Fresh and New

My refresh of my bathroom has been in full swing this week and I have loved going to thrift stores, and antique stores to find just the right things to put in it. Suprisingly enough whilst going through the barn I came across some pieces that I turned into an adorable shelf and wall hanging. All the while my husband was looking at me like I was crazy! 

 Hanging on the little gate is the first doily I ever crocheted

I still have a few things left to do but, I just couldn't wait to snap some pictures of it! It has exceded my expectations!  

The weather here has been dreary and rainy and it doesn't look like it is about to stop anytime soon. So today the sun was peeking out and I went for a stroll around the yard and snapped a few pictures of spring!

  Spring always fills me with hope

 Everything is fresh and new

I hope that where ever you are you can stop and enjoy the sign of spring and new beginnings! Until we meet again - Melinda

Break is over...

Bud and Bug have officially returned back to school and now I can get back into a routine. When they were home I was hard pressed to find the time to post here in blogland. The holiday was wonderful, we had gorgeous weather and I got to spend time with family and friends!!!  I have been working on some small projects and some BIG projects. The small ones are some crochet projects that I am hoping to write patterns for and the BIG one was my bathroom. It got a much needed face lift! My husband dislikes the colors but I am in love with them!!! It's so bright and cheery!

I also ordered some yarn for a granny square baby blanket I am making and I loved three of the five colors. So into the yarn store I went and we all know how that goes! After oogling all the lovely yarn I walked out with two colors that I thought would be perfect! Can you believe it, I only bought what I needed! Anyway, the colors WILL work perfect! I have some squares started and some that are being blocked! I am so giddy about this project! The sun was not out today so my pictures may look dark. I may have to re-shoot these again. 

Loving the combination of colors

It will be a perfect blankie for a baby boy

Here are the new shots I took today while the sun was shining! I have made more progress on the blankie and am learning the join-as-you-go or JAYGO method of joining grannys!! Super easy!!! I suggest you try it.

I love how bright and happy it is....

 I can't wait to see it completed

T-shirt Yarn

Easter break is officially upon us and I am happy to say I finally finished my nieces Easter dress! After buying 5 1/2 yards of lace and sewing it on by hand, this little cutie is done! I can't wait to see her in it!!

 I have also started a new project that involves "tarn". For those of you who don't know that is t-shirt yarn. Who knew....  I found a great tutorial online @ micahmakes.com  for cutting the t-shirts into one long strip and after some practice it works great!! I have found that with the tarn you have to crochet loosely. I am in the process of making a round rug. I didn't find any set pattern, it seems that you just crochet in the round as normal and depending on if the rug is cupping or curling under you increase accordingly or just single crochet. If that makes any sense. It is taking me a little getting used to but I think I am finally on my way.

I love the colors in this one

This one is a bit funky...

I have found this to be a great project while I watch tv.  Until we meet again- Melinda

Painted Upholstery.....WHAT!?!?!

So this past week I got a little side tracked with an unexpected yet satisfying project!! While driving Bug to school I found the cutest upholstered chair on the curb for garbage pick up! It was white and seemed to be in good shape, so i thought to myself, self I'm going to take this home and clean it up so I can put it in my living room! Don't ya know I couldn't get it clean, so after some searching on the internet and Pinterest I found a tutorial on how to paint upholstery with latex or acrylic paint!

 I was a little unsure about how it would turn out but figured what the heck, the chair was free. If it doesn't work out I'll put it out for trash pick up on Monday! Well to my delight it came out beautifully!! 

Unfortunately it really cut into my crocheting time this past week so I'll just have to make up for it this week! I hope I have inspired you to try something new! Until next time -Melinda

What a crazy week....

 I caught the bug that has been going around and I feel as though my head is HUGE balloon!!! I did however find a little time to do some crocheting. I found some really great spring-like patterns and fit them to my needs. My little bunny garland turned out oh so sweet, but I think these little guys need some fluffy tails! I do so love the colors!

Lately I have found that I want, no I need color in my life.

I think it stems from this "too long" winter that we have had. Yes my friends, it is the end of March and we have been hit with another round of snow(and ICE)!!! What a mess!! 

I hope spring has found it's way to all of your homes and hope that soon it will find it's way to mine!

Until we meet again- Melinda

So many things to crochet, so little time

I have FINALLY completed my heating pad cover! Look at that little beauty!  It feels like it took a lifetime for such a little project!!

Bud and Bug seemed pleased with it as well.

 It turned out EXACTLY like I wanted it too!

I am also 3/4 of the way done with my nieces Easter dress, however we have a setback with that. Looks like I will be on the hunt for more lace. After buying all the lace the fabric store had that I liked, I started pinning it to the dress and I am 6 inches too short! Argh!!! I may have to drive in towards the mall . I hate driving all the way there for lace but as none of the stores around here carry a large variety of lace I guess that's what I may have to do! I have also started on a granny square cushion. There are so many things I want to crochet but so little time!

Recently I have bee n giving a lot of thought to color and what combinations work best. So I went back through some old pictures looking for some color inspiration.

This blue sky and colored balloons makes me feel so HAPPY....

It seems to me that nature really 

inspires me..

What wonderful pops of color against the blue sky ..



Hope you all have a wonderful day! Until we meet again- Melinda

Yummy yarn

So after dropping Bug off to school this morning and doing all my chores I stopped by the yarn store! It was such a lovely day to be out! I must say I feel a bit like an addict when I walk into the yarn store!! I just want it all!!! Unfortunately my pocket book is not fat enough! SIGH. Oh well I did however purchase some yummy yarn, my fav being the baby alpaca with gold shimmer in it! Oh what to create with that beautiful        yarn.     

                                                      

 I also picked up some very pretty light pink, lipstick red and a washed out blue and I have images of a cushion of some sort in my head!  

The last one I bought was a lovely gray, black, white and magenta variegated!! I am think some type of infinity scarf. 

                                                                             

I have several WIP's going right now and I am so close to finishing my heating pad cover! So far it has turned out exactly like I wanted it to! Hoooray, that seldom happens! I always seem to have a vision of how I want things to be and very seldom does it work up exactly like I planned in my head!!  With all these new yarns the ideas are just floating around in my head. Time to put those ideas into reality. Until we meet again- Melinda