look at this

*insert picture of my new pitcher*

bravo bag

i am finally done! it is like one of those designer handbags you pay thousands for, except completely different. i'll post pics.

i love aprons!

i love aprons. i really, really want these ones below!

feel free to send me a link to your favorite apron pictures.

they can be found here if you love them too:
http://store.annamariahorner.com/vintagebouquet.html

homemade peach jelly and strawberry fields

whoot! cross that off my bucket list. i made jelly, lovely homemade jelly. :)

i am just a wannabe

my husband took me on a date tonight (yay!). as we were sitting in barnes and noble, the knitting section captured my interest. i grabbed several books off the shelf to browse. wonderful pictures and patterns stared back at me from the pages. and i came to a realization tonight.

i will never be like my friends, yarnthing and shortstorylong. i am not a professional knitter. it is not that i am not disciplined enough; i just don't feel the drive that they do to create. i knit socially, not because i am passionate about it. sometimes when i am around them, i feel a little twinge of jealousy for their confidence and proficiency. they make wonderful sweaters and socks and hats. i WANT to create the beautiful designs and garments and handbags. i do. but i DON'T want to devote the time that it would take to make them.

i need to be able to remind myself that i am just a wannabe when my friends are whipping up their wonderful creations and my imagination starts to hyper-drive. I AM JUST A WANNABE.

wishing on a craft room

what i wish my craft room looked like:

what the reality is:

a shelf by the side of the couch

*sigh* maybe, someday...