It's Show and Tell Time

Here is some of the things I made last week. I crocheted this little hat and shoes for Mallory's American Girl doll, Sonali. The hat is based on the same hat pattern that I've been using to crochet hats for the girls in my family and the shoes I found on Etsy. They turned out pretty cute and they were fairly easy once I got the gauge and altered the pattern a little.

Here is a picture of Mallory with Sonali. I love the hat on Sonali!

Then I made matching dresses for Addy and Sonali and then aprons out of different Valentines Day fabric. They turned out pretty cute (the picture really doesn't do them justice!) I also crocheted each of the "girls" a pair of shoes to go with their Valentines Day outfit.

. I'm enjoying making doll clothes for Mallory and saving a ton of money in the process!

Now I'll shamelessly do a plug for myself.

I'm going to be making some American Girl doll outfits to put in my shop and some of the crocheted shoes too. So if anyones interested let me know. Thanks!

American Idol and American Girl

Yesterday I sat around a lot with my grandson Anthony. He had a fever and wasn't feeling to good so we cuddled and I crocheted and caught up with the last 5 episode's of American Idol. Now that's really a sad thing to admit that I watched like 7 hours of American Idol in one sitting, but I did fast forward through all the commercials and some of the repeat things on the show so that cut out a couple of hours. Right??

I really like Alexis Grace who was one of the 3 chosen on Wednesday night to be in the final 12. She seems very sweet and has an amazing voice and stage presence.

I crocheted Mallory and Addy matching hats. I put a little hole in the back of Addy's for her ponytail. Addy has unbelievably thick hair!

I definitely am going to have to make Addy a modern outfit to go with her hat. The 1860's style dress doesn't exactly match the hat, but Mallory was loving it!


Have a great day! I'm going to get off my tushy and do some organizing in the house today. I can't even get into my craft room because there is so much fabric, yarn, paper, and not junk, but important craft supplies.

I Feel Kinda Boring Lately

I feel really boring lately. I haven't been doing to much. It just snowed again last night. It was a rainy type of snow so it's okay, but it's still not spring. Earl and I went to the Doctor's office yesterday to get refills on our BP meds. It was nice to get out of the house and be with Earl. That's really sad when going to the Dr's office is like going on a date, and of course, we had Jace with us. I think there is a rule about being chaperoned when we go out because we never seem to make it out of the house without one of the kids! Other than that, my life is pretty boring right now.

Here are some flower pins I've been working on to put in my Etsy shop. I'm also working on some little chickens for Easter.


Mallory got an Historical American Girl doll from my mom last week. Mallory wanted Addy. Addy was born a slave and her story is about escaping through the Underground Railroad to be free. Mallory LOVES Addy! Thanks Mom! Mallory read the book that came with Addy and cried over how she was treated by her owner. Mallory crawled up next to me on the coach and just sobbed and sobbed. I love her compassion! This weekend we're going to make some cornmeal mush and salt pork to see what Addy's food was like.




If anyone has any American Girl doll clothes patterns or books that they would like to part with I would be interested in buying them. I want to make a couple of outfits for her and I think Earl is going to try to make her a bed.