Happy Monkey!

I mean... Happy Monday! Is this ADORABLE or what?!
See OG post here.
I cannot believe how cute this looks on that little cutie pie.
Getting this pic made my day!!!

Inspiration: Urban Outfitters

Well it was a rip-off filled trip to Urban Outfitters this weekend. But instead of being ripped off by an over-priced frame, I am going to be the one ripping things off! Ripping off some pillow designs! I have been wanting some pillows for our couch for a while, but I am kind of anti-traditional crochet projects. These UO pillows were looking pretty cool, but, of course, they were totally falling apart. If my pillow is going to fall apart, I want it to be because of my own shoddy workmanship. I love love this, but I cannot find a chevron stitch in rounds! Any help??

Ohhhh to have time to crochet! Work has been insane lately. Off to have some beers & watch a movie!

Picture Yourself on a Boat

Saturday I went shopping with Iron Martin, and I found this lace frame jewelry holder at Urban Outfitters on sale for $28. I thought it would be awesome for displaying my beach Polaroid pics, but I thought I could make a way cooler frame for way cheaper. (Online they are selling it for $19.99, originally $48!)So Iron Martin & I set sail for thrift shops to pick up the materials. We ended up at Housing Works, finding an empty frame for $1.50 and a shawl for $5! I hot glued the shawl to the frame: pure genius.We picked our fav beach pics, and I added a dot of hot glue to the back of each to stick them on the frame. We agree the shawl is cooler than lace for this since it looks more like fishing net. The frame is pretty junky, kinda like it was pulled out from the Titanic's wreckage.Clockwise from top right: me jumping in the ocean, Iron Martin soaking the sun, me on the fishing boat on the bay, Iron Martin displaying a crabby fished from the bay. Finally, here is a side by side of the frame I saw at Urban and the frame I made. What do you think??

Speaking of Polaroid pics, I almost spent $24 at Urban for Polaroid film expiring this past June. Damn you, Urban! That place highly appeals to my impulse-purchase sensibilities. Thankfully Iron Martin was there to talk me off the ledge.

Goldilocks

Stop me if you've heard this one. It goes something like this: a blognobbing, crochet girl with goldeny locks spends hours upon hours attempting to make a crocheted strawhat. The first hat was too small. The second hat was too big. But the THIRD hat was JUUUUUST right.
Getting close on the straw hat, boys & girls.

Additionally, this whole hat debacle/extravaganza has proven to me something that Natalie Dee suggested just the other day...Yeah... it rules for half-finshed strawhats too:

On that note, Iron Martin and Mr. Kitten just yelled to me it's bedtime.

Nighty night!

This Time Tomorrow...

I will hopefully have a handmade sunhat as adorable as this.
I think I pulled these pics off Anthroplogie(?).

World's Most Boringest Craft Project

This summer's trend in the crooked nook? Cut-off sweatpants. Psych, we have been rocking cut-off sweatpants for years. Today was a particularly hot day in the nook, and we took it into our own hands to get our comfort on. Enjoy the journey in pics!

Fall Cleaning

As I noted in a previous post, I am o-so over summer projects (even the sunhat, but I don't want that raffia to dry out!). I decided to take some inventory, and I actually have a lot of good fall/winter yarn to work with. Here is a pic of what my craft drawers blarfed up the other day: