What I've been up to...

Since I finished school, I have had a lot more free time than I am use to having. And even though I have been busy looking for a new job, I still have have some free time. So, I have been trying to catch up on the hats and other photo props that I have wanted to make but haven't had the time. Here is a sneek peek of what I have done so far:

Ballerina Chloe Set

Heart Mat (Photo Prop)

Fendora

Kola Hat

Aviator Hat

Princess Crown

Pixie Dust Cap

Sweet Pea Hat

Princess Tiara

All of these items are avaliable on the Etsy website . I'm working on some new headbands and clips that I hope to get up later this week, so stay tuned!

Happy {Belated} Mother's Day

So I made this afgan for my mom for Mother's Day. And I was late getting it done. I had it done by the Wensday after Mother's Day. (Not to bad, this pattern was deceptively slow. ) Anyways, the reason it was majorly belated was that I bought the yarn and pick out the pattern to make this afgan for my mom 3 years ago. Yes, that's right it took me 3 years to make this afgan. Actually, I stared it 3 years ago, got what I call project ADD and didn't come back to it untill this year. Once I started working on it again it only took about a few days.

In case you're wondering project ADD is a special condition that I get when I am working on a crochet or knitting project and get bored because it is taking to long to finish and I start another project. But I think that this afgan has cured me of my project ADD because eventhough it took a while to get done it was pretty good feeling to FINALLY get it done. And I'm ready to get started on my next afgan. (More on that to follow.

The pattern for this afgan was the Vintage Lace Pattern in the book Heirloom Afgans, I got my copy at Joann's. The yarn was Red Heart Super Saver, color: pale yellow (the pattern said 5 skiens of yarn, I ended up using 5 1/2 skiens).

And if you are using acrylic yarn, I found this awesome pin from agirlandherneedle.blogspot.com:
(If you have alot of yarn you want to wash, and don't mind untangling, you can use a mesh landury bag, just make sure you tuck in the draw string.)


I hope everone has a great weekend!

The New Stuff

Here is a sneek peek at some of the new Spring/ Summer Headbands:

Head over the the shop to check out these headbands!

The past two months have been crazy! That's all i have to say. Somehow I fell into the blackhole that is the final semester of college and senior projects, finals, and of course graduating. Yea, I am finally done. While I try to catch up posting new headbands and clips on the website, I thought that I would post a hairdo sheet that I made as part of my senior portfolio.


Click on the image to see a full PDF version of this on scribd.



 Now I have to get back to catching up and looking for a job!

Awhile ago I found pinterest and started pinning some awesome hairdos. And lately I have resolved to DO thing that are on my boards. So, I've made a goal, that instead of putting my hair in a ponytail with a flower or band and running out the door, I have been trying to attempt some of the 'dos that I have been pinning.

First I tried this one....

I used an elastic headband and tucked my hair up in it to create a fux updo look.

Here is a great video tutorial on how to make this hairdo. (For me it took a couple of times to get it right, and I found that it works better if your hair is "dirty" but if you have just washed it spray it liberaly with hairspray and it will work.)

http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=71&sid=18580090

Here is the updo again with another headband:

You can get these headbands at my website http://www.aggieamber.etsy.com/ (remember when you check out to tell me that you want an elastic headband).

How We Got Started

For our first blog post I thought that it would only be fitting to tell the story of how AggieAmber got started.
When we started almost two years ago, it was only me: Amber. At that time I had just begun to crochet and was eager to share my talents with the world.
Okay, it was more like I knew how to crochet in a straight line and as a result had a surplus of crochet headbands. That was a slow four months and I didn't sell anything.
My start came after finals week in December 2009. It was December 8th at around 8:30pm. You might be wondering how I can be so accurate as to when this all started?
I was at a Christmas dinner put on by my church with my mom on that night. I had taken a final that day and didn't have one until Thursday, so I had taken the night off from cramming and ended up at that dinner. One of our neighbors was going to play indoor soccer later that night and invited me to come along. I thought it was a good idea. I would take the rest of the night off from studying and enjoy myself.
I went to the game and was having a good time. I had played soccer growing up and enjoyed being back on the field. Growing up I played goalie, so that night I found myself back in the net. And was surprised at how easily it all came back to me. I wasn't ready to take the field in a professional match, but I was keeping up and making saves. That is until the second half. Years of drills and instinct began to take over, and I came out to cut a forward off. I went down to take the ball away from the player. Well, most of me went down. My right foot remained stuck to the AstroTurf.
 I don't remember hearing the snap as much as feeling it. And let me tell you it was bad. Both my lower leg bones and one ankle bone were broken. I was laid up for 8 weeks.
Sitting around for 8 weeks gets pretty boring. And I speak from experience when I say you can only watch so many reruns of Friends and Burn Notice before you want to scream.
After surgery, when I came off whatever the doctors pumped into my system, I picked up some yarn and a crochet hook and attempted to go from straight lined projects to more complicated projects.
It was during that 8 weeks that AggieAmber Designs really began. It was then that I learned to crochet a beanie and from there I began to create the first collection of beanies that we sold.

The Baby Bunny Beanie was the first beanie that I made and sold.

After that first winter we have been expanding our line ever since.