What I've been working on Part 2

I've been a bit sporadic on my posting and I apologize for that.
We fought a stomach virus (nasty nasty) and also my hand were busy!! But you can see for yourself :)

One of my customer proposed I'd make a lighthouse for her and she liked it so much that she ended up ordering many!

Crocheted Lighthouse pillow, $20

Also available in key chain version:

Crocheted lighthouse key chain, $7

And I had many requests for the pattern, so here it is:

Lighthouse crochet PDF pattern, $8

Sneak Peak

Busy busy busy for the craft show tomorrow and I neglected my little ol' blog.
But I thought tonight I will give a little sneak pick of what's coming. Of course, tomorrow I will time tons of pictures too, but in the mean while here something for you to look at.

This will be my main displays: I have one for jewelry and key chains

And another one for my Christmas ornaments

Let's see who's the first reader to find where I used empty toilet paper rolls in my displays....can you guess??? lol

I will be sporting a shirt with my website made by BadInkClothing

And a nice comfy and colorful apron from Sewnfromtheheart

You'll have to wait tomorrow for the rest :P

Memorial day items

You still have time to get a sweet items to decorate your home for the Memorial Day Holiday

Crocheted cupcake mini bowl with lid - Patriotic, $8

Crocheted MINI facial round scrubbies in patriotic colors SET OF 4, $4

Crocheted cupcake pincushion - Patriotic, $8

Do you like my new look???

Have you noticed the new clean and neat look of my blog lately?
All thanks to Bebe Chat Designs!
She redesigned my blog, gave me helpful hint and suggestion and....voila'!
What do you think?
She also gave a make over to my etsy shop! Look for your self!

New banner, new avatar and graphics!

But that's not all!!!!
The blog redesign came about few days ago, when with her help I was able to set up my very own website:

Still under construction but.....it's there!

And wouldn't have been possible without her, Bebe Chat Designs.
So to top it off, she matched my blog to it :)

THANK YOU!

Memorial day giveaway (Ends 05/27)

Crocheted cupcake pincushion - Patriotic, $8 by Crocheted Little Things

Memorial day is just around the corner...looking of decorations ideas? A little something to celebrate the soldier who died for us?

You're in the right spot!

Prizes Details:
1 lucky winner will receive Crocheted cupcake pincushion - Patriotic from Crocheted Little Things

How to enter:
Please leave a separate comment for every entry for increase your chance of winning!!

1) You MUST go through Crocheted Little Things and comment back here with a link for your favorite item with your name and contact information.
2) Follow this blog and gain ONE extra entry.
3) Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
4) Follow @piccoladonna on twitter and gain ONE more entry.
5) Tweet this giveaway for ONE extra entry. Just copy and paste "@piccoladonna Win Crocheted cupcake pincushion - Patriotic Ends 05/27 http://bit.ly/mpSAnI"
6) Like Crocheted Little Things on facebook to gain ONE extra entry.
7) Purchase anything between now and May, 27th and claim 10 EXTRA ENTRIES.

This giveaway will last for 10 days and will end May, 27th.

Winner will be announced on May, 28th, at which time I will contact the winner to get shipping information for delivery.
If the winner does not contact me within three days, I will appoint another winner through another random number drawing.

Good luck!

Christmas ornaments and decoration from Crocheted Little Things

Newsletter #15

Merry Christmas!!

Hi there to all, this is Lu. Here it is newsletter #15.



Almost 2 week until Christmas, can you believe it? The time really flew by for me this last month and I bet every one is in a feverish rush to get things done in time.

So I will keep this short and sweet.



I'd like to inform my loyal customers that Priority Shipping Upgrades are currently available at Crocheted Little Things.

For few more days, you're still in time to order your goodies and have them shipped faster.

Just purchase this listing with the goodies of your preference and I will know to speed to the shipping for you :)





Also, Gift Certificates are now available in case you don't trust the postal office to deliver packages in time for gift giving and realize at the last minute that you forgot someone on your list: nothing to panic about!

Gift certificates are available for any amount.















Have a safe and jolly Christmas full of all the wonderful things each of you wishes :)

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Halloween video!

Enjoy ♥

Crocheted Little Things Newsletter #9

Happy Fathers day!!

Hi there to all, this is Lu. Here it is newsletter #9.

Thank you for all the well wishes and concerns about my surgery, all went well and my little wound in my mouth will be completely healed in few weeks.

I'm starting with greeting you with an little giveaway sponsored by a fab shop that I bumped into lately:Shop Sakura!

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Shop Sakura giveaway (Click here to go to the contest page)

• Prize; Prize Value: Cupcake mold, $5


• How Many Winners: 1


• End Date: 05/31


• Can Be Won: Worldwide


• Prize From: Shop Sakura

The sponsor's description of the giveaway rules: Many entries available, see blog for details.



Plus a special deal from Shop Sakura: 15% off your purchase (excluding shipping) valid from now to 2 MONTHS!! Yup, 2 months, this offer will end July 17th, just tell her you find her shop from Crocheted Little Things' blog or name my blog during check out.

