Why are you wine-ing?

Lately, I have been in love with everything wine colored. Of course, that includes the drink, nails, makeup, even at work! Everything around me as been a deep burgundy red and I am not complaining :]

Here is my swatch of Wet and Wild's: Burgundy Frost:


Direct Sunlight:

Indirect Sunlight: 

Craving cured. :]

in & out

IN:

1. Reading.

2. Tazo: Wild Sweet Orange Tea.

3. Christmas Music. 

4. Knitting.

OUT: 

The color pink.

My dog barking. All. The. Time. 

Dead batteries. 

4. Netbooks (yes, I know I have one :/ ) 

Test

From my cell phone :)

Maybe this will make me post more lol

Finger Strength

Like usual, I've been doing a lot of knitting. It's starting to really affect my fingers; I'M GETTING CALLUSES! hahaha. oh well. As long as my fingers are painted, that's all I care about.

What I've been knitting:

Finger-less Gloves! :] 

Hand towel :]

Other then knitting those two projects I've been working hard at work and its paying off! Jeremiah and I both got the option to move to a different department where we'd both work the same days and same hours (which is GREAT for our budget) and we'd get 3 days off a week.

Oh, did I mention that moving departments means that we'll be getting a 5% raise? Holla!

This is the most adorable picture of Jere and Charlie <3

Short and sweet blog. Hey, I'm watching 'Pretty Little Liars' :)


xoxo,
Bre

June...

 apparently June was not a month in my calendar this year. I wasn't even busy, really. Just the usual: knitting, nails, reading, drinking coffee, and working. I've got some FUN projects that I finished!! (Two of them I created and the other one I borrowed). 


These two are ones that I just felt the urge to create something and I ADORE them!

My winter cowl! 

Close Up

I created the winter cowl from an idea I got online but I decided to change it. After knitting all those dish clothes I was kind of burnt out on them, so I decided to make something to help sooth the Idaho winters. Its one of my absolute favorite colors and in the close up you can see the difference in the two 'heather greys' I picked out. The darker grey was by Red Heart (I don't usually like this brand's colors but this one is an exception) and the lighter grey is a wool from I believe Lion Brand? This cowl was easy to knit; heavy as I got further into it, but a favorite none the less. I'll be wearing this a lot this winter and fall!! 

This is NOT supposed to be sideways.

Hey double-chin, How you doin'? :] 

I love this cowl!! (I have a think for them, can't you tell ;]). My work is by Michael's and my coworker and I decided to go there on our lunch break. Our lunch is only a half hour so we were in a hurry. We went to the sale section and picked out the skeins that caught our eyes and this is the one I grabbed. It was called 'sombrero' and I know it was a sock weight but I don't remember this yarns' manufacturer's name either... oops.


With the sock weight yarn, I didn't know what to make but I LOVED the colors. It was cold when I got back to work (my work is either hot or cold) so I just grabbed my SIZE 11 NEEDLES and started making this. I'm used to knitting with cotton so this was a big adjustment with the smaller thread. I used the entire skein to finish this and every time I wear it I get compliments. And then I get to brag and tell them I did not buy it anywhere.... but that's a different story. More to come soon, Jeremiah is making breakfast :] YUMMY!




xoxo,
Bre

Accomplishment

I am currently typing this in my bathtub with my computer sitting on the ledge.

Weird? Not really.
Unsafe? Completely.

I finished the last of my dishclothes the other day and gave them to Amy this afternoon. It's my last day off this week and I wanted her to get them before she had the baby (she's been having contractions). I drug Jeremiah along with me. As much as he denies it, he loves my nephew Charlie (the current baby). So, I thought I'd get to spend a little quality time with him while he got what he wanted at the same time. Win-win situation.

Anyway. Here is the finished product:

All 8 of my pride and joy's :]

(sorry for the side view. Jeremiah took these)

Binky and a Stroller

Hand print and Moon w/ Stars

Rattle and Saftey Pin

Bottle and Baby Feet

Jeremiah picked out the ribbon :] so proud.

                                           My favorite color is brown.. I had to.

I am so proud of myself for getting these done. It's not that difficult to learn how to knit and once I got started I couldn't stop. I'm now trying to learn how to make my own creations which is basically learning how to use and Excel Spread Sheet and getting started.

Also, I do NOT take ANY credit for creating these dishclothes. I got these from the amazing KrisKnits . She hasn't been using her blog as much, which is perfectly ok because life gets in the way of some things. I completely understand and, although I miss her knitting projects (her blog is what I aspire to be), I CANNOT wait for her return. I paid for these dishclothes and I WILL NOT be distributing them. They belong to Kris, I'm just glad she shared them with the public.

My sister loved these dishclothes that she didn't even want to use them. Her exact words: "Oh, Breanna, these are so cute I just want to hang them up!" I love my sister and her family. I cannot wait for her latest addition to join the world. Only 8 more days!!

And YES, expect a blog post :)


xoxo,
Bre

I Thought I'd Post

... considering the fact that I have been moved out of my apartment for about 3 weeks now. I would be VERY shocked if you couldn't guess what I've been doing with my spare time...

1. Knitting (My unnamed nephew is due on May 29th. I'm almost done with my 2nd to last dishcloth for his amazing mama)

2. Drinking Coffee. (Is this really something I have to say that I've been doing?!?)



3. Slowly (but surely) unpacking.

[No picture, I'm sure you don't want to see full-ish boxes...]

Work is getting a little easier. My boss says that I should be able to move up in about 3 months or so which is great. I'm not too concerned since my job isn't that bad anyway.

Jeremiah is already on his way and I'm happy for him! It would have been pretty surprising if I got a promotion before he did considering my job title is Technical Support and he has more experience than I do.

Delano is being Delano. I've been trying to teach him out to shake and he just doesn't get it. It's kinda sad because I think he's such a goofball. He does stupid things all the time. I guess that's all part of being a puppy.


PUPPY KISSES!