Have you seen them? Those super nice and handy Beach Houses? Great help to store your crochet hooks and more in the shape of a Beach House!

For me, colour and creativity go hand in hand! Often I already know which colours to choose when I have an idea in my head. I always make a drawing or sketch of a design so I can write the colours down. The basic colours are already known, it is still about the matching colours of, for example, for the shoes or a bag.

Of course, the clothing of your crocheted doll is very important for the appearance of the creation, but just as important is the hair! A certain hair colour and the right hairstyle can really bring an amigurumi creation to life. My own Franklin Forge, on the other hand, has no hair, he goes through life bald and that really suits him!

If you've ever read my previous blogs, you know that I can get my inspiration from anywhere and nowhere. This also applies to my creations Funny Guy and Funny Girl, although I stay close to home, I get my inspiration from my bookcase!  In my blog: From Idea to Creation I take you into my thoughts twists and turns!

Miss Straw Berry Shake was created because I was cleaning up and organizing my hobby stuff. Sometimes I keep things that I don't know what I'll do with them at the time or that I'll ever do something with. But you never know, right!?!

I see this question regularly on crochet groups. I once asked this question myself in one of my Yarn Topics. There have been a lot of reactions to that question.

Sometimes designing a creation does not go smoothly. Very often I have in mind how I want to make a creation. Nine times out of ten it works out the way I want it to. But that one time it takes a little longer. Then it is often a matter of patience or of starting over again. That was also the case when designing my Easter Wall Decoration. Are you reading along?

After having designed a number of smaller creations in recent months, I thought it would be fun to make a somewhat larger creation. That's what Alistair has become. Alistair is not the biggest with his 43 cm, that remains Franklin Forge with his 50+ cm, but if you compare him with Flint or Joy, then he is really a giant!

May I introduce you to Pedr the Viking? In one of my other blogs I once mentioned that I once wanted to design a Viking. It took quite some time before the idea of a Viking finally really took shape. If there was another idea in my head that wanted to be designed earlier, that idea took precedence! And that happened regularly! 

Why a goat and not a nice dog for Franklin and Victoria, I hear you think!?!

Taking walks through our neighbourhood, through the forest, over the heath and along the beach is something I like to do. I am often accompanied by Victoria or Milton James the Goat. If he goes with me, I don't have to bring an extra bag, because everything we find along the way can be put in his bags. Well, it is not the case that we take everything we encounter with us. No, only a very special stone or shell for example. But I have also found an old pipe head. Real treasures!! My collectibles!