Well, thanks to holidays and wonderful husbands who take over your computer to play their MMOs because their computers are crap, I've missed quite a bit of blogging. So it looks like I'll have to make this one semi worth it. Huh. I'm pretty sure I can fail at that but let's see what happens shall we? 

   First, hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday. You all stuffed yourself off food and slipped into food comas. I know I did. Sadly I failed at getting my kids to slip into candy comas. Instead they just ran around like heathens outside for a couple of hours. Which worked well. All I had to do was sit there and watch them tire themselves out. Win win. 

   I didn't do anything really crafting wise...WHAT! Haha. Who am I trying to kid here? I did do crafting. Awesome epic crafting! What I set out to do came out pretty nicely done. I am so proud of myself for it as well. 

   I made my very first ever felted plushie! Most sewing I've done in my whole life! Haha. I had so much fun. It wasn't perfect but damnit, it was pretty good first 1st time! 

   

   Isn't he so cute! I love him. As do my kids and I have to keep him safe and away from them. Haha. I have never done anything like this so YouTube helped me a lot. Haha. I was sitting there bored Friday night thinking what can I do? I was really caught up on swaps at the time before I signed up for me. I didn't want to work farther ahead of myself. So I figured lets try something new. I went to YouTube and typed Kawaii felt plushi tutorial and this little guy was on top. Why not? Looks simple enough I can't screw this up right? Ta da! I did it! I was so happy with myself. I can't believe how good he came out! I want to do a whole rainbow set now! 

   Next I thought okay I could easily do that again. Let's see if I can accomplish something else. So I checked out the side bar. You know the one with videos that match what video you are watching. I found this little guy:

   Isn't he the cutest too! However, I am all out of white felt now T-T I need to go and buy more before I can make a different version of tofu. Which I am super excited for since I seem to be doing so well with this. I wish I would have picked this up sooner!  Who needs to buy all those expensive plushies when you can just make some! Too cute too cute! I am thinking a pink dango is next! I've always wanted one of them! 

   I didn't know how to do the stitches these called for. So again I looked to YouTube to look up tutorials on how to do the stitches. The main sticked I used for everything is...some...crap what's it called....Bed stitch or something. If I was on my laptop I could just look up the history for all this. However, I am on my much better computer now. Which I have missed oh so much. 

   Other then that I really did nothing else. Not crafting wise. However, Friday night I did spend quite a bit of time coming up with easy paper crafts to convert into Kawaii themes for the one group I am in on Swap-Bot. Ugh, did my bbrain melt a few times during that process. I succeeded though. Came up with a good 20+ ideas. Everyone seems to like them and letting me know which ones. Almost every single one has a fun. Some more then others but brain melting was well worth it.

   I didn't make a new craft but I am happy to have interest in a swap I've only done once so far. A deco covered postcard. It was quite successful the 1st time I hosted it. Easy and hardly no work. A major plus is cheap postage! So I am hosting it again. Hopefully more people join then last time but as long as people join it's a success. They are super to make as well. You just need some sturdy cardstock, Kawaii deco tape, then some packing tape to go over the finished product. 

  

   ^ That's pretty much the gist. Cover it top to bottom side to side with deco tape. You don't need to go up and down. You can do it anyway you want. Just cover it. Then take some packing tape over it when you are done. Say a little something on the back and send it. Easy as can be quick swap. Who doesn't like some kawaii mail art to show up and brighten their day? 

   Oh another fun swap to do with little crafting is something called a Whimsey Jar. I recently hosted on for my kawaii group. I made it small though people were more then welcome to go bigger if they liked. I just made it small to help people stick to low postage. It's an all USA group so we're saving as is since no International shipping. Which is crazy stupid now by the way -.- 

   So, the point of this swap is to find a jar and fill it with kawaii goodies. Sender's choice. You fill it up all the way! As much as you can get in there get it in there. Make it a nice variety too. No one like to get a million sticker flakes, and some cabochons. I mean they will make out like bandits in those  themes but that's really depressing. You can put mini deco rolls in there. bento picks, cell phone charms, key chains, sticker flakes, pvc stickers, kawaii ribbon, squishies, candy, and so much more if you can fit it. 

   ^ This was the jar I made for my partner. I wanted to do something a little different then just a plain jar. So I lucked out after checking out a few stores and found this adorable paint can! I was so happy to find this too! Did a little decorating and filled it up with goodies! Then shipped it off. My partner loved it and I'm so glad because I really did not want to send it off. I couldn't even cheat and stick sticker flakes in there! However after I took everything out to take a picture off the goodies inside and repacked it I was able to fit like 3-4 pvc stickers in there. Haha.

   I can't wait to host another swap like the mini whimsey jar but I will wait. It's not expensive to do but some people like to buy goodies for their partners to put in the jar. So I'll wait until summertime to host another one of these I think. That way I get a lot more people to sign up again. It was so much fun to do. 

   Well hopefully this makes up for not posting the last couple of days. I tried to add some goodies and a little variety in different directions. Some a little crafting some more then the rest but simple enough most people can do it. Simple kawaii crafting fun!