Chaos, a bowl and some stars.

Hello my lovelies. Things have been pretty chaotic here hence the lack of posts but I am still lurking in the background, reading posts, smiling at what you have all been up to. That's the wonderful thing about blogland isn't it? Even when crafty time is at a minimum and things are stressful you can still immerse yourself in creative goodness vicariously. Personally I have seen so many inspiring things over the past few days my mind is exploding with ideas but I just do not have enough hands to put them into practice.

Santa - I could really do with a clone machine for Christmas.

Anywhoo I did decide I really needed something to keep my Granny stars in as they are piling up fast. So I attempted a crochet bowl. Now this isn't my own design and I have been in two minds posting it as I can't find the pattern I worked from. However I shall continue hunting for it and will update to give credit as soon as I find it.

I shall have to make a bigger one as I have more Granny stars than space!

Speaking of Granny stars..... The lovely Michelle over at The Royal Sisters has featured my Granny-tastic stars picture on her blog! I am sooooooo giddy with excitement and if I am honest I am feeling pretty darn proud to be gracing the pages of such a wonderful blog. So pop over to The Royal Sisters to take a peek - you can also find the awesome pattern I used for the Granny stars over there and a link to the Flickr group with enough granny goodness to keep you satisfied for hours. Thank you Michelle!

Okay that's me for today, I am off to do some work for a change ;-)

Have a fabulous Monday!

Edit: Ha! Found it the bowl is the Filigree Bowl by Linda Permann - looking at the pictures on Raverly I should have used a bigger hook because the bowl was certainly supposed to be larger! Never mind, mine is diddy and cute!

Aww you're such a lovely bunch....

Still beavering away at these totally addictive stars!

....aren't you just. Today is good. Today I woke up to lots of lovely birthday wishes on here and various other social media sites and I had that scrummy warm feeling. You know the one when you realise life is beautiful. People are beautiful. And you my lovelies, are certainly beautiful people. So thank you for making my day.

Now that the birthday goodness is over it is back the usual routine (or lack of it) and so I am off to hit the books.

Have a scrumptious Friday!

P.S I have set up a new blog for my 365 project - link is in the sidebar =]

Lookie Look Look!

Ohhhh it seems like I have been waiting for these two books forever! It has actually only been two days but I am terrible when I'm expecting a parcel. Curtain tweaking, postman stalking, continuously checking the porch.....!

I have to catch the bus from across the road to take my children to school and as we were standing there in the drizzle the postman pulled up, jumped out of his van and left my parcel in the porch - I'm sure he did it just to make me twitchy with excitement the whole way there and back. Anyway the housework has gone out the window, my uni books are sitting untouched (I'm sure if they could tut they would be tutting furiously!) and I have spent the morning browsing and drooling and browsing some more. Look!

I.Can.Not.Wait.

Now all I need is some more fantastic coloured yarn. Can anyone recommend some good online shops? I do have a LYS but it tends to be full of neutral colours and I want something a little more 'wow' -  think Rett Grayson. However I did pick this up yesterday....

...and started making these from the fabulous pattern at The Royal Sisters. I have a vision of what I am going to do with them but I will keep it to myself for now. Give you a surprise if it all works out!

Right I'm sure I just heard a uni book sigh with disgust so I'm off to hit the books (noooooo not the crochet books, I promise!) Have a wonderful Thursday!

P.S I forgot to say - There is a wonderful new online magazine full of Crafty inspiration for the pending holidays here - I do have a button in my sidebar but it has no link in it yet!