Much Ado About Nothing...randomness

Not to much going on in our household today, for the past week I have been crocheting these little squares. I absolutely love how this one came out, don't you? 

Well today I am turning 8 of these beauties into the bodice part of a dress for my daughter.

I think they will compliment the dress beautifully. We introduced a new feline into our family a few days ago.

Isn't she gorgeous?! We chose the name Minerva for her and as you can tell our first kitty, KitKat, was very unsure about her, but I think they are starting to like each other. I've caught Kitkat being nice to her and she'll start to play with her and then she sees that I'm watching her and goes back to hissing.

Lazy Saturday

    Yesterday I finished these adorably cute flip flops, the green and gray pair I'm going to keep for Cass and give the other two pairs as gifts (everyone I know is having baby boys right now!).

   I love how they came out, think they are so very cute, don't you? If you didn't see the post from a few days ago, I got the pattern from Bethany over at Whistle & Ivy. I love this pattern, it's well written, very easy to do, especially if you are a beginner and, for us visual learners, she has a video too! Because I tend to crochet very tight, I had to use a size I (5.50) hook. I used Hobby Lobby's brand of I Love This Cotton.

 The colors I used for the green & gray pair are Sage (Lot # 166602) & Pewter (Lot #168104),

the blue and khaki, from the other two pairs, are Stonewash (Lot # 164659) and Taupe (Lot # 167547).



 

  This last week our weather has been extremely bad, thunderstorms every day, raining so much at one time that certain areas are having flash floods. I think we've had sunshine maybe once in this past week. I have decided in order to make it seem a little more cheerful, like spring is actually here I'm going to make my daughter a spring dress. I haven't quite decided what pattern I'm going to use for the bodice, but I do know that I'm using this beautiful butterfly fabric that I found at Wal-Mart and some more of the I Love This Cotton in Mulberry (Lot # 564099).

I think it's going to look beautiful together, wouldn't you agree? I can't wait to get started!

xxoo

I'm BACK!!!!

      I have been a bad blogger as of late, well as of the last two years. I really have no excuse except that life happened. A lot of life! So much life that I haven't been able to sit down and breathe let alone crochet therefore any down time I get, I spend it doing my favorite pastime. It seems like lately I've had a little bit more down time so I want to see if I can add writing down my meanderings to that list.
    This past December we added another member to our family and completed it, a sweet baby boy we nick-named Cass.

 

    Despite all the rain we've been having this past week, it is starting to get hot here which means I get to make his cute little feet flip flops. I can't wait to show y'all how they come out so here's a little teaser for y'all.

   I got the pattern from Whistle and Ivy, I think I'll be done with them in the next couple days. I love Bethany's patterns, going to use her baby boat shoe pattern to make him some shoes for a wedding we're going to afterwards. I've also been toying with the idea of making some sun hats for the girls.
    I have a bunch of things coming up that I want to share with y'all so keep a watchful eye out.
xxoo
    

One ta-dah & two w.i.p. :)

I’ve been a bad blogger the past couple weeks, but can you blame me? Between my school, the littles’ school and other mommy duties I really haven’t had the chance to sit down nor have I had the motivation. 

With the start of the school year comes one of my favorite seasons, fall. I know it’s coming too because a few days ago when I was giving our pooch a walk I noticed some leaves had turned red!

  I love fall! The crisp air, to be able to drink hot drinks and not feel like you are sitting inside an oven and being able to bake without worrying about heating the entire house up. But most of all because of the coming Sabbats and holidays, love them all and very much excited about all the cooking and decorating I will be able to do these upcoming months!

  I finished the littlest of littles 1^st birthday blanket and she loves it! I’m still contemplating putting fabric on the underside but that will be a while from now being that I still have 3 blankets to finish. I thought it came out rather cute with the scalloped edging.

 Her older brother A likes it too, I think because of the holes in it, he gets completely under it and just sits there looking up. Maybe I’ll make him a summer blanket for his birthday next year. I got so close to finishing S’s Christmas blanket but unfortunately I ran out of yarn on the very last square (knew it was gonna happen too but I was in denial), all that’s left on hers (besides finishing the last square) is to join all the squares and to think of an edging….haven’t decided on one yet. I really like how it's turning out so far!

