happy thanksgiving everyone

funny to have a warm day on thanksgiving. our first frost isn't until this weekend. even our hibiscus are still blooming. the weather made for a good weekend to do the deep fried turkey thing. (yes on our front drive) we are truly texas hick now.

opal and oscar look to be considering to be friends~ even though i think it is just the same full belly coma we all go through on thanksgiving.

 

hoot! hoot!

its my birthday!
thank you to all of my friends and family for all the wonderful well wishes, cards, presents and flowers. i feel pretty darn special today!

its a party!

it's a party

a birthday party for miss mel

i could not help myself. bought a heavy fabric mardi gras mask to doll it all up with her flowers in her favorite colors (yes i am working on one for myself) 

 a trip to my local craft store to buy the flowers, floral glue, floral tape, super glue, and ribbon.

happy birthday melanie!

another day another birthday!

happy birthday melanie. i wanted to get this post in the day for the day but today has turned out to be another fiesta friday nightmare. (i know only you'd understand)...

here's the goods:
pattern- silk neck warmer
yarn- shibuiknits baby alpaca dk (by far the softest yarn i have used. just like angora)




pattern from luxury yarn one skein wonders
and the yarn from the fantastic blazing needles yarn shop in salt lake city i visited this summer.  

color: mulberry 229
needles:
us 6
us 8

finished pic on me with the beautiful scarf pin my sister gave me~

birthdays

happy belated birthday bex~ i know its a bit late~ i hope you like it!

the goods: 1 skein aysen by araucania (70% merino wool, 20% alpaca, 10% silk)
824 pink red
needle: us 10

pattern: elizabeth's wool- angora diagonal scarf from luxury yarn one skein wonders
its shorter than the pattern calls for because i did not have the necessary yardage but the length doesn’t seem to make much difference. i wish i could get a better photo of the colors in the yarn, its quite beautiful and warm & so soft.