go.

Here's my try at it. -

I think he came out rather cute if I do say so myself. :-) If you're interested in buying one, send me an email to NicoleAnnDesignz@gmail.com. $15 for kids and $18 for teens/adults.

Dirty Makeup Brushes

I saw this post on Pinterest the other day about how to clean your makeup brushes. I know many people have probably pinned it as well and let it slip their minds. Well, NOT ME! I wanted to try it. I love trying things on Pinterest. I get A LOT of idea's from there. Who doesn't now a days? :-)

Lets get started shall we?

I first gathered all my makeup brushes together and took a nice pic for you all to see how dirty they were. To be honest, I don't even know when the last time I cleaned my brushes was so, you can just imagine how dirty they were.

Next, I got all the ingredients together to make the concoction.
1 cup of warm water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon of Dawn BLUE liquid dish soap. I know there are many dish soaps out there but, for some reason, Dawn BLUE liquid dish soap is the one I see most recommended for cleaning things. I guess it's just awesome?

Give it a little swirl to mix it all up.

I then dipped and swirled each brush one by one into the cleaner and rinsed them off with warm water.
Finally, I squeezed as much water out as I could, reshaped them, and laid them out to dry.

This is what the cleaner looked like after.

Eeewww! Chocolate milk anyone? lol! The first brush I laid down, I had smelled first. I read that this was suppose to make your brushes smell good as well. Even with the vinegar, the brush did smell pleasant. You're suppose to let the brushes dry overnight so don't do this right before you're planning to put makeup on. I will let you all know tomorrow how they turned out. Finger's crossed. :-)

NEXT DAY-

Brushes feel super soft. Just like new. The only thing is I still smell the vinegar a tad bit but, it doesn't bother me.

Minnie Mouse in Pink

I received an email a couple of days ago requesting for me to do a Minnie Mouse hat in pink. I usually do her in red being that is the traditional way. Anyway, I was excited to do it. I like getting requests for other colors/styles. People's input on things help me build my business and make it even better. :-)

Here is a pic of the final product. I am really pleased at how it came out. I love the contrast of the soft pink with the hard black and I added this to my hats available to buy.