The Colorful Bee

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:06:00 +0000

Great Sale prices Now through Tues 4pm

Holiday Sale at My Etsy Shop

New Items Listed Today!!! Great for Holiday Gifts!

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:03:00 +0000

I hope you enjoy browsing at my shop. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Will be a Senior in 3 days!

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:50:00 +0000

I am so excited. I will be a “Senior” in college in just 3 short days! It has flown by SO fast! I have 6 weeks left and am so ready to get out and get to work in my new career!

I have been so busy with school that I decided to start my Christmas shopping really early. However, that may have been a bad idea. The boys have been asking for laptops for their Christmas gifts for 2 or 3 years now. Well last Thursday I went ahead and bought them each one and bought myself a new one. I opened mine because I needed it for school since my other one died. The boys were heartbroken and ended up talking me into giving them theirs early… Hmmm. Looks like I’ll be back to major shopping at exam time anyway. LOL

Haven’t had time to do ANY crochet or knitting in the last 3 or 4 weeks because of this Pharmacology class. It’s so hard learning to calculate drug doses. Whew! I have the second part of that class this 6 weeks along with 2 others. Then it’s on to my externship in a clinic for a few weeks!

I really miss being able to read everyone’s blogs daily. I’ll get back to that as soon as I can. I just need to focus on finishing school right now!

Happy Crochet!

Only 9 weeks left.

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:05:00 +0000

I only have 9 weeks left in school then I go out to work on my externship for 160 hours!!! I still havea 4.0 GPA and I am still loving it! I am so excited about getting done and getting a wonderful job helping people.

I can't believe how fast college has flown by. It seems like just a few short weeks ago I had just enrolled and was waiting for it to begin. These next few weeks are going to be quite busy but it will all be worth it in the end!!!

On a more serious note, my friend's 11 year old son (one of my youngest son's closest friends) was crushed by a car Saturday evening. He is doing very poorly and is awaiting a lung transplant. Please say a few prayers .for him and his family. They sure need it right now.
What happened was his basketball rolled under aparked car. He didnt realize someone was sitting in it. He layed down on his stomach and crawled under it and before he could move they cranked up the car and pulled off. His injuries include: 2 collapsed lungs, 3 crushed ribs, 1 broken arm, and 2 crushed legs, not to mention the other small ones. So he is on life support, and a feeding tube.
Hug your babies very often because you just never know.

So proud of my son John and the Tiger Pride Marching Band

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:03:00 +0000

Our high school marching band scored all superior (all 1's) today at the regional competition today. This is the competition to find out who goes to the state competition. We Are Going!!! They were terrific! The state competition is on Oct.23. The kids are so excited!
Here's a few pictures from today!

Save the Ta-Tas Ladies! Remember to do your monthly self breast exam.

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:45:00 +0000

Another knit scarf

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:14:00 +0000

This one is small for a child. Very soft and fluffy

Knit scarves made with my yarn shop finds.

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:45:00 +0000

The scarf I made with the 3-ply ribbon yarn I purchased. It's so soft and stretchy. Very comfortable. Much better than I thought it would be.

This is the decorative scarf I made with the textured cotton thread. Very light and airy and feels on your skin. I think this will go great with a gray pants suit.

This is the thick wool winter scarf, made from 100% wool that is hand dyed. It is very warm and fluffy. Can't wait until I can use it.

Knit hat and scarf set

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:46:00 +0000

This is for my grand daughter for her birthday. It is my very first knit hat. I have made quite a few knit scarves but thats all I had been able to do. I finally am getting the hang of the basics of knitting.

So excited!!!

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:26:00 +0000

We finally havea Local Yarn Shop!!! OH MY GOSH, I am in heaven when I'm in there. They even give free lessons for crochet, knitting, tatting, needlepoint and latch hooking if you buy your supplies there.

Me and my niece went shopping there and this is what we bought.

I love the way everything is displayed, andthe friendly people there. While I'm out of school on break this week I am going up here to get some lessons on how to do pattern stitches in knitting
because all I can do right now is the knit and purl stitches.

Have a great day!!!

Trying to teach myself to knit.... again.

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:06:00 +0000

Well, this makes my third attempt in the last few years to tea h myself to knit. I am actually making some progress this time; I've learned to do the knit stitch and the purl stitch within just a week. I have been looking at free You Tube videos for beginners and it has helped tremendously. However, as you can see by the picture, my scarf is rolling up along the sides. It actually looks like a tube, I just unrolled some of it for the picture. The stitches are consistent, and not too tight or loose. I am wondering if blocking this will work as it does in crochet?

If anyone knits and can offer me any tips, I would greatly appreciate it. No one else in my family and friends circle does crafts, so I'm kind of on my own.

I bought a Nook Ebook reader today

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:33:00 +0000

I absolutly love this thing... No more toting around an extra book or two, or pililng up my craft magazines into my bookbag. It even has games and pdf file storage capabilities, plus is wi-fi ready so connection is easy almost everywhere.

I love the fact that it uses sd cards for.extra storage because that allows me to have one for.books for school, one for pdf crochet and knit patterns and another for kids books. I think is going to prove to be one of the best purchases I've made in a very long time.

