Pixie Purls

Enjoying her birthday of course! I wasn't much in a mood to write any entries and I spent the majority of the weekend researching sewing machines sence hubby said he would get me one for XMAS!

I got the Spiderman II DVD and watched that on saturday, and also I got the AB FAB kit for that afgan, pics coming soon! SO HE DID get it for me :) YAY!

I FOUND OUT whom my secrete pal is. She has been SUCH a wonderful secrete pal. I could not have asked for someone sweeter.

Marie of Knitti-me (http://knitti-me.blogspot.com) is my SP3!!! I have yet to reveal myself to my pal, I have one last gift for her that i t hink she will really like... I was planning on revealing myself in the note I sent with it!

My sewing machine to be!
Kenmore Computerized Drop-In Bobbin Sewing Machine with 281 Stitch Functions - Pretty darn spiffy for $300 bucks! Comes with wonderful quilting things!

In knitting news I worked on on my fair isle hat and I have a cozy I need to make, I think i will use the same yarn and make it to match the hat. I'm skerrd about the fair-isle part I am almost up to! 1 inch more to go!

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I open the box.. suspence!

Ohmygosh how cute!!! Yes thats my husbands leg, I made him come watch me open it. He was very impressed!

Inside there was a fantastic braclet, I am guessing it was made by my SP3, such cute handcrafted goodness!

A proper photo of the braclet..

Now I would SWEAR that this little cute container(?) smells of a very yummy insence.. ever so faint when I smell it. Not sure what possesed me to smell it in the first place..

The cat sniffed it like mad to..

So this was I believe the last gift from my SP3, and once again she out-did herself and it's all color coordinated.. I just love this gift.. so very special to get something hand crafted by someone else! I love the little jar, and it's going right on my desk, I even like the colors. My husband seems to like it to (I think the purple won him over). The braclet matches hehe... I love a splash of color but I like more muted tones, and this is perfect.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MY SP3.. ehem.. whomever you are?? ehem??!!! I have loved everything, I only hope my SP3 is half as happy with what I have gotten them. YOU SO RULE! THANK YOU 9713819082309823 times over!

:D :D :D

Rebecca came to! Future projects galore..

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rebecca is in the mail today. word is my sp3 sent me something to.. yay for mail!

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It ends on my freakin birthday! ACK IS MY BIRTHDAY THAT CLOSE?? OMG!!! ARGHK!!@!@*!@()*

Anways I find it very funny the last day is my b-day. Now I have to think of something else to get my SP3, my pal was perty darn clever with that gift coupon thingy she(?) gave me for ebay. I kinda wanna gank the idea and do it for mine.. hehe

I can't believe it lasts a whole other month, now I gotta think of another cute present for my person. I read in the SP3 newsletter that the over sea's people sometimes just do one big present, I am trying to think of a good way to go out with a bang without breaking the bank. I am thinking, should I do two more small things or one bigger one?? Humm...

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EEEkkkkkk I was unable to post yesterday and all day today.. sorry.. comments didn't work and I couldnt post because CGI was down on the server I am hosted on.

I have such wonderful goodie-ness to share!

First A HUGE GIGANTICO THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO MY secrete pal. I did not expect something else so soon! And it was a big gift to!! A $20 gift certificate for Over The Rainbow Yarns on ebay. I promptly sat down for about an hour looking over all their lovely stock. I got my husbands opinion and decided to try a different weight yarn then I am used to.

I then got the urge to try some lace knitting, because I think Gerbera has some lace going on and I'm motivated to make a fancy scarf from this free pattern.

I am very excited about this yarn! Not only was it a great gift but it was customizable! THANK YOU my sp3, you so freakin rule! Hope you liked what I picked out.. so perty blue and green.. I'm in a green color phase right now apprently..

Now to fill you in on my weekend, and a spiffy new knittin' chair!

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I did a fair amount of knitting. I spent the first half of friday all motivated to do something with my SP3 gift:

I'm not telling what I'm makin! hehe!

I cast on for fitz yesterday and I have already gotten through 6 inches! Wow I'm improving in speed! I'm past the rib and into the body.

I have to say I'm not pleased so far with how the color knits up. There are some weird white and then yellow splooches of febric that are really annoying, like the color didn't take right. The purple looks out of place and hardly lasts 2 rows which Is not fun. I'll give it a chanse however and see how I feel when it's done, I think I'll like it no matter what simply because I made it!

I actually didn't knit near as much as I ment to. I spent the second half of friday trying very hard to sleep away a migrain.. then discovered sleep on my left side brought the headache on. Weirdness.. eventually it went away sometime late saturday. We went to go see "forgotten" or whatever it's called and wow that was scarey!

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What could make my "friday" better? I'll tell you what, SOMETHING FROM MY SECRETE PAL OMG!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

I pulled into the driveway and saw a fedex package on the front stoop.. I thought maybe it was the yarn I had ordered for the hat. Nope it was from my SP3.. and I immediatly looked at the from address (of course):

CALI! I was born in cali! How neat to have a pal from all the way across the country!

Cute paper!

Could it be?? WHY YES IT IS!! Cotton Fleece, something I have wanted to try out for months, and in such a pretty blue!

Whats this, what a pretty cloth.. I wonder whats in it.

It's a cute frame, the pup must inspect things to make sure it's all safe!

Lastly I realized this was on the back of the note. Wow it's hand painted, are the swirls painted then? Its soooo pretty!

What I think is really cute and something I have in common with my SP is that she color coordinated everything. Even if she didn't realize she did I think it's pretty darn cool because I am big into wrapping things. Everything is pink and blue :)

My pal rocks beyond words, I'm very impressed and pleased!! THANK YOU!!!!

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