Smooth Sailing and Saling

The kids' first whole week of school has come and gone. They're already not perfectly groomed or up and rearing to go each morning before they leave for the bus stop, but that's ok. I'm slowly starting to cope with Maxine Jane's daily absence, Olivia has so far not annoyed any teacher enough to warrant a phone call home (the last two years have featured one phone call and one note home within the first month of school beginning) and Rosey hasn't over-analyzed her homework to the point of breaking down in tears, yet.

I have already started working on Christmas orders and my new job at Crochet Spot is keeping me pretty busy. Angela at Eat Here has ordered a bulk order of Boxer hats (see her lovely husband rocking their previously custom order hat here). And here are some other things I've been working on:

This shawl (worn here wrapped around like a cowl) is available in hypoallergenic acrylic yarn for $40 and luxury merino wool for $70. The shawl in the photograph is available for sale (and quick shipment) for $45 and is made of the merino wool.


This cowl is so warm and chunky. I can't wait to make one for myself in raspberry or some funky ass yellow! It's available in hypoallergenic acrylic yarn for $30 and luxury merino wool for $50.


This cabled headband is made of a cotton/linen/silk mix yarn and can also be worn as an earwarmer! It's $25 and available in an awesome array of colors.





These washcloths are made of 100% organic cotton and are completely all natural. They come in sets of 5 for $20, but can also be purchased in bulk at a discount.



Remember all of these items can be ordered in any color! This goes for the star washcloths as well, if they are ordered in a color I will use organic cotton that has been naturally dyed. Contact me at oliverosetree@yahoo.com with any requests, questions or ordering info. I'm a prompt responder!

Don't forget to check out this SALE if you're interested in ordering for this holiday at a discount!

Biggest Sale In the History of Existence

I have been deeply discounting a lot of my shop products in order to make some movement (sometimes prune juice just doesn't cut it) in my sales.

Everything pictured below is now on sale at an even more discounted price only here on my blog. If you're interested in any of these things at these very low prices, please contact me at my email oliverosetree@yahoo.com. When you tell me what you're interested in I will send you a paypal invoice which you pay with any credit/debit card or your own paypal account. Once the payment goes through I'll either make up your custom order as quickly as humanly possible or ship out your item Tuesday morning.

Darling Baby Blanket in chocolate and raspberry $40 (all custom blankets on sale for $65)


Baby Bunny Hat 12-18 Months $13 (includes shipping) Custom baby hats are discounted but priced depending on size and materials.



Completely Customizable Baby Sets Now $150!


All Organic Cotton Face Scrubbies $10


Girls Shoe Size 6-9 Slippers with Vintage Buttons $10


All of the Stuffed Animals are now $30. Shipping included



Extra discounts will be given if you promote this sale on your blog or tweet about it etc...etc...

Thanks!

Stuff That Will Not Make You Sweat Sale!

It's 82 degrees out right now and I'm still somehow surprised that I didn't sell any super warm wool baby hats.

Even more surprising:

Not one scarf sold today. What is going on here?! You're going to tell me that NO ONE wears winter accessories in 80 degree weather?

Can't be.

So after a lot of thinking and then some other things I did that might resemble thinking but really have more to do with daydreaming or being zombified, I've decided to amp up some of the non-wool type items that I have for sale.

So without further adieu...

The Stuff That Will NOT Make You Sweat Sale!!!

Organic Cotton Scrubettes $12

Perfect for removing makeup! Completely Machine Washable! Order at Ultra Cute Crochet or email me and I'll hook you up.
Free shipping for bulk orders.

Bunnies won't make you sweat:



Organic Cotton Baby Headbands!


These headbands are dyed with organic dyes and are very soft. This royal purple one is 3-9 months in size, but they can be made in any size and any color. Contact me for me info.

Slippers are perfect for cool nights and for air conditioned houses. This pair in 2T-4T is for sale right now in my shop, or contact me for ordering info.

These slippers are also available in Womens Sizes.


If you get a chance, do me a favor and promote me on your blogs? I'll give you a discount on anything you might order in the future if you do and let me know about it!

