hurry hurry!

1. maedchenmitherz has a cute giveaway here, hurry up and enter because it ends later today!

2. sass and craft has a really cute giveaway too. find it here.

3. and while you're at it, enter mine as well! you have another 34 hours to enter!

video of the week: to the east by electralane

one year

today is a sad day for me. in just a few hours it's exactly one year ago a good friend of mine passed away. i thought today would be horrible, but the anticipation has been much worse. i've waited in fear for this day, expecting the worst, but today was pretty much like every day.

top 5 things i feared i'd do today but haven't:
- cut my own hair (that's always been my no 1 "solution" to bad days, that's always made it worse)
- cry in public
- get myself drunk
- get myself drunk and cry in public
- feel exactly like the day i found out what had happened

none of it happened and it doesn't seem like it will within the next few hours either.

i'm still not sure how i want to document it all though, a way to celebrate the friendship we had. i've only lost one other person, my grandmother, that i felt close to and i'm still waiting for inspiration to make something out of it, you know? have you lost someone? did you document it somehow? did you make a mini album? did you get a tattoo? do you have a shrine? what have to done to make sure you never forget? i really want to hear your stories!

GIVEAWAY #2

i was so excited to see so many participants in my last giveaway so i decided to make this one extra juicy. this time around you'll have the chance to win a cute ear flap hat, a bow head band, a flower headband, a pair of arm warmers, two demo cds from the band sad monkeys and an adorable own ornament! pretty sweet huh?! share with your friend or keep it all for yourself, it's your call!

here's how to enter:

- comment here and let me know what you want to see more of in either my etsy shop or on my blog!


for additional entries:

- for an extra chance to win you can follow this blog and leave a comment here to tell me that you do. if you already follow this blog that's great, just let me know!

- for another extra entry you can tweet on twitter about this giveaway with a link to this page, comment to tell me you have done so with the link to your twitter.

- for yet another entry, blog about this, comment here with the link to the post. please use the giveaway photo in your blog entry.


good luck!!!

last day to enter is november 30th, and the giveaway winner will be announced december 3rd!

last week and this week

via we heart it

last week was fantastic, best week in ages perhaps. mini vacations are the best and i definitely needed this one. editors were just okay, but the maccabees, who were warming up, were great so i was very satisfied. the maccabees 'no kind words' is still my favourite song and definitely the single of the year. only bad thing about last week was that i didn't get as much blogging done, but that means more for this week (probably/hopefully/maybe).

the plans for this week, some work, lots of play:

- getting the order for cherry cherry done
- writing a letter to an old friend of mine
- having another GIVEAWAY!! i wanted to have it today but when i got home from work it was too dark to get photos, but tomorrow!
- get the very last two xmas gifts done
- start a new pair of socks for myself

video of the week: magic by ladyhawke

i've been listening to this song non stop lately.

style school online class

i'm excited about leigh-ann and elsie's upcoming online class, this is what leigh-ann writes: "Elsie and I are excited to introduce Style School, our new online class focusing on discovering your personal style in your home, wardrobe, art and life! We'll share tons of our own style secrets though out the 30 amazing class projects, be joined with bonuses from our 10 most stylish friends, and everyone gets to create a Style File book that helps document, develop and express their style journey through the class and share it with others!" sounds fun, doesn't it!

handmade gift ideas: crochet style!

there is nothing better than handmade gifts but sometimes it can be hard to think of something to make. don't worry, i'm here to point you in the direction of some really cute ideas. my last post on the subject included lots of different types of crafts but in afterthought i thought it'd be better to make separate posts for different crafts. this post is for all the crocheters. these are some of my very favourite patterns. some i've tried, some i'm dying to try out once i can convince myself i have the time. i hope you'll find something you'll like to try out!



i love ana paula's amigurumi patterns, they're well written and the toys made by them come out so cute. you have my word on that. she shares the pattern to this cute bear and pot of honey and many more at her blog. at her etsy you'll find lots of very affordable patterns and toys.



i saw this crochet coin purse at craftster a couple of years ago and fell deeply in love. sadly i have not come around making one for myself yet. find the pattern here.



this is not so old, but it's been around a while, and it's cute. crochet hat by maedchenmitherz. see her other tutorials here.



crochet imonkey tutorial found at craftster.



tutorial on how to crochet a ball. makes cute tree ornaments or toys for children and pets.

you're missing out!

lots of cake on this blog, but this is a message to two of my knitting friends who's not showing up tonight at our knitting group meeting: this is what you're missing out on ladies! mini cake! oh yes. i've had two already and they are to die for. i'll be missing you tonight but these will be an okay substitute i guess. :)

via we heart it