Sadie & Oliver

The Winners & The Love Project ~ Pt III

The Random Number Generator has chosen.

Congratulations Sarah, Tammy & Gretchen!

I'm aiming for a March 15th pattern release.

 

And thank you to all of you for your comments.  It was a lovely trip down memory lane, and I've added a few more titles to the running list of books to get for Sadie as she gets older. 

I came across this saying on a poster in the vast Etsy world and it stuck with me.  (You can see that one here.)  I seriously thought about getting it tattooed somewhere, but people stopping to read me would be a little too strange.  So I painted it instead (ink & gouache on illustration board for those of you who care to know that sort of thing).  Now I need to get back to knitting.  These mittens won't make themselves!

The Love Project ~ Pt II

First came the bird, inspired by a print of birds I ordered from this shop on Etsy.  And then came the flowers, a free pattern from The Purl Bee (found here).  I had some boiled wool in the 'I don't know why I bought that' cupboard, a small stack of reds from fire engine to rosewood, and as luck would have it, some pearle cotton thread in all the right colors.

And so the roses bloomed!  Now all that's left is to hang it in the kitchen as the very first Love Project project and enjoy!

The Love Project

It sounds like a big deal, but really it's just a wall in the kitchen; a blank wall thus far, which is why it is in need of a project.

The post-Christmas Winter is a little dull and dreary around here.  It's cold without much point, the sidewalks are far too icy for a long relaxing walk around the neighborhood, and the parks are covered in snow...great for the jack rabbits, but not so hot for Sadie.  It's a bit of a bummer.

Instead of wallowing in the doldrums, I decided that what we need around here is a little (or a lot) of reminding about happy and happy-making things.  Like birds singing and flowers blooming and love lasting.  So, I'm on the hunt for things made by others to hang on my sad kitchen wall, and I'll be making a few things too.

So far I have this cross-stitch pattern to try my hand at.  Kind of a doozy for a first-try, but I'll give it a go.  And a small embroidery project already in the works.  And a plan for olives.  That's all I can say for now.

So to recap,

The Love Project

Who ~ yours truly

What ~ a wall full of art

When ~ from now until it's finished

Where ~ the kitchen

Why ~ because we need a daily reminder (or 20)

of all the things we love about this life.