Colez and Rippz are Gettin' Hitched

I thought it would be fitting to do a post from Nicole's bridal shower since she will be getting hitched in Mexico at the end of this week.

We had a brunch themed shower with Bloody Marys and Memosa's. This was the day that I finally accomplished one of my life goals and created the perfect bloody mary recipe inspired by the Bloody's at the Triple Rock.

I decide that a garland would be a nice addition to the decorations (3 hours later I am not so sure.) In the end we all agreed that it looked cool.

Here's a picture of it hanging above the party table.

So I made the most awesomest cake ever. Inspired by this cake at omnomicon.com. The results were amazing I will most def  have to use it again for Finn's first birthday.

Totes Awes Dawgs!

The spread included monkey bread, and awesome egg bake, jelly bean's, deviled eggs made by Cam, some roasted rosemary  potatoes, a berry salad, and of course the rainbow cake.

It's a Girl, Sunburst Granny Square Blankie

Colez is having a baby in July, and I decide that I should probably make her baby a baby blankie. I am kind of a baby blanket fanatic, I myself still have my own baby blanket after 27 years (I think it's impressive). As a kid I was very particular about my "GeeGee" and I never let it drag on the ground or get dirty. My mom would wash it for me a "special" way, I had very high standards. Anyway's I understand the importance of an awesome baby blanket probably better than anyone, so I felt that it was my duty as a good Auntie to make sure that the little chipplette also understands this.

I was originally inspired to try and crochet the Granny Square style blanket from a post that I had seen on Apartment Therapy's Ohdeedoh site. Next I had to figure out how to crochet. I found another useful way to use the internet and I had youtube teach me how to crochet. After a lot of trial and error I was finally starting to feel confident.

I found the pattern via an expert crocheter's flickr page. It's called a sunburst pattern, here's a link in case anyone else might be interested in making a sweet ass babe blankie.

THE PROCESS



The first ten squares! After doing some research on the internets I decided to try out Cascade 220 Superwash wool. The colors are super vibrant, and in my small amount of experience, it seems like a lot of nautral fiber yarns don't come with so many color options. I was happy with the results.

I couldn't figure out how big to make a baby blanket. In the end I made it the size of my kitchen table.

I didn't make any of the squares the same, but I did make different versions with the same colors.

A close-up.

Getting close to being done.

Finally I have all my squares! Now I must sew them together and put on a white border around the edge.

Sunburst Landscape.

Shit Yeah, it's almost done. I have it all sewed together, the last and most boring step is to tuck in all the loose strings.

This is what we talk about.