Project a Day: #15 A Japanese Rose for Lily

Just as we thought Spring had sprung early, the Winter rain hit us and it hit real hard. Besides the lovely sunny past weekend, it has been pouring for two weeks non-stop! Rivers are over flowing, roads are flooded, there is water every where! I don't mind it though, I love this weather. Besides, our region could use all the water it can get. Because of our winter-rainfall, we usually have water restrictions in the summer as most of the water evaporates in the heat of our summer sun. Then there is also the issue of the water usage doubling in summer as tourist and holiday makers stream in to our little town for the Whale season and our amazing beaches.

...but enough babbling! What I really want to talk about is my friend Lily. It was her birthday 15 July and we were all invited to celebrate with her that following Saturday at her South African family's home. The celebration was supposed to be a surprise so I browsed through Lily's Facebook photo's to get an Idea of what colours I would use to make her gift. She looked so fresh is some of her photo's, where she was wearing a bright Teal scarf so I went with that. 

 -I know Lily is Chinese but I could only find a Japanese rose pattern. The Japanese are oh so good at writing crochet patterns, they also invented the language of crochet charts-

-The rose came out kinda ombre, I love it! This was my first attempt at this pattern. I couldn't find suitable leaf patterns so I made my own. Not to bad, if I say so myself... At this moment Lily owns a one of a kind "OddOneOut" as I only made one of these, especially for her-

PS. Thanks for posting this photo on my fb wall, Lily, I'm so glad you like your gift. And you look so pretty, too :)

xxx  

I love We Celebrate & Nomilk Today!

Yay, I won! I had completely forgotten about this giveaway over at We Celebrate, sponsored by Nomilk Today. I was on facebook a few weeks ago when I got a friend request from Maria Nogueira, so I checked out her profile and recognized her from her blog so I accepted the request. The next moment I got the notification on my BB, I had won the giveaway! Thanx Maria, you Rock! So, living on South Africa I'm always dreading the fact that my mail gets lost in transit, but not this time. I'm so happy to say that my parcel arrived safely and that I am now the proud owner of a Nomilk Today ring. It's so pretty and it's my favourite colours too<3

-a big thank you to We Celebrate and to Nomilk Today for all your trouble in making sure I get my lovely prize (all the way from Greece, mind you), I will probably wear it every day-

xxx

Hello Friend:)

A few months ago there was a new follower on my blog, then on Pinterest, then on facebook and then in my  facebook inbox, and the next thing you know we're having lunch at Burgundy's. This lovely lady's name is Natasha and she runs a blog called Bamboo Blossom. It was so nice meeting you, Natasha. She was also the the first to respond to my 100th post give away and she was the lucky draw winner for the doggy badges. We have so much in common and we both love thrifting and discovering awesome finds at our local charity and secondhand shops. She is also a creative like me, check out her Etsy shop here.

I love making new friends:) 

xxx