Pattern: Flit 'N Float
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk
Photo Shoot Location: Oia, Greece
This scarf was fun to make but a pain to block. It's still very roly-poly on the edges. The Zypher was awesome to work with and I'll definitly use it in lace projects again. All in all it's a very pretty scarf but I feel like I cannot gift it to anyone due to the severely rolled edges. I will probably try a much more severe blocking soon. I do really enjoy the ruffled edging and the pattern.
This weekend I did some paper crafts for the upcoming holidays. I downloaded some cute templates from Paper Glitter on Etsy and two paper cuts later I had these cuties.
Thanksgiving Placecards
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Christmas boxes
Now I'm working on handmade things to put into the Christmas boxes! I'll be handing them out before Christmas and they'll be filled with fun holiday joy.
Yesterday marked the end of our first married month!!!!! I don't have my pro pics yet but our photographers (hi Jensey!) put up a preview. And I stole this pic from our Reverand's facebook page.
Here are some of my best pics from our honeymoon, I'm encouraging Michael to edit some of his because they're more than likey a million times better.
Trevi Fountain
Hiking in the Sicillian mountains
Mykonos, from our balcony on the ship
At the Acropolis in Athens
Oia. Santorini was my favorite.
Ancient crosswalks in Pompeii
And... just to prove that I married the right guy.
30 minutes after I posted how much I love iMacs, he came home with one.
It's my first week at work in over 3 weeks and it's not being an easy one. *Sigh* So here are some of my favorite things that cheer me up.
My Snuggie
Michael, Snuggie and I on our cruise veranda in Greece.
Listen, I used to be like you... I thought Snuggie's were ridiculous. I still kinda think that Snuggies are ridiculous. But I LOVE my Snuggie. It's really... snuggly. And nice and warm and wonderful. Yes, I took it to Europe and I'm so glad I did. Our cruise cabin was cold sometimes and the planes were horrible. Sometimes I just use it as a blanket and hide the sleeves. And it was only $15 at Costco. Oh, and my boobs kinda look awesome in a Snuggie.
Baby Halloween Costumes
Babies are starting to win me over
Oh man... a baby in a skunk costume. High-larious! A baby dressed as a tootsie roll, super funny! I think that it's partly that they are cute and chunky in their costumes and partly because they look so horrified at what their parents are doing to them. I was seriously tempted to buy this skunk costume, it would look good on either a boy or a girl! But I still have this irrational fear that buying baby clothes may actually make me pregnant so...
Cake
Michael's Wii Groomscake at our rehearsal luncheon
Michael's parents got him this awesome groomscake, it's chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting (chocolate and lavender were our colors). It was deeeelicious. AND I still have the top layer of my wedding cake in my fridge (we're not saving it for our anniversary, the bakery will make us a new cake) that I think is finally done. Our neice's birthday is in less than a month and I'm still saying bring on the cake!
The New iMac
Hello lover...
Man oh man, I want a new iMac soooo badly. I love to just go look at them (I'll probably drag Michael to the Apple store tomorrow under the guise of getting a new screen protector for my iPhone) and apparently everyone else does too because those Mac stores are crooowded! I haven't had a new computer in over 8 years so I think that I may be due!
Dream in Color Yarns
Yuuuummmm.....
I just got my first couple of skeins and I still haven't knitted with them yet but I'm smitten. They're so soft and yummy and vibrant. I have enough for a Hey Teach!, 2 pairs of socks, and a shawl. I'm a lucky lucky girl.
Oh, and even though I try not to talk about politics...
Hello!!!!! I'm back!
A quick synopsis of my life the past two months: I got fully submerged in work and wedding planning but it was all worth it because we had a spectacular wedding and I'm pretty sure my review at work is going to be spectacular as well! I had the wedding of my dreams and then we jetted off to Europe for 2 weeks. But now we're back and married and settling into home and all of that good stuff. I'm still on vacation from work and it is wonderful.
We still have some stuff around the house from the wedding which is nice because everytime I see these things I get warm fuzzy feelings.
Top layer of our wedding cake that we'll probably eat this weekend (they'll make us a new one on our anniversary)
This sign was made by Party Perfect, they did our candy buffet (which was incredible). The sign now hangs above our pantry.
Leftover candy buffet take-home bags.
This "S" was covered with flowers and was on the door behind us during our ceremony. My mother-in-law replaced the fresh flowers with these flowers so that it can hang on our front door forever!
A wedding gift from our new friend Debbie. It is a knit/crochet combination and it's so comfy! I was so pleased to get a handmade gift, especially one that's so well made.
