I'm Back!

Hello everyone,

My last post was on April 2,2015! Can you believe its been that long! I'm giving blogging another attempt we will see how it goes. I stopped blogging once I started getting busy with my Etsy shop. 2016 was amazing for my shop and this year got off to a great start. I did enjoy blogging which is why I want to give it another try. This time I am not going to try to set up a schedule because I know I won't be able to stick to it. I'm going to blog whenever I get a chance and have something to share.

For today I have some announcements related to my patterns.

Erick the Giant Eel is now available for free (click here).

I released a new pattern: Henry the Hedgehog!

I updated the following patterns. The old patterns will be deleted on February 18th so download them before then if you want them.

Riley the Raccoon

Fabian the Red Fox

I will be reformatting all my old patterns. Some will have changes made others will be the same but look nicer. I am also currently working on some new tutorial videos and will post them on here as I release them. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

1st Quarter CAL Round Up

We had 10 participants and 12 entries in our first quarter Tiny CAL! 

Here is a round up of the cuties:

It was hard to pick just one winner but it had to be done so the winner is...

this adorable multicolored Elephant! 

Thanks everyone for participating!

Cuteness Overload!

Happy Monday everyone! 

The beginning of this year has been amazing for my Etsy shop. I've officially made Monday's my mail day. I've gone to the post office at least once a week since the year started. I'm so thankful for everyone who has checked out my shop and especially those of you who have purchased items. I even had my first repeat customer! That was so exciting! Here are a couple of items I have made in the past weeks that I didn't share last time. 

I got a large frog custom order. I think he turned out cute. Tiny ducks and tiny penguins have been really popular. I even made five mini ducks only 2.5 inches tall! 

Elephants and wolves have also been selling well. Which is understandable who can resist these cuties. 

Of course the increase in sales in my Etsy shop doesn't leave me much time for everything else. I did release my Tiny Grey Wolf pattern a couple weeks ago and will be releasing a Tiny Red Fox pattern next week. I started this new pattern a couple months ago. There are a few things I will be changing but its getting close to being ready to test. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Last FO Friday!

I can't believe its March already. I feel like the first couple months always go by so fast. I know I haven't done one of these FO Fridays in a while mostly because I always miss the day. I remember on Saturday or Sunday and its too late. I think I'll probably just start posting things whenever instead of just Wednesdays or Fridays. That way I don't have to think about when I post and just do it. So this will be the last FO Friday. From now on it will be WIP and FO anyday!

So what have I been working on this year? Take a look:

 

I have a couple more I will share another day. I've also been working on organizing my craft room. I am taking some cake decorating classes online that I am really excited about. I finally got my Kitchen Aid Mixer and have been doing a lot of baking. I'll probably start sharing my baking adventures on here as well. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Help us win a Design Contest

I entered 6 of my designs into a Parent and Baby animals contest over at amigurumipatterns.net. There are 121 adorable animals entered and we need your help to win.

Please help us win by casting in your vote by January 9th.

You can vote for your favorite 5.

Here are my 3 entries:

Bentley & Benji the Bears

Emilia & Elena the Elephants

Camila and Cleo the Cows

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Welcome 2015!

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves last night. I spend the last of the old year and the beginning of this one with my parents, my brother and his family at home. We had dinner, waited for the countdown and just relaxed for the most part. My 1 year old niece keeps us pretty entertained. I did start the new year crocheting and will probably have some FO's to share tomorrow! Until then I hope you all have a wonderful evening!

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

2014 Wrap Up

Its the last day in 2014 and as usual I will have a wrap up post to share the highlights of the year!

I designed 12 new patterns this year and redesigned one. 

Now for what I made this year...

I finished a total of 118 projects! With 80+ being toys!

Last year I mentioned I had 45 UFO's I wanted to finish the biggest one being the army of tiny owls. Well I finished 15 of them this year and only have 6 more to go. This year I only have 26 UFO's which is a huge improvement! That's it for this year, see you next year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Selling Patterns to EU Countries

I don’t know how many of you have heard that there will be changes to how VAT is collected on digital products starting January 1st for EU countries.

VAT will now be charged based on where the customer is located not the seller. Meaning you will have to pay VAT on top of the cost of the pattern. The amount you will pay varies as each country has its own tax. While I don’t like these new rules, I have to follow them.

