Crochet and Catching Up

Giraffe and I have been busy this fall! :) 

I decided to let her sell her creations to friends again this year. She wanted me to sell mine too, so we collaborated on a Facebook page where we could sell our creations. We finally settled on the name 'Tender Heart Crochet'. :) 

Here is a sampling of what all we've been working on. The categories were for fall, Halloween, and Christmas. :)

Here are some of the fall coasters and items we made. Giraffe did several things in the Haloween theme too, as she thought people might like them. Pictured to the right are her spider and web coasters, stuffed candy corn, and pumpkin necklace.

Autumn Leaves became our best sellers almost overnight.

My littlest began to feel left out if I made too many crochet items without getting around to her. She and I have worked on many little crafts off and on. It is good bonding time and a lot of fun!

Here is one such 'for her' project. It is a simple peppermint on a craft stick with a string attached. It makes a really cute ornament on our Christmas tree! :)

 Tender Heart Crochet moved into the Christmas season with a handful of ornaments. We also added some fun new coasters to the collection. You might remember these from previously in the year. I blogged about them back in June. These are the hot cocoa mug coasters done in autumnal colors.

I also made these tiny little coffee cups. Granna (my mom) said that she would love mugs small enough to fit on her tree, so I came up with this coffee cup version as well as a miniature version of the hot cocoa cups above with whipped cream on the top. I still need to get them over to her as soon as I can! 

 Giraffe made plenty of ornaments, herself! For instance, this cute little set of gingerbread man and woman! :) 

She doesn't really like job she did on the ginger woman but I still think that she is terribly cute!

Then we have one of my personal favorites... the cute little Santa face ornaments! These work up quickly, and are oh, so much fun to make! I especially love his little face! He is just my absolutely favorite! :) I have something like thirteen of these on my own tree!

 I made snowflake dishcloths again this year, adding them to the Tender Heart Crochet site for sale. Last year, I simply made these for gifts. One person threw them straight to the floor and left them there. That kind of hurt, if I'm being honest. At least if I am selling them, I know they are going to people who want and will appreciate them! :)

These Christmas ornament coasters are another favorite of mine, along with the hot cocoa mug coasters. The original pattern is much too large, in my opinion. I kept this to three rounds of double crochet finished by one really loose round of single crochet (so they wouldn't curl). There is no magic to making them, but they are pretty and fun!

We wrapped up November (I know... I'm going backward now!) with a sweepstake. Giraffe was keen on the idea of making something to give away. She freestyled this little elf and we shared him on Tender Heart Crochet for a few weeks. Eight people entered. She was so excited! We ended up writing the numbers one through eight on small bits of paper, then folding them up and mixing them. The number drawn was 2, so we looked at our original post and notified the second person to comment on it that they had won.

Much to our delight, they have continued to post pictures of this little guy and his merry mischief! :) It has been a real highlight of the season for us. Truthfully, we never thought we would see him again! :) 

So, there you have it... this is what we have been doing this year. :) Our Christmas countdown continues. Only seventeen days left!!