princessdeia

“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry”

Jason and I originally planned to have our honeymoon in Hawaii, however due
to timing annoying credit card companies and airfares doubling we ended up exploring the South West of America.

Our plan was always to travel to New York to attend a friend’s wedding, then to fly to Las Vegas for a few days for heading of to Hawaii, instead we hired a car and hit the road.

New York was amazing, a few friends made the journey across the Atlantic for
the wedding, we got to hang out, drink and eat.

Of course, we happened to he in the Big Apple on one of the coldest weekends
of the year, walking 6 blocks in the snow in heels to the church was not fun!

Then it was off to warmer climates.

Jason’s adventure was successful, mine was not. It seems I can’t count to 21 and six is not my lucky number.

We then explored, Palm Springs, San Diego, Lake Las Vegas, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon.

Being in the area, we had to walk on the Skywalk

Unfortunately, you are not allowed camera on the walkway and their cameras were
not working, so we have no photos.

Finally, we went back to Vegas.

Where we stayed at the Wynn.

This time I was a little more successful (yes they have photos of Celine Dion on the chips at Caesars Palace).

Jason and I got Inked at Hart & Huntington.

The sun shining all day,
deer on the horizon,
being surrounding my our closest friends and family,
tears and laughter,
wonderful food,
lunar eclipse

This is what I will remember about my wedding day

Occasionally, you come across a pattern you love, that everyone on blog-land seems to have made, but somehow you seem to have only just discovered. Currently for me this is Katie Knit’s Razor Cami. I know it is meant to be a summer pattern, but I just love it and had to make it. What made this pattern even more of a must have, was realizing I had yarn somewhere in the house.

I use to store all my current craft projects in a cupboard in the corner, over the last few months this cupboard has become a pile of wedding books and magazines, several planning folders (I needed one for general, one for finances and one for crafty wedding stuff) and scrapbook supplies – all of which I am intending on turning into a scrapbook of the run up to our big day.

Hidden in the back of this cupboard, was four balls of Sirdar Snuggly 4ply, I brought last summer for the Mystery Stole, that I gave up on pretty quickly. During our trip to and from Birmingham, and whilst watching cheesy television last night, I managed to knit about 10 inches of the body.

The pattern calls for a card of Rowan R2 Sparkle, which I thought was discontinued so ordered some Stardust Glitter from Texere, and then discovered all R2 yarn is in the sale in Hobbycraft. I also invested in yet more Double Top Cotton, I am not sure what I will make with it and it will have to wait until after October, as next month is devoted to socks – with Socktober ii and Hot Socks.

Finally, I want to thank both my recipients from the Secret Pal exchanges for the wonderful comments they left in their blogs about all their presents over the last few months. Froukje at Smoekkk, it was a pleasure spoiling you and making the scarf for you as part of the One Skein exchange.

I have been reading Blueadt for a while, unlike me she seems to always be knitting gifts for others I love the adventures of Vince and of course Emilano, who is like our own Dee and Jason bears. Then I discovered I was spoiling her and it was a joy.

My card making for this month is early over, I have finished all 60 Save the Date Cards, that are all waiting to be posted next week. But before, I pack away my card making stuff, I need to do now is make a card for Suzanne at Luscious Fibers.

Here’s the cards, the inserts in the envelopes are via Martha Stewart Wedding (I love that magazine), I also made some monogram stickers from mini label stickers for the back of the envelopes.

I have both my match-ups from the two secret pal exchanges, and have been busy reading their blogs and trying to get ideas for gifts, which means I have an excuse to go yarn shopping (who am I kidding I don’t need an excuse). Note to self, I must buy some buttons for Mum’s twin set.

Having spent the last few days with my sister, my secret project is on hold and I have been concentrating on my stripy sweater. The front is complete (I knitted it first, so I could experiment with a lower neckline), and I have started the armhole shaping on the back. I am unsure what to do about the sleeves, to leave it as a vest, have a little cap sleeve or a regular short sleeve.

