Bunting...

Hello again! I've got to say, I've been pretty busy this weekend, but I'll talk more about that in my Think Happy post later (yes, double post day!). First I'd like to talk about my bunting.

Yesterday morning I finished the triangles (minus the letters) and they looked so good! This is the prettiest thing I've made in a long time.

The edges all look really neat with the white edging, I can't believe the difference it makes! I opted not to block them after all - I think they look pretty enough with slightly rounded corners; besides, I was too excited about sewing on the letters to wait any longer!

 



So the lighting in these next few pictures isn't so good since I was all cosied up at my desk in the evening. I love hand sewing a lot, it's just really therapeutic and always relaxes me. Whilst sewing these up, I was watching some videos on Youtube - from people such as Tanya Burr, Joe Sugg, Zoella, Alfie, Jim Chapman and lots more!

And these are the finished triangles! Yay!!

Oops, I got my hair in this photo! I really should tie it back!

Ooops, more hair in this photo too!

You had enough teasers yet? Well here they are in all their glory!

 

All spaced out, ready for the string/crochet strip! Then they'll be finished!

Thank you so much for reading all through this really long post!! I'll also be posting later this evening, so keep an eye out!

Bunting!!

Crochet Day!...

Hello my lovelies! How are you on this fine Friday? I feel so Christmassy today - it's only 5 days away!! As I'm sitting here writing this, I'm listening to this song in my new (second-hand) jeans and (complete coincidence!) My Chemical Romance hoodie! The sky outside is overcast but it's perfect for my photography - nature's very own softbox. All that really means is that the light is reflected off the clouds and that it's being diffused to leave perfect natural lighting for photography. It doesn't leave harsh shadows and evenly lights your subject.

Right now, I'm working on my crochet project again! Want to know what it is?.....

Bunting!!

Yes, I've never made any before, yet it's so quick and easy, and I'd forgotten how relaxing crochet can be.

Yesterday I showed you a picture of the lettering, and it's going to read 'DANCE'!

 



So, by this morning I'd already crocheted four of the five bunting triangles, so I set to work crocheting the last one in a lilac coloured yarn.

It started off small...

Then got to be this size! That's fourteen rows of yummy hookiness!

They're all finished now, so just look at all those rows of deliciousness! Mmm, that's one good crochet sandwich!

And again...

...and again...

Don't you just love those colours? I really love using colours in my work, and these just feel so perfect to me!

Sorry for bombarding you with so many pictures of those triangles, they just look so perfect and amazing that I had to show you them all!

Now, do you want to see the letters? Yes? Okay then!

 

 

 

 

And this is (roughly) what my bunting is going to look like!! I still need to edge the triangles and block them to get pointy corners, and then I need to crochet the string that will allow them to hang down, but already so excited!

 

 



And that concludes today's post (which I'm really happy about because it has so many pictures!). I really made an effort to make this post look good, to do the bunting some justice! I'll catch you up on the next parts of the bunting on Sunday - I'm going out most of tomorrow so fingers crossed I'll have enough time to show you on Sunday!

 

Have a good weekend!



Time to Kick Back and Relax...

The holidays are finally here, and that only means one thing - time to celebrate! Now, how do spend my holidays, in particular my Christmas ones? That's easy. I meet with my friends, spend time with my family, do some baking, knit and crochet.

I barely ever get chance to do any of these things during school weeks, since I normally have dance classes on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. I drop three days of dance per week in the holidays, so now I only have Cats the Musical rehearsals on Sundays.

That's right. No sleep for the wicked!

Normally, I would try and include more pictures in my posts, like 99.9% of other bloggers. But, as I've said time and time again, school has been so busy recently. I make up that 0.1% of bloggers that frequently don't post many pictures.

All of last week I was revising...

 

....for a chemistry exam. I ended up getting a B for it, which is by no means by best grade (I normally get As and A*s) but I was happy with this as it was almost the highest grade in the class and it was incredibly difficult, full C2 exam.

I also spent time revising for my German speaking exam (I got an A1) and a physics exam (I got an A* - highest in the class!).

The other day we put up our Christmas tree...

 



....yay for bokeh!! First attempt at it, and I think it's pretty good considering I was only using my phone.

Here's my favourite decoration!! I bought her last year at a craft fayre, and I love her so much. She's supposed to be a Christmas tree decoration, but I think she prefers it on top of my mirror :)

Today, I finished school at 12pm for the last day before the holidays. It was great just to have been able to relax this afternoon! My three friends all go to different schools around the town and they all finish tomorrow. It would normally be a bad thing that I couldn't talk to them for three extra hours, but today (for once!) it was a good thing! I was able to get on with my crochet and photography, which I haven't done properly for a long time!!

:: I was also taking a lot of time to take some really nice blog photos! Stay tuned ::

Here's a taster of things to come! I'm so excited about it!!

So that's it for today, hopefully I'll be posting more (and with a lot more photos!) during these holidays! Byee!