I also was able to take some FO pictures on our honeymoon and start some projects! The FO's will have to wait for Michael to photoshop them but here's my WIP's...
Sarcelle in Jojoland Harmony for my grandmother
Baby Sophisticate in Blue Sky Alpacas Dyed Cotton for my cousin's baby boy
I'm going to try my luck at blogging everyday in November again this year. Should be a fun time! I'm glad to be back. :)
I know, I know... it's been ages! But I've had a good excuse. I am plain worn out and super busy. And it's not ending until November. Well, though I say that now then there's also Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't expect to get back to our boring boring lives until next year honestly.
But it's all good things that I've been busy with (although I won't lie, there have been some wedding breakdowns recently) and a lot of crafting has been going on.
I made thank you cards for my first wedding shower gifts with some stamps and pads from my new favorite store Paper Trey Ink.
I used some really fun papers for lining the envelopes.
I also did some finishing on my Picovoli (better pictures to come)
And I've been diligently working on my Betty minisweater, which I hope to be able to complete before our out-of-towner cocktail party on October 2nd. Man, remember when I used to crank out FO's like crazy? I'll get back there, I promise. But in the meantime I'd better get back to work there are rumors of layoffs going around again...
I have 2 bridal showers coming up in August so this weekend we went shopping for dresses. I came home with these two from Nordstroms.
I had hesistated a bit on the last dress, the ruched dot dress by Calvin Klein, because I could not get the zipper to go over my bra. But I went back wearing a minimizer and the dress fit perfectly! Silly boobs, getting in the way.
My dot dress looks really neat on but it really enhances my breasts because it has this interesting push-up thing going on. And since I also plan on this dress doing double-duty for a wedding that we're going to in August I think that I need a little cardigan to go with it. Or a mini-sweater!
I thinking of doing navy and white accessories with my dress, what do you think? I would make the minisweater navy and get navy shoes and do navy/white jewelry. If you guys have any other color suggestions that would go with bright yellow I'd love to hear them.
I'll be ordering the Aurora 8 to make the Betty minisweater in later today and as soon as it comes in I'll be casting on. The wedding that we're going to is August 15th so it'll need to be completed by the 14th. That gives me 2 weeks from when I recieve the yarn and should be plenty of time if I drop the other items I'm working on! I've only got a couple of other items that I would like done by the wedding (they're not for me) but I've still got 67 days. Man, I remember when we were over 400 days out. The time has flown by!
Pattern: Juliet by Sarah & Rachel. Published by Zephyr Style.
Yarn:Elsebeth Lavold Chunky AL in Madeira
I like my Juliet lots. It took me awhile to finish it due to laziness. All I had to do was attach some buttons but it took me forever! For me, the buttons and their placement make this sweater for me. Without the closures I do not love Juliet nearly as much.
The lace portion was easily memorized and I think it's cool how the different colors of my dress show through. I highly recommend both the yarn and the pattern!
My tonsillectomy went very well and I'm recovering nicely. Yay vicodin!
At the end of last month I threw my first family birthday party for Michael. We did a simple cook-out with nothing fancy and my future mother-in-law and sister-in-law helped out by bringing most of the sides and the cake. We had a great time!
My tablescape included green and yellow placemats from Kohl's, Chinet plates, and mismatched silverware tied in bundles with JoAnn's ribbon.
Like Sandra Lee, I found this cute dress at Kohl's to match my party!
I love this little cube vase that I got from Crate and Barrel on sale for like $12.
Michael on the porch with our new patio furniture and his birthday present from last year, our Webber.
We originally bought this for the wedding to hold ice and water bottles for our guests pre-ceremony. We've already used it twice. It's great for sitting a ton of cold drinks near the table so we're not getting up for sodas all the time.
I didn't take any pictures during the actual party (I'm silly like that) but I did take this picture of the gifts that my sister-in-law brought over. The Tootsie Roll explosion is for Michael and the peppermint sundae was our 4th of July gift, aren't they cute? My sister-in-law also sells them so if you would ever like something like this just email me using the link on the left or commenting on this post and I'll hook you up! She did an excellent job and they are very cool. She's so talented!
Pattern: Globe Trotter Socks by Jodie Danenberg
Yarn: Araucania Ranco Multi Sock
I made these socks for Michael for Easter. He's worn them several times since then. I like the pattern a lot but I'm not too big a fan of the yarn. The colorway looks cool but the yarn is a little itchy. Unfortunately I have another skein of it (on clearance from Webs) in the stash for a baby sweater. Oh wells, I'll have to buy the weebee a nice soft shirt to go under her sweater!
