Well, the old one is dead. It had a good run. About 6 years. That’s pretty darn good, if you ask me. Half the letters on the keyboard were worn off. It was very funny when someone with not~so~good typing skills borrowed it!
Anyway, I got a Lenovo v570. It’s pretty. And fast. And not cluttered with 6 years of junk. And fast. I’ll take some pictures tomorrow.
Tomorrow is going
Well it finally arrived. My purple!! I’ve been working on finishing up some stuff for Ingrid to bring to Pride next week.
A few weeks ago I finally joined the crowd over at Pinterest. It seemed like a good way to keep track of all the cool house ideas I have been running across on the internet.Â
After our long day out an about on Saturday, we stayed in most of the day Sunday.
The girls took some time to read the comics.
Yup, today is my birthday. It was a rather nice one.
I got my first present in the mail yesterday, from my childhood best friend.
When I was younger *did I just say that?* I used to have this button. It had a psychedelic background and said “Excuse me, I’m off to see the wizard.” I used to wear it on days when I felt a like my mind and my body were in two different worlds.
If I had that button now, I’d have been wearing it for the past month.
This whole house~buying~thing has me a little off~kilter, even for me. So I’ve decided to just ignore the crazy and live life anyway. For years I’ve been saying “when we have a house, I’ll start…” or, “I’ll be better about … when we have a house.” I’ve blamed this dinky little apartment for more then it’s share of…stuff.
Now there are some things
Well, it looks as thought this is really happening. We have gotten through all the parts that could make buying this house not happen, and are pretty much at the point of just waiting for the closing date. Closing will be sometime in the first half of June (one of the last things we need to nail down.)
So here are a few snaps of the Cape house that will soon become our home.
The house was built in 1900
I have been working on my next pattern. It’s one I started a while back and put to the side because I had too much on my plate. It started out as a short vest.
I then continued the pattern to make it long with slits up the sides. There is something about this style of vest that I have always loved.
I wanted to share this quick and easy little pattern for upcycling vintage buttons with you, my friends! I will simply give you the pattern without gauge, or yarn size. You may just want to make one flower with a vintage button in the middle like this:
Just a quick note to let you know I have not forgotten you all.
I thought I would share a few Easter pictures to brighten things up.
Finally! New pattern day is here. Here is a bit about each pattern with a “buy now” link for those of you who can’t wait to get started. I will let you know the full price, but if you buy any of the patterns from the links here you will get a 15% discount through Wednesday, April 11th at 6pm Eastern time. After that the links will charge you full price. These links, and going directly to my Ravelry store, will give you immediate access to the pattern PDF to download. You may also go to my Etsy store, where everything is listed at full price, but you can type in the coupon code “bloom” to receive 15% off your entire purchase, not just the new patterns. Just be aware when you buy a pattern from Etsy, you will have to wait until I receive the notification email of your order at which time I will send you an email with the pattern PDF as an attachment.
ETA: The sale is over at this point, though there are others on occasion These patterns can also be found in my Craftsy Store.
So without further ado; here are the new patterns!
