The Baby Blanket – Ta dah

A few months ago I started a secret blanket, it was for my dear friend who is having her first baby, which I am super excited about. I finished the blanket a while ago now but have been waiting in great anticipation for her baby shower to give it to her. And a couple of weekends ago the babyshower finally rolled around. The blanket was finished, the bunting made and a little vest knitted. But disaster struck and I woke up the morning of the shower feeling a whole lot worse for wear. After passing out in the shower in the morning I decided I’d see how I went but by 10am I was no better and with the heater cranked and me huddled under 4 blankets and a hoodie on, it was clear leaving the house wasn’t an option. I cried and cried ‘I have to go it’s her first baby, I want to be there’ but reality struck and I had to cancel. So sent Mr C around with her pressies, which she loved and I can now show you.

This blanket was a true joy to work on. It is the first thing I have crocheted for a while now that was for pure love, and there’s something about that kind of crochet that just makes me so much joyful. I finished it quiet quickly probably because I enjoyed it so much.

The mummy to be loved the colours and I was given the best complement ever when giving something hand made which was ‘It is something I would of chosen myself’. That was music to my ears it made this blanket even more special. I hope she gets lots of use out of it and baby loves all the cuddles he will receive in it.

Love to all

xx

P.S. Pattern will be published soon.

Saturday crochet, knitting and tea drinking

Currently I am sitting on the couch sipping my Chai latte and I have just put the last stitches onto two finished projects. I know, I know I can’t believe it either. Lately I have been working on 2 big projects. The hexagon paper quilt and a crochet blanket I started using 100% cotton. More of those to come though. Today I thought I would show you a finished project that seriously only took a night to finish and that was with working out the pattern for myself. However you can buy the pattern here. All of her patterns are beautiful and I would like them all!!

It took some coaxing for little princess to actually pop it on her head. Both of the boys had to ‘try’ it first. And of course she is also not a very co-operative model. My eldest son B will gladly pose all day long to have his photo taken and his very photogenic if I do say so myself. However little princess wants to be looking at the back of the camera not having her picture taken. Which normally means I get a picture up close of her nose. I’ve also started knitting this cardigan for little princess too. I’ve already had to frog it once after knitting it on the recommended needle size but not doing gauge swatch. Well after knitting 2/3 a cardigan and it neraly fitting me I have learned my lessong and have a knit a gauge swatch so hopefully in a week I’ll be able to show you a finished cardigan on a not so eager model and more of those blankets too.

Love to all

xx

Hello Again

Oh wow hasn’t it been a long time since I stopped by. I feel like I have missed out on so much in blog land. I have not done any swaps and I see stocki’s beautiful blogger blanket is underway and I haven’t even signed up . But I have been so very busy. So very very busy with a little something special.

Our Wedding

And I should warn you this is going to be a very photo heavy post but I do hope you enjoy

On January 19th Mr C and I said ‘I do’ well actually in Australia we say ‘I will’ but the point is we made it down the aisle and we are now ‘newlyweds’ . . . with children.

It was an amazing wedding and the reason I have been so busy planning this wedding is because we mainly did everything ourselves.

I spent 6 months before the wedding, working on a mass of DIY wedding projects. I was also very lucky to have amazing family and friends who helped at every stage.

My amazing bridesmaids and mother in law who helped me cut out over 200 love hearts from glitter paper to form our backdrop that we got married in front of

We also made our own favors which were coffee beans and hot chocolate. Mr C and I met over coffee and felt this was very us a celebration of the first drink we had together.

We also had a photo booth, but instead of paying $$$ we decided to do it our selves. I built a kissing booth and painted it with the help of my lovely sister and Mr C even sawed a piece of wood the day before the wedding to act like a shelf. Sadly I was having my nails done and missed the first and only time I think I will ever see Mr C sawing a piece of wood. At the wedding we placed a digital camera and props for everyone to use and enjoy after the wedding we set up a facebook album for everyone to enjoy their pics. It worked great and there were so many great pics.

I also did what all the wedding blogs were saying was a major ‘no no’ but I made all of our bouquets myself. I also added a photo of my mum to my bouquet so even though she wasn’t there to walk me down the aisle she came with me anyways.

I had a friend the same one who took all the wonderful photos design our wedding invites and then my bridesmaids and I cut and glued them all together. Writing this I can’t actually believe in the space of 6 months we managed to pull this off and yes at times it was so stressful but the end result was every thing I could of wanted plus more.

Our wedding was totally us!! And we loved every minute of it I could talk about it for ever.

But this is not a wedding blog it is a crafty blog and during all this maddness of wedding planning, I have also been crocheting up orders another rainbow blanket was made for a new baby in our friendship family and might I just say baby liv is so incredibly beautiful I want to make her a heap more things already. I have also started another baby blanket for my best friend who is finally having her 1st baby, a boy. I think I may be as excited as the mummy and daddy to be about this little baby. I have a million ideas running through my head about what this baby needs to be made. So I shall return to normal programming and bring you the crafty goodies all to soon.

