Work avoidance

I should be quilting.  Everything else is more fun.

Like going to the post office in my small town, and having the carrier see me, and grab the package that was waiting for me and handing it to me over the counter — it wasn’t so much that he was being kind to me, as it was that this meant that when he delivers my mail later, he won’t have to get out of the car and bring the package up to the house.  I don’t fault him, it’s flipping COLD outside, and I would try to stay in my car as much as possible, too.

I knew the package was coming today, and I knew it was yarn, and I wanted a glimpse, so I tore it open in the car and had a slight freak out because my first glimpse was BROWN.
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And I was pretty sure I had ordered green yarn.

Well, it didn’t take long for me to realize it was just brown tissue paper, but I didn’t get my first look until I got home:

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I had trouble capturing the color, it’s actually darker than that, but suffice it to say:  it is super gorgeous.

IT’s going to be this, hopefully:

 Work avoidance(The pattern is Elphaba Pullover, if you click the picture it will take you to the Ravelry pattern page.  I’m planning on long sleeves, and I got more yarn than necessary, I figure this way I can make matching socks.  The yarn is Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Moorland.)

One of the many things I had to do yesterday was accompany a middle school choir concert.  I decided I needed new jewelry, something that was not huge and in your face, but more than a simple pendant.  This is what ended up with:

IMG 0034 Work avoidanceIt has matching dangly earrings.  It’s substantial, in a delicate kind of way.  (Which totally makes sense, you know it does, don’t try to argue with me)

I tried to take a picture of myself in the mirror wearing it, but I used the Hipstamatic program, which made the necklace and earrings look OK, but it has green tinges around the edge, which did nothing positive for my chin.  It looked like I had a fatal skin disease.

I just realized that my new necklace will look totally gorgeous with my new sweater.  Too bad I haven’t made the sweater yet.  TOo bad I have million other things to do first.

Beads and buttons

I really didn’t spend very much money at MQX last week, but what I did do was to splurge on some jewelry:

As with a lot of things, this is so much prettier in real life.  I wonder if taking a picture of it on a dark background would be better?  Or maybe seeing what it looks like on me would be better?
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And this one (which has matching earrings):

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And some buttons:

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There are actually 8 of those gorgeous handmade glass button.  Haven’t got the slightest clue as to what I’m going to do with them, but I’ll have to find something now, won’t I?

I got all of this pretty stuff from a place called We Got the Buttons

You should go visit her website — she has some interesting information about how she actually makes the buttons.

There aren’t actually any buttons for sale on her website — the best way to use her gorgeous buttons is to ask her to make CUSTOM buttons.  Send her a swatch of your fabric, tell her what size, shape and color, and she’ll make buttons to match!

I have some work to do today, but I’m also bound and determined to finish the pebbling on the red wholecloth.

First stop, though, is a trip the cough syrup bottle.  I’m feeling better, but I’m hearing horror stories from people that this crud lasts weeks.  Ugh.

More later!

Suzanne

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