CROCHET ROSEY BUNNY SEA GLASS PENDANT FROM SEAHAM UK MY MAY GARDEN WINDING LANE BRACELET STASH BUSTER CHALLENGE

HELLO EVERYONE,

Meet Rosey the Spring Bunny.... I think she is a very sweet Bunny, what do you all think??

She was created with Encore Plymouth Yarn Knitted Worsted Wt. in 4 shades of a lovely Pink.  

The Bunny is "The Green Dragonfly Tutorial".. The tutorial was a easy pattern to follow especially for a beginner like myself.

On "Attic 24" she was reading "Coming Home" by R. Pilcher a few weeks ago while she was on vacation.. I love reading and watching anything to do with the UK so I called up our local Library and to my great surprise they had several of her books.. Huge Smile

I was so captivated by this book I could hardly put it down.. LOVED it.

 I plan to check out another one to read when we go on our holiday this Summer. Does anyone have a Very favorite of R. Pilcher books you all would recommend??
 

  Oh, BTW the photo next to the book is a photo of our Lake Michigan Shoreline on a very gloomy, blustery cold day in May which turned into a snowy day..  You can see  the Thunder of the waves continuous  crashing onto the shore and then drawing away again..

I have "Never" seen it snow in May in Michigan..it only lasted a couple of hours but it was 2 hours to long. LOL

For the past year or so I've had a lovely obsession with Sea Glass. I love its sparkle, its colorful history and it many shapes and sizes.  This pendant was a gift to me all the way from Seaham, UK..

 I really Loved this special Heart pendant because it had rare "Pink" piece of sea glass in it.

The pendant was created by Paula and bought from her Etsy shop called, "Peblsrock". At this site Paula also tells you about the history of this Sea Glass..

Emma has a blog called, "Silverpebble" and Emma Etsy shop also has many other lovely pieces of jewelery to show everyone.  Also she tells about the wonderful sea glass history of Seaham UK.

My fingers have been very busy crocheting of late.  I finally found a simple pretty dish cloth pattern I could make.. I used yarn found in my stash  called "Sugar and Cream" called Tie Dye Stripes.

  The colors reminded me of the "Sea" and the pattern to me looks like "Waves" and the white being the "white caps" foam hitting the beach. I found the pattern as a free pattern and I am not sure where I even found it, sorry...

  

What do you all think?

I recently discovered a lovely new blog called,  Mr. Micawber's Recipe for Happiness".. aka Sue.

Sue's blog shows many lovely photos of her bike rides around Wisconsin and she always has her friend Tullulah the turtle with her.  vbg He is such a cutie. 

Sue also has this most wonderful video tutorial on how to created the "Winding Lane Bracelet".. it was a bit challenging for me as a beginner but with Sue's help I made 2 lovely bracelets.  Thanks a million Sue for the wonderful tutorial.

I used Paton Grace yarn I had in my stash for a very long time in the colors of Coral and Wildberry. 

What do you all think???

Today My Sweetie was mowing the lawn and edging when he came upon a wee baby bunny hiding behind my Snowball Bush.. He caught the wee bunny so he could show me and then he left him go to roam free again...Isn't she a sweet wee bunny??

Every Morning I take a walk around in my gardens and I always find something new blooming which always makes Me Happy. 

Last week My Tulip Tree or Magnolia Bush was so glorious with all its lovely blooms.

My Frilly Tulips were also in bloom.  They are so unique, I just love them.

I've had several people stop while they are walking by our yard and ask what the 3 different shade of purple balls are made from near the tulips.

Believe it or not they used to be "Black" bowling balls... Now they are my pretty shades of purple "Garden Art".... I always get a reply,"Really"!!!  and they always smile too..  

The other 2 bottom photos are Pottery Clay Balls I made several years ago in a My ONLY class I ever took in clay..   They were suppose to be perfectly "Round" but they are far from it.

I used wood stamp of roses and butterflies and pushed them into the clay.  My teacher was NOT impressed with my artistic ideas.. LOL

  Hence I never went back and 3 years later some nice lady encouraged me to finish them. Hence more unique Garden Art.  

I would also like to THANK all My Blogging Friends who so kindly stop by to visit my blog and leave your very lovely comments for me to read.  All very greatly appreciated. 

Click Here to read about the "Stash-Buster Challenge" and  the
  MAY  LINK PARTY
Thanks to Linda and Ana for this wonderful idea. Greatly appreciated.

