My Knitting and Crochet Portfolio

Good morning! I thought I'd share a link to the knitting and crochet portfolio slideshow I just put together on Flickr. I think it will help when advertising my knitting and crochet lessons, like tomorrow at a friend's benefit for Cystic Fibrosis. Check out the photos and maybe they will inspire you to knit or crochet today!

Click here for the slideshow

Happy Crafting!

Laura

P.S. This is a new pattern I made last week, Cloudscape Capelet. Here is a link to buy on Ravelry and here's one for Etsy. It's a super quick knit and can also be worn as a scarf/cowl.

Waiting on Snowfall

*Here is my latest hat design! It's called "Waiting on Snowfall." I LOVE the snow, probably because I live in the South and we don't get much of it each winter. Waiting for snow to fall is exciting and hopefully putting on this hat will act as somewhat of a 'snow dance' and will bring on the snowflakes!! *

Click here to purchase the pattern on Ravelry

Click here to purchase the pattern on Etsy

secret kitten

I've already shared this on Facebook today, but I had to post this to the blog. Oh my dear, I can't stop watching it!!! You're welcome.

Hello Mrs. Jansen

Hi hi!! Well, I'm married off now and all official and loving getting used to a new name. I had an amazing wedding and an amazing honeymoon. That is why I have been so absent from my blog! Here are a few photos from the wedding. All photos by the amazing Souders of Souder Photography:

My honey and I honeymooned in Ireland and Scotland for 2 weeks. We could not have had a more amazing time. Scotland is literally a magical place, I think. And Ireland could not have been more fun, beautiful, and filled with friendly people and laughter...and of course lots of Guinness. Our wedding proved to be an amazing event where both of our families really came together and had a blast. I think our friends and other guests also had fun, especially according to the Crazy Booth photos :)

If I were to ever give any advice to a bride, it would simply be this. Make your wedding about your loved ones having fun together and you can't go wrong!!! We had a picnic on the Saturday after the wedding to hang out further with our families. I'm so glad we did this! We could all unwind after the big event and share a bit more time together.

I hope everyone is having a great fall. Mine, I couldn't ask for more during this, my favorite season of the year.

xoxo

Mrs. Jansen

New French knitting project & honeymoon sweater done

I cannot wait to make this! The kit is coming in the mail, from France (ooh, la la!). It should be here any day. I finished my honeymoon sweater recently and am excited to start on something a little bit more involved. Yay!!!

Here are some honeymoon sweater pictures for you :) It should keep me toasty in Ireland and Scotland!

Our Wedding Invitations

So, I have finally sent the invitations out. I didn't want to spoil the fun by posting photos of them before our guests received them in the mail, but now I can show them to you all! I have to say I'm very happy with how they turned out.

Being a web designer, most of the time, I rarely get to have my work printed on actual paper. The paper I chose was a super duper soft, beautiful paper (Somerset Soft White 300 gm Velvet for you other paper nerds out there!). It feels like soft cotton sheets. Yum!! I wanted to keep our design classic and simple. I really am happy with it and it was the first design I came up with! I love when that happens :)

Cool zipper bracelets

I just got these adorable zipper bracelets from "The Hippy Chick Sews" shop on etsy.com. They are so cute worn in groupings. I ordered two brown zippers and one navy. I love brown and navy together, but she offers a lot of colors. They came in the mail to me super quickly, too! Such a fun thing for a Friday afternoon :) Now I will look quite hip for the busy weekend we have planned.

Enjoy!!