summer breeze

what do you think? I am so excited about how soft this one is. I have it all ready to start tying the knots I just don't know when I am going to get around to doing them. I have been busy cleaning up around the apartment and moving things around to make it feel fresh. In doing that I had a yard sale and felt like I sold half my life away and only made $100. I have seriously turned into my Mother and need to stop buying stuff #1 and if I do buy it it better be cheap because I seem to get over stuff way to quickly recently. Not that I want new just that I want to get rid of it or am tired of looking at it. I used to joke to my Mom that if I stood in one spot long enough she might get rid of me, look out Bobby.

Yarn obsession currently is Sundara Yarn. Her colors are gorgeous, just scored some more yesterday too! I have no idea what my first project is going to be with all that I have but I intend on knitting with it instead of hoarding it like my Sister and praying that wool becomes more valuable then the dollar some day.

I will leave you with a little spring. hope everyone is doing well and hope to start making more regular appearances soon, one of my many goals!

I must be stupid

How do I upload a photo from flickr? All I can figure out how to do is link it???? I have lots to share but they are all stuck in flickr right now.

blogging the dying art

i have been everywhere and no where, and that is exactly how I feel.

1. here is one of my current knitting projects i am working on (note the one of because apparently one is not enough and 4 or 5 is more like it).

2. i actually tried to sit down and sew a little last night. ended in a big disappointment, i hate that. i wish the days of drawing my own patterns and just making them would appear again.

3. loving that the weather is getting warmer and it is time for the bug to come out of hibernation.

4. loving trips to philadelphia with my beloved topaz and it didn't rain this time.

5. i actually scrapbooked, two layouts at a get together the other weekend and i started a mini last weekend. all that is done is the cover but it rocks.

6. loving snacks from trader joes; not loving freezed dried bananas what was i thinking?

7. loving the new limerick outlets that are conveniently 15 minutes away from my home

8. loving no cable television and watching all gilmore girls all the time

9. loving that flea market and yard sale season is here.

10. in absolute need of a home makeover and don't know where to begin.

i {heart} etsy

I have fallen off this blogging wagon quite abroptly due mostly to laziness and the fact that I have become an obsessive knitter. I even knit in the kitchen while waiting for water to boil for dinner, I think I have crossed that invisible line. I have no pictures to post at this moment because I am somewhere where I do not have access to my photos (well I would have access if I would be better about uploading my photos on flicker but that is another story). So I decided to post about my current etsy obsessions since I got many compliments over the Scrapbowl weekend about items I had that I had bought on etsy. Speaking of scrapbowl, fabulous weekend with some gorgeous and get down and dirty fun girls. It was so much fun and those pesky 4 hours drives were hilarious! From the slippery seats to Dane to gorging on Godiva and Turtle cheese cake at a rest stop. If there are no scrapping events coming up ladies we should make a road trip and create our own in some random hotel which hopefully is not being renovated.
Ok on to the etsy love:

lovin Kristina's new shop those t-shirts are so awesome!

Jewelry made from recycled skateboards, this is a must check out shop!

Cheap letterpress blank flat cards can be found in this shop

I am drawn to these earrings for some reason in this shop I think it is because of the posts!

Another must see shop very inspiring.

And ofcourse there is always room for fabric found in this shop

bud light_ suck one

Loving Morgan's list form blog posts so I am going to give it go (more, more, more.... watching way to many comercials during the super tonight).


* sewed a little cozy for my favorite mug and a new mat for our coffee table

* still working on my quilt, finally bought a new machine that sews like a dream. could not take the pressor foot dying out on me every 30 seconds anymore
* took a 3 hour nap today that was much needed after a mentally stressful week
* missing the l word because of the damn super bowl your lucky we have on demand B
* thought this was really cool so joined in on the fun
* getting really excited for scrap bowl and even more excited that Kristi put sneaks on her site
* recent etsy love this and this


* loving hyena in petticoats
* i joined weight watchers online, I have lost 9 lbs in 5 weeks for a total of 14 lbs since last june my "i can do this" attitude has been restored

Finally...

Although I have been feeling very creative lately but was getting very frustrated. The yarn was crappy, paint wouldn't dry fast enough, no room to work on anything. But finally today I have a had a break through. just about finished knitting my first hat, and finally sewed together all the rows of squares for my quilt. Here are the pics Nat, not even close to your glamorous quilt but I am very relieved that this is finally in the works and not living in a box under my bed like it has been for the last 5 years. I have also been buying more fabric for some projects. Cloth blocks and a bib for my friends baby boy.