My beautiful White Lilac Bush is now blooming in all its glory..I just LOVE it.  

In My garden this year I am enjoying ALL the fruits of My Labor and it truly makes me Happy to see it everyday.

Hugs Judy

A very blustery snowy day along the shores of Lake Michigan..

CROCHET CHERRY BLOSSOMS PHOTO TUTORIAL MY SPRING GARDENS MY SWEETIE OUR LAKE MICHIGAN and THE STASH BUSTER CHALLENGE AND LINK PARTY

HELLO EVERYONE,

My SIS sent me this photo today from her Mum's garden in Melbourne, Australia.  It is the most gorgeous flower and it is called a "Chinese Lantern".. Isn't it truly beautiful? Thanks SIS for sharing this beautiful photo with me.. It makes me "Happy" every time I look at it...

I have two passions. Stitching and Gardening!

 This posting will be about a wee bit of both. 
My fingers have been very busy crocheting how sweet, delicate, and fluffy, Cherry Blossoms.
The pattern and complete photo tutorial came from
 Mel Bondre Pattern #26 Pink Cherry Blossoms. 

I first discovered these lovely crocheted Cherry Blossom made up at
 "Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse"  where she created a very beautiful Cherry Blossom Shawl back in March of this year.. Her blog is very inspiring.

Instantly, I knew I needed to try and create some lovely Cherry Blossoms too.  I used shades of pink silk yarn bought at "Nautical Yarns" in Ludington a long time ago.. For the stamens I decided to use some of my Kreinik Metallic  white thread.

In this photo below you will see I made up 12  sweet wee Cherry Blossoms.
 I used my new Pink Tulip Crochet hooks size 8/0 5.00mm. I sure do enjoy crocheting this these very soft to touch crochet hooks.

I went out in our woods and cut a few branches off some trees. Then I spray painted them a Apple Green and then again with some white sparkle spray paint.

 I tucked them in My Polish Pottery Vase and then I wrapped some lovely natural dyed green wool from Germany around the bottom of them.  I am sorry that these photos are not so good sitting in our Bay Window.

I thought the vase needed a wee bow so I found some lovely pastel green and pink ribbon and created one. This was my first attempt at trying to create a bow..

 Now My Crocheted Cherry Blossoms Spring Bouquet is setting again in our Bay Window.... It makes me Happy when I look at it because I created it Myself...

What do you all think??

I am so happy to say I finally have blooms in my gardens.. I especially love the white and pink Trillium's that grow wild in our woods..

 In the bottom right corner are very pretty wee white flower growing around them but I have NO idea what they are.. Maybe someone will know what kind of flower they are... I would love to know..

I am also Very Happy to say we've had several very nice warm and sunny days.. So I got to work and brought out My Collection of Blue Bottles to put back on My Bottle Tree My Sweet made for me last Summer.

The Potato Wagon I bought at a Flea Market in Belgium while I was living in Germany.. It make my work so much easier when I am totting my garden art around.

My Forsythias are blooming in their glorious yellow color. They are so bright and cheery..

My sweetie has never ending energy.. He decided to blow all the Oaks leaves out of the woods this year for the first time. But he was smiling and having fun so I let him be... I told him he was "Crazy"..It will probably never happen again.. LOL

We both love living by Lake Michigan and its beautiful white sandy beaches..  This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at the park in Ludington, Michigan. You can see they still have the snow/sand fences up. Many totally get buried by the sand during the Winter months.

  We love this area and we go to the
 "Ludington State Camp Grounds" often during the summer. It is the most wonderful and Magical place..

I Would like to Thank All My Blogging Friends for Visiting and Leaving All Your Lovely Comments for me to read... they are greatly appreciated..

I am Linking to
 Mosaic Monday..
Pink Saturday..

 Hugs Judy

Click Here to read about the "Stash-Buster Challenge" and  the
  MAY  LINK PARTY
Thanks to Linda and Ana for this wonderful idea. Greatly appreciated.

LOVELY TATTED SEA SHELL DOILY, BY THE SEA CROCHET BOWL, ETIMO ROSE CROCHET HOOKS and STASH BUSTER CHALLENGE

Hello Everyone, Happy Spring..

Our Spring this year has been very undecided and whimsical indeed. Just when we think it is going to get warmer snow flakes fall from the sky. Grrrrr..

