Rising Sun Doily (or a Test in Patience)

Today I'm showing you my latest finished piece, which was more of a test in patience than it was of a doily!  The vintage pattern, Rising Sun Doily, in truth wasn't very hard.  I just made stupid mistakes in reading the pattern... twice... causing me to rip out several rounds.  Let's just say I was more than thrilled when it was done!

Mother's Day Necklace

For Mother's Day I made my mom a necklace!  I love it, and more importantly, so does she!  And didn't she find the perfectly matching outfit?!

Photo-Tuesday

I took this picture with my Holga fisheye lens attachment (from my film Holga) attached to my Digital Holga Lens.  I'm not sure why I'm drawn to this photo so much...  To me, there's nothing technically good about the composition or the color.  But, I think I like the slightly rounded distortion of the window from the fisheye lens, and the two different ways the window has reflected the background behind me.  Maybe it's interesting because of the different ways the physical objects in the photo are altered?

"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves." -Kahlil Gibran

We have the ability to change the way we see the world; we have the power to create our own reality.

What are you going to see today?

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's a pin I'm going to give my Gram for Mother's Day!  I crocheted the flower and leaves from the Japanese crochet book Lacework Floral Design (with size 3 thread and a 2.2mm hook).  I glued the leaves onto the back of the flower, a pearl bead onto the front, and then sewed on a pin back.  Et voila!  A crocheted flower brooch!  ("Brooch" sounds much fancier than "pin.")

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there!!

The Rug Ta-Da!

Ta-da!!!  Thanks to you guys with your help on my flower dilemma, the rug is finished and I love it!

Bye Bye Google Reader

I've been in denial that Google Reader will soon be no more.  It's retiring July 1st, and that makes me a sad panda.  I'm going to look into Bloglovin first.  Do you guys use it or do you have any other recommendations for blog readers?

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Photo-Tuesday

It was beautiful out yesterday, so I thought it would be the perfect time to practice with my Digital Holga Lens!  (These photos are unedited besides cropping a few to squares like the traditional Holga photos.)