Also hoping to knit him some little thumb-less mittens. And also bought a ton of yarn to hopefully conquer my first afghan. I think I am going to crochet this one though not sure how fun it would be to knit one, little bulky. So many things so little time. I have been coming across allot of really inspiring blogs lately and loving it. Makes me want to do even more. I am slowing trying to add them to the side bar as I go. Well I hope everyone had a happy Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year!!!

clean slate...

growing up remember when you would picture what you wanted/or thought your life would be like? Your home, your favorite things, your clothes, etc. Have you ever taken a moment to sit back and look to see if you are in all those things you dreamed of? I am constantly looking at my life and only seeing bits and pieces of what I wanted. Other pieces have just found their way in out of convenience or cost or dare I say laziness? That really gets to me. I am hoping that this year more things will start falling into the dreamed of pile and not the laziness pile. what do you wish you had from your dreamed of pile?

Cookie dough hangover...

My sister and I baked 5 batches of cookies yesterday and today I feel like crap, I think it is from eating to much cookie dough. And of course today after eating a some what healthy breakfast I have eaten mostly cookies so that is just making things so much better, ugh. Some day I will learn. I have been in a crafty mood lately. Started my Christmas cards but of course did not finish them, did a little scrapbooking with no pictures (yet) so nothing much to look at, and a little sewing. I am in the mood to craft but I think I am more in the mood to go shopping for stuff to work with when I have a ton of new stuff here that I could be working on. Apparently it is one of those battling with yourself day. I wish I could just settle on one thing.
This is the last scarf that I have to get done for Christmas. Still have a few knitting projects that are going to be Christmas presents but I don't have to worry about exchanging until January or February so I have time (for now).

This nosy guy is patiently waiting to be packed up and sent to his new owner. Another goal for today which should happen unless I give in to going shopping.

Really wishing I could be content like he is sitting down doing ONE thing and not thinking of a million. As you can also see I should be putting laundry away, finish wrapping and straighten up the living room. Ah always tomorrow.

Need more jewelry...

Had such a great weekend! Went to visit Natalie in Maryland. Lots of shopping in stores I have only ever seen in catalogs, ate yummy Chinese food, and had way too much fun in a photo booth in Chuck E Cheese. A must do again sometime!

I bought this Jewelry tree at Urban Outfitters in Maryland, I love how it looks so pretty for something so simple.

Hope everyone has a good day. I am starting to panic ever so slightly that Christmas is only 2 weeks away. I thought I was prepared but I need to make a to do list!

A birthday surprise from the best Nephew ever!

Came home from my knitting class to a beautiful surprise from my nephew. He was so thoughtful! My Husband felt a bit out done but Cody is my other man (2 year olds really know the way to a woman's heart) so I really can't feel sorry for Bobby :) Thank you buddy!!!

It's snowing...

It is snowing here today! This is so exciting, not the stick to the ground kind yet but it is still nice to see snow. It has been quite the lazy weekend. Had time for a bit of shopping. Scored an adorable pair of red flats and a deep Fiesta ware bowl in cobalt to add to our collection. Scrapbooked a little yesterday and then worked some more on christmas scarves as we watched Transformers last night. I thoroughly enjoyed the day. I leave you with some pictures of the yarn I ordered that I couldn't get the links to work in a previous post. Can't wait to cast on and start making my wrap!

mini album

Finally finished my little album. I really like how it turned out , I am loving this 4x4 size all over again. Got a lot of inspiration from Miss Kristi's Layouts for Story of My Life Kits this month. She is awesome and so is her work! Blogger wouldn't let me post any more pictures for some reason so I will do a post with the rest of the album and some knitting projects tomorrow. Have a good night peoples.

Holidays are coming and lots of links...

I don't know why but this year I am really looking forward to the holidays coming soon. I am in the mood for a new beginning, a drastic change, something and maybe that is why I am pushing for it. I am working like mad on knitting some of my Christmas presents. I will have to post some pictures of the ones that are for people who I know don't read my blog.

Pre-ordered this puppy today. I am in love. I am looking forward to cutting it up already at the end of the year to use in a mini album of some sorts. Or maybe I will make a running year album him, the wheels are finally starting to turn. I am not usually a calendar person but have been really inspired by quite a few this year so I decided to make a purchase. I love letterpress!