Enough With The Bunnies?

Yes, Spring is here. Spring to me = long walks with the kids, Easter candy, bunnies and birthdays (mine, max's, my brothers', Jeremiah's two nephews and niece, his stepmom and Rosey's birthday are all coming up very soon).

It also meant working on this very 'Spring' inspired custom baby set for a blogging friend who is expecting a baby in October, but isn't revealing her pregnant state on her blog yet.


This set is made of luxury merino wool with accents in peruvian wool. It was so soft and so cute I had a couple moments of baby jealousy as I was packaging it up to ship. Then Elijah ran into the room pointing to his crotch yelling 'poopy' and all of those baby thoughts disappeared immediately.
If you're interested in a set like this in any color or style...or any of the components of this set, please contact me at oliverosetree@yahoo.com. I'm a prompt responder.

There are other stuffed animals on sale right now!!!
Pink Bear Love
Stripey Bunny
Chocolate Bunny

Have a Happy Easter! Enjoy your families and loads of chocolate and marshmallow flavored junk!

You Make a Deal with The Devil, You Get a Sale.

I got a etsy conversation the other day from a potential client wanting to know if she could see more hat photos to get a better idea of what kind of set to order for a gift. Rather than send her a bunch of photos I thought I'd post them on here and then if I get a request like that again I can just link them to this post. Voila!

I picked out a few custom order photos, plus all the newest ones...but left out one that I made recently for someone just with the off chance that she wanted to surprise whoever she ordered it for...and that they would look on my blog? haha. Well....that's probably a stretch.

Here is a flaps/no flaps design with vintage buttons and a mother/son set (plain beanies...cheaper set)



The scarf was 'super chunky' 'super long' and had vintage buttons at one end so you could turn the scarf into a kind of cowl. I made one for myself last year and wore it everytime I left the house! (I like that photo of myself for some reason.)
I threw these vintage buttons on the fingerless gloves as a whim, thinking she wouldn't like them...being that they're bright yellow and all. Instead she loved them and even wrote me an email later saying how often she wears them.


This set is the only custom order that I've had to 'do-over' multiple times. She originally wanted ear flaps, but her husband said they looked too 'Darth Vader' which I tended to agree with after looking at the photos. She loved the neckwarmer. The second pic was the hat I eventually came up with, which is still one of my favorite hats...thick but stretchy AND charcoal grey, which I love.


This is my sister Hannah and the hat I made for her for Christmas. So I guess that's not a custom order but it's a cute photo! The next one is silver and black and an adult hat order, but I sometimes have Rose model the adult hats just so I don't have to use SOOOO many photos of myself AND she's gorgeous, of course.



This is Max in a True Blue Helmet Head beanie. I like to give my hats dumb names...I never said I was all that mature, you know. The brown and tan hat was made for Twinkie. I just got an order for three more just like it from some chick up in Canada after seeing the pics of Rose I posted in this hat last week or whenever. So cool!



This first hat was made for Jeremiah's neice...I have photos of her wearing it somewhere and of course cannot find them. Anyways her mother told me her winter coat is hot pink and grey and when I finally gave her the hat it matched perfectly! Yay for me.
The second is a set of little girls sister hats. I usually don't do super girly stuff like this, but that's what the customer wanted. They're cute in their own way methinks.




On another note, I don't know if anyone remembers but I was offering much reduced store prices and custom order prices in my store until the end of September. If you want the reduced prices, even if you don't need the item for awhile, order now. You can either email me (oliverosetree@yahoo.com) and I can respond to you and then later send you an invoice that way, or you can go to my etsy shop, sign up and start a conversation with me...I'll make you a listing for a custom order and you can purchase it that way.

I'm also using the nicest high quality yarn now, which is also still super wash. I made a deal with the devil and got abbreviated shipping costs for it too! Sweet.
I'm also working on more delicate looking winter accessories (not so thick and chunky) like button up fingerless gloves and those headbands I post photos of before in many different colors. I'm using 100% Peruvian wool for the more delicate things and it's amazing how nice the stitches look.