Hats Hats Hats

Just a few pics of the hats JE and I made to sell.....
  

Aww.....

 We were so happy - four sold!! (OK that might not sound like a lot but usually none do)

Peas and Eggplant by Eady

Fair Isle and Pumpkin by yours truly

And another pea and strawberry by Eady.  Isn't she good?

I LOVE knitting!!!

Check out this website for free patterns

Modest Fashion Week 10-11-10

Head over to Bramblewood Fashion for more info or if you want to participate!

(MA's still in her PJ's)

Old Navy shirtdress - yard sale

Madison sweater - yard sale

Sam & Libby flats - Hamrick's

   (necklace and earrings borrowed from my sis - Thanks Geegs!)

Have a great Monday everyone!  I'm working on school and getting the house ready for company tonight.  

~ See you tomorrow ~

MFW - 10-10-10

Many thanks to Ashley and Gabrielle to hosting this event!!

   

Sorry about the (wrong) date on the pictures.....I need to fix that!

Banana Republic swing jacket - yard sale

Vintage Studio skirt - consignment sale

J.Jill brown tee - Goodwill

Aldo flats (wasn't wearing them in the first picture!) - yard sale

Here are the shoes!  :)

 I love Fall - it's my favorite season!

Cape Lookout, Part Two

Dear Readers ~  I'm terribly sorry for the lapse in time!!  But without further ado..... Part Deux!  (hey! That rhymes!)

I think I mentioned the card tournament last year when I posted about our trip.  As usual, I lost horribly.  My grandparents and sister are the "card sharks" of the family.... apparently I did not inherit the gene!

Anyway, Eady will try to get me to play with her as much as possible to get her score up (she knows she can win!) and I comply.

There are several run-down houses left on the island - relics of the days before the park service took over. 

On our last day at the island we decided to hike to the tree you see here in the picture - the highest one.  It was (let me tell you) MUCH easier said than done.  We hiked through dense bushes and dead (scratchy) undergrowth just to get to where this picture was taken.  But the scenery was beautiful around the marsh.

(those dense and scratchy bushes)

Once we got through the marsh, the terrain changed a little.  No more scratchy bushes anymore, just don't step on a cactus.  

This isn't THE tree, that one would not have been easy to climb!

And then we turned around and almost ran into this.....

Golden Orb Spiders - - - Everywhere!

Here is Eady standing in front of the big tree.  See how her pants are wet?  That's how deep we went crossing the marsh.

Right after this picture was taken I got stung by a wasp!

Aaaaaand crossing the marsh again on the way back.  If you could have heard me on the last stretch it sounded somewhat like  "Ooooooo!  Ouch!  *gasp* My poor legs!"
We had so much fun on our trip!  Glad I could share it with all of my readers!
  Now on to more up to date things~
  My sister and I have been doing a ton of knitting recently and I will post the products soon!  Tomorrow begins Bramblewood Fashion's Modest Fasion week so expect a slew of fashion posts this week.
 ~Lillian

Cape Lookout, Part One

I'm sharing a few pictures from our annual trip to the Outer Banks . . . we returned last from a wonderful time in the beautiful weather.  (usually not the case :))

The above picture is the sunrise on Day 1 - we left at 4 am.

At the ferry dock

First glimpse of the island

Once we settled in, the fishing began.  Some of the species captured included whiting, pompano, bluefish, drum, etc.  We only kept the whiting and a few pompano.  Fish fry . . .yum!

My dad caught this small shark after hooking a really big one that got away.

 

Cute little remora that was on the shark

 

 We did a little bit of shelling while on the island.  Eady found these pretty sand dollars, then gave them to me to put in my pocket.  They all broke.

 

Wide, open spaces

 This year the park service opened the lighthouse to the public, so for the first time we could climb it!

 

The view from the top was magnificent!!!

 

 

 

Eady conquers her fear of heights!

 

 

Wild horses on Shackelford Banks . . .

 

Another pretty sun set on Day 2.  Soon I'll do another post with the rest of the weekend!

 

Dove Hunt

Went dove hunting yesterday....

Lots of fun....

Not very many doves...

But Eady got two, Daddy eight...

As for me...well... lets just say I'm out of practice.

 

 

 

 

 

Ate opening day's fruits and yesterday's for dinner tonight - Yum!

(and yes, that green stuff in the background of the picture of the dead birds is my knitting project - hunting and knitting DO mix, regardless of what may be commonly believed.)

 

 

 

 

Regency Spencer + Fair Project

Cannot wait for the weather to cool off...  velveteen is a little warm.  Using the Sense and Sensibility Spencer/Pelisse pattern (many thanks to Caroline for letting me borrow it!) I made this spencer a few weeks ago.  The pattern was fairly easy to follow and the project was a quick one. 

  

I love the diamond in the back!  And when I went to find buttons I was so happy to discover four brown velveteen covered ones.  They were a little smaller than what I wanted but oh well, it still made me happy :)

I'm sorry for the poor quality pictures.... it was raining and we couldn't take them outside!  When I wear it later this fall (too hot now!) I promise to post something a little better.

Now I need a dress to match it well.... hmmm...