Shine Bright

 

The sun might be out, but I could not help myself.

I had this lovely chunky happy and bright yarn smiling at me for weeks.

 

 

So why not crochet together a Flower-Power Scarf!

 

 

 

I added some light tassels....

 

 

... and voila!

A chunky flower scarf all ready for when Winter comes around again!

 

 

 

First Things First

 

My table has been a mix and match as of late.

I have not been able to make up my mind what I want to focus on,

so I have lots of different things going on at the same time.

 

A steady thing on my morning table, is the husband's red cup.

I guess my morning tea just tastes better somehow from his cup.

Go figure, no logic whatsoever.

 

My love for crochet has been creeping into my every day.

My day seems incomplete without a bit of yarn squeezed in somewhere.

 

I have so much to do at the moment though, that I really need to

get myself a new to-do book.

There is only one way to gain some control here,

and that is the ticking-off system.

 

I am ((crossing fingers)) opening my etsy shop again!

(((gasps)))

It has been closed for quite a few years now, and have been open

for bits here and there, short periods only.

But I am coming back!

 

....

definitely need that to-do book.

 

I can see a thousand things to do in my near future

xxx

Lilla Lotta's Garden Flowers

 

 

Everything kind of changed.

The colours I am surrounding myself with are much happier

and brighter now.

 

 

I have this deep need to have lots of colour around me.

Nothing feels the same anymore.

 

 

My life has been on hold for 5 years.

Where I was just floating, not being here nor there.

Where my entire life was not happening.

 

 

Circumstances were just so difficult.

And just remained treading water in the same spot.

Just surviving.

 

 

Maybe that is why I want to surround myself with flowers and happy

colours.

 

It is time for me to continue living.

Doing the things I love.

Growing away from where I was stuck.

 

Thank you to all the dear people who stayed near me

and cared for me.

 

It means more than any words can ever express.

 

You are a Star

xxx

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Smiles in Flowers

My love for paper and paints has been mixing with yarns.

 

 

I find myself stacking yarn made goodies, and instantly my

mind starts ticking how to use them, and what to use them

with.

 

 

I can't seem to just let yarn be yarn.

 

My mind seems to be a strange place where all of it just

mixes and starts blending into something else.

 



 

This new love of mine, this yarn, has been such a joy.

I just love all the colours and all the wonderful

textures. I am still so new at crocheting, and learning

as I go along. But I just love it.

 

This is a summer illustration I made.

I had been painting some stalks and lettered some words

when I happened to have some unfinished grannysquares

on the table.

 

I just love the promise of Summer.

 

I am hoping everything will come together finally for us

in this new land that is now our home.

 

xxx

 

 

 

 

Butterflies Welcome

 

 

 

The season of sunshine is coming!
Bright light and happy colours are on the way!

 

 

Even the paint tin on the table has been all bright and happy.

 

 

I have had Spring on my mind for a bit.

But what with all the snow that just keeps on coming

I just had to take some action and make myself some

flowers instead.

 

 

Nothing like having some happy flowers around all year.

 

 

Winter can definitely stop now.

 

I am so ready for the real thing!

xxx

 

 

Colour colour everywhere!

 

I like picking the brightest happy colours when the weather outside

is white and chilly. It is almost like having a bit of Summer during the

colder months on the inside.

 

 

Winter is such a great season for sewing, knitting and crocheting.

All snug as a bug. Candles and big cups of hot drinks to keep you

company.

 

 

 

Maybe I am just easily pleased.

 

Bright happy colours just brighten up the day.

And making lovely soft items with the colourful yarns makes for happiness.

 

 

I personally can't imagine living in a place where there are no Seasons.

Where there is no need to make scarfs and warm yarny things.

 

 

I just love the colours of happiness.

The poppy brightness of pinks and greens and purples

and yellows and blues and and and.....

 

I guess I just love colour!

 

Little bit of this

.... and a little bit of that!

 

 

It feels so wonderful to be back in the swing of things again.

 

I have been so gone for so long I found it difficult to return to my

craft and my creations.

Life had become so full of living and surviving I forgot about all the

things that make me happy.

 

 

Now my table is constantly full of one project, two projects

and more projects.

 

It is nice to mix and match all the different things I enjoy.

Even the sewing machine has been sitting on the table.

 

My heart is just full of all the good stuff !

 

xxx

 

 

 

Flower Garden Blanket

 How does one control oneself when in a yarn shop?

 

They don't.

At least I don't.

 

 

 

I just can not resist all the yummy yarns and the idea of sitting down

and creating something wonderfully soft with happy coloured yarn.

 

 

Maybe it is just a yarn-thing.

I don't know.

 

I add some coffee and tea to the mix.

Some candles and some music and I just create.

I often have no plan.

I just start, and it happens somehow.

 

This popcorn blanket I made for a lovely lady as an order.

The colours are just poppy and happy.

 

And the Garden blanket was born.

It has such a lovely feel of Summer.

 

I don't often take on orders for crochet blankets, because it takes such

a long time to make these. But I could not resist.

 

I had just made a large soft flower cushion,

and I thought it would look wonderful as a blanket, too.

 

The cushion is available for purchase in my shop, but the large blanket

has already been sold.

 

If you like you can have a look, the link is in the top.

 

xxx

 

 

Candy Cushion

 

How many teeny little granny squares can one person make?

(laughs) Well, I did quite a lot of them!

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to make a small cushion.

You know how it goes.

You start crocheting without a plan, and for some odd reason

the plan keeps changing, and you just keep adding and adding....

 

Thank goodness for chocolate cookies

to keep the engines going....

 

 

My little cushion did not want to be small, it did not want to be

medium, it wanted to be L A R G E

 

 

.... in the end I decided that just over 350 granny squares was quite enough!

 

And this happy big cushion now sits on my sofa and the kidlets fight for

a snuggle with it.

 

Mission accomplished!

 

Not being able to use my right hand for about a week was

so worth it!

 

xxx

 

 

Hello Sunshine!

 

 

Hello Sunshine

 

I just checked my calendar and it says September.

September?

When I look outside my windows it definitely does not look like September!

The squirrels are constantly hopping around on my balcony and amongst the trees.

The hummingbirds are humming around the feeder all day long, and all the fans are

still blowing. And I think it is definitely ice-cream Friday again. Something chocolatey for

certain, and caramel (nods).

 

Have been working on my bright coloured illustrations again today, and there is

still summer going on in there, too.

 

I am secretly really enjoying it.

And the ice cream will be enjoyed even more later.

 

Wishing you a wonderful sunshine Weekend!

May there be joy x

Small Beginnings

Just a very small beginning of making something bigger. 

By my calculations I will need a LOT of these little squares.

A whole lot. Good thing Autumn is a couple of months long, I will

need this time to crochet on and on and on.

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I seem to have gone from timid quiet colours, to bursting at the seams colours

The ones that laugh loudly and can't be overlooked.

Not sure what is going on, but I am liking this added colour to my life.

 

In the meantime I am working on lots of new illustrations.

I have this blog I need to rebuild, a new website to make, and eventually I will re-open

my etsy shop again. It is hard to believe my shop has been closed for so many years.

Life really does get in the way sometimes, doesn't it.

It makes me really sad, but there is no point lingering in that feeling.

It can't be changed. But my future definitely can, and I am planning on just doing that!

 

Here is to the future!

xxx