So July has been pretty busy, despite my hopes of our lives slowing down a bit.
There is a new addition to our lives...
After nearly a year and a half of transit, car2go, and begging people for rides, we finally bought another car. She's a 2001 Honda Civic. Nothing fancy, but we like her. We're so excited to have our freedom back!
The 8th marked our 8th anniversary! We didn't really do much to celebrate, just went out to dinner. We usually always take the day off to spend together, but this year we both worked. So we decided to celebrate the following weekend with a picnic on Bowen Island. We ended up heading to Tunstall Bay, and had the beach all to ourselves! This was our beautiful view...
I took a break from working on my granny squares to try my hand at tapestry crochet - a style of crochet used to create designs & patterns of multiple colours. Well, I tried and it was really hard! I think its something that I really need to sit down and concentrate on, until I get the hang of it. Then I found this dishcloth tutorial, and tried it out while we watched a movie last night. It was super easy, and despite it being a bit rough around the edges, I think it turned out well. Ella and I can go into business together selling market totes & dishcloths at farmers markets!
It's supposed to look like chevron - I think you need to squint a bit.
I'll have to try it with more contrasting colours to get the pattern to pop more.
I have the next few days off, and I have a long list of things I'm hoping to get done - crafts, recipes, cleaning & organizing. On the top of my list, Joy's Pistachio Orange Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Buns! I'll let you know how it goes.
Sending love to all of you!
Xo A
Oh my gosh! Those sound amazing! It's been. A while since I have made any sort of cinnimon bun. I think I will add that to the to do list as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on 8 years!!! Amazing! High school sweeet hearts!
ReplyDeleteA second Congratulations. Wow - time has flown by so quickly. You two are so great at doing things together. I always love catching up on your adventures. What a beautiful beach view!
ReplyDeleteThis part is for Corey - way to know your woman!!! A selection of cook books approved by Joy the Baker?! You win points - BIG points. Alysia, keep him! ;) Can't wait to see the other recipes make their way onto the blog.
Also, I love the dish cloth. Looks great! Funny how certain items take so much practice and others come so easily. Keep it up! I like the sound of "business partners". ;)
Thank you both! Part of me can't believe its been that long already!
ReplyDeleteAnd I know, I was so impressed when he told me that! He's definitely a keeper! I just hope Joy ends up responding! How fun would that be?!
Business partners, that would be amazing! An elementary school dream come true! ;)