Crochet craze

I've got a new craze...crocheting...and this is how it started. I saw a baby girl wearing a headband, it looked soooo pretty I decided to get Miss M one. I went onto EBay, where I discovered hundreds of the most gorgeous headbands! I couldn't choose, I got two. One of them has a white delicate crocheted flower. So pure, so chic. I immediately felt WANTIES to have crocheted headbands in every colour and size! So I thought, why don't I make some myself? So I went back onto EBay and got some yarn, hooks and beads. Then I found some foolproof tutorials on YouTube and TA-DAH! L-O-V-E-L-Y!

I got some more yarn, and I desperately needed a bag to keep it in. I saw this craft bag and fell in love with it. So scrumptiously flowery, with wooden handles and beige polka dot background...yummy!

Look, my yarn LOVES living in it!



Next I decided to get myself A BOOK with patterns. I went on Amazon... and I couldn't choose, I had to have every one! So now I own a small library of crochet books and hours and hours of varied  blissful hooking.

And this is my first pattern. I spent an evening  and the whole next day trying to decode this Japanese crochet language. I made mistakes, I hooked and unravelled the yarn back a million zillion times, but I DID IT! Yeey!

Sweet peas.

I was looking through the photos on my computer this morning and found some of sweet peas in my garden I thought I'd like to share with you. I took these pics last summer, when I was newly pregnant with Miss M, and my lovely Husband created this beautiful oasis of peace  - our garden - for me to relax from my boults of morning sickness.

I love, I mean, L-O-V-E  this flower, it's delicate scent, the wonderful colours, the heart shape of the petals, the way it crawls upwards towards the Sun, the light green baby pods. I dream about planting them around conservatory (when we build it!), and opening the windows and french doors to let the scent fill the house... What a wonderful vision!

This year our garden is a building site as we are making a raised flower bed, borders and a new patio and a new fence and gates. So you see plenty to do. I can't wait till it's finished!

Rasberry cupcakes

Mmmm, yammy, aren't they? Such a nice bright pink colour, perfect for a tea party with your girlfriends! And believe me, this colour is all natural, well, except for the sunny spot in the midde, that is made from coloured icing sugar. To make this gorgeous icing whizz 100g/ 31/2oz rasberries with 1 tbsp lemon juice and 300g/11oz sieved icing sugar in a processor till smooth and sieve to remove seeds.

Have you got any interesting cupcake icings?