Summer Wedding Pictures

My husband and I were both in his sister's wedding a month ago. Here are a few lovely pics.

The epic continues

Man, this little guy sure is taking some time to work on! Epic is right! Like I said, the pattern isn't hard, it's just taking some time to work through. There is a difference ya know! I have decided to keep him for myself when he is finished =) sorry, bro! I will e-mail my brother and nephew a picture of "what was going to be his" ha. I found an easy pattern I can whip of a pirate monster doll for my nephew. Turning only 2, the Trojan soldier is probably too small anyway. I think he will really like this and can play with it more. It reminds me of the uglydolls (this is a really cute site!) He has one of those. Well, the epic continues. At lease his head is now attached to his body. Beside him you see what the finished soldier will look like. Maybe tomorrow?

Trojan soldier in the making

This is my first project that I have tried from my birthday present, Creepy Cute Crochet. I thought I would make my nephew some of the cute dolls from this book for his 2 year birthday. I think he would like playing with them, and bugging his older sister with them. Well, I decided to start with the Trojan Soldier. I thought I would make several of the different soldiers from the book and a few monsters for the soldiers to fight. Turns out, the Trojan Soldier is level epic, meaning advanced. While I consider myself an advanced crocheter, this wasn't hard, it just took time to figure out the pattern. The author writes the patterns in a different way from most other crochet patters (I've heard others say this as well about this book). Now that I've worked through it, the others should go fast. Here is a picture of the pieces; you can't see them too well, but there is a dismembered head and body, helmet and crest that will be sewn onto the helmet...fingers crossed, tomorrow I will have sewed up all the pieces and put him together =) Now I want to keep him for myself...

Finished Projects!

Here are a few crochet projects that I started and just now got time to finish (now that it's summer!). The monkey granny square quilt is from The Happy Hooker and the hedge hog (named Harriet by the kids in my knitting club) and the baby owl are from the book Amigurumi World. I haven't found a name for my cutie baby owlie yet.

Oh yes- I made my first order from Knitpicks! I can't wait! I got 2 new books (they are all 40% off until the end of August right now!) and some yarn- wool! And the best thing- Harmony Wood needles set of DPNs in size 7 and Circulars. I've been wanting to try these needles forever!

Someday maybe I'll get the interchangeables! But the cable's don't come in 16" which is what I use because right now I am just into knitting hats (no sweaters yet!).

I am going to start some creatures from Creepy Cute Crochet for my nephew's birthday- he will be 2! So cute!

The Circle of Life

Last night the Tony Awards were on. I think I've watched them every year since I was in middle school (or tried to watch every year!) with the dreams that someday I would be up there on stage. They still get to me...the first performance came on, which happened to be The Lion King, and even though I have seen it live on stage and know the songs by heart, I still got choked up and could feel tears of excitement flooding me! I always get that feeling when I see a live performance, as soon as the first note is played and the curtain goes up. The revival of South Pacific looks great! I hope to see it someday! Loretta Ables Sayre, who plays Bloody Mary, has an amazing story of how she came to be a part of the cast on Broadway. She was a singer, but not a big time star. She heard of open auditions in New York and decided to fly over there from Hawaii and audition- and became the star she is today! I'm sure you could find a much better version of this exciting story. It's the type of story that I would dream of for myself.

Have you ever heard that saying, "If you could do anything in life and know you would not fail, what would you do?" Mine would definitely be Broadway. If I knew I would succeed and not fail at it (the singing, the dancing, the acting, looking cute!) that would be my dream. What would you do if you knew you would not fail?

Pink Martini!

Last night my husband took me to see Pink Martini for my birthday. We had a good time. It was packed and I'm short, so I had to stand on my tip-toes and crane my head back a bit. They are a great group!

Today we are going to get some palm trees for our deck. In the summertime we like to have Friday night drinks on the back deck, which turns into Saturday night drinks the following night. But we always just call it Friday night drinks. It's our little tradition on summer nights. We set the umbrella up, put some music on, sit on the deck overlooking the field and trees, watch birds and the sun set all while sipping drinks and BBQing. We have some of our best times talking and catching up with one another after a busy week. If only it would stop raining so we could go out tonight...