New style :)

Hey everyone
So as you can see my NPM's and RTT aren't exactly falling when they should be, I had my NCE's today (my exam to get my counseling license!) and have been neglecting everything that didn't have to do with studying. But I also realized that there are times in the week when I have things I want to say, and I think "oh I'll wait until random thought thursday" or whatever.

And that's not working so well either!! So heres what I'm thinking, we are going to do a new project every week, probably either Sunday or Monday, those day's are just more logical for me right now. And every other day will be an opportunity for randomness, spontaniousness, and other 'nessess' I think this will be more fun for you guys to read, and will give you (and I) more things to read about! Besides, like I said in my last post, this is supposed to be fun and who cares about schedules :P

So tonight, I wanted to share a picture of a new little friend who has joined my 'family':

Meet Danbo, he is a little Japanese figure who is posable! He looks to be made out of cardboard Amazon boxes, but he is actually made out of plastic and is just the cutest little guy! I found him on ebay for a steal and *had* to have him!!

I was so surprised at how fast he got here! And Harriet was the first one to meet the new little fellow:

Harriet seems a bit freaked out by Danbo's eyes... what sort of creature is this!? 

Danbo says "you're a strange creature, how to you walk with no legs!" Harriet giggles, and decides that he is a-okay

"I like your ear's" Danbo says poking Harriet

"I like you're arms!" Harried exclaims nosing them

"I think we'll be great friends"

"Me too!"

A silly little photo story, but I am feeling very glad that my NCE's are done!! Danbo (who I suppose will need a name 0_o) will be in a lot of pictures with Harriet, Lucy and Rhea. And since he and Rhea are made out of plastic, I have a feeling they will be getting into all sorts of new trouble that I would never allow Harriet to get involved in!!

I'm hoping to have Lucy's wig actually done tomorrow (the process is relatively short, but I need to get better hair as I don't like what I originally got :( so that'll be tomorrow!) Autumn's wig looks superb, but her face is pretty boring... waiting on proper tools to fix her up!

I will also be uploading a number of wand pictures, sales have been booming with Halloween around the corner!!

My etsy shop will be getting new WINTER themed items in stock hopefully this week :D be sure to check back for the announcement!

Also Hank went on a Florida vacation with James! New traveling hamster pics to come!

Until next time :)

try seeing things from a different point of view :D

Wand Update

Hey everyone 
Sorry it's been a while, and so sorry I missed RTT this week. Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. I have some *awesome* new projects for Monday to share (yay!) and a bunch of fun pictures to upload! 
I wanted to mention that Halloween is almost upon us (wow time is flying) and to remind you to stop by my etsy shop to order your wands for you costumes!
I have been getting a TON of orders and am SO excited that so many have found my shop!
For those of you who haven't seen it yet here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheButterfliesAttic wands are fully customizable and tailored to your wishes! I am also going to be adding some new items to my shop within the next week for the holidays so be sure to check back and see :)
Thanks for stopping by, new uploads tomorrow :D
<3 Megan

Sneak Peak: BJD's

So we had people over tonight and I didn't get a chance to finish Lucy and Autumn's clothes, I'm picking up wig supplies tomorrow I hope!
BUT
I figured I would give you a sneak peak of my new girls and some of the items that will be added to my etsy shop :D

Please excuse doll nudity, I did not have clothing ready x)

Finally they are here! I was SO excited. Autumn is on the left, Lucy is on the right. Autumn is a Obitsu 27 cm with Pixy style head with Hazel eyes (I may have ruined her head with a crappy matte finish spray Need MSC!!!!... grrrr) Lucy is a Hujoo Baby Suve, 12 cm little love, she has blue eyes.

"Oh NO" says Lucy "Autumn we have nothing of ours here at this new place!"

Autumn says "There there my little one, I brought us our suitcases filled with material our new mommy can use for our clothes... There may even be a special surprise in your suitcase for you!" [Yes I did make them suitcases! I will have to take a better picture of them, they turned out super cute!!]

"YAY!" Lucy squeals "My little hamster friend 'Nibbles' is here!"

<3 nibbles!

Lucy checks out the rest of her suitcase "this blue yarn is SO soft, mommy can you make me a sweater out of this? Oh and look at the cute fabric, that will be a pretty sundress!"

"Oh but I love this yarn the best, can you make me a hat right now!?"

"THIS IS PERFECT! I love how soft it is, and if fits just right!!" [Side note I will be selling these adorable little hats VERY soon on etsy!]

Lucy felt a little camera shy... but I had to get some 'family' photo's to commemorate the day they came home!:

WELCOME HOME 

Thanks for check them out, I am so excited to be part of this wonderful family of bjd owners. I am so glad I got these two and can't wait to add a few more tiny's to my collection!

