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I have some pictures coming soon of all the awesome squares I received from all of the talented ladies in the blogger blanket project.

I started a blanket for my good friend adam who is having a baby girl. Adam is a great friend and I thought really the only way to be a great friend back is to obviously smother him in gifts! A few of our friends and I threw in money for a whole bunch of baby clothes and accessories and now the only thing left to do is finish the blanket and give it a good wash!

I chose purple and yellow because pink was just to cliche and I'm sure he is getting so much pink stuff anyways!

The day after Christmas there was a huge snow storm and I had to venture out to work. Well after I got to work they sent me home after like an hour. So I stopped at the craft store and picked up some yarn, I knew it was going to be a long next 24 hours! Here are some pictures from the storm about two weeks ago!





A lot of tea drinking went on during this storm! I hope anyone who endured this storm along with me stayed safe!
Xo
Christine

Let me first off say, going to Buffalo was not my idea of a good time, I was almost drug into this with no previous inclination to go to buffalo at all. Well let me tell you, it was everything i thought it would be and nothing more. It's cold, wet, and a long drive when you are in the back of a jeep the whole time. I made the best of it because really what else can you do? I did get to go to Niagara Falls, I can cross that off of my list!


This is where the adventure started, me in the back of a car crocheting. I took a lot of pictures of trees, the road and anything to fill my time. This would have been a fun road trip with friends but when with an adult who wants to make as little stops as possible i guess the trip looses its fun.

This is just about what all of my pictures look like, lots of trees, lots of road, lots of cars, not much else.

The first night we went there we went to the earie canal fair, I think thats what it was called. There was a lot of tractor pulls going on there, does anyone know what a tractor pull is? If so can you please explain it to me?

This is on the way to Niagara Falls the next day, We passed the cheerio factory and it smelled just like one of my favorite cereals, yum!

This is from when we first got there, the view is amazing and breathtaking. Its just so weird to see something so huge and violent, yet so peaceful at the same time.

This was my favorte part of the entire trip, the Maid of the Mist. Its a boat that goes up to niaraga Falls, it doesn't go under or anything but it gets close. I enjoyed the boat so much. My best friend, Sara, has a waterproof digital camera so when i upload her pictures there will be some from the boat, it was an amazing experience.




So far while going through my pictures these were the only ones that caught my eye. I finished a blanket and 3 hats while in the car that weekend so a picture post of hats and a blanket coming soon! Also, i start school tomorrow, My senior year of college and I still always get that anxious feeling on the first day of school, I don't think it will ever change!

So this weekend keeping up with my goals list I only had two glasses of soda and I crafted a super lot instead of spending all of my time on the internet. I did still spend more time then i should on the internet, but small steps people. I got some work done!

This is the beginning of the ribbing of my hat, it took so long to make it the right size!


The foundation of the actual hat starting the puff stitches


The almost finished hat, it had to be 11 inches tall but i finished it off at 10 inches because i thought 11 inches was just to big.


the finished hat on my head via this pattern, i was so excited to finish it before eddy gets home, right now he is at a yoyo competition in Florida, he invited me to go but i didn't want to. Also my new hair is a dark red, to go with my new hair i am whipping me up a pink hat in the same style!

Lately i have been on a crocheting spree, i have just wanted to crochet all day long. So i have been! I usually spend my time thinking about different jellyfish i can create or other products that will make me and my friends happy. Well i decided to create an owl. Last time i went to first friday everyone commented on how cute the owls were & i even made a sale in like the first 5 minutes of setting up! So i went on a little photoshoot the other day, walked into my backyard which is all woods and just had fun with them, they are so adorable!

four of them in a tree

their most favorite spot, hiding the the grass!

my two favorites, i think its cause i love their colors!!

have you been creating anything new lately? is so what!

So last year for Christmas i made eddy a pacman quilt. Not just any quilt, a crocheted handmade, took 500 hours and a million mini granny squares kind of quilt. Here i was last year the day before Christmas sewing frantically in my bedroom trying to make sure it was all done. Rest assured i slept so well that night. It was also really hard to hide such a big task from someone you see everyday and to keep it secret! There were many a times i just wanted to give in and be like, "babe, i am making you the best quilt ever!!" but i didn't and he was so surprised! I think it was the happiest i seen him ever and he used it most of the winter. The quilt only acquired a few little holes here and there that i had to sew up which was good! I got a lot of great reviews from craftser users and got featured on a few websites! Now the only question i have is how can i top last year, and the answer is without killing myself i don't think i can!

I've been working on making my second rug, but i am making it different from the first one. I am also going to try and finish some of the embroidery patterns that were posted on the RVA summer camp blog. I have been spending my morning crocheting and watching old episodes of rugrats and angry beavers, thank you netflix :)
I also finished a few more pages in my journal about a week ago so here are a few of them






the paper sticking out is the paper i wrote my goals list on



All of these pictures were taken while i was babysitting this rowdy bunch of kittens but while the other 3 were sleeping chunky butt and i bonded


such a gorgeous kitty <3

I have been busy at work and working on my summer camp projects. (well project.) I am a slacker. but tomorrow is a new day, im hoping to finish this project post about it and start a new one before work on tuesday. I also plan on going to see toy story 3 tomorrow, i am so excited!