Pink Sky in Morning.....

I shuffled downstairs to be greeted by the most glorious sun rise this morning. But you know what they say 'Pink sky in morning, Shepperd's warning.' So that pink yumminess quickly turned into this....

Sigh. Never mind. It made me smile while it lasted. I have also been a very naughty girl today. Instead of tackling the mountain of washing I have upstairs and this....

I have sat and played with this....

Tsk. Tsk. These stars are so addictive. I think it's because they are so simple and quick to work up so you get instant gratification. I have had questions to what this yarn is and I keep forgetting to tell you. It is called reflection from Creative Yarns. I bought it from my LYS shop so I am not sure if they sell it online. It is 10% Mohair, 10% Wool, 75% Acrylic (which is why it's cheap I expect!) and 5% Metallic. I don't usually go for metallic yarns but this blends in quite well. It is sold as DK but it is super thin so I am using a 3.5mm hook. It's not the best yarn I have worked with because the metallic has a habit of splitting away but I have never worked with metallic before so i don't know if this is just what it does. The thing that sold me was the colours. Yummy yummy colours.

Oh just heard that a Royal Wedding is on the cards - Lucky Lucky girl!

Have a lovely Wednesday

The Heavens have opened....

....and it's raining cats and dogs! Miserable weather. So to cheer us up here is a collection of my favs on Flickr - the theme? Colour of course!

1. steinhearte Liebeserklärungen, 2. Atelier XT/ Graça Paz, 3. 200 Crochet Blocks - My first 18, 4. Rainbow games, 5. Mushroom House: Green, 6. all is joined 12, 7. 210610_1487, 8. O jardim, 9. Hexagon Patchwork, 10. Hexagon blanket, 11. stool cover, 12. casa1 010, 13. Electric rainbow - baby blanket, 14. Bright babette blanket, 15. Rainbow granny squares afghan, 16. Cushion cover "Harlequin"

There. Isn't that better than the grey skys? I could just wrap myself in each and every one of those colours today. Such talented people out there!

On a side note I would just like to thank all of you for your lovely comments and advice here on my blog. You have no idea how each and every one of them make me smile. It amazes me to see my name on blog lists and if I could travel the world to give you all a big hug I really would. Thank you.

Have a great Monday!

Here are a few of my favorite things...

Soooo the camera didn't get far, he was hiding behind my tea, coffee and sugar tins on the shelf. Tsk! I thought I'd use this 'after dinner, before bed' time to introduce you to some of my favorite things. First of all we have some lovely flowers - although the busy Lizzie's are looking a little worse for wear! I love the purpley hydrangea's mixed in with the pink that we have here.



And some raspberries ... Yum!



So in we come from the garden and looky here.....momiji dolls. Ahhhh aren't they just so cute? At 28 I probably shouldn't be getting so excited over dolls but I LOVE these.



May I introduce BFF, Yee-Ha!, Blanche and Party Girl...



Souki, Little Star and Silly Billy...

Mika, Mabel, Nani and Sonny..


Dancing Girl and last but not least ..



Laughing, Hurrah, Soul and Lucky.

I first came across these dolls in Borders before it shut down. I actually asked the young man behind the counter if I could buy the whole display cabinet there and then. He gave me a very odd look and replied no. Ahh well, I've been collecting them from the momiji shop whenever I have a few extra pennies ever since. Okay so we've had a whistle stop tour of my favorite things, avoiding the mess (although if you look closely you will see plenty of messiness behind the dolls!) and embracing my childish loves. However I do have one more piccy that I will leave you with, it's not pretty, or interesting but the items within are just so.....me, I guess. I will get the whole set of these lovelies one day even if it kills me!