New pictures, new store items, new YouTube video's, new Tweets and TON'S more coming soon! 

*yawn* goodnight everyone! 

Pattern is UP!

Hello all!
So I have missed new project monday and random thought thursday! :O I have been bad! Actually I have been sick and miserable, but I'm better now! The free pattern I promised you all is now up on Etsy for $1.50 here. But if you send me a message within the next three days and mention this post you will get the pattern FOR FREE!

I will be uploading another blog entry tonight to introduce you all to my new bjd's Lucy and Autumn, but right now I need to finish both of their outfits so that they can look at least halfway decent (face-up's aren't done as I don't have MSC and I am going to get wig supplies either tonight or tomorrow!) I have made my first wig, it turned out alright... it's on my Monster High Doll Seraphina... I'll have to get some pictures, again when she had better clothes x) I am also going to be uploading new items for 11-12cm bjd's on my etsy shop. I will let you know when they are up!

For now here are some of the pictures of the new pattern :D

New YouTube video's up!

Hello everyone!
I need to finish my new project for tomorrow o_0 but I thought I would share with you all my YouTube channel link. I have uploaded two video's tonight, one about straightening American Girl Doll's hair, and one about the recent Monster High doll makeover that I posted here.

I wanted to encourage you to check them out and to subscribe if you'd like. I plan on uploading more video's especially since I'll be ordering my BJD's soon :D
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheButterfliesAttic?feature=mhee

Also as per usual here is my etsy shop link
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in what I do, and who has bought items from me, it means so much :D
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheButterfliesAttic

See you tomorrow!
~Megan

Wall of Customers!

Hello one and all!
I thought I would start this wall of customers as my wands are starting to take off. If you have bought a wand from me and would be so kind as to send a picture I will place it here to show what kind of wands I make, and who the happy new owners are. I will not list names, addresses or anything like that, this is just to show off the wands :D
Thanks to all who have purchased a wand from me, it means so much! If you would like to purchase one here is my etsy store link :)
Ok, here we go!

this is one of my favorite pictures! Here is the wand all ready to leave for it's new home. It was a birthday present (how cool!) and this is the reaction from the birthday girl! Thanks for the pictures :D

Thanks so much for the picture! I loved this green wand, it was so much fun to make. I love how the gold gets darker and more brilliant as it travels up the wand. (It's being held upside-down but that's a-ok :D) So glad you guys loved it so much! It was a blast to make :D

This awesome Aunt watches Harry Potter with her niece and used twizzlers as wands! She ordered a wand for her niece and I had to send her one too!! No one should use a twizzler ;)

Harry Potter Wand Sold :D

Hey there everyone
So a little while back I had someone buy one of my Harry Potter inspired wands on Etsy. She just sent me an email saying that she got the wand today and will be giving it to the recipient on Thursday :D I wanted to share some of the pictures I took of the wand before I mailed it, because well I thought it looked pretty amazing!! First here is the message I got with the order: Hello! I love the look of these wands and my friendis 18 soon and a BIG fan of harry potter! Her favorite colour is red and her favorite house is Griffindoor so i was wondering if the colours could be red and Gold? also if the centre could dragon heart string mixed with a pheonix feather. I'm not too fussed on the wood type. Do you know the wood type of a great griffindoor's wand or the elderwand? I'm not a genius when it comes to harry potter but my friend loves the books etc. so i'll leave the initail design of the wand up to you (plus you'll have more of an idea!!) Thankyou in advance, sorry for the long comment!  <3 

So I got started on making a Gryffindor styled wand! This was the end result!

I heard from Becky again today: 

OMG i got it today! It's brilliant! I'm too scared to open it to see what it looks like because i'm awful at rapping so it wouldn't look as pretty! Thankyou for the little extra, you're a star! 

You're the best person i've bought from, from Etsy!I'm seeing her on Thursday so i will let you know her reaction (and mine!!)Thankyou so much again!!

Needless to say her reaction made my day and I HAD to share it with you all! :D

Unfortunately it is hard to tell from these pictures that the wand itself is sort of a burnt cranberry red and the handle is a sparkling golden copper color, I didn't notice until after the wand was already mailed! Maybe Becky will take a few more pictures when she opens it :D

Anyway if you want your own custom wand check out my listings on etsy!

Thanks for checking it out :D

~Meg

NPM: Knitted Turtle

Hey everyone!
So I wanted to post a few different projects today, but alas something went wrong with each of them. I realized I needed a few different colors of felt to finish one (and after checking my felt folder) realized that I didn't have them! I am working on an AMAZING American Girl restoration, but the sealer proved tricky, and I had to retouch a few spots, so I'll probably post that later this week! I also discovered that I misplaced both my tapestry needles for finishing two amigurumi projects... Sounds like a trip to the craft store is coming up!!
So instead I figured I would share a project that I had finished a while back, but had been hanging onto for a moment such as this!!

