Aspirations

I hereby declare that this summer my life is going to be about handicrafts, bouquets and posies, Cath Kidson table cloths and rosy cake stands and water jugs used as vases.

This is escapism at its finest but surely there's no harm in having little pockets of beauty in life? xxxxxxx K

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to you and yours.

Here's our fireplace display to put you in the spirit.

Six new babies

Six new blooms opened in my bouquet overnight.
How can I tell?
The minute I spot those dangly stamens I whip the little darlings out.
I don't mean to go on about it, and I have had nice flowers before, but what's impressing me about these is that so many are fresh and in their prime at the one time.
I've a funny feeling I'll be back at the Willie's Lilies stall.
http://www.willieslilies.com/

P.S. I moved the stitch marker. x K

Cheer up bouquet

What do you think of my back-to-work-cheer-me-up bouquet?
I got these on Saturday at
Partick Farmers Market
from the Willie's Lilies stall.
Aren't they beautiful?

The more observant among you will notice a small green padlock to the left of the grate- yes a wanton stitch marker.
It's strange the way I see things so much more clearly in photographs than in real life. Maybe I should walk about with a view-finder.
Please understand I am not in agonies that a stray stitch marker is lying around my otherwise immaculate home- oh how we laughed. It gives that extra knitters' appeal anyway. ;-)

Birthday Flowers

Here are some of the highlights of my birthday bouquet (36, eek!) arranged in my "Flower Magic" set I got at the Hobbycrafts show at the SECC a couple of years ago. Didn't do much for the birthday this year as it was also Ash Wednesday, but did feast my eyes on my lovely roses and stem carnations. :-)

Snowdrops

These lovely snowdrops were waiting for us on our back "lawn" this morning. They are so pretty and fragile looking I thought I'd better whip out the camera straight away.

Ok, now why not go over and pay a visit to my friend Mhairi's new blog Flavaknits .
She's got a new camera, some knitting needles and a crochet hook, and she ain't afraid to use them!

As I type this she's probably at the Glasgow Knitting Meetup, which I am missing as I am out in the countryside looking at snowdrops and pregnant sheep etc. x K

Kaleidoscope

Hiya,
I've been mucking about with our digital camera.
During the Christmas holidays I discovered all these different special effects that I didn't know it was capable of.
I'll show you some of my favourites over the next couple of weeks.
This one is "Kaleidoscope" and I've given you the before and after pix to compare.
You can adjust your centre point (within certain perameters) to get the effect you're looking for.
I think it looks cool.
You can do it with faces too, but I'll have to get permission before showing you some of them.



You may have noticed from my banner above that I am "Knitting from my Stash" Gulp.
Most of my New Year Resolutions are to do with the home, but I thought I'd come clean about my New Year "Aspiration" (see, I'm watering it down already) to knit from my stash for a while.
I always seem to skim relatively recent purchases off the top of the stash, and seldom dig deep into the realms of history, so I'm going to try to do that more. I have a couple of different exceptions (my niece is expecting again, yay!) and exclusions (I can buy top-ups for projects which need additional supplies) and jokers (trips to Paris, new season's products from the manufacturers) but I am endeavouring, in fact, aspiring, in fact, resolving to knit from my stash for the foreseeable future.
Wish me luck!