Doctor Who?

I've been fairly busy lately.

Not only am I applying for jobs now here, but I'm also bogged down with a lot of to-do lists of things to make for people. I'm enjoying every second of it, but every once in a while I get slightly bored and decide that I need something to get me out of my funk.

This little guy did just that! We've been watching so much Doctor Who lately, and I've absolutely fallen in love with David Tennant. We've come to the end of his days as the doctor, and I've been having a hard time with it. I thought that this would be the perfect way to help me cope, and just maybe if I made something for myself, I could get the inspiration and the desire to make things for others. :)
It definitely did just that!
So, I would like to introduce, The Doctor.






Oh, and his eyeglasses are removable as well. :)



And his jacket is removable as well!



That's all for now. I have more celebrities that I'm finishing up now. And I've also been making tons of wearables as well that I will be taking pictures of! I'm in the process of making a hat right now for a friend. :)
Is anyone else making stuff to either get them out of a funk or something to just keep them warm?

New things!

Well, I have some new fun things to share with you.

First, did you happen to notice something new up on the right side of my blog? I made a button! Now, you can share my blog with anyone.
I spent a long time trying to figure it out, and I was VERY happy when I finally did. lol!





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And, in addition to this, I've also decided to change the name of my blog to The Mad Crafter since that's the name of my store as well.

And next, here's my newest project.
This was a custom request. It's Cheech! This is all based off of this photo:

And here he is!





That's all for now, and I hope to work on some more new things for the blog very soon.
Feel free to add my button anywhere, and I really hope you do! Thanks so much!!

Warm Up!

I know that I've been slacking on my blog. However, I haven't been slacking on projects!

Lately, with this SUPER chilly weather, I've been working on some things to really keep me warm. I definitely plan on making some more for friends too that live in cold climates.

When I was flying home, there was a girl on the plane that had this ADORABLE headband. I fell in love with it. Ever since then, I've seen the headbands EVERYWHERE.
This one is knitted from Lion Brand Thick and Quick. I learned a bunch of new things while making it, and I've been wearing it CONSTANTLY!



And this was REALLY fun, and as it turns out, I bought WAAAAAY too much yarn for it, so I know a few certain people that can expect a giant awesome cowl in the mail soon. haha


Well, I'm off to work on some more projects. Seth is traveling for work, and I plan on working A LOT today on a few custom items.
I hope everyone else is staying warm with fun homemade wearables!

Continuation of a Homemade Christmas

Just a couple things I forgot to put in my last post!
In case you can't tell, I was pretty spoiled this year for Christmas. :)

This isn't homemade, but it's from my favorite crafting site, Craftster!
They recently re-did their store, and included a lot of new things on Spreadshirt. I got the skull and crochet hooks, and I got the zip-up hoodie AND the matching sweat pants!


This is definitely my new favorite hoodie too. I pretty much just take it off to sleep. lol
If any of you out there are also big fans of Craftster, I would definitely recommend anything from their store. I own quite a few things, and they're all definitely worth it! You can find their Spreadshirt page here.

And I totally forgot to mention this as well the other day!
My great friend Jackie is an avid knitter. She hasn't been knitting all that long, but she's AMAZING. Well, after I found a pattern on Ravelry for some gloves I wanted, I immediately sent it over to her. I just don't trust myself as much with knitting something like that. Well, she made me one for Christmas!
Yes, that's right, just one. lol! She couldn't get the other one done in time.
Does anyone recognize where these gloves are from?

P.S. I'm actually wearing my hoodie in the picture.

CORALINE! They're the Coraline gloves! Isn't it awesome?! I am now impatiently waiting for the other one, and hopefully it will be here soon so I can use it in this weather. :)

A Homemade Christmas

As I'm sure you know, this year was a VERY homemade Christmas. It felt so good making so many gifts, saving money, and seeing how excited the kids got when opening their gifts. They were all appreciated, and really loved. It was a really great feeling.

I had decided to give my niece the Coraline doll I had made a long time ago. She's 3 and a half, and she absolutely LOVES Coraline! I was really surprised because I would think it was too scary for her, but she can't get enough of it. So, when I arrived in Florida, I put all of my stuff in my sister's guest room, and apparently left my suitcase open, with Coraline sitting right on top. She found her, told her mom how excited she was, so I had no choice but to just give it to her early. Her face just lit up when I handed it to her. Needless to say, she is a very well-loved Coraline doll. :)


And when she opened up the Mr. Hankey doll on Christmas morning, well, that was pretty much the highlight of my day. She opened it about halfway, saw what it was, and laughed for about 10 minutes straight.