On a more happier note I received a surprise in the mail last week...

 Wendy my long time Dear  Friend from Singapore sent me a birthday pressie. Wendy's lovely blog is called
 "Umi & Tsuru"..  The tatted Sea Shell Doily came in a lovely flowery envelope.. Inside was a very lovely and delicate tatted "Sea Shell" Doily... Thank you Wendy for such a lovely and thoughtful gift...

 How did Wendy know that I keep singing this song "By The Sea", By The Sea, By the Beautiful Sea",  in my head all of the time for over a year now..This song just seems to stay with me. Strange, Hey??

So since January I have been creating wee things with By The Sea in mine.

I have made many Tyvek Beads with the Sea and Sand colors... I been gifted some lovely Sea Glass and Sea Shells to embellish my creations... 

I bought the above beautiful Plymouth Encore Colorspun Yarn because I thought all the waves of colors in it looked like that of the Sea.. ( Color # 7747)..  I bought the yarn at Nautical Yarns in Ludington, Mi.  

This yarn shop is pretty close to my home so I visit it often... It has 3 room full of glorious yarns..

 I am not very creative when it come to crocheting yet... vbg  I need patterns and most of the time photo tutorial which really help me allot. 

I have to thank Tammy at " T's Daily Treasures"   for her posting  a week ago.. Tammy's lovely wee gift bag with Starfish was very inspirational..

Pretty crocheted Starfish..and Sea Shells with lovely sparkling beads..

I made a crocheted bowl... Oh how I love to embellish... So I added starfish and Seashells...with bling...inside and out..

Then I added the sea and sand Tyvek Beads.. All the beads were a different size and color too..
I had 3 Starfish made and they were all different shade of blue of the Sea from the lovely Yarn..

What do you all think of My "By The Sea" crochet bowl??

I recently discovered Edda from Iceland and her very lovely blog called 
"Hvitar Rosir"...Edda creates some very very beautiful and creative crochet items.  You must visit her sometime..

 During my visit I discovered some very exquisite "Pink" crochet hooks Edda had pictured...

I am a passionate Pink Person...  I instantly fell in love with them.. I had never seen them before anywhere so they must be fairly new???

I went searching for these lovely shades of Pink crochet hooks and found them at Amazon..  Good Old Amazon..  LOL

They came in only 4 days. Huge Very Big Smile..  

They are not only beautiful but like heaven to crochet with... I highly recommend them.. 

Click Here to read about the "Stash-Buster Challenge" and  the
 April Link Party..
Thanks to Linda and Ana for this wonderful idea. Greatly appreciated. 

Beautiful hand crocheted Rugs..I reckon a rug might be on the list of thing to make...

What do you think?? 

Linking to Mosaic Monday..

Thanks to everyone who visits My Blog.. Your comments are always most welcome and appreciated.

Have a Lovely week.
Hugs Judy

SOMETHING PRETTY CROCHET BLOCKS: THE BEGINNING STASH BUSTER CHALLLENGE

HELLO EVERYONE,

I am pretty excited because I made my very first "Something Pretty" blocks yesterday.   Yes I did.

  I am pretty new at crocheting so to create these first blocks gives me a "Big Happy Smile"!! 

So I hope all My Blogging Friend will follow along with me in My Journey of creating "My First Crocheted Throw"... 

"The Beginning"!

What do you all think so far??

 But I did not accomplish this by myself.  I had some help from my crocheting blogging friend Jen.... from
 "Lavender and Wild Rose" who also created this wonderful "Something Pretty" Blanket... 

Jen was very kind to take the time from her busy day to help me... I was having a difficult time to figuring out how to finish the flower cluster petal. So Jen did a wee tutorial for me on how to do this petal cluster..on her blog.

 Please  click "Here" to see Jen's "Something Pretty  Blanket"... which is truly gorgeous and was my inspiration.. to try and make mine....

The original pattern was created and can be found at "Millie Makes"...

When I finished this "Something Pretty" Blanket it will be put on the back of My Sofa to bring lots of color to the Living Room....

I decided to make My "Something Pretty" Blanket with 7 different very pretty pastel colors using "Encore Plymouth Yarn" Knitted Worsted weight.. I have never used this yarn before and it is so lovely and soft to the touch..

  The light beige color will surround the lovely flowers.  The pastel Green Color will connect all the blocks together..

Doesn't all the colors look so glorious together???

