Yard Sale Pickins.

  Yesterday, we had a benefit yard sale for Wyatt! There was a lot of stuff, so we decided to buy some things too! So I went yard sale picking. There was no Slim Pickins here. Some Wonderful Gut stuff (if you wanna talk Dutch!!)

   Ok, first item. Item of my dreams. I've wanted a peacock chair since I was a little girl. I mean, this chair was EVERYWHERE. Morticia Addams had one. I saw it in a Partrdige Family promo photo. Marc Bolan was even seen with one. I've only seen a few in my life, always too expensive. Then we got a bargain! I hope to crochet some flowers to stick on parts of the chair, very garden like.

   Second, this is a weird photo, odd angle. I was taking photos with my Mother's Kindle. These are actually really small, little Delft figurites. Our family always dug the Delft!

  Third, a little Avon boxy thing. It might have been lip balm, but it's powdery at the same time. I can barely read the back label. It smells nice though.

   Fourth, a Hello Kitty Messenger bag! I love Snoopy and Hello Kitty. Snoopy especially. The only dog I tolerate!

   Five, an I Like Boys pin. Because seriously, I like boys and why not have a pin that states it so plainly?

   Six, I love this. I really do. It's a photo of a stone gargoyle, fish, screaming man. Whatever it is. I saw it and I thought it was so funny. It's been a day and I am still laughing. Why not have something interesting in your room, to go with your peacock chair and Blues Brothers poster? That's right, none of those things match, it's just fun!

   Been to any good yard sales as of late?

Blankets and Hats!

Here are some new projects to write about! First, we have a blanket that I made using a label pattern from "Lion Brand", called Jonah's Baby Throw. I used this pattern on Wyatt's blanket, I really enjoy using a new technique on my blanket. They call this an endless granny square. The blanket is for "Project Linus".
   I used a few types of yarn for this. "Lion Brand", "Red Heart" and "Caron". I think they blend very well together. Behind that blanket on the bed, is the blanket Aunt Lois made for me. She makes the greatest stuff.
  The second item is a hat for Wyatt. Project Linus also makes baby hats. I figured that hospitals are cold and he could use a hat! Even though there are a million hats in the state that he lives in, I wanted to give him one that was made special for him, with all the love and prayers sewed into it.
  I found the pattern on the internet and will post the pattern here, credit where credit is due. I only modified it just a little. I must have been doing the brim wrong, was looking very girly! Won't have any girly hats for Wyatt, so I took it off and continued in pattern.
  This hat incorporated a new stitch for me, the back post double crochet (Bpdc) which was a little hard to learn, but possible, makes a nice textured look to it. The hat was made with "Caron" yarn.
And by the way, Wyatt has been home for a few days!! Yes!
http://www.mooglyblog.com/sweet-striped-crochet-hat/ What projects are you working on?
 

Project Updates

  Alright, I'm back. I'd love to write every day, but I want it to be interesting! For some reason, some days don't contain anything interesting to write about!
   Hope you guys enjoyed Memorial Day and took the time to remember some of the wonderful men and women we have lost fighting for our country. But then, you shouldn't just be thinking about them on Memorial Day! They do so, so, so, so, much to keep our country safe, a thing for which I am grateful!
   One of my upcoming projects is to make hats for veterans. I wanted to do something to help, my Cousin Joe said this would be a good place to start. I am waiting for my pattern to come in a book at the library. It is the only knitted hat pattern I can pull off, I have not graduated from straight needles yet!
   As of right now, I am at my desk, I have a pair of circular needles in front of me (in the caddy between masking tape and Project Linus labels) and thinking: "To circular or not to circular? That is the question!" I guess I am nervous about joining and the whole twisted stitches thing. But, one of these days!
   I am still working away at another blanket for Project Linus. I sent Wyatt his blanket, he loves it a lot! So happy to be able to help out and make him smile, and he has such a cutie pie smile too. He's in his second round of chemotherapy since Friday. Our family had a lot of fun going out and picking out fun things for his care package! My Mom has great ideas.
   We are going to see him in July. Can't wait! Looks like I should start marking the calender soon.
   What kind of projects are on your hooks or needles or anything else? Let me know, comment below!

Messin' With PicCollage.

    There is an excellent free app in the Amazon App Store called "PicCollage". It's purpose is obvious, it allows you to take your favorite photos (from your life or the internet) and put together digital collages! Plus, you can use fonts and stickers. It's utterly fantastico. I'm going to put some here. Please note that I do not own, nor do I claim to own, any of the photos from Google. I give credit to Google.

 This is the first one that I made on PicCollage. Wyatt Scott, his brother and parents, love this boy, he is fighting hard, going through his second round of chemotherapy today.

 

This one is dedicated to all of the people who went purple for Wyatt, Thank you Aunt Deb, Aunt Susie, Mom, Dee, Eva and Aly. Also, a big thanks to the whole team! GO TEAM WYATT!

One for my sister, Darien (aka Dee or DD12) I really love my sister. She is a great person, very talented and funny.

Decided to indulge just this once, made a collage for the kid with the blog (note to self, do not speak to yourself in the third person, you are not Jerry Lewis!).

Been watching some cool old Danny Kaye movies as of late ("Inspector General", "White Christmas") so, here is my fun ritzy collage, because he's Danny Kaye, Darling!

