What I'm Working on Wednesday

Good Morning! The weather has taken a turn for the worse here in Western Colorado and it has been cooler and rainy. Great for crocheting!

I'm still working on my "Investing" and tomorrow I will be joining the prayer shawl group at my local church again. I have a few small finishing touches to my current shawl and then I get to start a new one.

I'm patiently waiting for my next professionally published design to show up in a magazine and I think you will all LOOOOVE it!! I'm on pins and needles waiting!

And I wanted to show you a new portrait hat I made for Robin Long Photography. Not sure yet what I will be doing with it....writing the pattern? selling finished items?? hmmm.....

OK, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

The New Me!

My hair is a lot shorter now and RED!!

pssst...notice I finished my Goddess Tunic.

Makeover Day!

Guess what I'm getting for my birthday??? A makeover! I need a change! So off to five60 salon I go this afternoon for a little bit of pampering. I really love my long hair, but as I'm getting older, it is getting thinner, so I need to do something with it to make it look better. We'll see what they come up with.

So, here is a picture of me from last week. I'll be sure to post some "after" pictures soon!! Enjoy your day!

What I'm Working on Wednesday

Good morning. I'll admit, I really, really want to go back to bed this morning. But I won't. I have things to do.

Wanted to tell everyone again, THANK YOU!! I enjoyed your comments on my previous post and appreciate you for taking the time to leave them.

I guess you are wondering what is on my hook today. Well, this week I finished and mailed off a few custom Snuggle Cocoons. I am now finishing up a custom diaper cover and frog hat too. Plus I have and "Investing" by The Crochet Dude on my hook for myself!! Oh, and I sold a custom Sugarplum hat this morning that I need to start soon. So, I guess I'm a little busy, LOL!!


Plus we are working hard on our yard and garden this year and hoping to make it all beautiful and have lots and lots of fresh veggies. I need to get ready for Easter this weekend too. I also need to get to the gym more....I haven't been watching what I eat as well as I should lately and I'm starting to feel it. :-(

OK, time to get off my butt! Have a great Wednesday everyone!

I WON! I WON! Thank you!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! I won the Flamie Award for Best Design for Children! My Tulip Baby Set won by only 10 votes! It was close, but I want to thank everyone who voted! You don't know how excited I was just to be nominated...and to win something! OH MY!! I was on cloud nine when I found out and it was soooooo hard for me not to tell anyone!!

I have a few THANK YOU's that need to be said:

*Thanks to Laurie and the Crochet Liberation Front for supporting the art of crochet in such a fun manner!
*Thanks to my wonderful, dear, sweet friend Annastasia Cruz of My Treasured Heirlooms who nominated me! It's been a pleasure to be your friend all these years and to go through our crochet designing journey together!
*Thanks to Dee Stanziano of Crochet With Dee! She was my mentor through the CGOA Associate Professional Program and she actually showed me the tulip stitch used in the pattern.
*Thanks to the amazing Michele Maks, who was the editor of Crochet World Magazine when this issue was published! I appreciate all the support and encouragement you showed me!
*And thanks to my friends and family! My beautiful little girl who inspired many of my designs, my wonderful hubby who has allowed me to become a stay-at-home mom and to follow my crochet obsession, and my mom and Aunt Cora who are always amazed by what I have accomplished. Also thanks to my Granny up in heaven who passed down her creative genes to me and taught me how to crochet!
*And finally, thanks to all of you....my crochet friends....for your support, encouragement, and votes!

The Tulip Set crochet pattern can be found on the cover of the April 2010 edition of Crochet World Magazine.








You can also listen to Getting Loopy to hear all the winners and listen to me sound like a giggly little girl accepting my award here (I'm on at about 68 minutes into the show):

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Birthday Gifts

Wanted to share with all of you the wonderful gifts I received for my birthday from my daughter Heather and her best friend Kathryn. And thanks to Kathryn's mom, Michelle, for helping the girls make them! Aren't they sweet!

Oh Geez!!

I just realized I titled yesterdays post "What I am working on Wednesday" but it was only Tuesday!! LOL!! Is it my age or just the "off" week I am having since my daughter is home on Spring Break? Maybe a bit of both! LOL!! I even forgot to take her to Jiu-Jitsu class last night and realized it 20 minutes after class began!

I had a great day and thank you all so much who left me Birthday wishes. It really warmed my heart to realize so many people cared enough to leave me a note! Thanks again!

So, today I am enjoying another beautiful day and spending some fun time with my daughter. Finishing up a few crochet projects too.

And I also wanted to tell all my photography friends about this great giveaway over on Pro-Tography 101 Blog. One of the prizes is a $10 gift certificate to my etsy shop!! Good luck!

What I'm Working on Wednesday

It's my Birthday!! I'm almost finished with my own Goddess Tunic (shorter version) and need to work on a few custom orders. Other than that....a nice dinner out with my family is on the to-do list for today. Enjoy your day whatever it brings!

Feeling It

OK, time for me to get personal with all of you. Hope you don't mind a brief glimpse into my life. Now, I am not "complaining", I just want to share my feeling with you.

Tomorrow is my birthday. I will be 37, I'm realizing I'm not young anymore, and it is frustrating me! I've been having this problem since January. Let me explain.

I'm in the best physical shape of my life. I work out a few times a week, watch what I eat (most of the time, LOL!), and I am no longer a "heart attack waiting to happen." I feel great and look good. Most people can't believe how old I am when I tell them. So, what is bothering me? Well, since I am at the gym a lot, almost everyone there is younger than me. Guess that is what I get for enjoying activities that are usually done by a younger crowd (Kickboxing and Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu). But seriously, I like to tease a few of the girls I work out with that "My tattoos are older than you!"....and I'm not lying!

So, now that I feel so good...I look in the mirror and feel totally let down. Fine lines, wrinkles, thinning hair, unwanted hair.....you name it. (But no gray yet!) I keep telling my hubby that I want "the girls" lifted for my 40th birthday! LOL!

And the total kicker that pushed me over the edge this week??? I got an invite to a Facebook group to start planning my 20th Class Reunion next summer!!! UGH!! So what's a girl to do?? I'm going to spend my birthday money on a makeover!! Stay tuned for some pictures next week! Have a great day!

What I'm Working on Wednesday

Nothing! LOL!! I have Spring Fever this week, so I went window shopping on Etsy. Oh, how I would love a new wardrobe!!

See my treasury here.