Happy November!...

It seems as though this year has gone extremely fast, and it's now almost Christmas! Has everyone been keeping with their new years resolutions? I set myself two and I've kept them!

The weather today has been really quite pleasant. I mean, it was cloudy, but it was also surprisingly warm!

I went to the cinema with my brothers and mum to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. I personally don't think it was as good as the first movie, but it was good nonetheless.

Later, in the afternoon, I met up with my friend Greg for the first time, and he's so tall! Haha :) We met up with another of my friends, Milli, and walked her dog with her :)

So overall, a great day :) How was yours?

Autumn Walk...

Yesterday saw some beautiful weather in the UK, and I also met up with my friend Lauren, who I haven't seen in more than a year. Because the weather was so nice, we decided to take a walk.

First off, we walked around the back roads to the church. I love the old stones it's made of.

 

At the side of the church is a farmyard with a farmhouse, old farm buildings and a car park for the church itself. And leading off from the yard are a couple of fields. The zoom on my camera is pretty good, as you can see in the picture above.

 

 

We took a wander down the canal at this point, and the boats were as pretty as always.

 

 

The sky wasn't perfect, I must admit, but most of the time it was pure blue with only a few puffy clouds.

 

 

The sky started clouding over as we were almost back home, but we still had a lot of photo opportunities :)

 

 

Looking back the way we'd just walked, this boat was slightly lopsided!

 

 



I really love this picture! The colours matched the boat, and they were just sitting there asking for a photo. Little did I know.... 

 

...that Lauren had found this little beauty resting on top of the same barge! She (I don't know if it was a she or a he) was so photogenic, and also so very friendly!

 

 





Walking back along the Moor's Lane, we said hello to the sheep...but they didn't seem very interested in us at all :(

The light was gorgeous at this point so I just couldn't resist this shot!

 

Almost home now...



 



And then we were home. This sign is so much ignored ;)

 

Back home, once Lauren had left, I was talking to Greg on webcam all evening. Such a lovely day :)





Tunesday...

I have been a little busy lately, what with the school holidays coming round and meeting with friends :)

I chose this song, because it's so catchy and I'm truly obsessed with it at the minute!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)


http://youtu.be/fwTiRTKqKTg

For some reason the video isn't showing as it normally does, but you'll find it if you follow the link :)

Hot chocolate...

It's been so cold recently, with the clocks going back and the so-called 'storm' we were supposed-to-but-didn't-get in the UK.

And as it so happens, the yesterday I was having an excessively long conversation with one of my friends, Greg, about hot chocolate. The result of this was me making myself one and him being jealous.

It was just what I needed to warm me up, so would you like to see how I make them?? I'll post a tutorial tomorrow or Wednesday, if you'd like :)

Think Happy...3/52...

How has everyone's week been? Mine has been a mixture of both up and downs :)

1. I've made great progress in designing an amigurumi for a competition! I'll make sure to post a link when the voting opens :)

2. I had some great photo opportunities with the little girls I teach in ballet :)



Left to right - me, Hannah and Georgie :)

3. I found out that I'm performing at a retirement home for the lovely elderly people next Saturday :) I'm strangely excited!


That's all for now, but I'll catch up soon :) But, do you have something you'd like to see me post about? Feel free to comment below ♥

Wreath...

I finally have a picture of my finished wreath! Would you like to see it?

 



You can read more about it here :) Have a good day everyone :)

Tunesday...

Yay, I posted on time this week! It's actually a miracle, what with all the revision I have to do at the minute.

But today's song is Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At The Disco :) I love this so much!
WARNING: You may not like the video ;)

Think Happy...2/52...

I'm so sorry that this is late, I've being getting so much revision from school that I have to do for my GCSEs :( But I do have a spare couple of minutes this afternoon, so I'll write to you all now.

Last week wasn't really the most memorable week for me, what with all the schoolwork I've been doing, but my dancing was great, as usual :)

So my happy things this week are:
1. I managed to do a scorpion leap in street dance :D Well, it was a very good attempt, anyway.

2. In contemporary we added more onto our dance, to this song :)

3. I've been planning for my friend's birthday on the 23rd :)

That's all for now, see you soon :)

Spring Wreath...

Last weekend I finished off a long-time WIP (work-in-progress) and it's really making me wish for spring to hurry up!

I don't have a picture of the finished thing yet, but I do have pictures of the assembly.

First I crocheted a ring using this lovely pattern, and then sewed on roses and leaves I made from this pattern. 

 

 

Next was the back piece. I used the same pattern I used for the front. 

 







I then cut a ring the same size as the crochet ones out of a shoebox, and sewed the pieces together around it.

 





 Thanks so much for visiting, I'll share a picture of the finished wreath soon :)

Tunesday...

Well I guess I don't know the days of the week, since I didn't post 'Tunesday' on Tuesday...so I guess I'll do it now.

The song I've chosen for this week is Closer To The Edge by 30 Seconds To Mars. I love this song so much because it's so inspirational to me and it's just amazing. So, enjoy!