The "Gotta Dance!" Collage, "Gotta Dance!" Were the words sung in "Singin' In The Rain". Top left, first column going down: Gene Kelly (duh), Donald O'Connor, Fred Astaire. Row two: A still from "West Side Story", Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien, Audrey Hepburn and Liza Minnelli. 3rd row: Gene Kelly with Debbie Reynolds, Debbie Reynolds and a rabbit, Vera Ellen, Rita Moreno. I love old Hollywood musicals!

My first Danny one that I did (surprised it came out decently, I did it one night before going to bed, was very tired.) Parts of a poem type thing that I wrote. I stay up extra late watching old movies, my Danny Kaye collages clearly state, "Go To Bed, Banana Head." "White Christmas" was de lovely, need to do a collage on that.

A collage dedicated to my favorite number uno cookie. Thank you, Wally Amos for putting happiness in a box and giving it to the people! My cookie line up goes like this: Famous Amos, Nilla, Keebler and Oreo. In that order.

   The app is lots of fun, you should go try it out! :)

70s Goodies and Team Wyatt Pins!

I have a few things to show you today!! The first photo contains one of the beautiful pins that Cousin Jessy made! We are all wearing them to support Wyatt. Wyatt is doing quite good by the way, he was walking today with the help of a nurse! I will be wearing my pin every day!! Thanks, Jessy!

Second, Aunt Susie sent me a big box of crochet and knitting magazines!!Most of them are from the 70s and 80s, lots of amazing patterns! The headband I am including here is the fruit of one of these patterns! Retro gold!

It took a long time to put together (ok, sewing the blue part to the green part took two episodes of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", the rest was pretty quick) this headband will be sold at the yard sale to benefit Wyatt. Go Team Wyatt!

TEAM WYATT PROJECTS/AUNT DEB GOES PURPLE!

 

      Here are the projects I promised you! The first one is a turquoise blanket with a soft green trim. This is for Wyatt. I used a "Lion Brand" pattern for this. I ventured outside my blanket comfort zone with this, it was a lot of work, but I am so proud of it!! 

     The second one is a quilt. I did not make this, a Project Linus lady did! It has tractors on it! This will also go out to Wyatt, two blankets to keep the little warrior nice and toasty in the chilly hospital.

   I laid out some projects on my bedroom floor for my sister to photograph. These are projects old and new, knit and crochet. A ridge rib scarf, four crochet boxes, a knitted headband and a measuring spoon book Mark. I found the pattern at this blog!http://beansiebabbles.blogspot.com/2009/02/pattern-for-good-measure.html

    This is a photo of me modeling the headband. My eyes look quite puffy, I've been putting in many late nights to get things done! All of the floor projects are going to the benefit yard sale. 100% of the proceeds will go to Wyatt!

     Next, we have my Aunt Deb (Wyatt's Grandma) going purple with the Purple Eyeshadow Challenge! Go Team Wyatt!

Mom And Aly Go Purple!

      There is more then enough purple to go around! Here we have my cousin Aly wearing purple eyeshadow! You may recall in one of my past posts, her Mom, my Aunt Susie did it too! Thank you for the support, pretty ladies!
         Next we have my Mother wearing a purple shirt and make up. Surrounded by some of my brothers and sisters. We are a big family! Looking good, Mom!! Thanks for going purple, guys!
   Our little fighter's tumors have not spread! This is a good thing! They have not found any new ones on the tests. Chemotherapy should take care of them! Keep on fighting, Wyatt!! Show Cancer who's boss!!
    I will have some project updates tomorrow (or tonight if I am feeling another burst of blogging zeal!) But I will tell you now, it has been one of the most difficult projects of my life, but I am so proud of it!! I can't wait to show you.

DD12 & Eva Go Purple/ Audrey's Birthday!

Wyatt's MRI shows that a majority of his large tumor has been successfully removed! The rest is going to be taken care of with the chemotherapy that he is getting twice a day. Tomorrow, he is getting an MIBG scan to see what other tumors there are. His mom says that there are two more that the doctors know of. His breathing apparatus will also be taken out and he will be taken off sedation! GO TEAM WYATT!

       This purple business has spread beyond just eyeshadow!! Today, we have two other ladies supporting Wyatt by going purple. Those feet belong to my sister, DD12!! Purple socks for that girl!!
   Next, my UK friend, Eva, is wearing purple lipstick!! I also need to give her some of that extra credit, she is wearing a Ramones t-shirt!! You know and I know, the Ramones rock!! We lost Johnny and Joey to cancer. Prostate and lymphoma, respectively.
       I also want to mention that it is Audrey Hepburn's birthday. We lost her to Appendiceal Cancer, which goes to show you that nothing is fair. Audrey did so much to help people, she knew what it was like to suffer, so she decided to help others in need. The woman was awesome!! She would've been 86. I chose a purple tinted Audrey photo I found on Google, to stick with the theme here. But I know, she probably would've gone purple too, because Audrey was an awesome and very helpful person. Happy Birthday, Mrs. Hepburn!
     I will include a link to a website, you can learn about what her foundation does, who they help and what Audrey did for UNICEF!! It makes me misty to read of all the wonderful things she did, as I get misty anytime I read about any truly helpful person who decides to make a difference!! http://www.ahepburn.com/ahcf.html