The three main things in my life right now (in an Attic24-style post):
daffodils
My favorite flower has emerged in droves, making me smile whenever I see their happy bright faces. They’re all over my college campus, where I snapped the above picture. I love them because they’re such a silly little flower, what with the bright orange trumpet, but they make me happy every day. So I wanted to crochet some of them, naturally, which leads me to my next thing…
dogs
Patterns from Barefoot Creations and Attic24. Maisie, our puppy, and Ruby, our 13-year-old poodle, graciously modeled for me. They were present throughout the crocheting process, so I thought they should be part of the final result. I love crocheting daffodils and am thinking about making a springtime bunting. I’ve already put one on a headband. The great thing about crochet flowers is it doesn’t depend on the season!
deadlines
It’s the first week of term, and I have come to the abrupt realization that the A to Z Challenge was overly optimistic of me. Deadlines are already approaching in my classes (yay for French assignments, not-so-yay for literary analyses) and all my energy is going to that. So I’m going to resign the A to Z Challenge for next year. I can’t wait to see what everyone else comes up with, but I will keep to my regularly scheduled programming over here – I’m planning on some crafty posts throughout the month.
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What have you been up to this spring so far? What’s your favorite kind of flower? 🙂
Aww, I’m sorry about that! I totally understand though, and I’m glad that you can figure out what works best for you and bow out before it stresses you out. Blessings on your spring!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Lydia! Yes, avoiding stress is the goal here, but I do plan to join in next year…with a little more planning ahead, haha. I’m always inspired by your regular blogging schedule. I hope you have a blessed spring as well! 🙂
Sorry to hear about the A to Z Challenge, do take care of yourself first. I love the daffodils (real and crochet!) and the puppies, yellow and orange go really well with black! I like the idea of the spring bunting, daffodils would work well. Perhaps crochet some different spring flowers, too, like cherry blossoms (my favourite flower!) or daisies? I don’t know what you get over there, but variety in the bunting would look great. 😀
Thank you for your kind words, filliefanatic! I’m sorry for the late reply, I’ve been quite behind lately on the blogging stuff. The daffodils do look nice with the dogs, don’t they? 🙂 Too bad I can’t talk the dogs into wearing hair clips! And that’s a great idea about the spring bunting…I love the seasonal buntings you make, I’ll definitely take some inspiration from that! We do indeed get cherry blossoms and daisies over here, it would be interesting to compare what flowers grow in what country. 🙂
No problem! My dog used to wear little ribbons on tiny rubber bands back when he was a puppy, so you could do something similar with the daffodils? And thank you, feel free to get ideas from my bunting! I’ve no idea what the flowers I crocheted are, I’m not very good at identifying them. 😊