Spring Bunnies and another Award

Happy Easter everyone!

Have a look at those spring bunnies - aren't they just tooooo cute?? It's almost a year since I've downloaded the free PDF pattern for those little fellas on craftzine, and I had almost forgotten about it. Recently I've seen them again on Annaboo's house, and I promised myself to make them before Easter. Phew, just in time, I'd say... :) I've already mentioned before, that I like to call those little creatures enemy-gurumis instead of amigurumis, because it's really a torture for my fingers (and my brain) to make them. But now and then I just can't resist, especially when they're as cute as those bunnies!

If you've also got some Easter or Spring Crochet to share, please stop by my link-party, it's still open for another week, and you can already vote for the next topic in my right side bar!

Now to something different: Ladylike from Crochetapy has passed the "Liebster Blog" award on to me!

Thank you Ladylike, and Congratulations on winning this award! And dear readers, please hop over to her beautiful blog, you won't regret it!

Now I have to tell you five random facts about me. This part is always quite difficult, because I'm really not that interesting. Let's see...

1. On Thursday I was high on elation because I've finally found my lucky charm again: a $1 Chip from a Poker Club in Daytona Beach, that I had been missing for over a year! I found it lying next to the copier at work - I have no idea how it got there!

2. It wasn't planned that way, but I actually wore a crochet dress at my friend's wedding (bought, not handmade *gg*)

3. John and I are not married (yet?)

4. By the way: I've always dreamed of a wild, trashy wedding in Vegas... who knows? ;)

5. Most sundays we go out for lunch, and I always order a Schnitzel baked with cheese, french fries and a side dish of savoy cabbage. And no, this combination is not a german standard :)

And now I'd like to pass this award on to five other blogs. "Liebster Blog" is german and means "Favorite Blog", so I've really tried to pick my alltime favorite blogs, even if they've received this award before or don't take part in this award game at all. So here are my five favorite blogs (in alphabetical order):

Annaboo's House

Attic24

Dly's Hooks and Yarns

Elisabeth Andree

Le Monde de Sucrette

Thank you ladies for the inspiration,

it's always a pleasure to visit your beautiful blogs!

Thanks for your visit in k-town today,

enjoy the rest of your Easter week-end! :)

Theme Party # 9: Spring and Easter Crochet

It's party-time again!! You know what? This is our 9th theme-party and so far I haven't voted for a topic myself, yet - but you've always picked the one I hoped you would :) So this time our theme is Spring and Easter Crochet: show us your Easter bunnies and eggs, your spring doilies and blankets, anything that has to do with this happy season of the year!

Some things you should keep in mind:

What you see is what you get: please link to the specific post where your chosen project can be found (not just your main blog address), and make sure that your post is about crochet and matches the given theme! No shops! Please understand that I might remove links that ignore these points.

Feel free to post as many links as you like - you should really search in the depths of your archives to retrieve your forgotten treasures, this is your chance to bring them back to the surface! :) more info


This collection can be found at The Crochet Boulevard now!

Thursday Thoughts

Source: Pinterest

Although I've got no more glimpses of a secret project to share,

I've decided to keep on posting the "Thursday Thoughts" -

I think I'd miss those quotes :)

There'll be another link-party here tomorrow -

I'd love to see you there! :)

April News and Reviews

I'm starting to really like these monthly News and Reviews posts on my blog! So let's see what has happened in my little crochet world and what comes next...

I've already showed you the first picture of the Wedding Blanket (the thing formerly known as the "super-secret project") - thank you all so much for your lovely comments so far!! Next on the list: a couple of "making of"-posts.

Although I've been quite busy with this blanket, I've also made a few smaller items, like some crochet stones (I've already posted the Birthday Stone last week) and more motifs for the "Beyond the Square Challenge". It's quite a big motif collection already, but unfortunately it's much more fun making them than preparing the blog posts :) 

I'm also working on a pair of cute "Spring Bunnies", but I've only finished the first bunny so far. It always takes me quite long to finish amigurumis, because I'm always looking for excuses to take a little break from all those tiny little hands and feet that have to be sewn to the tiny little body... :) Anyway, I hope I'll finish the second bunny just in time before Easter!

Talking about Easter: There's another link-party here in k-town on Friday! So far the Spring/Easter topic has got the most votes, but you've still got a few days time to vote for your favorite topic! (Although I'd personally LOVE to see some colorful spring crochet! *gg*)

Last but not least, I'll participate in the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week this month:

The topics for the week were announced today, so maybe you want to check them out and decide if you want to join, too!

That's all for my crochet plans for April so far, but you'll never know which new ideas might pop up in mind now that I've got more crochet time again... :)

Finally, as usual, a few words about my 2012 Resolutions:

Nobody could be more surprised than me, that I'm still sticking to my activity plans! In fact, I've just come back from the gym :) Sometimes I'm worried because everything seems to go too well, I haven't skipped one single training since I've started, I've lost 20 pounds since January, and I haven't had a serious "chocolate disaster" so far. What's more: it's still easy! Now I think it's time to let you in on a little secret: I've been listening to an additional relaxing, motivational, hypnosis kind of thing CD for a few weeks now (mainly to gain control over my craving for chocolate and what the experts call "emotional eating"). I'm usually more than sceptical of these things, that's why I haven't mentioned it before, but hey: it seems to work, I'm not even thinking of chocolate anymore! (at least not much... *gg*) Let's just see what the next month brings, I'm still positive!

Have a great sunny month of spring everybody! :)

The Super-Secret Project... Revealed!

Finally the day has come, at last I can show you the result of my super-secret project I've been working on since last October! And here it is...

The Wedding Blanket!

Yesterday was my friend's wedding, and this blanket was my present for her. She knows the address of my blog, but I'm not sure if she's visiting - that's why I kept the whole project secret, just to make sure :)

Of course I've taken detailed pictures of the process as I was working along, but I haven't managed to prepare them for posting yet. I promise that I will write at least two, maybe more, "making of"-posts with lots of pictures to share the whole process with you, just as I would have normally done (if it hadn't been a super-secret project). For now, you can still go back to my Thursday Thoughts to see lots of little glimpses.

Have a nice and sunny Sunday everyone - and don't let them fool you! :)