I have finally finished writing out and taking photos for the crochet collar pattern I promised.  It's been completely mad here this week, we've had a birthday, a shower disaster resulting in some missing ceiling and I have a man cold and we all know how bad they can be!

Anyway it's finished and I really hope you enjoy making them...

What a glorious weekend! It wasn't even that Sunny here but it was dry for two whole days that must be a first in over a month now!  We spent the weekend in the garden pottering, planting, playing and crocheting (well I did).  We also managed to get out to some car boot sales and found a few treats for the garden so I was very happy.

I took advantage of the sun by getting some photos of my latest crochet obsession; collars...

I've been very busy working on some new crochet patterns but I just wanted to check in to write about two lovely things have happened in the past week that have made me feel very happy about my little blog.

The first thing to cheer me was being nominated for a Sunshine Award by the lovely Donna who blogs at Little Acorns. From what I gather The Sunshine Award is a way for bloggers to acknowledge other great blogs, after answering some questions about yourself, you nominate 5 blogs you enjoy...

After my last post I had a couple of requests for the pattern for my crochet Granny Bunting.  I hadn't posted it as I wasn't completely happy as they were doming slightly but I've gone back over it and made a few adjustments and they are better; although I think they will still need blocking...

We've had a very hectic couple of weeks here and this week seems to be going the same way! But I've managed to complete a few small projects and last week was the week of the granny triangle...

I've been very easily distracted this last week and have started several projects but over the weekend I was inspired by this post from Teen Granny and an article in Country Living Magazine featuring some mini felt match-box mice; so I thought i'd have a go at some crochet mice...

Here's why...

The chaos of Easter break is over, the children have gone back to school and Lulu and I are slipping back into a routine (I have a love/hate relationship with routine!) I have a couple of crochet projects on the go at the moment and I'm also working on a few orders but last night I stopped it all to make a little birthday gift for a friend.  I wanted to crochet her something pretty for her house and I'd seen lots of gorgeous coaster sets online so I had a look at some patterns and set out to make a set...

We have had a lovely & exhausting Easter break, we've caught up with family and friends, hunted for easter eggs, baked, played and made a mess!  But the most exciting thing we did over the holidays was a trip to Disneyland Paris...

Taking a little break over the Easter Holidays but I'll be back next week.

Have a lovely Easter and enjoy the long weekend. Em xx

P.S I'm very excited that my Egg Cosy pattern has been featured on one of my favourite blogs Tangled Happy, If you love crochet and are looking for inspiration go and have a look at Sara's blog; it's full of gorgeous crochet patterns/makes.