Boot Cuffs

My sister has EVERYTHING. And by everything, I mean everything. Literally, I don't think she can cram one more thing into her room. Did I mention she lives with my parents and she's 25? Crosses my fingers for her moving out one day. But she did, however, mention well...text me a photo of boot cuffs that she wanted. Unfortunately, they were crocheted. I know, crocheting is supposedly really easy but I just don't want to learn. My wife thinks it would be really cool to be able to say "I knit AND crochet." I just don't really want to. Laziness I guess. SO I knit my sister a pair of boot cuffs and with the extra yarn, I made some for my grandma. We'll see where she wears hers! ha. I tried two different patterns. The first pattern is from here. Very simple but the effect didn't show up as well on this fluffy yarn.
Pattern:
row 1: *k2, p1*
row 2: *k2, p1*
row 3: *RT, p1*

The second pattern is just your basic k2, p2. I think it looks much cleaner with the yarn choice.

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Christmas Cheer

I just finished my next to last piece for my Seussical Mantel! I altered this printable from Inviting Printables (the pink letters were red) and mounted it on two pieces of poster board. I think I will still need to attach it to something sturdy (i.e. Amazon.com boxes) to make it stand up right.

Bollywood Murder Mystery Bash

I made it to 30! And as much as I would love to post all of the photos from my big night, this is all you get. ;) I was surrounded by all of my favorite people and felt so loved. I don't think the night could have been better...unless maybe I skipped that last glass of champagne. Ahh... Everyone really outdid themselves with their costuming and the murder mystery game was just too hilarious!

d.i.y. branch tree

 

That d*mn tree branch isn't going to scratch me anymore! For the past few months, I've been running into a low hanging branch on my way to the compost bin. I was in desperate need of a nice limb for my buffet table decor so it had to go. I spray painted it gold and hung mini ornaments from it. What do you think? Kortney=1 Evil Branch=0.

2012: Year In Review

Holy Smokes! They are here! They are here!! I've been working on these bad boys for what feels like forever. One day, I had enough and I ordered them. I ordered them from vistaprint.com because they have the best prices, really. I'll be honest, I'm a wee bit disappointed in the color quality because I previewed and previewed and tweaked till they were perfect. *breathe* It's not the end of the world. What do you think? Oh, and as always, my family's names and face are blurred. I promise they are adorable. ;)