lilgirlblu

Just now begun

I wanted to mention that today two very talented ladies opened up their own shops, taking their handmade to the world...and I posted my first book review over on the shop blog. Yeah for updates!

Now I'm off to tackle the vintage buttons that I 'recovered' last week for the shop :-)

Where the *%#$@

did my camera charger wander off to!?!?!

I've been trying to post for days now, thinking that I will surely find it next time I look..but no dice. A blog sure does feel naked without photos doesn't it?

We'll have a look around again this morning, it WILL be found.
and then I'll be back.

Edit: Found it! It was the only place I hadn't looked...the drawer. goes to show that one should never put things where they are supposed to be, they get lost.

I remember thinking when I put it there that I was never going to remember where it was, and sure enough I didn't. But all better now.

Going down the list

Working down the list of projects to finish this week...
This one is a little halter top from some thrifted vintage that I made from one of the craft books in the shop. It was super simple, but its super cute! I'm planning to post a book review of this one at the end of the week on the shop blog, so I'm making up a couple of the patterns. This one probably won't see much use, as it won't likely get warm enough to wear it all Summer, but we lucked out last week with a couple of warm days.

Blu's summer scarf is also finished.

Of course she refuses to wear it...but hopefully she will get used to it over time. It hasn't been as hectic as I thought it would be around here with just the two of us, day in and day out. We do tend to get tired of each other by the time Peter gets home, but most of the time we seem to manage pretty well. Since she likes to dance so much, I got the movie 'Happy Feet' the day before last thinking that she might like to watch a little of it. She doesn't watch TV, and has never shown much interest in movies so I wasn't expecting much...but now from the time she wakes up to bedtime its "pengua? pengua???" She is so obsessed with penguins now, I think I might have created a monster....

Resistance is futile

Blu and I were walking through the castro this morning on the way to the bookstore, when we suddenly found ourselves in Imagiknit. Given that dangerous and expensive things happen whenever I walk into this store, perhaps I should have taken a diffrent route (no way!).

I told myself that I was only trying to ascertain if they carried the scrumptious alpaca that Peter bought me a skein of for Christmas (which they do! That silver skein in the bottom of the basket will be mine.) and preceeded to fondle yarn free of guilt.

But then I saw the lace shrug, and had to find the pattern....which lead to Jo Sharp's new book hitting me over the head and demanding to be taken home. It was very persistant, and I was unable to resist (because I was there to resist yarn not books, and I was headed to the bookstore after all.)

Good thing that all of it is lovely. I can't decide what to do first...help please!

And thats like 1/10 of the patterns. Very exciting, my summer knitting now has a purpose, and something to keep my legs warm while at the park.

The Shop is open!

Quick note to say that the store is open at last, go have a look here.

after all the planning and work, it feels a bit odd to let it free into the world...I hope it can fly.

Tomato Tart

This really disgusting looking baked good, was actually an incredible tasting tomato tart; the fruit of my farmers market visit yesterday where the seasons first tomatoes were out.

next time, I'll remember to use less juicy tomatoes. the heirlooms, although they taste amazing, turn a tart into a soup.