I bought all the yarn for "Something Pretty" blanket from the "Grand Emporium Knitting Studio" in Saginaw, Mi..

 The first photo is the display of all the Encore Yarn with almost every color.. More found around the shop...

The middle photo is of the lovely Rose Mural in another area of this Very Grand Shop..

Then there is Marcia who kindly help me pick out the selection of yarns for My Something Pretty Blanket.  

More of this Shop photos to come in the following weeks... 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit My Blog.  Greatly appreciated.

Have a Happy Spring Week Everyone....

Click "Here" to read about the challenge.

Much appreciation to Linda and Ana for this Wonderful Challenge.  

Also Linking to Sunny Simple Sunday..

Happy Spring!

Hugs Judy

SPRING AND OUR GRAND CHILDREN

Happy Spring to you all...

The Delicate Charm of Crocuses!!

 These wee little blooms have finally arrived in our front yard.  

 

I have been wanting to get our wee grandchildren photos all together for along time. 

We are very Happy to be Grand parents!!! 

They bring such Joy into our lives.

Ethan

Chloe

Left to Right

Gracie,  Madison, 

Trenton and Baby Savannah

Tony, Rene and Baby Leliana...

A Family photo before Tony goes to Afghanistan...

Baby Vivian...

Thanks for visiting my Blog. I always enjoy reading your comments.

Hugs Judy

THE BEAUTY OF SPRING EASTER CROCHETING FINISHED and CROSS CREEK MOVIE

THE BEAUTY OF SPRING...

Yes our Beautiful American Robin has arrived in our front yard, surely Spring has arrived???  It is still pretty cold but we have lots of "Glorious Sunshine" and we are assured the temps will be warming up just in time for our Easter weekend.

Huge Very Big Smile.

We were away visiting family and friends and on our way home we stopped to visit Frankenmuth, Michigan  our "Little Germany".  The village was all grandly decorated for Easter and it was very lovely to see. I took a couple of photos but this is the only one that really look good.

While away I did a bit of crocheting for Easter. The yarn below is called "Sirdar Snuggly Crofter Baby Fair Isle effect DK.. It is such very lovely and soft yarn just perfect for babies.

I made a couple of baby head bands and I got the patterns from Ravelry... 

 The wee  granny roses pattern came from Astri at "Apple Blossom Dreams"...  Astri tutorial on how to create this rose is very easy and she also has a Utube tutorial for it too.  Love it Astri...

I also made some young ladies head bands. I got the pattern for the one with the yellow rose from a book called.   Head wraps by Sharlee Dayne and published by Leisure Arts...

I got the idea for the pony tail wrap from a flower made at the Grand Emporium Knitting Studio...

I also used Attic 24 May Rose tutorial for the very wee May Rose.. it is so lovely too.

Your take one of those pony tail wraps and make a single crochet stitch all around it and then make different number of chain stitches and attach them to the ring. I thought it was pretty neat. 

I met the most lovely lady at the Grand Emporium Knitting Studio.  She is so sweet and helpful.  She knits and crochets most all of the samples in the shop..

I also have many lovely photos of this most Grand Knitting Studio I will share with you all in my next posting...

 I have now visited this shop 3 times and each time I have come home with a "Grand" amount of yarn... LOL 

I will share My New Stash with you all soon...and what I plan to create with it all....

I have discovered the most wonderful book and movie.. Thanks to My New Bogging Friend Diane at "Lavender Dreams"... 

At Lavender Dreams Diane has post many very lovely photos of Marjorie Kennan Rawlings Florida State Park..

 Here is also some more photos posted from the state park website...

 I was just able to find this book from a library hours away from me so I have not finished it yet. BUT  I am truly enjoying every page of it.. 

The author is Marjorie Kinnan Rawling and at the age of 32 she buys a Orange Grove In an isolated Old Florida Bayou called Cross Creek and starts to write about her life in this "Backcountry""..

BUT I have watched the Cross Creek DVD many times.  OH, how I love this movie.  It takes place in "Old Florida" where Marjorie lived for 13 years..

Mary Steenburgen is an excellent actress who plays the part of Marjorie.. I always enjoy watching movies from the by gone days so I would highly recommend this book and movie. 

I wish you all a Very Happy and Joyful Easter Holiday. 

Thanks for visiting My Blog and leaving your lovely comments for me to read.  They are all greatly appreciated. 

Hugs Judy