Click Here to go to the contest page!

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What happened?

Crocheted Little Things is now on you tube with my own channel. Check out my first video and let me now what do you thing about it :) Hope to see you all there!


I will upload more videos and tutorial soon, so check back often!



Also, cute little samples are now available on my Artfire studio!



What's coming up?

Summer is getting hotter and hotter here in Florida and new fresh items are here to refresh you, like my new ice cream pincushion. Hope you like it!

And don't forget: I'm raising money for the "Locks of Love". If you want to shop for a cause this is a good time, since 10% of my profit will go to the children in need.



Have a wonderful Memorial week end :)



Until next time....

Crocheted Little Things on youtube!

Trying this one out right now, making little videos that I hope will help you get to know me better.

I'm writing, what I'm saying below.

Hi, this is Lu. I'm going to start a series of videos on youtube to help me promote my business because times are tough right now, money is tight and I really need a boost to help arrive at the end of the month.

I hope you can understand my accent: I came from Italy and English is my second language and I'm really not used to talk in English in public. So, If you have any difficulties understanding me, I will make a close captioning on my blog and post the link in the details of this video for you to click on and read what I'm saying if your cannot understand it.
I want to talk a little bit about my business. I opened a little shop called "Crocheted Little Things" and in the very beginnings I really didn't know what I wanted to do with it, just wanted to crochet and sell something, but then I started crocheting cupcake and I had lots of fun making them. Everyone likes them and I'm trying to expand my line, including more food-related stuff and I hope you're going to like it too, so I'm going to show you something that I made.
Those are good examples of what I make:

This is a red velvet cake, with a turquoise blue top frosting and this

is one of the cupcakes that I made for Easter. I think the light is really bad and I don't think you can really see the colors, but the yarn is really rainbow looking with sparkles of white, pink, green, blue and yellow and I think was really cute for Easter.
I make those with a little weight on the bottom, so they can stand on a table and they can be used as pincushions from seamstresses, so they can have all their pins in place.

Another example, and this is really new and I'm really proud of it, is my birthday cake that I made with a candle on it

I think it's really cute for when you want to give a little gift for a birthday but maybe you don't have a real cake handy or time to bake one or don't wanna make a really big cake for a "2 people" celebration, you can still blow on the candle and make a wish: maybe it will come true! I thought they are really cute and I made them in several colors and this is the only one I have in stock right now, but I'm going to work on it and make more of them in more colors. So far I made a lots of pink one, I think I'm going to make some blue and green for boys.

And another one that I have in stock right now, it's really small and I called them the mini cupcakes.

They have a little stretch cord on the top, and I sold a lot of those like Christmas ornaments. This is the only one that I have in stock right now because Christmas is not here yet, but I'm definitely going to stock on these because during Christmas time they fly off my shelves.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my cupcakes. I'm going to make more videos eventually, showing you more products and I think I'm going to show you some other handmade goodies that I've got from my friends, because there are really really a lots of talents out there (sorry for the beep of my dryer LOL) and I think people don't even know. So, I hope with this videos to give a chance to someone to get noticed and known.

I hope you enjoyed and you can understand my accent.
That's all for now, I see ya later, bye!!!

I didn't have a speech prepared and I was kinda of stiff, again I apologize for my accent and grammar. Hopefully with time I'll be able to take better videos and I've few idea for tutorials that you all can enjoy!

It's giveaway time!!!!

In honor of the upcoming Earth day tomorrow, what about we save some flowers and we embellish the house with crocheted ones?
Mother's Day is coming too: what to give to mom??? Sweets or flowers? What about both???
Here a delicious Crocheted cupcake pin cushion with pink flower just for you!

Prizes Details:
One lucky winner will receive the sweet Crocheted cupcake pin cushion with pink flower in the picture above, valued $10

How to enter:
Please leave a separate comment for every entry for increase your chance of winning!!

1) You must go through my ArtFire studio and comment back here with a link for your favorite item with your name and contact information.
2) Subscribe my newsletter to stay in the loop about sales, promotions and new products and you will gain 1 EXTRA entry.
3) Become a follower of my blog and earn ONE extra entry. Leave another comment telling me you did! Past follower don't count, sorry!
4) Subscribe to my blog and you'll earn ONE extra entry. Leave a separate comment about it! Past subscription don't count, sorry!
5) Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
6) Twit about this giveaway and earn ONE extra entry. Be sure to put @piccoladonna before your twit, so I will know you did it :)
7) Earn TEN (10) extra entries by purchasing something from my ArtFire studio. Just come back here and tell us what you purchased along with your contact info to claim your extra entries!

Plus a sweet little surprise for you: Use the code GIVEAWAY and receive a FREE GIFT with your purchase!

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This giveaway will last for 2 weeks and will end May, 5th.
Winner will be announced on May, 6th, at which time I will contact the winner to get shipping information for delivery.
If the winner does not contact me within three days, I will appoint another winner through another random number drawing.

Good luck!