knit or crochet, what's the difference?

when my friend carmi posted this on facebook

I had to laugh

some people just don't know the difference

and I guess I can understand when talking to certain friends

but my crafty girls should know, shouldn't they??

 

to me , not naming any names, one is fast, free and fun!!

the other takes way more patience than I have

 

since fall is in the air

my mind has turned to crocheting

on a trip to niagara region with my friend ludgera

i purchased some great yarn on sale for half price

one ball of yarn makes the perfect tube scarf

 

                                                                                 

i'm back for a quick note

its been almost a few weeks since my party

and what a party it was!

the girls and by girls i mean soul sistas!

lisa , carmi , jackie , dede , gillian , lulu , heather , karen , julie, carol and cat

planned and created the best party !!

i wish we had a door man just to count heads because i lost count after a few 100

people came from peterpatch, newcastle, hamilton, caledon,church hill, claremont and port perry

people from years past, neighbours,clients, all wonderful friends

  OMG!! i am still so overwhelmed, i can't get me head around it
everyone has been so kind and generous to me, words can not express the way i feel
i just want you to know how grateful i am for having all of you in my life
everyone has made it so much easier for me going through this horrible experience
thank-you, thank-you, thank-you

candy coma

in the past , i've only had a few trick or treaters

but this years was sadies (my goddaughter) first real year

i wanted to do something special and saw these great grab bags using latex gloves

so a trip to the candy store later i was busy making and eating

and of course beanie was around to help

i only got 6 visitors and now i have to get rid of all this candy

(i really can't eat anymore ,the candy hangover is bad this morning)

photos taken i my iphone

weekend fun

a wonderful weekend with my friend lu

spending time creating and eating

driving the back roads taking pictures

and watching skippy and sidney

wear each other out!!!

 p.s. yes that is the first sign of fall,

 i found several trees with changing leaves and

 a few new projects-

 a free form crochet project and some felting experiments 

lets go to the ex!!

where did the summer go???

if you live near toronto you know that when the cne 

(canadian national exhibition aka" the ex ")

starts that there are only 3 more weekend of summer

so...lets go to the ex.......oh baby.........lets go to the ex.......

if you go during the week in the evenings you can get in for only $5

a great time to get wonderful nite shots!!

(above photos from last year)

worth the drive

a few weeks ago my friend lu, (who loves to sew and makes wonderful quilts)

and i went for a country drive and ended up in jordan village

to visit a store called "stitch"

(above a birds nest sitting outside the store i altered it a bit in ps )

this store was amazing and had the best displays

i was really inspired

and i will definitely go back

now i have to dust off my machine and start playing with a few ideas

fleamarket faces

as i wondered the fleamarket this weekend

i couldn't help but notice lots of faces

down at the five and dime

first stop on our road trip was east aurora, just 20 minutes south of buffalo!!

this quaint little town is host to lots of artizans and antique shops

but i think the best spot we visited was vidler's 5 & 10

this store had everything!! i mean everything

from the old grey rollers your mum wore grocery shopping saturday morning under her kerchief

sock monkeys, the whole cast from rudolph the red nose reindeer, lip balm is ever flavor under the sun

including lucky charms and betty crockers chocolate frosting!!!

 the garden gnomes doing the hear, see and speak no evil

raggedy and and andy and even hair nets!!

there was a card department, candy. clothing, toys , kitchen gadgets

and so much more!! it was a blast!!

i love this!

there was a wonderful hat department!! 

lu modeling the "loyal order of water buffalo's lodge hat""

my favorite charater from my favorite christmas story

snow much fun

as the snow melts in the city, i had fun if the country with sidney

he loves the snow!!!

and i love watching him trying to find the ball