P.S all the amazing photos were taken by the very talented Clair from See be art who I am lucky enough to have as a close crafty girl pal, but I highly recommend her for your wedding or family photos. She is wonderful to work with and takes the most stunning photos of all the details of your wedding, you will truly have every part of your day captured to remember for ever.

A Bloggers worst nightmare!!

The unthinkable has happened, I have lost my camera.

I have looked everywhere, in every draw, under every chair and on top of every shelf and still it is lost. I have now got to the point where I am just wandering aimlessly around the house as I have looked in every conceivable spot possible.

I remember taking photos of my new crochet project but from there it seems to have grown legs and walked away. Or as I fear a little pair of legs who is now tall enough to reach table tops has gotten her little fingers on it and walked it away.

Following this theory I have crawled around the whole house at her level but still nothing. I have made Mr C check his car on the hope it fell out of my bag in there but once again no luck.

I do not no where to look anymore. Where do you look when you have looked everywhere. Oh its giving me such a headache. I have now unfortunately gotten to the point where I shall just have to wait until it turns up if it ever does. So saying that I fear I may be taking an unscheduled break from blogging. I do hope to be back with you soon but it’s not looking likely at this stage. I will however keep popping in on your great blogs and reading all your crochet adventures. Until the camera appears au revoir and Love to all

xx

 

One a Day – Episode 21

As promised I have returned with a One a Day Episode and not only am I posting but I actually made 7 hexipuffs this week. Which I think is a massive accomplishment with the week I have had. But more of that tomorrow.

I am so happy that I managed a week back on track with 7 hexipuffs but I have to say thank goodness I already had one cast onto the needles because it took a lot of will power to pick up those needles again after the huge break I have had. I still love the little hexipuffs, they are cute and squishy and still make me all giddy inside but the knitting part, well the enjoyment of that has taken a downward slide. I want to, want to knit them but I have a bit of hexipuffitis, and who knows how far behind I have fallen on my schedule. I am so scared to look at how much catch up knitting I will need to do.

Oh well here goes

My total hexipuff count is 114

I still need to make 270

And I have 219 days to make it

Arrrggghh NO!!

I have so miss calculated along the way I thought I only had 209 to make no wonder I seemed to still be on track in reality I’m oh so far behind.

So I have 51 hexipuffs to make up. but this week it’s just 7 and a few hexipuffs having an identity crisis and playing at being cupcakes this week.

mmm hexipuff cupcakes yum yum. The perfect photo for the weekend we have had I’ll be back tomorrow with a lot of wonderful photos and some exciting news.

Before I head off to visit all the other lovely one a dayers and catch up reading all their awesome blogs. I just wanted to share my little parcel I sent off to Counrty Fragrance for the Initial Heart Swap over here.

I loved my little hearts I made for our house so much that I made one for my swap partner too. I added some Choccies that are Australian made and owned as I have been being a sneaky little swap partner and visiting my swap friend to find out things about her and knowing that she is on a health kick too I also included some sugar free chocolate as a healthy alternative for valentines day.

I loved this swap it was so much fun and Cheryl has a lot of wonderful swaps so if your like me and you love little surprises in the mail go over and find a swap that takes your fancy.

Ok off to check out my One a day partners in crime.

xx

oops

I seem to have gone missing. I haven’t gone into hiding, no witness protection programs, I just seem to be finding it hard to find time to blog. No I’m not particularly busy doing anything but I am working on a fair few projects at the moment and they all seem to be taking up a lot of my time.

You know the kinda projects you are working against the clock on. The kind with a deadline, whether that be a filming schedule or a babies due date. And the thing about schedules and deadlines is as soon as I have them I tend to procrastinate. I know I should get hooking and knitting away as soon as I find out about these deadlines but I always seem to leave it to the last-minute and spend several days/weeks hooking and knitting away like mad. And so this is where I am at right now.

I am in the clutches of  rippling away. I am nearly halfway and the colours I’m using are making me really enjoy this project. But the bouquet of hooky flowers on my to do list is nowhere near half way and I’ve got one more week to have it ready to mail, so tomorrow I must I repeat to the procrastinator in me I MUST hook up a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

And don’t even get me started on my one a day. You may have noticed a drastic absence of One a day posts, this is largely due to the fact I’m not puffing away. I need to pick up those needles, I even have one half way done on the needles but I’m just so busy with all the other knitty hooky business going on in my house. But I will be puffing away again I promise to deliver another episode of the puff family next week.

Oh god did I just add something else to my to do list. Better go start now or I’ll never get anything finished.

