tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68814164557740604572018-08-28T06:18:31.942-07:00Lizeth Alfarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812451574060426461noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881416455774060457.post-1651545887877124962012-11-01T10:55:00.000-07:002012-11-01T11:38:30.189-07:00

I moved to Calgary, Alberta at the beginning of September and was dreading having to face a standard "Canadian" winter again. Of course, this year it decided to start snowing in October! Even though it hasn't been as cold as I thought it would be, I still like to grumble about having to face the winter weather. All this snow and chilly air has put me in the mood to knit with warm and cozy wool.

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I can finally say.... MY MIRROR IS ALL DONE! I hung it back up on my wall and I am in love. My pictures don't do the colour justice and fail to show just how cute it looks hanging on my wall. What do you think ? Robin's Egg Blue I love it! It started off as this gold colour Until next time,

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Still holding up after 3 years SAM_1478Originally uploaded by lizsmail_00 I have already begun to pack for our move to Calgary even though it isn't until August. As I'm hand washing all of the hand made knit wear before storing it away I stumble across this cowl. It was the very first cowl I knit. I believe it was the first time I didn't knit a hat (which by the way is still my favourite item

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I'm sure you are all aware of the recent caviar manicure craze...I mean "fish egg" manicure. My deepest apologies Ciate, what was I thinking using the word "caviar". Anyway, I actually did give this manicure a try going the DIY route. Although the look is very cool and three dimensional, feeling the bumpy beads on my nails just made me want to pick them off or bite them off. Not cute. Although I

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A friend of mine is expecting a baby niece in July and she asked me to knit her up some baby gear. I found two cute pieces to knit up. I hope you like them! Baby Booties  Teddy Bear Hat  And friend, you know who you are, these cuties are on their way :) Have a great weekend! Until next time, 

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I finally started the lampshade makeover portion of my bargain bedside lamps. I prepared my work space **cough** coffee table **cough**, grabbed myself a drink, glue gun, glue sticks and a movie. Having read other blogs I knew that a marathon of folding and gluing was about to ensue. Well this little lady didn't really think this through. I only bought a 100-pack of coffee filters. Needless to

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I stumbled upon two bedside lamps a few weeks ago at a local thrift store.When I laid my eyes on them all I could see was how much potential they had and for only $11 for both I knew I couldn't pass this up. The body is a beautiful ceramic in teal, but the lamp shades have seen better days. The bottom hardware is an unfortunate gold colour. My plan is to paint the gold parts silver and to finish

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During another one of my internet crawls I stumbled upon Chelsea's nail tutorials on her Youtube channel Getnailedd. I especially loved her Ikat pattern nail manicure. Of course I had to give this manicure a try. I did the best I could as I don't have the striping nail polish brush so I used regular nail polish brush. a look at my attempt:  I hope you like it! If you want more

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Last week I was surfing the net and stumbled upon Jay Mohler's amazing Ojo de Dios art. I couldn't stop looking at it and kept going through the pictures in his Etsy shop. Then I found this gem, a general instruction guide to how Mohler makes his stunning pieces. Of course after having discovered these instructions I had no choice but to give it a try. I bought two dowels and cut them in half so

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So it turns out that the colours that I am looking for to paint the gold frame around the mirror are impossible to find! I went to my local home hardware store and there I was told that spray painting was my best bet since there are so many grooves in the frame. I have looked high and low and I can't find the right shades of either yellow or blue. I have hung the mirror up in the hallway and it

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I'm back from my blogging hibernation!  I feel terrible for completely abandoning my blog. But I haven't been feeling very creative in the past few months and I can really feel how that has affected me. I realized that I channel my inner emotions through my creative process even more than I thought. So I have decided to take up crafting again even if only in small doses. Currently, the

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I know I've posted a couple times on this blog about my current workout schemes. My current love is bodyrock.tv. I have been working out with Zuzana since December 2010. I LOVE this site because not only are the workouts quick, killer and amazing but they're FREE! She uses minimal amount of workout equipment and for many of them easy alternatives are possible in case you don't have the workout

