Sparkles and a Rainbow

As promised, a post about sparkles and a rainbow. 

No, there wasn't a rainbow outside... In fact, can rainbows even happen in winter? 

(Note to self, must google this!) 

I have been wearing a rainbow outside though. Inside too actually! I just looooooooove the colors! I already told Hubby-man that I want to one day decorate our dream farm house with these colors! This scarf just makes me smile! Thanks to my mama for knitting it for me!!! :)

So that was my rainbow...what about the sparkles? 

Well my friends, I spent Sunday at my parent's house and was a wee bit bored and suddenly inspired to take pictures of anything that sparkles. Silly, I know. Fun, you betcha! 

Finding sparkles in my parent's home is not a hard feat. In fact, their whole house sparkles (which my mom later decided must be a sign of tackiness, lol). I always wanted a really modern or contemporary styled house as a kid. All my friend's grew up in places like that (it looked that way to me, anyway) and I was always slightly embarrassed by my parent's taste for frou-frou, pink, and antiques (especially living in Finland!). 

These days I find my parent's style refreshing from everyone else's house, it's deliciously frou-frou! So here is my photo celebration of sparkles!

 This is my favorite chandelier. Yes, there is more than one... This one is the best though, it catches beautiful rainbow spectrums in the right light...

 Who else would have a giant piece of fool's good lying around on the windowsill, lol!

 My mom's funny purse collection has some sparkle *wink wink*

The china cabinet is alive with sparkles...

  My godmother used to buy me costume jewelry when I little, remnants in my mom's china cabinet now. I loved going to thrift shops with my godmother and picking out some outrageous pieces! 

Pretty ring, ain't it?

Ya know, I could probably easily do a series of lace in my parent's home. Lord knows there is enough of it! 

There is an idea for the next time I get bored while visiting! Teehee! 

Thanks for reading! :)

Finished Puro hat and scarf

As promised, here is the latest finished project, my crochet hat and scarf!

I finished it last Saturday night and was so pleased with how it turned out. The hat is a kind of small net on the top so the wind blows right through, making this a bad hat choice for -20C. However, it works nicely in these more mild temperatures and with my coat hood pulled up, it is nice and warm. I love that for once (!), I have a matching hat and scarf. Seriously, I don't think I have EVER had a matching set! :)

Like I have written before, the scarf was made by crocheting a foundation chain the desired width, then working hdc's across and turning, making sure to always crochet in the back loops. This is how I got the rippled effect. I crocheted until I was almost out of yarn because my goal was to make this an infinity scarf AND use up all of this particular yarn. Once that happened, I sc the two ends together making a loop. Very simple. I actually like the scarf more than the hat!

The pattern for the hat is here, at lion brand yarn. I have decided to, at least for now, skip the pom pom.

It is Friday again, so I feel compelled to talk about my granny squares. I have only crocheted a few more squares this week here and there, I think a total of 6. Not really worth pictures, especially since the weather outside is gray and snowy. Really snowy. Coming in sideways snowy!

I do have a picture of my bear from last Friday though. We laid each on our respective couches in the early afternoon. I was on pinterest/trying to work on school stuff and he was off in dreamland. :)

Well,  I suppose it's time to really tackle this to-do list. This weekend:

I'm grooming Manta, giving everyone a pedicure, finishing a school essay, applying for summer jobs (I'm so late in the game here!), crocheting squares and a baby hat perhaps, making appointments, and my favorite part: oil pastels, oil pastels, oil pastels. I even wrote it three times on my to do list. :)

Time to get busy!

Thanks for reading, hope you have a productive yet relaxing weekend! (That is what I am hoping for anyway!) :)

A vacation's end

Well, the last day of vacation is upon me and it's been quite a glorious day. Sunshine and crisp weather, being spoiled by my hubby-to-be with a delicious breakfast AND lunch and lots of time to check out blogs. I spent forever admiring the blog greedy for colour (link here) which is seriously so amazing and inspiring. New Zealand is seriously amazingly gorgeous!!!

This week went by far too fast, but I accomplished a couple projects at least. Here goes...

"Sulo" the black cat is finally complete! He looks like Santa's helper or whatever the cat's name from the Simpsons was. I was quite pleased with how comical he looks. I hope he is a good companion and cheerer-upper. Our evil basement cat was unsure of the look-alike when she met him but then agreed to pose for a picture anyway. With her best basement cat look, too. Gotta love her!

As for future black amigurumi projects.... let's just say I'm a bit wiser when it comes to anything to do with black yarn. What a headache from beginning to end!

I also completed my green cowl to match my green beanie. I'm sooo pleased with the result, it's quite spiffy. Also a (blurry, sorry!) picture from the back. My mom did my hair for a dinner party we went to and it's just so darn pretty. I'll have to wear my hair up at all times now to show off my piece of work from all angles. ;)

I think my green phase may be coming to a close. I still have the sister-in-law Christmas gift to be made, but other than that, I see my color horizon broadening and there is a lot of blue and purple on it. More on the purple to follow.
I thought a post about yarn inventory would be fun. It's pretty crazy how fast yarn accumulates, it's so fun to buy and my mom and aunt keep giving me random bits and pieces to help my collection... So in the short time since I began crocheting, I've already become the proud owner of an ever expanding rainbow. =)

 So here is the purple yarn I spoke of earlier! So so beautiful, it's in the same yarn line as my green hat and scarf. I am going to make a hat out of this to match my plum colored scarf I showed in the previous post. I am planning to give knitting a go for the hat and I'm looking for a good pattern. Any ideas are welcome!

To end, here are some pictures of the last flowers from our garden. Can't wait for next year's glory! I'm going to have to make some cute crochet vase covers like I've seen on blogs for next summer's flowers. ;)