Making Christmas...and Halloween...and cousin zombie

Hello there!
What's new?
I haven't had much time lately to work. Last Saturday we were invited to seven different events. We only made it to two and a half :P
My Dad has had to undergo a couple of surgeries the last couple of weeks and since I am out of work right now, I have been helping my Mom keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't try to drive or anything. He's doing good, though. He's healing up nicely.
I am getting Halloween/Christmas fever. I have been thinking of wonderful things to make for Christmas decorations and plan on making and selling a tree skirt pattern.
These were on my Etsy email this morning:

Lord Mock's 3x3 Votive Candle Goddess Pentagram Holder


Zombies Love Brains Necklace


Never Trust the Living

For my friends who just had a baby:

Fall Pumpkin Bib

I am the first one to admit that I am a giant nerd. As if I needed more proof, I ordered this shirt today:


Hogwarts Alumni
I am very excited :)

This book looks pretty interesting:


The Beaded Edge
Assuming you like to crochet and do bead work. Of course I have no need for it at the moment.

Well, my aunt Janine has commissioned me for a very special gift for my cousin for his birthday and since I'm pretty sure he doesn't read this blog, I feel safe saying that it's a custom zombie of himself. I have the head done and should probably finish him up today so I will say adieu for now. Have a great Wednesday!
Loves,
Cori

Free Pattern: Mushroom

Hello my lovely readers!
Today I am going to give away my first free pattern. I am going to assume you already have the basic crochet knowledge, but if you don't there are many references online you can check out.
Anyway here we go.
Our first free pattern is a mushroom:

Mushroom

Dark brown and beige yarn (I used acrylic worsted weight yarn)
Size F hook (or size to get the right gauge)
Polyfil stuffing
Unless it says otherwise, always crochet in both loops

Row 1 - With dark brown yarn, make 6 sc in magic ring. Place st marker in the last st (6)
Row 2 - (Inc, sc) across (9)
Row 3 - (Inc, 2 sc) across (12)
Row 4 - (Inc, 3 sc) across (15)
Row 5 - (Inc, 4 sc) across (18)
Row 6 - (Inc, 5 sc) across (21)
Row 7 - (Inc, 6 sc) across (24)
Row 8 - In back loops only (Dec, sc) across (16)
Row 9 - Dec across (8) Stuff with polyfil
Row 10 - Break off yarn and sew shut
Row 11 - With beige yarn, pick up 12 st around and under cap to start stem. Place st marker in last st (12)
Row 12 ~ 14 - Crochet in a round. Sc across. Stuff mushroom (12)
Row 15 - In back loops only, (Dec, sc) across (4)
Row 16 - Break off yarn and sew shut

Yay mushroom!!
I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
I did another variation using red yarn and white felt circles:
Enjoy! Thanks for reading :)
XOXO Cori

Busy busy busy

Sorry I've been out of commission lately. I didn't sell as much as I would have liked to at the Albuquerque Comic Expo, but my friends at In Case Of Attack did pretty well.
I did get a commission from it, though -
Zombie Batman is awesome.
I attended a bachelorette party for my cousin-in-law, made 120 cupcakes for the happy couple, and attended their lovely wedding. I even made my husband a mustache so he would fit in with the groom -I also sold a zombie thanks to my exhibit at the Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys.
Anyway, I have lots of ideas floating around in my brain and am trying desperately to finish up some commissions so that I don't lose that inspiration.
But I have an exciting (well, I think it's exciting) announcement to make. I have decided that I am going to start selling patterns (assuming I can make them easy for others to understand) and also do some freebies. While the zombie pattern is probably too hard for anyone else but me to understand since I've made up a lot of the stitches for the pattern, I plan on doing a lot of other things.
So, stay tuned and hopefully I can get my first free pattern out soon and get a lot more accomplished to share.
Thanks for reading!