My Art Supplies

Welcome back. I had a request to show my art supplies to you guys, so that's what I'll be doing in this post. I'm super excited! First off, let me just start off my showing you my crochet hooks.

These are the two hooks I mainly use when I crochet. I like how the pink one has a nice bamboo handle and how the yellow one has a really smooth neck, which makes the yarn slide off easily!

Speaking of crochet, I just have one quick thing I wanted to show you! I recently made a sweater for myself and I just LOVE it! It keeps me so warm. It worked up really fast! I got the pattern from a wonderful, well written book called Kids Crochet! It starts from the very basics, and keeps getting more advanced! If any of you are interested in learning crochet, I would highly recommend that book to you! Anyways, here's the sweater!

To make this sweater, I used soft, lightweight Wool Ease Lion Brand yarn. I love the creamy color, because it goes with everything, but doesn't get dirty as fast as white does!

And for the edging I used Debra Norville super soft bright magenta. 

So let's get back on track now. These are my woodless colored pencils. I especially love them because when you sharpen them the tip doesn't fall off like the Crayola colored pencils. It has a really strong foundation. And I have to say these are the best quality colored pencils I've ever used. My mom said they were super super cheap and they last for such a long time. 

I do have to say they can be a little delicate. My hot pink colored pencil snapped in half because I was pressing on it too hard without realizing it. 

Next up is my favorite ribbon. It's nice and thick and has wired edges. I usually use this for gift wrapping. 

I also prefer to use the really nice thick permanent markers and here's what one looks like.

This is my origami paper. I had a few things on origami up on my blog earlier. Let me know on my next poll if you would like me to do more origami. And now days, if you go out to buy origami paper, it is just so amazing because it comes in so many different colors and styles!

Here's all my string. I have quite a few different varieties. 

Well...that's mainly it for now, peeps! I have a new poll up, so please be sure to vote on that! Last time, I only got one vote, and remember- I always appreciate suggestions! Bye! 

Drawings!!!!

I miss blogging so much! It's been over a month now since I've done a post! My apologies! I just wanted to show you some drawings I did! So far, I've only drew characters, but I'll learn to draw more and more things as I go on! I haven't been able to come up with anymore crafts lately! :( I will soon! Pinkie promise! So let's get started!

I learned to draw all of these characters from Art for Kids Hub

Their website: artforkidshub.com

Their YouTube channel: youtube.com/users/ArtForKidsHub

The thing I like a lot about Art for Kids Hub is that they break things down into really easy steps and have good explanations! I highly recommend this website to all of you beginner artists! They also have painting and shading tutorials, art contests, some sculpting, and origami! 

The first thing I drew was a minion. It's kind of off and not exact, but it was my first attempt! 

The second character I drew is unikitty! She is mostly straight lines and is just so cute! If you've never heard of her, she's from the Lego Movie!

I drew Olaf third! He's the funny snowman from Frozen! I just can't get enough of him!

Next, I drew Elsa. I've got to say, she's my favorite character I've drew so far! It's more on the hard side. I would say the most difficult things to draw were her hair and the dress!

Next I drew a closeup of Princess Peach's face! It wasn't too easy or too hard! 

The last thing I drew for now is Gumball! He's SO adorable!!!!!

More drawings coming soon! I'll be back next week with a craft! I know in the last post I said I would put a poll up for which craft you want me to do next. Well, I never got to it, so I'll put it up now! See you next time! Bye!

Crochet Gallery #2

Hello again!!! I've just finished up a few crochet pieces that I've been wanting to show you for a long time. And thanks to everyone who voted on my poll! I loved the feedback! So without further ado, let's get started.

First, I wanted to show you some baby booties I forgot to show you in my last crochet gallery.

And I also made a green cowl. It's really light and is best to wear in spring.

Here's a purple and blue cowl. I finger crocheted it. I basically lined two yarns up together to get the swirl of blue and purple.

Does this one look familiar? This is the same scarf I asked you to rate! I turned it into an infinity scarf! It keeps my neck really cozy and warm. 

This is a simple purple hat. It's the first one I crocheted. 

This is a comfy hat my mom made for me. I love the color choices and the type of stitch. 

This is the first hat my mom crocheted for ME. It's one of my favorites because I love the combination of neon pink and white with a flower to top it all off. 

I made this hat using some multi colored yarn. The thick diagonal stripes were just a coincidence. I didn't even mean to do that!

This is a another hat my mom made me. It's a plum purple, one of my fave shades. Again, I love the stitch on this hat as well. It makes it stand out. 

To go with my hat, my mom also made me cute fingerless gloves that always come really handy in the winter. 

And my favorite item is this colorful blanket. It just has a splash of bright colors that go well with almost anything. I crocheted each of the squares individually. Then, my mom joined them together and made the border! It was ready this winter just in time! 

Once agin, thanks to everyone who voted on my latest poll. I have a new one up right now. Vote on it to tell me which post you want me to do next. Thanks! Bye!