Totally went crazy last night on this website buying yarn. My next project is going to be a Shoulder wrap, something that I can wear to work over a long sleeve shirt. I decided to go with this color for the wrap and then bought this color to make either a skinny scarf or a thick neck warmer. This yarn is so soft and beautifully hand dyed. I can't wait to see the colors that I picked in person.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post pictures of my mini album from our weekend.

1 year

Can't believe that one year has already gone by since we got married it really doesn't feel like it has been that long and then some days it does. We had a really fun weekend just driving and ending up in Jim Thorpe, going shopping and just being together. Can't wait to get started on a mini album about our 1st year and 1st anniversary. I think I will be working on that this weekend when I go to visit Miss Morgan at her store. Hope your weekends were fun now that the rain has stopped.

Destashing update...

All of the Lotto cards are spoken for now. Everything else is still up for grabs if anyone is interested. The following list of people please e-mail me your address so I can send your goodies to you, kprange1@verizon.net.
Linda
Christine
Angela
Marcy

Thank you for helping me out Ladies!!!

Etsy update

Ok the new etsy store is now up and running. Still have to load more stuff but for some reason my computer kept losing signal right when I tried to upload my pictures. Very tired over here for some reason. Trying to de-clutter your life is very tiring for some reason. I through out so much stuff tonight I am amazed. Mostly trash some boxes of packaging that I felt the need to keep that I might turn into wrapping of presents some how but never had in the few years that I have had this junk. I feel a little better now, I can walk into my one closet again. Ugh.

Vintage find of the week yummy buttery yellow drawer with the coolest pull ever and love the place where I can put a label. Can't wait to fill it with hmmm.

Oh yeah also finished knitted my first scarf. It is a little thick because it rolled (need to learn how to stop that, anyone know?) but I still love all the colors and hey for my first one I am pleased! Now if I could only find the knit or die t-shirt that Lorelei wore on Gilmore Girls in that episode of the all day knitting! I am addicted, am I going to through out all of my scrapbook stuff??? hell no why do people keep asking me that though, I can have two hobbies!

Serious people

This is free stuff. No strings attached unless you want string :)

destash...

Ok people I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed right now with how much junk I seem to accumulate. Yes I know I am a pack rat in a manner of speaking, I like to think of my self more along the lines of a recycler. Why throw that perfectly good shoelace out, yes there may be only one but I know if I sew a drawstring bag someday it will come in handy. Now 5 years later still have the shoelace but no drawstring bag. I’m thinking I have a problem. Lol. So to help me clear through some of this clutter I am doing a mass RAK of sorts. Hopefully this won’t get ugly, nothing mean towards you but if I run out of something I am sorry. I am just going to have to go on a first come first serve basis and hopefully I can accommodate everyone.
Most of the following items I have collected from thrift stores and yard sales so some things are a tad yellowed or bent but hey that just shows their story right? Some items I only have a few of some I have a lot of. I will try to post my quantity to let you know. If there is a certain amount of something you have to have just let me know and I will try to do my best. The strings/threads I will send you one yard unless other wise requested.

Rotary cards: I have about 250 of these to go around.


Spines: There is about 100 of these. Unfortunately they do not have the arms that go through this piece to create the closure, I only just noticed this now. Not sure what can be done with them but maybe someone has an idea?


Brown wax thread: This is a thin brown thread that seams to have a little wax coating but not much at all. It is definitely heavy duty compared to sewing thread.


Pink wax thread: This is a heavy waxed thread as you can see it is bendable. Fairly thick in diameter too.


Playing cards: These are from an old Lotto game. There is not many of these to go around.



Blue thread: Thin blue ribbon, not sure what this would be used for, is not elastic.


Vintage dictionary pages: I have a bunch of old dictionary pages that are bit yellowed and torn out.

Paper bags:
I have a bunch of paper bags left over from my wedding invitations. They are hardware store strength and a bit larger then your average paper lunch bag.

Ok that is all I can post for now. I probably will do another destash as I continue to clean out. If you are interested in anything just leave a comment or e-mail me.

Dirty Dirty look who's thirty...

He looks so thrilled doesn't he? I totally did not wake up in the middle of the night as planned to hang these all over the house so I thought I would just take him by surprise and dump them all over him. Hey, I thought it was funny.
Oh and thank you all for the Happy Anniversary wishes that was so nice, I apologize for not saying anything sooner. Take care all!

As promised...

Here are some of my new layouts. Yesterdays crop was not as productive as I would have liked it to be finally started getting in the groove by 4:30 and we had to leave by 6. But I got some new things done last night and hopefully will today too.