Skein and Hook

This hat makes an adorable newborn photo prop for a newborn baby girl or boy.  I made mine for my new baby girl, but if you used blue instead of pink, it would be awesome for a baby boy too. See how adorable! Materials needed: • U.S. I/9- 5.5 MM crochet hook • Worsted weight yarn- used here:           -Color A: Vanna's Choice in Pink           -Color B:  Vanna's Choice in White • Orange felt, thread, & needle • Buttons, thread, & needle for eyes •  Tapestry needle for sewing in the ends  Abbreviations: • MR= magic ring • ch= chain • sc= single crochet • dc= double crochet • sc2tog= single crochet 2 together= insert your hook into the first stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on the hook • sl st= slip stitch Finished si...

I am due to have my third baby girl in 8 short days.  With the holiday season, I was way behind on all of the cute nursery DIY projects that I wanted to do.  Now, though, I am starting to work on them. I bought the supplies for this one months ago and just finished it up today.  I'm really excited about how it turned out. First I started out with the following: -3 wooden photo blocks (my picture only shows 2 though)- each measuring about 3 1/4" square -Craft Essentials acrylic paint in Grey and Twinkle Pink I painted one block pink and two blocks gray (two coats on each) and let them dry completely. Then I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out an "R" in gray vinyl.  You could also use a stencil and paint if you don't have a vinyl cutter or don't want to use it. I also purchased the following from Michael's Arts & Crafts: -2 complementary flowers made out of fabric, burlap, and lace- I got mine from Michael's Arts & Cra...