And while I was hard at work, so was my mom! She had told me a while ago that she wanted to make Seth a "quillow", which is a quilt, that when folded up, turns into a pillow. Well, she wanted to make it Star Trek, but when she looked online for maybe sheets or something to make it out of, it was INCREDIBLY expensive. So when she was telling me about it, an idea struck! Seth got a shirt when we went to the Star Trek convention as our honeymoon. He finally settled on the shirt he wanted, but when he went back to get it, they didn't have his size, so he settled for a size smaller. When recently cleaning out his closet, he found the shirt, and gave it to me, very upset because he had maybe worn it once. So, it was my idea to send the shirt to my mom, for her to use on Seth's gift.
I was so excited while my mom was working on it, and her embroidery machine yet again saved the day and made something that was already great, even better. :)

And I knew Seth was getting one, but I never once thought that I would get one too!

I remember that a few years ago my mom bought this Wizard of Oz fabric. I was so excited when I saw how absolutely beautiful it was, and she told me that she was going to make me a quilt. Since then, I've really forgotten about it, and so when I opened up my own quillow, I was really shocked!
The back of it is all ruby slippers, and the other side is all scenes from the movie! Seriously, this is really the most beautiful fabric.



And, from my mother-in-law, I didn't get a handmade gift, but I got something that will help my crafts! She gave me a drop spindle and some wool so I can learn to spin my own yarn! I can't tell you how excited I am to try this out. I've NEVER done it before, but I'm SUPER excited to try!


And that's all for now. I'm going to get SUPER busy and making as many sonic screwdrivers as possible today! Wish me luck!!

Did anyone else have a handmade Christmas, either getting or giving?

Settling in.

This long weekend was just what Seth and I needed after our hell of traveling. We did a lot though.
Between unpacking and cleaning up, we managed to splurge a bit on ourselves. We have completed our home theater system. We have a projector, which is probably the best Christmas present we ever got (we got it last year for Christmas, and STILL love it!) and now we have the best surround sound, provided by Bose. It's seriously AWESOME. In addition to that, we traded in our old Xbox360 and got the new bundle that includes the Kinect. We've been having a lot of fun with it!

And, while Seth was playing video games and enjoying our new home theater, I've been busy with crocheting. :)
This is something that I've made TONS of lately. Seth and I have been LOVING Doctor Who lately. If you haven't seen it, then shame on you!
So, I got this idea, and then soon after, every kid I knew was getting a Sonic Screwdriver for Christmas! One of my Craftster friends got a package in the mail with FOUR of them! lol! And so, I of course had to add one to my Etsy.


And, I made about 4 of these as well. They're severed zombie heads!
I'm giving the option for them to be made into keychains or ornaments for FREE! Now who doesn't need a severed zombie head keychain?! And they do have different eyes as well, which was fun. I like to think that one is a boy and one is a girl. :)

More can be seen here.

And, that's all for right now. I'm probably going to be back later with another post of some more of the awesome Christmas gifts I got.
I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Too Long!

It really has been too long since I've updated my blog! This is just going to be a quick post until I can actually post more when I'm not so tired.
Also, my Etsy shop is open again! AND, February 27th is my one year anniversary of my shop! Exciting, right?!
My holiday was wonderful. However, the traveling was NOT. I don't even want to go into all of the details of it, but I ended up in Denver, where I was never supposed to stop. However, Seth was there, which made it MUCH better. And then, we were stuck there for 2 days. We can definitely say that we're happy to be home.
We spent today unpacking, which reminded me of all of my awesome gifts. Here's a few of my favorites. :)

I mentioned to my Mom a long time ago that I really like this purse! And I got it! Definitely one of my new favorite purses!

Found here
And originally seen on Crafty Awesomeness. She totally gets credit for pointing it out on her blog. :)

Seth and I decided that we weren't going to give gifts because we spent a lot of money on tickets down to Florida. However, Seth actually surprised me (which was ok, because I surprised him too. ha!) and got me this! And he got me the pink one. :)

Found here.

This was another thing that I asked my parents for. I have had SO MUCH FUN with this camera! I can't wait to get all the pictures developed! It's a fisheye camera. It takes normal 35mm film so it'll be easy to be developed here.

Found here.

That's all I'm going to share for now. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, and a wonderful new year!
I'm glad to be home, so I'm going to relax some more. Did anyone else have travel issues this holiday season?
I feel that I can never fly without issues. lol!