In order to keep selling my patterns to everyone, I have chosen to use Ravelry’s solution of selling to these countries using Loveknitting.com. They collect and file the tax so I don’t have to. Can you imagine having to file taxes to 28 countries?

Please take a moment to read this for complete information: 

http://www.ravelry.com/content/vat/loveknitting

The good news is that patterns will still be added to your ravelry accounts and you can pay using your PayPal account as usual.

Patterns have been imported to Love Knitting and are waiting to be approved and published. They may be temporarily unavailable to people in these countries for a couple of days.

Loveknitting.com is resolving the problem of filing the taxes myself for my Ravelry pattern shop but a similar option is not available for Craftsy so I have decided to close my Craftsy shop. All my patterns will be available through Ravelry and LoveKnitting only from now on. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

2015 Goals

Every year I list a set of goals I would like to accomplish in the New Year and every year I fail to accomplish any...

This year I am determined to actually keep up with the goals I set at the beginning of the year. My goals overall are pretty much the same every year but I think my main issue is I try to do too much. 

Goals for 2015

1. Set work hours & stick to them. 

I've never set work hours because since I'm single with no kids I don't have a ton of other things I need to do. So I spend most of the day working on designing or making things to sell and I've noticed I haven't been able to knit or crochet just for fun in a really long time. Its always business related crocheting and I have to say I really miss knitting! There are so many projects I want to make for myself and next year I will do so. 

2. Get Organized and Stay Organized

This is one of those I goals I have every year and I never follow through. I'm already working on setting a schedule so I can stay organized. I'm going to really try this year because my main issues are I can never find what I'm looking for and I don't even know what I have anymore. I even have a plan to blog about my progress on Mondays!

3. Use Stash Yarn

This is another one of those I have every year. I actually came up with a solution that I hope will work out. I'm planning on taking inventory at the beginning of 2015 so I know how much yarn I have to work with. My Ravelry stash page needs a serious update so I'll keep up with it that way. Then I will look for patterns to use with the yarn that I have available instead of looking for patterns that I need to buy yarn to make. 

4. Don't set high expectations. 

I have a tendency of wanting to do too much. Last year in my goals I had make 1 shawl a month, release 2 new patterns a month, and add at least 5 new items to Etsy shop a month. I don't know what I was thinking! How am I supposed to do all that in only 1 month? I think I need to be more realistic on what I can actually do in a month and take it slow. Maybe I can try to release at least 1 pattern and month and try to add 1 new item a week to my Etsy shop. It seems more possible to accomplish that. If I am able to do more than that, great, if not that's okay too. 

That's only 4 reasonable goals next year. Hopefully I can follow through. 

Do you have any goals you want to accomplish in the new year?

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Supersized FO Friday!

The last time I shared a finished project was back in September! I've finished lots of things since then so we are making this Friday a long post. 

I participated in a Mystery CAL back in September and this is the cutie that was made!

Its hard to see this next one but this is the only picture I have. I crocheted 3 ladybugs and they are on the table below the green cake. My niece's 1st birthday was ladybug themed so they were perfect.

I also made 3 starfish,

2 deer,

2 butterflies,

2 elephants,

5 ducklings,

4 baby penguins,

a tiny pig, a tiny cow,

 

a tiny frog, a bookworm,

 

4 tiny owls,

and 9 pairs of fingerless mittens.

I finished a shawl and blanket I started back in 2013 that I will share when I get a chance to take a picture for the 2014 Wrap up post. I will also take a look at what goals this year I accomplished and set new ones for the next year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

Merry Christmas!

I'm back! I was preparing for craft fairs and getting for the holidays that I didn't have time to blog as much as I would have liked. I'm hoping to get better at managing things next year. For now I just want to wish everyone a

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I hope everyone,including those that done celebrate, are having a wonderful day! 

-Adriana

SALES!

Its been a while since I blogged last but I'm having a holiday share so I thought I should share!

EVERYTHING in my Etsy shop is on sale! Get cute gifts for under $35 + shipping. 

Starts Thanksgiving and Ends Cyber Monday

NOW offering international shipping! Message me for a quote.

All single patterns in my Ravelry shop are 20% off when you purchase 2 or more through Monday!

No coupon needed.