More Grandma Love

As you all would have noticed I have
gone a tad overboard with the crocheting hook
of late...
Have wool = will crochet...
No wool = pretty peeved...
so this week has been a mixture...
Had wool...Run out of wool...
No stuffing...Some stuffing...
Wrong colour...I suppose that will work colour...

I really wish I lived closer to the shops...

But then saying that, if I did I could be in
crochet overload and the family would be pulling bits of wool
out of their dinner...
"Oh really how did that get in there"
"well just think of it as extra fiber"

mmmm don't think they would quite see it that way...
So here you have another "grandma love" cushion...


and a very long pair of wristwarmers...
I did get very bored will the wool shortage and just kept going with these...
they are really warm thou...


Well here's hoping I will get at least to the shops next week
or I could start to crochet strips of plastic bags...
Actually I think that has been done by someone...
I really should google that?

And What a Cake

I am so lucky to have
a sister
who can make something so incredible...
My very own coca-cola cake...When my sister started making cakes
she was still living in America...
and one of the cakes on "order" for when
she moved home was this...
Yes my very own Coke Cake...
I know for some this sort of request may sound unusual...
But that me...
I am sort of renowned for the amount I drink...
I think I could have kept Amatil in business for the last 25 years or so...
And even thou it looked way to gorgeous to cut
I did anyway...
Well how could anyone resist chocolate mud cake...
and yes the whole cake is edible...
and was scrumptious!!!


Thanks Ness!!! Brilliant work...

Pillow Plus Curtain

What a week...

The sun was shining today and even
thou it was still about 12 degrees...
It didn't stop me dragging everything out side for a photo shoot...
and even took the shoes and socks off for this shot...
The skirt is a op shop curtain that I tied up with a belt
and you can get a glimpse of the new
"Grandma Love"
cushion...
I will upload some clearer shots on
Loving The Vintage
really soon...
It is now in the little Local Shop in town
just waiting for the right person
to take it home...
It was an amazing cushion to do...
and even thou I had a pattern I had to undo about 5 rows
and change and reshape it so that it would sit better...
I did "huff and puff"
several times while making this but I still adore the way it turned out...
And maybe, just maybe I will make one for myself...
We will see?
Thanks again for all the warm wishes...
they were the sweetest!!!

Baking Playing and Nanna Nap's

Thank you for all your kind Birthday wishes...
Today was lovely filled with


Baking


Playing


and Nanna Nap's...I hope all my Birthday's are this sweet...

Pre-Loving

Today... the day before the event...

of turning another year older...
It was all about the Pre-Loving...Goodness...

A nice batch of banana muffins
on a rather unusual "goldfish" tablecloth...

I found this last week and was more than happy I did...

And then I popped in the car...child free
and had a lovely stroll
around the second hand shop and Vinnies...
I found the most amazing little stool...above...
and I'm sure it will make it's presence known
in many a photo shoot...

Well like now...

Some nice little dollies...

And a great array of pillowcases and sheets...
and the most gorgeous curtains below...
which there are two of and I'm thinking they will look really
nice made up into pillows or
I just might wait and see if they can be used in "the caravan"
(still dreaming)
but dreams do come true sometimes...

I was most happy
with my birthday haul...
and I would much rather a lovely thrifting day like today than
anything flashy or expensive...
Tomorrow I will get the kids to help me make a birthday cake...
The more sickly the better...
Then sit by the fire and read a few golden books to "Little Miss"
and watch her create a drawing for my birthday...
Help "My Shadow" with his movie script,
a budding director in the making...
And scroll though a few pages on e-bay and etsy...
Now that sounds like a perfect day to me...
I hope if your birthday is coming up you are as lucky as me...
xxx

Teal and Gray

Teal and Steel Gray...
A great combo...
I have made this cushion up
a bit differently as you can see by the buttons...
After making the first one up I realized it might be
handy to actually take the cover off...lol...
so a bit of adjustment
and ha presto! buttons and button holes...

And after a much needed visit to the hairdresser I can now
take pics of the top of my head with confidence...
Try explaining that to the hairdresser...and see her reaction...

I think I only every seem to get my hair
done once a year and it is always right before my birthday...
Which is always a risk if it don't look good...
But this time I'm really happy with the result...
Now I really wish it would stay this perfect for another week...
But we all know the minute you wash it you can never
seem to get the same perfectly blow dried look...

Still working on the bikini bottoms...and finding it harder
than I would like...
(well hard for my attention span)...

hoping you all have a great craft week...

winter and summer

Sitting in front of the fire in the bar...
I do get quite a bit of crocheting done...
well only when there are no customers...
like yesterday after lunch...
the wind was freezing and everyone was at home
in front of their fires I suspect...
In the middle of winter I have started
working on these very cute summer bikini's
for 'little miss" and my niece's...
my grandma made a set of these for
my sister and me
when we were about 7 and 8...
mum still had the pattern...amazing...
my grandma must have changed the pattern
as most of it I have had to change too...
the straps in ours were only lengths of chain and in the pattern
they are twice as wide as what I have ended up doing on these...
and the "cup size" in the book would have fitted me...
so more adjusting...
the bottoms are still in the progressing stage...(more adjusting)
so hopefully a pic by the end of the week...
now I just have to remember how I have changed the pattern
so I can make two more sets...
I really need to write these things down!!!
After finishing these I tried them on "little miss"
she told me how "beautiful" they were and how much she "loved them"
Half an hour went by, she came and cuddled up next to me
and said in her sweetest voice
that even thou they were "pretty"and looked just"right"
she would much prefer "pink"...lol...

Petal Love

After running 2 rows short on wool to finish my
second cushion...
I made a few of these up...
and I know two lucky girls that will be getting
these in the mail real soon...
not that the colour is a give away...And if I can't finish my cushion soon
you will be able to buy some Petal Love brooches
in my etsy shop by the end of the week...