Photos from the Week(end)

Here's a quick glance through the eye of my cell phone throughout the last week!

Last Sunday, Cory and I went to Potter's Bowl (a local fundraiser for the Community Free Clinic).

Local potters donate gorgeous handmade bowls and you get to pick one to use that evening to eat your soup :)

This year I went with a pretty green cereal bowl.

   

We sat at lucky table number 13 so we could have a co-worker as our server for the evening!

Our downstairs couch was covered in yarn scraps and thread for most of the week as I prepared for Taste of Success.

Yesterday, I treated myself to a little thrifting. Here's an impressive doll house I found. It's only missing a few shutters. The inside is beautiful!

And just when I thought my search for gems was over... I stumbled across this amazing Chanel back chair. Cory and I have been hunting for additional "chairs with personality" for our bedroom. This pretty little thing will hopefully be coming home with us tomorrow!

This is my favorite booth at our local (huge) Antique shop.

My favorite booth for vintage pyrex and glasses. I picked up a pyrex medium mixing bowl and a few 1970 4th of July Baltimore commemorative glasses. They are going to be perfect for a summer-themed mantel!

Speaking of mantels, when Cory and I deep cleaned yesterday, I finally opened the framed photos he gave me for Christmas. All of these photos were taken by us of each other or during our travels to the south. Lovely. Also... there's Flip. He loves the mantel.

My very very small pyrex collection so far. See that yellow polka dot beauty front and center? That's my new dish I picked up today!

And, I'm wrapping up the weekend catching up on my magazine reading. As you can see, I'm pretty behind!

I hope you had a great week(end)!

NO SLEEP 'TIL BROOKLYN!

I'm just popping in for a little update!

1) I'm alive! I went back to work Thursday and today and have still managed to crochet quite a bit in the evenings.

2) I only have 17 items to crochet and throw on the tip top of a fully jam-packed box to ship to NYC tomorrow!

3) As I was tagging each item with the message I prepared for the Taste of Success event, I fell in love with each item over and over again.

4) I am having a lot of fun (albeit CRAZY) preparing this order. It's a really great challenge and I have learned A LOT business wise as a result!

I'll be back to regular blogging (with photos) this weekend!

1 week until Christmas & Stitches for Charity

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Good morning everyone!

I hope you're well rested on this Saturday morning. I am. I selfishly slept in until 10 a.m. out of principal. Things have been busy in this part of the world, but productive all at the same time.

With the help of Cory's extended family and my parents, I am adopting a family from my school who just lost their home (and everything they own) in a house fire a few weekends ago. I taught one of the children in the family last year, so they have a special place in my heart. It has taken a little coordination and some browsing of sale ads, but we were able to find a way to supply a nice "Christmas morning" to each of the four children with new toys and loads of clothing, and the basic homegoods for their new home. Last night we finished up a majority of the shopping with Mom & Gene and I was up pretty late wrapping up all the presents from Santa. I feel very fortunate to be able to help out this family (and anyone else in general). This time of year, I really like to focus on those in need, which brings me to my next idea.

Stitches for Charity

In 2011 I want to try to make a blanket a month. This blanket would go to a needy family, homeless shelter, or just someone who is in need. I have a few ideas as to how we can do this, so I would like to hear your thoughts:

1. we can individually make our blankets, donate them, and do a little blog-post each month about where we donated them.

2. we could do a HUGE Granny Square swap and each put together our granny squares to make beautiful, colorful, blankets for those in need. Then donate them and blog about it.

Those are my two ideas, what are yours? I would like to get this up and running by the new year--so leave your ideas in the comments and we'll go from there!

A little Sunday Update...

Head on over to Donna's Decembers Shop and check out our new merch!

There are SO many beautiful cowls. They will keep you SO warm with the chunky wool-blend yarn.

It's a promise!

Cory and I are heading to a Taste of the Town fundraiser for our local cold weather homeless shelter. I'm excited to check out new restaurants and taste their delicious food!

Have a lovely day :)

P.S. I'll be back later this week with better blog posts... things have been pretty busy on this end, so I don't have a lot of time to sit and chat. le sigh.