Twilight DVD Update

How could I resist creating more of my Camp Twilight colorways in celebration of the Twilight DVD release??  Find them in the shop!

Happy movie watching!  ;)

The Birthday

Funny things, birthdays.  A day where you expect everyone you know to celebrate the fact that you were born.  Ha!  It’s an odd concept when you really think about it, and these days it goes against everything we preach.  Be more selfless; put others first; sacrificing is good…and yet, “tell me how wonderful it is that I was born!!”

Someday someone will start a trend where birthdays are no longer celebrated or “cool”.  But, until then…  YAY IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!  ;)

Thanks to all the wonderful and sweet folks who sent me birthday wishes and stuffz.  I had a wonderful day today and it was because of all of you.  :)

But also…because of my cake.  I have a special birthday cake.  It’s been MY birthday cake for years (and years and years).  It’s not as flashy as some, but it’s special to me.  I’ve kind of got a thing for desserts…especially desserts that hold memories.

And this one definitely does.  The card it’s written on is blotched and stained, and the handwriting is either my mom’s or my grandma’s…my mom can’t remember whose.  It’s a copy cat recipe for the old Tasty Kake Peanut Butter Tandy Kakes.  Tasty Kake is an old company that started in Philly in the early 1900s; they came out with the Peanut Butter Tandy Kakes in the 30s.  For a really long time you could only get them in Pennsylvania, which is where my grandma lived, and I ate a LOT of them.  She would mail them to us down in Louisiana because I would just CRAVE them.  Now you can find them online, by the case, haha!  But I’ll stick to the recipe I have…

It just tastes like my childhood.  :)

Teh Pretteez

Thanks to PrairieGarden on etsy for including some of my Lucky Day hand-dyed yarn in her Treasury!

March Madness!

Things have been super busy over here at the Bucket.  I’ve had my hands in all kinds of projects, including a bunch of goodies for the shop!  Here is a little sampling of what will be listed tonight at 5pm AZ time (click here for a nifty Time Zone Converter):

You can see more items and descriptions over on my Flickr page.  Don’t forget to add me as one of your contacts on Flickr to be notified whenever more goodies go up!

This update was inspired by the greens of March, including one of my new favorite stones: Green Amber.  It’s a gorgeous olivey green with glints of greenish gold captured inside.  How interesting to see how different fibers and yarns took the colorway!  They all seemed to create their own interpretation…

Another fun thing in this update is my Irish Eyes colorway, and when I say “my” Irish Eyes colorway I really mean it – this colorway is exactly the color of my eyes (as seen in my mirror in my bathroom anyway…I make no claims as to how they appear under different lighting, haha!).  I’ve always said my eyes were “blue-ish”, but in reality they are light sage, with pale yellow layers.  Who’da thunk it??  I’d always worn contacts with that blue tint to them so you can find them if they fall, and what a difference just that bit of tint can make on light eyes. 

Happy March everyone; see you at the update tonight!  :)