Love to all

xx

What a lovely Weekend

Friday morning I was busy cleaning the house (oh so fun) and I heard the door bell ring, Mr C went and answered it and I hear him call ‘Oh Bebe it’s for you’ with a touch of grandeur in his voice. I was so excited, I bounded to the front door dropping the broom right there. And I was not disappointed it was from my lovely swap partner for the heart Swap. I was so excited I ripped open the parcel straight away and was totally blown away, by the wonderful present I had received

Isn’t she just adorable!!! I totally totally love her. I was blown away by how sweet my swap partner had been. Lisa had also included some other lovely goodies, but arrgh they were consumed before a photo could be taken, but you can check them out here. Did you see how lucky I was. And that Freckle was the best freckle I have ever had, so creamy I want another one right now actually. But what I loved most about this little present was that it was an elephant. My late mother collected elephants and as you may remember she died young and still less that a year ago and since her passing elephants have come to mean a lot to me and this one bought a little tear to my eye. I just love her and she will be treasured for years to come. I could gush abouth her forever but she was only the beginning to my lovely weekend

 Sunday I took a drive up the Dandenongs to meet a friend. I love the Dandenongs

It’s not just for the amazing views, even on an overcast day you can see for ever

But it’s this feeling. The feeling of magic. I love the closeness of the trees. The winding of the roads

I feel like I am in a magical forest straight out of a Disney movie and if I just keep looking close enough fairies will appear. And so I relished the chance to meet Miss Pos in the magical forest for Coffee with Little Princess. I love when you catch up with an old friend you have not seen in a while and it feels like no time has gone at all. We drank coffee and chatted the morning away surrounded by the beauty and magic of the forest.

And of course a lovely weekend can not be complete without some hooky knitty goodies

and so I hooked and knitted up some beautiful flowers.

The first of many to come.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend too

xx

One a day – Episode 18

I’m writing this post from my little spot on the couch where I am curled up with a heat bag and doona feeling a little worse for wear. Some of you might know already but I found myself tumbling off our back porch late last week and with an ankle that refused to work I was off to the hosipital for an x-ray. While waiting in emergency at the local hospital and crocheting my granny stripes I realized that the last time I made a granny stripe blanket I also ended up at the hosiptal though that time it was for B, I’m starting to think I may be cursed in the granny stripe department but luckliy the outcome was no broken bones just a bad sprain so with some lovely strong painkillers I was sent home to rest up. And resting up I have been doing I have been hexipuffing away nearly every day but I think I have made a total of 7 hexipuffs for this weeks one a day, unfortunately being less than my normal mobile self has resulted in a lack of photos, But I could not go antother week with out an update on the hexipuff adventures and with the week I am having I think it only fitting that this week Mrs Hexipuff has gone out in sympathy with me

Don’t worry she only had a sprain too and the doctor says she will be off her crutches in a few days too.

I wonder if everyone else is still one a daying in the new year I’m going to check in with Carole latter and see what all the lovely ladies are up to.

Bye for now

Sleepy time for me

xx

One a Day – Episode 17

My brain is racing and I can’t decided what to tell you first. I feel like I have not checked in here in so long, it’s only been 5 days but it feels like so much longer as so much has been going on in my little part of the world and I’m not even sure where to start.

Maybe with a little confession. . .

Since I started the one a day project my exercise routine has decreased steadily to be at the rate of zero now. Now I’m not blaming my one a day but I seem to have replaced my exercise time with knitting time which for the brain is great but for the waistline is not so crash hot. And with the holiday seasons just behind us I find myself needing to get back into the exercise routine. And so this morning I hopped on our treadmill, yes we own a treadmill and still I don’t find the time for a quick 30 minute brisk walk. But I’m sure you’ll agree the call of the crochet hook or knitting needles is strong and sometimes can not be resisted. Well today I did it and I not only did 40mins but I knitted a hexipuff while I did this.

This sudden realisation of needing to get back into the exercise has not as many of you might be thinking been brought about by a new years resolution, but by the fact we just booked a holiday for our family to the sunny state and so in 4 weeks I will require to be swim wear ready so I need to start whipping my but now. I can’t wait to be in the lovely sunny state soaking up the surf and sand and as such this has become my inspiration. Wish me luck.

Have you all been busy one a daying. I haven’t made one a day we have just been having such a lovely time with Mr C holidays with us we  have just been enjoying our days with at home and I have also been working on my piece for the yarn bomb event being held in Melbourne on the 22nd of January. I have been granny stripping away using all my lovely new yarn I got.

I’m zipping up the stripes with utter enjoyment and I’m bouncing out of my seat to choose the next colour, I’m so enjoying granny stripping again It truly is so much fun all those little treble clusters in a row. But along with this I have managed to increase my number of hexipuffs; so here we go

So on December 13th 2011 I had

87.5 hexipuffs

Today I have

97.5

I still need

209 hexipuffs

To be made in

I’m almost scared to work this number out

…

…

293 days

Phew I’m still in my goal I have no idea how though. I feel like I should be so much further behind.

But by looks of things I will have myself one of these by the 27th of September 2012

If you haven’t already, knick over to Carole’s and check out all the other one a days

and I will back when I have a little more time with more of those lovely bunts I received in the mail. For now though I am going to go and give a little princess who is giggling behind me lots of cuddles

xx

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