Enter Doris' September giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:28:00 +0000

Doris' crochet giveaway

Enter Doris' blog giveaway! It's free chance to win a great prize!!!

Can't wait to see the butterflies

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:34:00 +0000

This is a huge, 5 foot coccoon thatis in the tree in our front yard. There are hundreds of tiny catepillars in it. I am so anxious to see what beautiful new creatures will emerge from it. The boys and I wiol keep and eye on it and post pics along the way. This is truely oneof natures great miracles of life.

getting ready for game 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Cokes- check, beer- check, hot wings, chicken and garlic bread- check, Saints celebration cupcakes- check... it's settled, we are officially ready for game 1 against the Vikings tonight!

Chocolate cupcake delight....

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:22:00 +0000

Miriah bought Amelia a chocolate cupcake yesterday and this is the result... She absolutly loved it and ate it all. However, I had to dig cupcake out of her left ear and nose when she was done.

These are the moments I truely enjoy about being a grandma. Oh how I love this little girl!!!

catching up with old friends

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:57:00 +0000

Wow! How lucky am I? Within the last week, 2 friends from 2 different states have each found me on Facebook. I haven't heard from 1 of them since right after Hurricane Katrina hit us andthe other one I lost contact with since before Hurricane Katrina. I am so excited and feel so blessed to have them and their families back in my life. They are both very dear to my heart and I had never stopped thinking about them.
I had tried a few times through the years to locate them online with no luck, but eventuaoly they found me.
My weekend was great and now its SUPER!!!

granny square afghan finally finished...

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:06:00 +0000

I finally put an edge around this afghan. My husband chose the color and made the decision for me to only do one round of single crochet around it. He said anything more would take away from the great grannies in the middle... He loves it but I think it looks totally unfinished. Opinions please. I always ask his opinion but then never use any of his suggestions and it hurts his feelings, so this time I decided to go with what he said.

I am currently working on a quick and easy poncho right now andit should be done next week due to tons of med science homework. Then I'll be working on slippers for the boys since they put in a request for camo ones before winter gets here.
I also want to make Amelia adress for her birthday I just have to find a pattern I like.

Happy Hookin and Happy Labor Day weekend! Everyone besafe and enjoy!

Easy slippers

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:30:00 +0000

I absolutly love these slippers I made yesterday. They are so easy to make and oh so comfortable. It only took a couple hours from start to finish. This was one of the patterns out of my Christmas book I purchased a few weeks ago.

Just trying out new blogger app

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:21:00 +0000

I was having trouble with my other blogger app for my phone, so I'm trying out a new one so please bare with me.

Thanks

granny square afghan stage 4

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:47:00 +0000

Well, I have finally had a little time away from schoolwork and housework to work on some crochet. I have put all 12 of my blocks together but am now at the point where I need to choose a border color. The only problem is, I have no clue what color to use. I like the fact that is bright and cheery, so I know I don't want to use black. I wasthinking either white or a bright pink, but can't decide. Does anyone have any ideas they would like to share? I'm open to suggestions.

Happy Hookin

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My daughter's 2 best friends. Trying to make it big!

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:55:00 +0000

Okay so, you may not be into rap music but give this a look. Its my daughter's 2 best friends, one is Will aka Thrill Will, age 19, he raps and sings, the other is Chaz, age 21, he is going to school to be a film writer/director.

This is Thrill Will's video "HEART ATTACK MUSIC ( CODE BLUE)" directed by Chaz Singleton. Not vulgar, I think theres only one or two curse words in it.

The song got it's name because everytime Will was ready to film the video, his congenital heart defect would act up and he'd end up in the hospital.

so here's the link. if you like it please share it with everyone you know.

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=SHeESjK7r2I

p.s. if the link doesn't work, you can search it on youtube under heart attack music (code blue)

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Favorite pattern from my new book.

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:56:00 +0000

I have finally decided that this is my favorite pattern oit of my new book, Christmas In Crochet. I think I am starting on this one today, but instead of using size 10 crochet thread, I will use Sugar N Cream cotton to make it. I know it will be much bigger in the end, but hats the idea. The pattern given has it 7 3/4 inches tall, so mine should close to double it! Then I can stiffen it up with starch and use it for a tree topper instead of atable topper.

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My newest purchase for my craft book library

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:58:00 +0000

CHRISTMAS IN CROCHET

I absolutly love this book. I ordered it from House of White Birches on a 21 day free trial basis but ended up paying for it on day 3.

Here is a few things I love about it:

1. It is spiral bound so it lays flat on my book holder.
2. It has 58 new patterns ranging from easy to intermediate.
3. Patterns range from quick ornaments and decor to full size bedspreads.
4. There is something for every aspect of Christmas decorating.

So, if you are looking for a new book, you might want o check this one out.

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granny stage wip stage 3

noreply@blogger.com (The Colorful Bee) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:18:00 +0000

this is all 10 blocks with the second round on them. i love this bright yellow... i may use it for the boarder for the entire afghan as well. can't wait to get these finished so i can block them and get it all put together.
i'm getting very excited about this project the further along i get!

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