I have decided to start devoting all my time to just one project, I have about six items on the needles at the moment and I think I am spreading myself a little thinly. My major project for May is a surprise for my sister’s birthday, it is in green (for Project Spectrum)but that is all I am saying.

Apart from that I am going to finish all the little bits on some projects, sew buttons on my mum’s cardigan, block my circular shrug, sew up the toes on the socks! All which will only take one evening, but I just don’t have the free time at the moment.

This week, I have been busy designing our wedding stationary and making Save the Date cards - it is a little strange mass producing cards, normally my paper-crafts are one offs, now I have become a perfectionists over the silliest things.

I have seen a few people post this, so thought I would jump on the bangwagon!

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First off I would like to thank Nessie for this amazing card, which was part of Project Spectrum’s Postcard Swap for March, it has completely inspired me to start scrapbooking.

I have been pretty busy with wedding plans at the moment and having no internet connection at home as met I have been unable to update. Good news is I have found my wedding dress, I have finished all the stationary, I was making for Jason’s cousin’s wedding, and we are having a new 24meg line sorted out next week, so back to the knitting and blogging.

With all the running around I have been going recently, I have found socks are the perfect project for on-the-run-knitting. In the spirit of project spectrum, I have decided to make my two tone socks in pink and grey. I have been experimenting with short row heels and I have to say, I think they will fit more snugly - I will have to see.

Jason was on a course all last week in Liverpool Street, on Friday I met up with him for lunch and we brought the two newest members of our family (more about them later). Whilst on the tube I realised the London Tube Map just oozes the colours of Project Spectrum – each month is represented by a line.

March - Central and Hammersmith & City
April - East London and Circle
May - District
June - Piccadilly and Victoria
July - Metropolitan
August - Bakerloo and Northern

Being March, I had to include Liverpool Street in the post as it is one of only two stations where you can get either the pink or red lines – the other being Mile End.

The tube map is of course historic and iconic and has inspired many copies and even some award winning art. 

As Jason and I are going to be spending some time apart this year (not through choice), we decided to get substitute versions of each other - so I introduce you too Dee and Jay Teddy, (although they are not getting married until next March they seem to have the same surname). Dee doesn’t have any fingers so isn’t any good at knitting although she is good at paper crafting, Jay has dreams of being a baseball player.

Jason and I have put Valentine’s Day on hold as my dad is in hospital and I wasn’t really in the mood to celebrate. However it is impossible not to be drawn in to all the love and hearts that surrounds us at this time of year.

Both Jason and I both loved Love Heart sweets as children and when we first started dating we started buying them for each other. In more recent years we have been buying them by the box load. When it came to picking a theme for our wedding it became the obvious idea to use these sweets, once we looked into it we have found this idea works as we have found invites, favours, cake and even disposable cameras all in the Love Hearts theme.

Although, I am hoping to make my own own stationary and even design a website around the Love Heart theme especially, as they now do “modern” sweets with Website and Email Me written on them (see above).

Added to this I love the purple colour of the sweets and am hoping to have the bridesmaid dressing in this purple and am accent of the pink on the tables. Then just to top it off today whilst catching up on my reading in blog-land today, I saw the most amazing yarn at Tracy’s blog - Australian Sock Wool in Love Hearts – the colours are perfect, do you think I can ask the bridesmaids to wear hand knitted socks with there dresses.

I don’t really talk about non-crafty things in this journal I have a livejournal that I use for that kind of thing, But once in a while something amazing happens and it has to be recorded everywhere.

On the 16^th January – 8 years after I started dating Jason we decided to get engaged. We had been talking about it for ages and brought the ring earlier this year – but decided to make it official whilst in Chicago on our anniversary.

Our wedding is now booked for next March and I am completely in wedding mode, as I prepare to no longer be a “miss.”

Needless to say very little knitting has been done and to make matters worst I have taken up scrapbooking to try and archive our engagement and wedding – now I really need an extra hour in the day.