Inspired Mess, Beautiful Things

sunflowers and rainclouds.

lavander and mint.

giggles and tears

frustration and creativity

doodles and toodles

these are the things on my mind

i want to make something pretty

i want to do something special

i want to feel like a bird soaring above a rain cloud

i want reassurance

i want acceptance

i want a crafty mind

and i need determination

let's be inspiring...

i dare you to post something inspiring & link back to me

I want to see your creative beautiful minds at work

i'm sure it will bring someone(ME!) happiness

all images except Doodle found on Flickr. Thank you beautiful pictures!

pee. ess: I found this really cool tutorial on how to make your own journal! It's very easy to understand and has really good pictures. So, for all you ladies taking Janel's Class: Journaling for a Cause, here's an idea for your journal. My husband is going to make one for me. I will simply mess all that measuring up :) Hopefully mine will turn out something like what you see above!!

G'night! <3

hello. my 3 little people who follow me. how are YOU? honestly. whats going on in your life right now. right this minute? anything you need to vent about? anything? do you mind if i drift into one of those woe is me posts? something is terribly wrong with me. i have everything in the world, yet I feel so stupid, unhappy, alienated. do you ever get that way? I know there is no reason for me to feel these ways. I think it may be the fact that sunlight doesn't shine in my living room. Or that I am home alone with Doodle all day. And when we venture out she screams in the car. Or that when that boy comes home & I can get a break from caring, cleaning, straightening, cooking, and everything else... Doodle doesn't want him. She wants me. Or it could be the fact that I want to do things. I want to go to movies. I want to go to yarn stores. I want to go to tea rooms. I want to go on trips. I want to not feel rushed all the time. I want to sit on the couch in the sunshine with a cup of tea and make cute and fancy little things. I want to feel cute instead of this HEAP that I am. I want to be... cute as the rest of you. I want to be inspired. *SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH*

enough of that.

i made somethin'. thanks to creativeyarn. her free pattern. not mine. 

see how sweet!

and there's multiple ways to wear it!

It is made from Sugar N Creme 100% yarn & it would be a lovely statement to any wardrobe for some one young or older!

I wore it saturday & got compliments from everyone who saw it!!!

the cats out of the bag!

in the beginning, there was crochet in the round. 

and I saw that it was good.

well, my friends I have great news! I finally finished my crochet flowered bag! I'm so very happy to have finally completed it! I started on it just a few days before Doodle was born and once she got here I was completly occupied with giving her sweet kisses and every bit of my attention, as you can imagine. Yet, poor little flowered bag was left in the dark cluttered corners of my craft room. She was bored and unfinished and very upset with me. Until the other day. I began to show her affection again and.........

well, there she is! isn't she a BEAUT!? Well, I believe so!!! 

What a happy bag for dashing around town or to carry stashes of happy yarn or

 even a picnic's lunch! 

She's made of Vanna's Choice Yarn in bright and cheery colors.

so graceful, that bag! and OH, the flowers. 

cannont, simply cannot forget

 the cutest flowers!!

there are four individual flowers on the bag & each is cheery and unique!!!

so, friends.. what do you think? be terribly honest, please!! is it lovely? ugly? just plain crazy? i wanna' know!!

thank you, attic 24, for getting me started on this project, though I messed up and narrowed my bag some how.... it kinda resembles the pattern! ;)