Did you guys get into any fun adventures this weekend?

I’ve been trying to catch up on my Etsy orders (burger scarf is taking forever!!), and Manda also spent the night at my house. We had drinks on Saturday night (p.s. “Purple Hooters” are gross) and then brunch today (I LOVE HASH BROWNS). I also kidnapped her to the beach, where we had a little funny video & photo shoot. Here’s a snap shot from Manda’s iPhone! Much more goofiness and silliness on the way!!

Stay tuned this week! I’ll be launching a giveaway for a fun crafty book! And I’m gonna try my best to get a free Easter-related pattern up on the blog!

Crochet videos are kinda weird to me, cuz even after I sped up a lot of the easy crochet portions, my video still clocks in at a whopping 53 minutes!! I can’t imagine anyone sitting through the whole thing! But is that the point? To feel like you are crocheting a project along with someone? I would love feedback! I wanted to be as informative as possible, but maybe I was too informative…. heheh. Like, I know I could have done separate videos for weaving ends, blocking, working each different stitch…. that seems logical to me, but it also felt natural to just mention it while I was doing it. Let me know your thoughts!

p.s. While filming, I also noticed a few small flubs in the pattern, and I edited the pattern on my blog to reflect those changes.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In the spirit of luck and magic, I’m so excited to announce our super sweet collaboration with handmade artist Fatally Feminine Designs, whom I met because she was one of my blog sponsors! She hand makes and sells cute polymer clay jewelry, so you should definitely check out more of her work!

Each bracelet comes with a pink heart, orange star, yellow moon, green clover, blue diamond, purple horse shoe, and cereal bits that spell YUMMY and are all hand-sculpted!

These are really limited edition, so scoop one while you can! We are also working on more yummy jewelry surprises!

It’s the 15th of the month, so it’s time to launch a new blog sponsor giveaway! Thanks so much to my generous sponsors for offering us these wonderful goodies! One lucky winner will receive:

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We went to see Wes Anderson’s new movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, last night, and it was delightful, as always and expected! I had already been planning an outfit inspired by the Lobby Boy from the stills I’d seen on google, and I made my hat an hour before shooting these photos!

I didn’t own much purple clothing aside from a ruffly hippie dress, so I scoured Etsy for some vintage. My jumper/overalls dress wasn’t quite vintage (the brand is Arizona!), but it definitely looked like something I would continue to wear all the time. It’s so comfy!

The shirt and lady-tie are from ASOS from maybe a year or two ago. I keep forgetting to wear it, but I feel super dapper in it! I crocheted the hat and embroidered the lettering. A sour cream container is providing the structure underneath. I really love crocheted head pieces because I can just stab through the crochet stitches with bobby pins to secure hats like this to my head. I kind of was into wearing this hat. I need to think of a version I can wear on a more everyday basis!

So if you are in the mood for a movie with a murder mystery, impeccable styling & sets, and tons of quirky characters, go see The Grand Budapest Hotel this weekend!