Super Awesome Decorations

Welcome back everyone. My apologies for not posting according to my normal schedule. I got tremendously busy because of Christmas and I decided to post today right now because later on I'll be busy. Anyways, I just got BRAND NEW SCRAPBOOKING PAPER!!! And I'm so excited because this time they are six inches by six inches, so I don't have to cut the big sheets into smaller pieces! And if you know me well, I always use brand new things the moment I get them. I just have to. So, when one of my best friends came over, we made New Year's decorations!! We just really got creative with all the different  shapes we could make and there was a huge variety of different colors and patterns, so we both kind of did our own thing. I got a picture of my friend's before she left so I could show you. Here they are:

This one looks really pretty. I especially love the contrast of the baby pink and brown. 

We had some sparkly gem flower stickers on hand, so we thought we might as well use those too to add a bit of sparkle.

Okay. Now lemme just say, my friend is a super fast worker. I only made about three when she was over, but when she left, I only liked how one of them turned out, so I made more later. And I only got to four before it was time for me to go to bed. Here are mine:

Kay. Now I've got some more good news! I just redecorated my room with a bunch of proverbs written in big letters on my brand new scrapbooking paper!! I taped them up on four different walls, so I'll show you each one individually down below:

I'm really sorry the photos came out blurry. My iPad was being really weird with me today so for some reason on camera it looked good, but then when I transferred it onto here, it got really blurry, so you might have trouble squinting and trying to read these proverbs. (Especially the last one) 

So that basically concludes today's post. I hope you guys found it a bit inspirational. Happy New Year!!!  Oh. And if you haven't already voted on my poll and rated my scarf, please do it anytime soon because I really like your feedback and the poll is about to close. Lots of people asked if it hurts my feelings if they don't vote ten. The answer is no. We all learn from trial and error. The more you guys tell me how I'm doing, the better I'll be. So thanks so much for all the support. This blog wouldn't be possible without all you guys reading this right now. You give me all sorts of fantastic ideas that help this blog keep growing more and more! I really appreciate your honesty!!! Oh and sorry. I have one more thing to say, as usual! I have an account on this really cool beginner programming site called Scratch!! And if you guys reading this right now know about it, then please follow me! I'm craftybutterfly. What I like about it is that you don't have to type in the commands. Scratch has ready made blocks that you can connect together! It is really cool. I recommend all of you to try it out and make an account. It's absolutely free and the url to get there is http://scratch.mit.edu or you can just google search scratch and it should be the first link that pops up. Thanks again everyone!!! Have fun! I'll be back soon! 😜

Crochet Gallery and More

Hey guys. This post is all about crochet and some random stuff I never got the chance to tell you. My mom is really advanced at crocheting and a few months after she learnt it, I was interested too. When I first got started, I threw HUGE temper tantrums and got frustrated easily. Lucky for me, my mom is good at calming people down, so all that hard work paid off. Now I can make hats, scarves, circles, flowers, a few booties, granny squares, and cross body purses. I'm learning new patterns along the way. Every once in a while, I'll have a crochet gallery post to showcase my latest creations. 

First, I made a scarf in a granny square pattern, so it looks checkered. I love the colors even though it's not Fall anymore. 

And this is a lime green blanket I crocheted over the summer. I've had it for a while now, but I still love it because I used super bulky Bernats Baby yarn and it's just SO SO soft!!!! BTW, I'm so sorry about the weird lighting. I couldn't fix the glare. 

I know today I showed you only two items, but I'll usually have more. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!!

Just for fun, I want to show you all my karate belts. Currently, I'm a red belt, so I can't show you that. And no. I don't have a black belt and I'm nowhere close. I get asked that question a lot. 

I know a lot of you may think that orange comes after gold in karate.  That's the case in most of the karate schools, but not mine. These belts are all in order. You may notice some other belts that aren't in the right place, but my karate school has the ordered belts a lot differently than many other schools. 

NOW, bye!!!! See you next time. I have something fun planned. 

Please check out these two other awesome blogs.

ivafashion.weebly.com

minetricker.blogspot.com

My Egyptian Tomb Project

Once again, I know this isn't a Christmas craft, but one of my really cool assignments in school is to make an Egyptian tomb that contains a pyramid, a sarcophagus, some type of mummy, a protection spell written and placed between the mummy's two arms, two drawings that depict Egyptian mythology, at least three symbols written in heiroglyphics, and four canonic jars neatly labeled. I just thought I would show you today because so far, I'm really proud of it and I personally think it's really cool. Hope you like it!

First, I had to build a pyramid. On two sides were drawings of Egyptian gods. On the other side I wrote R.I.P in heiroglyphics. I left an opening so you could see what's inside. 

This is the view of the opening. 

These are the two gods. 

Lastly, this is the side where I wrote R.I.P. 

Next I want to show you my fancy sarcophagus and mummy. These two things were made from action figures. 

Here's my sarcophagus. 

This is where I inserted my mummy in. 

And here's the actual mummy. I wrapped it in gauze. 

I haven't made a protection scroll, alter, or buried it with it's belongings yet, but I have made canopic jars out of clay. Currently, I'm waiting for them to dry. They're supposed to be jars with animal heads. One has a human head, though. There are four. 

This one is the human headed goddess. 

This is the baboon headed God. 

Jackal headed God. I know. It looks more like a bunny. 

Lastly, this is the falcon headed God. Again, this looks nothing like a falcon. 

I hoped you liked this project and please be sure to tell me on my poll what grade this would be worth if you were scoring it. 

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving break. I'll see you next time. Bye!!!