Finalllyyyy, a wedding album!

We got married on 10.10.10.... like over a year ago. We are stillllll waiting on our wedding album. It just so turns out that our photographer, Missy, is sooo extremely popular and hasn't had the chance to work on it yet. She finally contacted me last week starting selecting pictures for the album. Here is her blog, you should check out her photos, she does amazing work!

I have been working diligently for the past week or so, going through hundreds and hundreds of photos, trying to narrow down our list to the select few photos that will make the cut. It is actually so exciting to look at all of the photos again. Anyone who has planned and executed a wedding almost entirely by myself (I lived nowhere near any family or bridal party) knows what its like to be "over it" as soon as it ends. There are so many great photos that capture how special the day was for us and I have been getting warm and tingly all over again reliving the day. 


I thought that I would share some of my favorites with you all:

 (My Older Sissy, me, and my Mom)

(I just absolutely loved my bridal party. This shot is one of my favorites. The colors are just gorgeous.)

 (Hahahaha.... I love this! Totally unplanned, my MOH (my older sis) and our Best Man)

 

 

Not sure why, but our cake pictures were like my two favorite from the wedding. I am always happier with food.

 

I have never been to a wedding with a more crowded dance floor in my life. The fact that we invited about 125 people under the age of 30 helped a lot. We were literally dancing all night long. The woman next to me down there is my mother-in-law. The night was seriously such a blast.

I also just love loved this picture of my brother and my mom. Doesn't my brother look like such a Guido? He looks like he should be fist pumping and GTL'ing.
 

Thought that I'd let you in to my little world over here @ Craft My Life Away. Hope that you enjoyed!

Holler!

Re-org

Have you noticed that EVERYONE around Blog Central is organizing and re-organizing? It has given me a bit of the bug. Well...if we're being honest here... my mom came to visit last weekend and kind of yelled at me for my messy craft room. Little did she know, I cleaned it minutes before she came to make it more presentable. Ahhh oh well. What'reyagonnado? 

Oh, right, you're gonna get organized.

Like I said, it actually wasn't even so bad because I had just "cleaned".

 

My quilting/sewing section needed a total re-org. It was sooo messy. The real problem is that I have soooo much stuff. I know, rough life.

 

 
After streaming 2 episodes of Grey's Anatomy (only on season 4, no spoilers please!) on Hulu, this is what we get...

Starting from the top on down ... 

1) All of my special fabric collections. Far Far Away, Soul Blossoms, Echo, discontinued IKEA fabrics I have been hoarding. 

2) Anna.Maria.Horner. 'nuff said. Good Folks. Folksy Flannels. Little Folks. Dobby Dots. Voile. Velveteen. Oh, also, my scrap bin lives here until it gets organized. It is kind of like scrap Purgatory.

3) Actually, even more Anna. These are Innocent Crush and LouLouthi that I set aside for my Farmer's Wife Quilt. Also, my pens and current notepads.

4) All of my sewing accoutrements. Scissors, needles, pins, threads, etc.

5) Scraps and miscellaneous. All of my scraps are now organized.

I decided that I might as well try to organize my knitting too. You can see the disorganization in the first picture above if you look closely to the far right of the photo. Not good. I have lots of stuff going on here, mainly knitting/crocheting in the middle rows there. Finished sewing projects on the bottom two rows, along with some WIPS, like that big yellow quilt down there. 

 

Have you done any major organizing in the new year? Any organizing goals? Tips? Tricks?

Holler!

Confessions of a Knitter

Oghhh I have soooo many unfinished knitting projects. I don't know what it is about knitting. I always create a project to bring with me on a weekend trip, work on it for that weekend, and never finish it again. 

A few friends have been asking me to teach some more knitting classes, so I made a deal with myself that I need to finish up these projects before I venture on and start new ones. It only makes sense, right?

These are all of the projects that I could actually find...

This is the start to some soft knit baskets. I have no idea how, but somehow I am missing 1 page of the instructions and can't go any further. Boo. I need to go re-buy the book. Or find it online somewhere, because I did technically pay for it already. If anyone has this pattern, please please let me know.They are called "Soft Baskets".

 

A scarf.... I think that I started this one last year. This color is soooo pretty. I really should finish it. It's just a simple mistake stitch ribbed scarf. Easy Peasy.

A shawl. I think that it is called Ishbel and it is possible that I got the pattern from ravelry.com. I cannot confirm that though, considering I cannot find the pattern anywhere! Maybe if I check out my ravelry purchases it will be there. It really is so pretty, and I got soooo far! I predict that I messed up somewhere and couldn't figure out where. I probably took the same row out 4 or 5 times and finally gave up. Maybe I'll rip out the lacework and start over at the last stockinette stitch row.

Another scarf. This one is called a waffle stitch scarf in an amazing wooly wool. I started this little number last year. I think that I may have stopped knitting this one because I was at the point of joining in a second skein and I couldn't decide if I should add another one or not. Well, I am going to add another one. I just decided that.

I really don't know what this is. I have no recollection of this project. The yarn is dark dark charcoal, almost black, with yellow flecks in it. It is supppperrrrrrr soft though. 

I knew exactly what to do with this project. Do you blame me? I think the yarn will make for a great men's scarf.

That's actually not so bad. I need to finish the two scarves and that shawl soon. I have goals. lol.  My girlfriends really want me to teach them to knit a project that isn't a scarf (i.e. socks, gloves, mittens). Little do they know HOW EASY those projects are! I am trying to think of something that I want to make for myself, maybe some more fingerless mittens? I gave my only pair away in the giveaway I hosted a few months ago. They are easy enough because they have no fingers. They can likely be whipped up in an afternoon of chatting with girlfriends, drinking wine, and watching Bridesmaids in the background.

Ok. Must get knitting.

Holler!