Mother Inspiration

Today I had some inspiration for a scrap page. I just got a present for my husband, because he loves me he said, and because he thinks that I am a great mother for our children… Sometimes I agree with him, sometimes not, but I do know everyone is insecure about somethings sometime, and mine is that I am not always the mother that I want to be. My house is not always as in the magazines and my laundry keeps stacking into a large pile, why I do not know… I’ll do my best in keep it tidy, and most of the days it looks like a normal house, and sometimes it looks like a tornado hits the living room, the tornado of children… So thats why my husband bought me this to give me a heads up.

So the inspiration for the digital scrap page came from these cards, the sentences thats on the cards are so beautiful that you can only image them on a nice page.

So I took a quote from a card make a nice page around it. I will print this and give it to my mother on mothers-day… Only that is in May so I still can make a few more and make a little scrapbook from it.
To all of you, if you are a mother or not here is another quote: Every day may not be good, but there is some good in every day <3 (Liefgeval)

Have a nice day!

Knitting Project 7

Last Saturday I bought some bright colored yarn at the store. I didn’t know what I should made of it but its very girlish like and I love the bright colors but I don’t think that I can make something from the yarn for my self, maybe I’m a little bit to old for that… So I was thinking to make something for my niece she is now 1 year and trying to walk so a pair of baby booties would come in handy.

Sunday afternoon, I was strolling on the internet and I found a nice pattern at Garnstudio.com for some nice baby booties, and I wanted to try to actually follow the  pattern this time. What seems not all that hard with this particularly pattern. After an hour of knitting I found out that I misread a line so I couldn’t get the sides together.   There where 2 left sides so I pulled it all out and started over again. Now I have finished one of the booties, but I still made a little mistake. I know what the fault is so now I can make it all come together right. But nevertheless I’m very happy with my first sample… And I’m pretty proud of myself that I actually looks like baby booties

So now I can not say anymore that I can’t read patterns but I’m sure I need to do it a lot more so I can get the harder ones also. Onces I got stared with the pattern and took it step by step it seems not so hard anymore then I thought it would be. So I learn everyday a little bit more, witch is really nice and satisfying.
If anyone knows some nice “easy” baby booties patterns without having it to knit on more than 2 needles can you please post a replay at the bottom of this post? I would appreciate any commends on this blog if there is something I can improve like writing wise. Because this is my first blog and I can always use some tips and hints, on the blog itself and the craft work also.

Have a good and crafty Sunday and thanks for reading this post.

Day of Knitting

This is the day I want to spend on a new knitting a new project. A scarf as accessory without a pattern, just by combine a few stitches I used in knitting project #5

In fact I really want to spend more time on knitting, but I need some help with it, because I can’t read patterns yet. So all I do is making some scarfs, they are nice and lovely or just functional and warm, but I would love to knit a sweater if the children and a nice one for my husband too. I have a book about it but I can’t figure out how somethings work properly. Maybe it is easier with someone who can just let me show one or two times. Anyways I’m going to the hand craft fair witch is the end of this month, so thats not far away. It’s all about learning, and now I found something that I really love (Knitting) and want to learn all about it, well all that is in my power to do so, and what I like ofcourse…
I found a book on the internet called One-Skein Wonders from Judith Durant, but I can’t read the American patterns because they measure in a different way we European people do and I did not found a translation yet, now I’m searching for an equivalent in Dutch to finish up my yarn stock at home. Is there someone who knows a book in Dutch similar to One-Skein Wonders?

I love the colors displayed on the cover of the book, but I’m afraid to use such bright colors. When I’m in a store I seem to buy the “neutral” ones, or just purple – pink etc. Maybe I just need to buy a few bright colors and see how it will work out for me. And hopefully I can make something different than a scarf
So my goal for today is to finish of the scarf, and make an inventory of all the yarns that I have left laying around just waiting for me to turn them in something nice.

Jewel Crafting

So I picked up my old hobby again, making jewels… This month my sister in law will get married so I needed some new jewelry for her wedding. I made a brown variant of what I did before. Beaded chain stitch with 3 cross over chains in the middle. I had so much fun doing it.
Now my next project will be to make some nice jewels with knitted or crochet wire and some nice beads in it, I’m not certain about the color but I want some more colors than the one I just made. I really want to make more techniques work in one project. Help or any ideas are welcome, as would I love some examples of making jewelry with knitting and crocheting techniques.

Crochet

I really want to learn crocheting, it looks so nice.. and I just love to craft, so I asked my mother in law to teach me… She will be over in 2 weeks so a new craft is there to learn… I really look forward to it. I used a basic crochet stitch to make some jewelry with wire and beads, but I never came further than that.

What I really want is this…


Isn’t it beautiful?

Have a crafty nice day!

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon… Let’s get the PC out of the cabinet and get updated… I check my mail, oh noes… much to read about, all the activity’s in church and some nice mails from friends… I’m just to curious to leave it till Monday, but then again it’s always satisfying to read the e-mails, so thats why I do it, and to see what the world brings, why did I ever leaved the PC sitting in the cabinet for 4 whole day’s? Oh yeah, to give my husband and children the quality-time they deserved, and of course it was worth it. Daniël and I made some nice drawings and I had time to finish off my scarf… My husband and I made a new “rule” every Wednesday we sit down with some nice drinks and some appetizers to talk about the week and put the agenda’s together, after that make a nice evening from it. It’s so rewarding to give each other some real time, and not talk between wiping noses and giving drinks and foot to the children.

We did get closer this week, sometimes you drift a bit apart during the week days and it’s lovely that we found each other back. To know what happens on my husbands work, or at home with the kids. Or just some odd weird knitting spree I had


And as for you, have a nice day!