we have winner!

The winner of the 100th etsy sale giveaway is..........

Amanda Pike! Congratulations to you!!!!

this is your amaaaazing prize:
$10,- worth of pattens from my shop.


I used random.org to find a winner. Thanks to all of you who entered.
See you all soon,

renske

100th Etsy Sale!!! Giveaway!!!!!

It's almost there, the 100th etsy sale in my shop!!!
I am very proud of this and very greatfull for everyone, who supported me!
Because of this I have a suprise for you.... A giveaway!!

What to win?
$10 worth of patterns from my shop!

What to do?
All you need to do is head over to my facebook page, click like and leave a message below, that you have done so! If you already liked my page on facebook, just leave a message below, telling me this. I will randomly pick a winner this friday (december 9).

Good luck to everyone and thank you all so much for your support!

Free pattern: christmas elf pencil topper!

I promised a free pattern a long time ago, but here it is!
Just in time for your christmas preperations.
This pencil topper makes a great gift!!

Download the pattern, go ahead it´s FREE!!!!

download now

Happy Halloween!

I made this little picture last night......
Have a spooky halloween!

Discount in my etsy shop!

So here is the deal.
Next week starting this sunday 23th till friday the 28th my etsy shop will be closed. But before I close I want to give you all a discount of 50%!!!!!!!!! On everything in my etsy shop!
So here is how it works:

use VAMPIREDISCOUNT as your couponcode and you will receive 50% off!
This discount ends sunday the 23th at 9 in the morning! (I am at UTC+1).
Only 3 days discount hurry!!!!!

I am still here.....

Just to let you all know, I am still here!
I just got a lot on my mind right now, but I have some ideas in my head. I am designing a new pattern, a bit different then what you would expect from me.
I also have a free pattern in mind and I think the end of this week there will be a discount coming your way!
See you then, thanks for waiting :)

Did you already started decorating for halloween?

It´s the first of october today. So my first halloween decorations are coming out of the boxes. (I always make myself wait with decorating untill october 1th.)

I wanted to hang something cute next to my frontdoor, so I was searching on etsy. I stumbled upon this cute cross stitch pattern by sewingseed
I combined it with little crocheted pumkins from my teenie halloweenie garland

But how about you? Did you guys already started decorating?

the winner!!!!

And the winner is............
........................

Lindsay!!!!! Congrats to you!
(I picked the winner radom, using random.org)
She really did a great job, with her dark version of my fairy! I love the way
the picture was taken, with the little crystal! To visit her blog, click here.

Thank you all for entering, I loved to see all of your creations!

Just a few more days.....

Just a few more days, until my september challenge will end. Be sure to enter before september the 25th!

Halloween Pattern

Let me introduce to you: Amy the little witch!

I did not plan on a new halloween pattern this year, but hey, what can I say? I just LOVE halloween!

The pattern of this little witch with her monster friend is now available in my etsy and ravelry shops!

September Challenge!!!!!! reminder!

Just a reminder for you all! My september challenge is going on, on my blog right now!
It´s simple just crochet one of my patterns and post the result here.
For all of the details click here!

steampunk part 2: TOFF 9

Hi there,

The Octopede Factory (one of my favourite shops on etsy) got this great friday challenge (TOFF)! It´s simple, every week she chooses a theme and you get to design something (a card, a box, or something else) around this theme. If you use a stamp from from her shop, you will be entered into a prize draw at the end of the month.
I really liked the idea and her designs, but never found the time to put something together. But this week, the theme was STEAMPUNK! Yeah! I just had to make something and this is it.

Every steampunk girl loves tea right?

September Challenge!!!!!!

Some exciting news! My first challenge! And something to keep you busy in the last month of summer!

How does it work?
-Crochet one of my patterns. I have lots of free ones available, click here
-Take a picture of the result and upload it to your blog, website or flickr account. (Or whatever other web pages are out there)
-Post a link to your picture and your email adress below
-You have one month, enter before september 25th 
-1 entry per person
-I will pick a random winner

What to win?
2 patterns of your choice from my etsy shop

Good luck!!

Steampunk....

So the last couple of weeks, I am exploring the world of steampunk! It all started with the novel Steamed by Katie Macallister!!

Two nights ago, I started to look at steampunk crochet patterns and I found this lacy wristers pattern by KrochetLove. I fell in love instantly. That night I finished the first one, I added some steampunk like buttons and here it is:

If you want to make this lacy wristers for yourself, visit the KrochetLove blog, thanks for sharing the pattern!

Then when visiting etsy I stumbled upon some great steampunk art! I purchased one of her digital stamps and started crafting right away:

For more of her amazing artwork visit the blog TheOctopedeFactory

So maybe my next amigurumi pattern will be something steamy too!

Dr. Brainy!!!

Yay! I completed a new pattern. Let me introduce you to Dr. Brainy.
Dr. Brainy is a zombie docter who specializes in helpling the undead!
Go meet him at my shop

Brainnnnssss, FREE PATTERN

I finally finished a new pattern. I was so inspired by all the amazing stuff on the etsy dark team, that I had to make something weird and a bit dark, so here it is:
Brainnnnnsssss. This little brain, likes zombies.......for diner.
download now

Etsy Dark Team

Hi there,

I haven´t been around a lot, I know, but it is about to change.
I have teamed up with the etsy dark team. An amazing group of artists who create art with a dark twist!
Go check them out, click!
Or check out our blog

Today I also created my first treasury (it wasn´t easy trust me, but I finally figuered it out, :) ) on etsy: weird pink

I have also started on a new crochet pattern!!!!! Hooray! finally! I will keep you posted on it!

Cheers,

embroidery art

Finally I finished my embroidery art!!! I made three little hoops, one with a bat, a vampire and a skull. Besides this I included buttons, several different stitches, little scissor charms, felt, and yarn.

I think you have to be a little weird to create. That was what I was thinking about when I designed these pieces of embroidery art.

I hope you like them. They are for sale in my etsy shop!

cats.... cats..... and more cats......

So I thought I would have some peace in het house by now. But I thought wrong.

This week the 5 kittens I got from the shelter are big enough to go to their new homes. It´s about time, ´cause they are getting to big. They turned into little monsters the last couple of days.....
Half an hour ago my phone rang. Someone from the shelter asked me, if I could take in 4 kittens who are now 5 weeks old. I just could´nt say no. So when those five little monsters leave, 4 new ones arrive.
Please please be a little patient with me.... The next couple of weeks, will be about kittens I fear. I hope I can squeeze in photographing my new products and designing a pattern, but I am just not sure when they will arrive....

one of my little monsters who is going to a new home tomorrow!

silhouette

Something I made myself! I took a picture of me and my husband, then I drew around our faces, making sure I highlighted everything I wanted to show on the silhouette. After this I cut them out, traced them onto black paper, and cut again. I think the result is pretty good!
If you want to make them yourself, there is a great book in stores. It has all the information you need to make them plus black and decorated paper! I absolutely loved it!!!!
Silhouette Art: Papers, Instructions, and Patterns for Making Modern Heirlooms.

this is me

my lovely husband

do it yourself!