A day well spent!

Refreshing excursion to the mountains today for me and my family and a close friend.Glad I had my pocket camera with me!

Look at those bullet holes on the sighns! We are entering dangerous territory!

Traditional Greek folk needle work and crochet I found inside a small chappel in the mountains.

 Amazing detail of the floor tiles inside the chappel. You don't see those very often.

 A tree of wishes ,an unexpected sight! What did I wish for? but it's a secret you know that.

Looks like Santa's house, isn't it? But it's a cosy little taverna.

 Magic sky late in the evening and all too silent. Something for the soul to hold on to during the busy week to come.

That's where we spent most of the day. Opposite this fire place waiting for granma to tell stories. Like the good old times.

I promised to myself today that I will carry my camera with me this year everyday and catch all little miracles that dance in front of my eyes  . It sometimes takes the camera lense for some magic to unfold.

Have a great day ,everyone and thanks for stepping by.

A ring a day...

The first drops of rain in my beautiful island of Crete caught me unprepared.

I sent my kids to school today without an umbrella for shelter and I walked in the rain listening to extraordinary music for 30 minutes.

I don't complain and they didn't either but in any case I bought us new umbrellas .

Today, I completed a small amount of the above crocheted rings for the Christmas school bazaar. I admire their simplicity. They look the same but each one is different really. I think to myself how easy it is to make one ring for each day of a month.

I feel this urge of creativity coming over me once again and I struggle to make time and complete each project I have in mind. But I promise you this....I will cut down internet time and I will concentrate on my projects.

Till later ........

My year in crochet projects Part 1

 Hallo lovelies! Here I am today like I promised for the first part of my completed projects for this year. Now that I see them on photographs and all I feel oh! so proud. Like you can see my first attempts were fillet crochet a very old traditional way of crochet that is very popular all over europe. The tricky thing with fillet crochet is that it takes so much time and patience to complete a project.

 A bit later the granny square entered my life. I made the first one out of a utube video and kept making one after the other like an addict. It's the best for instant gratification. The difficult part that I was soon to discover is to join them. It takes so long. Next time I will join them as I go.

 Then came Christmas and I felt so inspired to make little white crochet stars that I gave away to many many people I know for their christmas trees.

How about this little ring? So easy to make and so lovely to wear. It's also a great way to recycle old buttons and left over yarn!

I think denim fabric  and fillet crochet go so good together. The round one was made by me back in the 90s when I travelled through India. Crochet was in front of my eyes then but I didn't see it back then.

 Like you have noticed already this blog has started as a style blog so it's not a surprise that I soon started to experiment with accessories like bags and scarves.

That's all for today.Stay tuned for part 2 and have a nice rest of the week.

Happy crochet anniversary

Today , was the blessed day I had been waiting for a whole year to come.

Today was the day I finally finished my first crochet blanket ever, a present to my lovely niece.

It all started about a wear ago when my creativity was seriously channelled to crochet.

Oh! what a glorious moment. My  everyday life trully got so much less monotonous. I found a hobby and a whole new world opened in front of me for discovering.

Since then I have made several thing to keep me warm and accessorise me and my house and I have made some more to gift.

Marvellous crochet blogs and addictive pinterest have been my source of inspiration along with utube for fantastic video tutorials. I have to admit though the if I spent more time crochet and less time browsing I would have opened and Etsy shop by now!

Boredom, bad mood, aimlessly hanging around have flown out of the window.

Real creative urge has visited me for the first time in my life and stayed with me. I have day dreams for my next projects and I even plan my day so I can have free time to sit down and crochet. I keep my house clean and tidy so i can enjoy crochet without guilt.

Now that I'm preparing to give up smoking I know I will have a true companion to hold on to.

As I dutifully follow my glorious crochet path I realize that crochet goes hand in hand with decoration with a certain vintage feel. I have already declared my love of vintage but I hadn't realised how much vintage like stuff lurks in my house.

Today, I easily put together this composition just above my sink. The top with the pin up girl is from a tin full of sweets I bought in the early 90s in Holland and the needle work is made from my mother back in the 60s.

 I will keep my eyes open for more things that have gone unnoticed but right now my eyes close because it's way beyond bed time . Καληνύχτα! (Good night in greek)

P>S I'm putting together a post with all my crochet projects. Stay tuned!!!

Hand made bliss

 Hello everyone! This blog is giving me a hard time. I don't seem to make up my mind as to what direction I want it to move. I'm not clear as to what I want to document about my interests and in which form. But enough about my lack of direction! Today I posted because I make a focused attempt to wear something crochetted (by me) or knitted (by others) as much as possible, preferably everyday.

I still believe that people find ready made garments as a sign(among others)of wealth so in a black and white scale of things, people also believe hand made items are signs of not having enough money.

I can't say it's totally untrue because in crisis suffering Greece, crochet and knitting are a huge comeback! Anyway, here I'm sporting my new crochet bag. It took me 3days to finish and I used left over yarn from previous projects. I even put fabric inside to make it stronger and retain its shape.

I can't wait to hear what you think of it. Actually, I have already made another one but it needs a bit of finishing touches.

I've been also busy decorating my living room to give it a bit of a vintage feeling. i made the pillows and I added my fillet crochet doilly along with the stuffed animals I borrowed from my daughter.

 

I even photoshopped myself for a bit of creative touch. All in all I'm very pleased because I can channel my creativity through crochet and all things hand made and I count it as a blessing that hard times made me all the more conscious of how much money I used to throw in the wind for quick satisfaction.

Have a great week ahead!

Basics with green accents

 While sorting out my clothes I got overwhelmed by what I own to the point that I couldn't make any outfit at all. I spend a while to figure out how I might solve the problem at hand and then it strike me.

I quickly made a seperate section in my wardrobe with about 15 pieces of basic clothes tops or bottoms in white, black, grey and light blue.

Suddenly, it all made sense and I was able to put together this outfit. Basic denim shirt and all the rest in an accent color ,this time I played around green.

 I was able to use long forgotten accessories and of course my becoming signature style tourban , made out of a simple scarf in olive green. For some strange reason I think that scarves (and I've got plenty that I adore) show better on me worn on my head rather than around my neck. A few years of blogging can do this to you.

And a bit of information for those who asked. The tree bellow is in my garden and it's a pommegrenade tree fully in bloom this time of the year. Every morning I enjoy their juice which is perfect for purifying the blood and send toxins running.

Mix it up and carry on

 Happy Autumn to everyone! I'm back from holidays and ready for school to start. It's this time of the year that wardrobe organisation and some purging are required. I'm also in the process of rediscovering what I own and today's outfit is the result of this process.

A bit of basic casuals ( white jeans, basic brown sweater), a bit of 40s inspiration ( scarf worn as a turban) , teenage spirit ( red converse) and lady-like essence (red bag).

I think I have my style sorted or totally mixed up.

What do you think?

Check out Visible Monday where I'm about to hop next.

Summer days

Different outfits but  the same  necklace and a gorgeous fabric is all I want to point out for the first part of this post.
During these hot summer months away from my closet and my accessories the improvisation becomes difficult and my outfits become so much simpler and practical.
But the blue dress above is a life saver as it is so figure flattering and the harem pants are of the most versatile fabric.

But I'm mostly here today to present you with some photos from the beach where I swim and....crochet everyday. Enjoy

  I couldn't ask for more. I hope you all enjoy your summer days and I will keep you posted as soon as I put together an interesting outfit !!!