A Valentine's Card

Good Evening All!

I don't have too much to say in this post, except that I started and finished a super small project tonight in a matter of about 10 minutes! Frankly, I think that calls for celebration because it rarely takes such a short amount of time for any of my projects. Haha!

Anyways, it's getting close to Valentine's Day and I have a gift for Leila but I needed a card

 So, I made one! Now when I say a super small project, I mean a super small project! This little card is only 3"x3". I figure she's a tiny girl, so she should get a tiny card. Ha!

It took me a while to decide on what punch to use for the bottom of the red piece. Narrowed it down to 3 different punches and finally chose this one! I am very happy with how it turned out! Super Cute! :)

Of course I gotta get her a little stuffed animal too. Found this bear at Hobby Lobby and thought it was perfect!
So yeah, there's my super small post about a 

super small project!

In other news, I am VERY excited that the Broncos won the Super Bowl yesterday!!! YAAAAAAAY!!!!! I was worried, but the defense was AMAZING! I am happy Manning won another championship :) Anyways, hope you have a lovely rest of your evening!

 Taylor Kay

A Couple Old Projects

Hey Everybody!

So, for the last few days I had been stuck at my apartment because there was supposed to be an apocalyptic snow storm on Tuesday. The news was talking about it non stop and we were all expecting to be buried in snow for days and days. They even shut down schools by 6pm on Monday night. Well, the day arrived... and it was actually pretty nice out for most of the morning. Haha! It didn't even start snowing until after 12. Course it was coming down pretty hard and I still had to work until 2, but thruthfully it was not bad at all. It even stopped snowing by about 6pm. My street, which I'll add is a back road side street and doesn't get plowed until all the other streets are done, was plowed by 9pm. Basically, it was a HUGE disappointment. We only got maybe 5" of snow... Ha! Thank you weather channels for overreacting tremendously.

Anyways, now that I've explained why I haven't written a post in a while, I have a couple of projects to show you!

Up first is a COW HAT that I knit about 2 years ago

I bought a knitting book that has about 15 different animal hat patterns in it. I LOVE COWS, so that's pretty much the whole reason why I bought the book. 

 It was fun to make! There is a lining inside to make it extra warm. It really didn't even take that long to knit up either. Tho, there were lots of little parts that I had to sew on after they were all knit. That probably took the longest.

 The reason I am posting about this hat is because I have a plan to make some more of the patterns as gifts for a few people. I won't talk about the specifics so as not to give anything away. But yeah! You will see those projects once they are finished :)

Next I wanted to show you something I made 

for my niece, Leila. 

It is a personalized hook board! (I don't know if that's the official name, but I couldn't think of how else to say it.)

Sorry, the picture is not the best quality... but each letter has a different paper covering it! They all match in a cool way. Bri and Ben decorated her room in the tealy blues and oranges, so I designed accordingly.

All the letter are wood and painted in blue to match the hooks and then I glued patterned paper to them. Its a fun project! I'd done it a few times before for my friends' children and Bri liked it, so I had to be sure to make her one! :) 

As you might have guessed, I posted about this project because I will be making another one! I bought all the letters the other day and now I just have to find all the paper to cover them with. Better get cracking too, because little Oliver will be here before we know it! WOOT WOOT!!!

Well, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day! I will continue to watch some Oldy Von Moldy movies with my Dad! :)

 Taylor Kay

Knitting Showers of Cake!

Hello Everyone!

So, I've got a few things to post about today but they all pertain to the same thing! And that's Oliver James!

Yesterday was the baby shower for him. Luckily I managed to finish the blanket I was knitting for him in time to give it as a gift. :)

 Here it is! I actually really liked this pattern. It was quite simple and it knit up pretty quickly, which is definitely nice. I like quick knits. Haha! 

Speaking of quick knits, I also made this little hat! :)

 So, for the baby shower, I made the cake! It's a cake made by carving 2 10" round cakes and shaping them to look like a dinosaur! It is chocolate flavored and frosted with my homemade buttercream.

This cake was probably the most fun I've had making a cake in a while. It is definitely one of my favorites! :)

The shower went very smoothly and everyone 

had a good time

There were a few unique games that mom found and they were fun!

 

So, I bought a different brand of cake boards and I really don't know why this happened to my cake and I was very unhappy about it...

The board itself was not wet, but it looks like it soaked in a whole bunch of moisture from somewhere and it made it look super gross. I will not be buying this brand again... >:( But other than that, everything was great!

Leila was having some fun with her cousin Scarlett

Anyways, good times were had by all! Brianna can't wait for Oliver to be born, and neither can the rest of us! :D 

So, time to watch the rest of the Broncos game. GO BRONCOS! Since the Packers are out, I really want the Broncos to go to the Super Bowl! WOO PEYTON MANNING! 