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To all who read my blog, I'M BACK! Well for at least this one post. I made this cushioncover a few weeks ago from old jeans and I thought I would share the steps I took. FYI: I had started this as a floor mat but it somehow became a cushion cover. I guess it was meant to be! Finished product. If you want to know how to make it, keep scrolling. Cut the legs off of jeans. I used 3 legs, but if

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LEVEL TWO! That's right my ten days of level one are up. This morning was my first level two work out of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I must say, it's much harder than level one, but I love it already! This is the kind of workout I'm talking about. Level one was getting really boring quick. I must confess however that out of the ten scheduled days I only completed six. Two of the four days I

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Good Saturday all! This post is a long time coming. I made this bomber hat as a christmas present last year. I had every intention of blogging about it and now it's a whole year later.  I saw the tutorial for this on ThreadBanger, I gave it a try, made some modifications. Got bored left it sitting on my craft table for about 2 weeks, came back and finished it up 2 days before christmas. What

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Okay, okay I know I've posted before about my fitness bursts but this time I have something new. It's called Booty Camp Fitness. And no, for all you pervy men who get all googly eyed when I mention the name, it is not a dirty camp. It's actually an outdoor fitness camp for women. I had heard about this from trulyjess on Youtube. She mentioned it frequently on her vlogs but they were never

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I moved to Ottawa in March of this year. I have to say that so far I am loving this city! Among one of the new things I'm trying out, since a new city equals trying new things for me, is being part of a food share. This year I joined the Roots and Shoots Farm share. So far it is going great! We are now in our fourth week of vegetable pick up and I can't wait until Thursday. Basically how it

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Okay this one is the ranting blog entry. Why is everyone around me sick?! Everyone is spreading their dirty sick germs all around me and I don’t want them. But at the same time I’m really tired of covering other people’s shifts because they are home sick with the flu. I’m sorry but I really don’t enjoy working 13 hour shifts at a crappy drug store. Which by the way stinks, because people come in

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So since I'm all excited about school and will be living in a dorm for the first time in my life I'm trying to think of all the things I might need. During my undergrad I always lived off campus and so I knew what ever I used at home I would need in my apartments. But now I'm going to have to downsize drastically and one of the things I'm going to have to get most used to is communal showers/

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Today is not a good day. I'm feeling really down I guess and listening to depressing love songs is not helping! But I can't make myself turn it off. Anyway, along with complete boredom comes the strange urge to take random pictures of myself on my crappy MacBook camera. So I just added it on here and as you can see from my eyes today is one if those self pity filled days. I have one at least once

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Every summer, in the city where I grew up and am living in presently, around June and July there is an infestation of Fish Flies. They are the most disgusting insects I have ever laid eyes on. They cling onto everything: store fronts, cars, roads, people! So even if you don't want to, you end up stepping on them and hear the "crunch" as you're killing them with every step. And although this

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Weight loss update:I've lost 3 pounds...booooo. But my boyfriend is down around 7 lbs, YEAH HIM!!!The next blurb you may or may not find silly. Right now I am living 2 hours away from my boyfriend, so we end up seeing each other usually 1-2 a month. So we made a promise that we will be at least 5 lbs thinner each time we meet. So far he has beat me and I, sadly, couldn't even do 5 lbs. BUT this

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Hello all!I am SO sorry that I have all but abandoned my poor blog. I don't even know what happened, but one day I just didn't feel like blogging and so it continued until today.BUT I'm back :) Everything is going "well", I have finally managed to score a job, is it a job I actually want? Absolutely NOT, however I'm just thankful to have one at all. I actually just started last week and so far I

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hahaha!!! Just because this made my night! :)

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The third installment of Etsy Undiscovered shops, Enjoy!1.A Book of Daydreams - Blank Pocket Field Journal - Illusions by earthenelements.etsy.com2. Bruce 3- Black & white photo -8x10 by mlvsphoto.etsy.com3. Rose Blossom Earrings by AjsJewels.etsy.com

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