This is Theodore the Turtle!
He is a knit amigurumi style turtle, about 5 inches long and about 6 inches from one flipper to the other, he was the inspiration for my "Turtles for Troops" (also on my storenvy site!) (though he is much bigger!)

Isn't he the cutest!? I love his button eyes and dark green shell. His belly, flippers and head are a soft fuzzy light green, he sits on my desk and keeps me company while I work :D

Here is an overhead view :)

And to give you an idea of how big he is!

Ok, now I have to go back to figuring out what I need to get from the store, so I don't end up buying everything (like I normally do!)

I will upload the American Girl transformation ASAP :)

Have a good week!

~Megan

storenvy.com store open!

Hi everyone
A dear friend of mine told me about storenvy.com it's similar to etsy, but free to post products! I just opened my store there and wanted to share a link with you all as this shop will have a lot more items listed since there is no stocking fee! I will continue to maintain and sell on my etsy shop, but you should also check this one out as there will be special items, and new listings posted VERY often! 
Here's the link :) http://thebutterfliesattic.storenvy.com/
Thanks! 

Also my birthday yesterday was so nice :) I got some new clothes, a pandora charm and a Nook Simple Touch (with the light!) :D 

One last thing! I'm going to be working on a few new patterns to upload, I am about to start working on my Harry Potter crochet sweater, but need help figuring out which Avatar inspired critter (besides Pabu) to make first!! (there is a serious lack of Avatar inspired crafts, I want to change that!!)

My ideas:

Appa

Turtleduck's

Pentapus

Penguin

Hei Bai

OR I could try my hand at making the human characters (Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph etc)
What do you think!? Comment below :D
<3 Megan

NPM: Harry Potter Knitted Sweater

So it's Monday and that means its time for a new project! I have been working on this Harry Potter American Girl sweater project for a LONG time. It's something I started a while ago and put down, I picked it back up last week and FINALLY finished it!! The pattern is from Liberty Jane, and while I love their items (affordable, easy to read patterns, who wouldn't!), this one was a bit of a disappointment for me! I followed the pattern exactly, but was upset that everything ended up being way to big :( The worst part is that I didn't even add in the extra stitches like they suggest to make the sleeves "wider". Not to mention that they want you to add in extra colors on the neckline after you have cast off... not an easy task for any knitter! I ended up crocheting mine because it looked more even and professional. As such I have decided to write my own pattern for a snugger fitting sweater based off of what I learned with this sweater. If you would like I can share that pattern here once it has been written (it may take a while, I'm slow with my patterns sometimes!!) I am also working on a matching crochet Harry Potter style skirt like the ladies wear in the Harry Potter movies! I will post that when it's done as well :D


Anyway, here is my very first ever sweater :D

This is my lovely "Mia" doll who I got on craigslist... she is a bit of a mess, but I love her anyway :P Someone cut her braid, so I have been working on fixing her "bangs" to look flat and cute, so far it looks a million times better... thinking of posting befores and afters tomorrow!

Mia is a Gryffindor as you can tell by the red and gold details in her sweater!

Mia's wand is handmade by me, if you would like your own doll size wand (or a full size wand for yourself!) you can find them on my etsy shop here

Hope you liked the pictures :) as usual comments are welcomed!!
Until tomorrow!
~Megan~

NPM and Etsy Shop GRAND OPENING!!

So it's Monday which mean's its time to talk about my new project! So James and I were talking and I decided that Hank needed a girl hamster, someone who I could take around and snap some awesome pictures with. Which led me to make Harriet:

Harriet is a multi-colored hamster, who is mostly white, with some brown and black patterns on her back, and I can't forget about her stylish turquoise bow!!

Harriet has a bright pink nose, and stitched black eyes and is ready to take on the world!!

Hank and Harriet's adventures will be posted at least once a week here on the blog, so check back often to see what your favorite little hammies are up to! Also we love to hear ideas from you about where Hank and Harriet should go next! Leave a comment below with ideas, who knows you might just see your idea in a future adventure!!

Also in other BIG news, my etsy shop is open and I am eagerly awaiting orders!! :D I only have one item listed right now, my awesome custom Harry Potter wands:

but am working on the descriptions and pictures for the other things I am selling! check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheButterfliesAttic

I will post new items here whenever they are listed!!

Also I am now on twitter! Follow me there for all the latest random thoughts and new projects coming up: https://twitter.com/ButterflyAttic

Until next time

~Megan~