I started working on A’s Christmas blanket 2 days ago I believe and I’ve actually gotten pretty far with it, have 32 little squares made and I have 6 more to finish then I get to make 13 octagons of each of light brown, dark brown and blue. 

I think he’s gonna like it, I know I do!

It is lunch time here, so I must get off and feed the littles.

xxoo

P.S. This is what I'm up to today :) 

Forecast for today? Crochet Storm!

   There has been a crochet storm in my house!!! Been trying to get so many things done before the holidays are upon us. Y'all know that I am making a blanket for each of our babies, right? Well after making myself a slouchie beanie, I decided to make the two older kids one as well! I think that they came out super cute :)

   I got the pattern from Jenn Likes Yarn, it's such a cute pattern to work with and I think the kids are really gonna love them! I told them that the hats were for their cousins :) I did alter it a tiny bit only because I start the base of my hats differently, nothing wrong with hers, why mess with a good thing? Oh I can't forget to add mine too, I love how it came out! I think mine and M's came out a lil too big (I'm just anal) but I still love them! I used my favorite heart pattern to make the hearts for S's hat and the same for the skull (really think I'm going to make a whole bunch of skulls as a garland for Halloween).

& what is a hat without a scarf? I decided to make them matching scarves have the first one almost done!

   Our youngest 1st birthday is right around the corner and I decided that I am making her a summer blanket, been working on it all of two weeks (yea I'm slow, can you blame me with 4 kiddos ;) ) I'm hoping that it will be big enough for her to use when she is much older. I was thinking about adding fabric to the not so pretty sides of all of the blankets, a nice cottony fabric for the summer blanket and perhaps fleece for the Christmas blankets. I'm still trying to find instructions on how to do this though, want to get it right being that I have never done it. I want it to be very summer, like popsicles on a hot summer day! I'm using Sugar' n Cream in Hot Purple, Peaches & Cream in Bright Pink, Sunshine & Floral Bouquet. 

Something about nothing

How was everyone’s weekend? 

Mine was especially wonderful because the fiancée was off work. We had a lazy Saturday complete with playing Wii, crocheting, making play-doh and coloring. Dinner was so darn good that night too! The fiancée and I made (leftover) brisket enchiladas (recipe from the May 2013 issue of Rachael Ray magazine) with homemade refried beans, avocado salsa (a delicious recipe that I got from Nikki over at Chef inTraining) and black beans. Everything was soooo good, we stuffed ourselves silly!

Sunday we decided to take the littles to our local water park to cool off. They had a lot of fun running thru all the different squirters and fountains, I even got some good memory worthy photos of them. Afterwards T fired up the pit and BBQ'd a few pork steaks and corn on the cob (which, by the way, he was skeptical about trying because he (and I quote) "only like corn on the cob from Ohio" lol). It all came out wonderful (does that surprise you?)!

 

I had been working non-stop on the blanket for T & I but I ended up running out of yarn yet again, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE and on two different projects at that (I had started a summer blanket for Pea’s 1^st birthday, after I ran out the first time). Luckily though I get to buy yarn on Thursday, yayness! Today is another day, did some cleaning, bout to feed my littles lunch and then I am going to sit down and make myself a hat. I probably won’t wear it for another 3 months because it’s so darn hot here, but I like it and that’s all that matters. Right? I got the inspiration from a hat I saw on Etsy, in LoveFuzz’s shop. I am making it with Vanna’s Choice yarn in Olive and I think I am going to use a J hook, so excited about making it! I think afterwards I may start the fingerless gloves for Christmas presents for the littles.

Blanket Ta-Dah!

How are y’all on this beautiful day? I am doing excellent (except for a slight migraine)! I have just finished the blanket I was making for my eldest son, M and as promised here is the big TaDah!!! I hope y’all are ready:::

(ignore the mess my son decided to take all his books down right when I was taking the pic.) Welp I am not going to stay on much longer much to do and I kinda want to rest a little bit :) I hope y'all absolutely lerv the blanket!!!!