Taylor Kay

My Recent Drawings

Hey Everyone!

So I finished that picture that I started drawing yesterday!

It's Dan! 

Yay! I am actually very happy with how this turned out. I have accepted the fact that I will only ever get 1 of the eyes to look right, the other one will always be a little wrong. It has happened with almost all of my drawings of people. :P But I am super proud of the lips in this one! They are the best lips I have ever done! HOORAY! His llama hat is a little small but it still looks ok. If I made it any bigger it wouldn't have fit on my page. 

So tell me, does it look like him?

I will take this opportunity to show you a couple of the other pictures I have done.

Audrey Hepburn

I was super excited to do this picture. I saw the original in a book that I have and it was all shading! There weren't any hard lines anywhere (as you can tell from the drawing). I was going to ask my cousin Jeshua, who is an amazing artist, to draw it for me but then I decided to try it myself. Generally I like it :)

Robert Downey Jr.

This was my first EVER attempt at drawing a man. I saw this picture in the credits of Sherlock Holmes a Game of Shadows and thought it would be perfect for a drawing! And I am very happy with how it turned out! Granted there are a couple mistakes, and it's not shaded very well (because I didn't have good shading pencils at the time), but I like it :)

 So Yeah!

There's my most recent people drawings!

I have decided that I am better at drawing them big like these where you only really see the face and shoulders. They can be more detailed that way. And when I try drawing a body, it's always the wrong size. Ha! 

I need to practice that.

 Anywho, I hope you are all having a good Friday! 

HOORAY FOR THE ALMOST WEEKEND!

Taylor Kay

My Giveaway Cabled Knit Slouchy Hat Is DONE!

Hey Everyone!

Oh my goodness I can tell that I really wanted to get this hat done! I was up until 12:30 last night finishing it. Haha! Then took another 30 minutes taking pictures of it! :)

So, here it is, the hat you've all been waiting for!

 Here, you can see the cables a little better maybe. They go all the way up the hat, literally! The last cable was 2 rows before I closed it up!

This is probably one of my FAVORITE hat patterns now!

 I just LOVE how this hat turned out!

And you can wear it

farther back

on your head...

Or you can pull

it forward

more!

Just HAVE FUN! :)

I might be a little sad to give this one up.

But I just know it will go to a GREAT home! To one of you lucky people out there! 

The good thing about this hat tho is that because I liked the pattern so much, I will have no problem knitting another one if I want one for myself! :D HOORAY!

Anyways, if you haven't already, please join the giveaway to win this wonderful hat!

CLICK --> HERE <--

to be taken to the post where you can read the rules and enter into the giveaway!

Still plenty of time to join! 

It's only the 3rd day!

Deadline is this Friday (the 22nd)

Winner will be announced on Saturday (the 23rd)

Good Luck!

And tell me what you think of the hat! :)

Taylor Kay

Look Familiar? - Day 13 (1/2)

Oops, I was so busy yesterday that I forgot to do my Blogtoberfest post. Ha! Well, here it is!

Here is another one of those Haughty Hats! I really like the yarn that I used for this one, the color is beautiful and it was super nice to work with! I don't remember exactly what kind it was... :P I need to start writing them down. Haha! But yeah, this will make a nice Christmas gift, yes? :)

I couldn't figure out if the buckle is blue or black... it kinda looks like both. Haha! 

Well, it's time to go babysitting! Today's post will come later! :)

Taylor Kay

Oh, Monday Mon- ... Wait, It's Tuesday! - Day 11

Aaand I finished that little hat I was working with on Sunday! I am just really happy that I had enough yarn to finish it. I was a little worried at the end, because it was becoming rather slim. But, it ended up being PERFECT! :)

 I absolutely LOVE the green flecks with the brown. This yarn is probably one of my favorites from all that I have worked with! I believe it is just Lion Brand either Bulky or Super Bulky... Can't remember. Anyways, I LOVE IT!

For some reason today feels like it should be Monday... But I am definitely happy that it is actually Tuesday! :) Haha! My days are all sorts of mixed up this week. Well, better than it being Tuesday and feeling like Monday... I hate that... :P

Anyways, hope you have a wonderful TUESDAY night! :)

Taylor Kay

Finished Haughty Hat! - Day 6

Remember this project?

Well I finished it a long time ago and have only just now posted it! Haha!

It has become one of my FAVORITE hats! I absolutely LOVE wearing it! It was really kinda fun to make too. :)

As you can see, I went with a PINK buckle. I was having a hard time deciding what color to put on there, and an even HARDER time trying to find those buckles! :P

But in the end it all worked out! :) I even made another one! But that hat will have to wait for another day! ;D

 Hope you have a wonderful Thursday!

Wow... Thursday already... This week kind of flew by. Ha!

Taylor Kay