CJ Plays Shop

Hi! I'm Crissy, mom, owner of CJ Plays Shop, and longtime crocheter. Hoping to bring joy to your play

10/06/2022

Working on finishing up this custom order this week. One more little witch to go and then I'll be starting on some dolls for the winter holidays.

07/11/2022

It's no secret that and its natural to feel the ups and downs.

I was in the car on my own (a pretty rare occurance) and listening to my on when the song by came on and I FELT IT right in my feels.

If you've never heard the song, the part of the chorus I connected with was:

"...you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive
'Cause you gotta survive
Like your body's in the room but you're not really there
Like you have empathy inside but you don't really care
Like you're fresh outta love but it's been in the air
Am I past repair"

The song does it better justice than I can typing it here but safe to say the equivalent hashtag for what I felt then was because I was just DONE IN.

So I parked and replayed the song. And I felt it again.. and again.... and AGAIN. And I let myself really immerse myself in the feeling.

And I decided to prioritize me and took a break right there for those 10 minutes.

Then I turned my car back on, dried my eyes and drove home where I was greeted by tiny hugs, sticky hands, mischievous smiles, covered-in-choclate kisses and all the other delightful signs of love my toddler shows me.

And I knew we were gonna be ok because while parenting is hard it can also be really, really great.

I think sometimes we're scared to feel the sad, the angry or the just plain negative emotions. On this I want to give you permission to and really feel those emotions just make sure you don't get stuck there so you can keep on living through it.
Featured is in the color and worked up in on one of my

07/05/2022

My heart goes out to all my fellow right now.

Summer has just begun and the kids are crazy. (Or at least mine is.)

Some of us are trying to plan for next year (preschool already?!?! But she's still my BABY!🥺)

And some of us are just trying to make it through the day (wait is it really only 10AM?🥴)

I keep thinking of that Churchill quote "If you're going through hell, keep going."

You know... because presumably theres something else eventually. 🤨

I had a friend tell me recently that I was going through a season and I had to remember that this was 'a rough season not a rough life'.

So today I'm taking that advice and I'm going to keep moving. And hopefully we will jump this hurdle soon and be done with it.
Featured here is some absolutely lovely hand-dyed that my MIL found in an adorable local yarn shop

07/04/2022

I hope everyone (in the US) is having a Happy (and safe) Independence Day with family and friends!
Featured here are my red (Aries), white (Cream), and blue (Pisces)

06/22/2022

Working on some muted colors this for some rainbow suns.

My toddler decided we HAD to take this home the last time we were in JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 😅 and I wasn't sure how I was going to use it. But then I looked at my "to make" list and there it was with and crochet projects.

Not sure if these will make it to the shop bc I love them so much 😆 but I guess we'll see.

06/20/2022

I was having a conversation the other day and we were talking about

The are right around the corner and my daughter gets very frustrated when I don't understand her (which if you have any experience communicating with tiny humans is a pretty common occurance 🙃) and I was telling this person that I felt guilty for not being more understanding. I said, "I feel like a bad mom for not giving her what she needs in those moments."

Well what they said really stuck with me. They responded, "But think of all the times you DO deliver what she needs. Without even thinking about it you address her needs thousands of times a day."

And she was right. I make her lunch and giver her snuggles before bed. I know what her favorite things are and I make her laugh. I help her put her shoes on and wash her hands. I do a million little things for her everyday - so many things in fact that it doesn't even register to me when I'm doing it.

This is what motherhood is, trying our best, doing the little things and loving these kids with all we've got. So next time you feel remember that in fact you are their world.
Pictured is retro stripe (one of my favorites)

06/19/2022

This is what looks like. Reading by the kiddie pool. And telling your kid "I see it!" Or "I'm watching" about 20 times a minute. 🥰☀️🏖
is "The Story Factor" by Annette Simmons that I found while browsing (one of my fav places to shop)

06/18/2022

Loving these 🌅 There's nothing like of the water. 🥰

06/17/2022

Exciting news! We are having our first SALE!

While we're away, YOU can PLAY!

Starting today get 10% off of our ocean plushes. This includes our mermaids, seahorses, turtles and fish!

All orders will be shipped when we return on June 27th.

*limitations apply, see my listings for more info - https://CJPlaysShop.etsy.com .

06/16/2022

For a we're rewinding to 2 years ago when I was working on finishing up this beautiful !

This might be one of my favorite patterns for a triangle shawl and has become the crocheted piece that I wear most. It worked up so beautifully in the
Pattern by

06/13/2022

I've gotta be honest. These past couple days have been ROUGH. So this has been my mantra lately.

My partner had been away for work for a couple weeks and my childcare plans had fallen through on a number of days.

I haven't been able to as much which is one of my main forms of and I was just drained.

And while I did have help in the form of my visiting MIL (thanks L!) its like kids just have this sense of when you are at your low points and they demand that much more (or at least mine does 😅.)

So when I need to give that little bit more I take a moment and take a deep breath in and out and then push on.

Until this week when I took my deep breath and then my daughter did too in that PERFECT over-the-top imitation of me that only a toddler can pull off and I just lost it laughing. And then she started giggling. And just like that my spirits were raised.

So on this I implore you to take a minute and
Pictured is from the series and my kid picked it out at JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores

06/11/2022

You guys are awesome! Our first Bee is flying home to VA!
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