Silver Purls

Today I don't have to wash floors and I managed to send off a few messages and do the laundry at the same time so things are looking up :^)

One of the good things from yesterday is this -

and this

 

I'm particularly impressed to get the Stitch Nation Bamboo Ewe yarn and Alpaca Love yarn on a good special. The rainbow of colours is very enticing and inspired by my love of granny squares, Attic 24 and some other crocheted projects I think I will earmark this for a crochet throw (one day). You can always rely on Spotlight for a yarn bargain. You just have to wait for the right day!

There is a special night coming up for one of the kids and here is a sneak peak.

Some of the girls are wearing short formal dresses and some have chosen long dresses. This one is a long dress. There are not that many occasions where the young girls can wear the long dresses and I think it makes it feel even more special somehow. We hunted out the highest shoes that we could find to avoid taking the hem of the dress up but seems the highest shoes weren't high enough.

So with a snip and a cut a new hem was done and the dress is now hanging up waiting for the special evening. The dress had only one shoulder strap so I also added a thin strap to the other shoulder. I had planned on using ribbon but was lucky enough to be able to make it from the scrap of fabric that I cut off the bottom of the dress. Now it looks like it was always meant to be there.

Cheers,
Lynda