a time to blossom.

 

There's some evidence emerging on the front porch. Evidence of new life, new growth, and of the fact that I don't always kill every thing green that I set my hands on - all of which I am grateful for. 

The first picture is of my very first little baby tomato that is teasing me with its slow growth. The image to its right is one of the fleeting blossoms on my hand sewn bottle gourds. I wish the flowers lasted much longer than they do because they are so feathery and gorgeous, but they usually wither within a day. It's the oddest thing, but they have the sweetest smell of honey dew melon to them. No baby gourds just yet, but right now I'm just enjoying the silky flowers and the whispy curley-cues of vines that wrap themselves around anything they can come into contact with. 

spreading the love

Grape Love Mary Jane Slippers Originally uploaded by brokenhallelujah

One of my most popular designs of slippers is back in the shop - Grape Love mary janes have just been added. These are just my plain ol' mary jane slippers, but with an added crochet heart applique on the toe to make them extra special. I love making fun new color combinations of these types of slippers and they seem to sell quickly! Hopefully I'll get around to whipping up a few more pairs like this before school starts up again this fall. The ones pictured above fit a shoe size 6-9 and like all the rest of the marys are machine washable. I tried something a wee bit new by making the trip and strap in the heart accent color instead of the color of the body of the slipper and I've gotten some good feedback about it, but I'm always open to hear what new people think so don't be shy! And if you would love to see a pair of these in a certain color combo I'm always looking for new inspiration, so let me know!

going green, er, blue.

Cloudy Skies Mary Jane Slippers Originally uploaded by brokenhallelujah

I've decided to try a little something new for the etsy store - 100% cotton mary janes. This is only the first pair of new eco-friendly mary janes I will have available in the shop within the next couple of days. I was quite pleased with my mary janes crocheted with acrylic yarn because they always kept my feet so warm and I hate having cold feet, but these won me over right away with how soft they feel against my skin. If these were pink, I don't think they'd be listed in the shop because I'd be far too tempted to keep them for myself. Plus the natural fiber is better from the environment. I also have some more cotton goodies up my sleeve, but for now I'm keeping them a secret.

lions, tigers, bears...

 

Last minute decisions have the tendency to lead you to unexpected places and new friends. I befriended the above at the Ft. Worth Zoo this weekend and had a blast!

happy 4th

Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Fourth of July!

why buy it?

Why buy it, when I can bake it? The cake is in the oven and my tummy is a grumblin'. Goodbye box cake mix; it took me too long to realize I could make a much more delicious cake all on my own. 

new friends.

I found Disney World was a great place to meet new, super friends. I think Mrs. Incredible might be hitting on Andy a bit. 

I'm in a bit of a craft block right now. I'm wishing I had the skill and money to sew one of the purses in the patterns a friend of my mom's sent me. Actually, right now I'd settle for just understanding how to even use the pattern. I keep the patterns displayed by my sewing machine to try to inspire myself to try one. Some day, some day. In the mean time a pair of slippers is slowly coming to life - hopefully they'll make a new, comfy friends for someone's toesies. 

disneyworld

It's about time I got around to posting pictures from the Walt Disney World trip, I know. So here they are. These are only a very small sampling of all the pictures from the trip. All of them can be found here, here, here, and here on my facebook. I don't think you have to have a facebook account to view them, but let me know if I'm wrong. 

Overall it was a great four days and exactly what I needed to forget about all the craziness going on here. 

new haircut.

I'm in Dallas until Wednesday, when Andy and I fly to Orlando (Disneyworld!). In the meantime, we're just hanging around here enjoying our time off and trying to relax a little bit after all the drama and everything that has been happening lately. So for about a week and a half there will probably be very few updates from me as I'm not crafting and just being a bit lazy. I'm still around though.

I also got a new hair cut today! Always got to look great for your trip.

craft your blues away.

 
 

Yesterday afternoon in a way to get my mind off of all the roommate madness, I took some fabric, ribbon, cork board, and pictures I had lying around my abandoned apartment and just decided to create. I plan to make four total, but only three are finished because I ran out of white push pins. They are just a way to look forward to the time when this will be all settled and I can happily move back into my apartment and my new room.