A knit in time, serves mine.

Let me begin this one with a question- "Who says you have to have a baby, or be in the way (of having a baby) to knit a dainty baby sweater?" Well, let's be honest- no one. Yet, somehow everyone expects that's why you are doing the job; right?

Try correcting me if you can; and my friend, I can guarantee you'll fail. As a matter of fact, in my defense, when I did knit this sweater, it was just to see if I could knit a full sweater-- the neck, sleeves, cap et all. And what better way to attempt this task, than a teeny-tiny baby sweater. Quick and simple.

Honestly folks, this would be the first time that I did knit a sweater, end-to-end. And literally every single person I tried to express my exhilaration to, thought the only reason I had knit one, was beacuse of the obvious. Ahem; couldn't I be just broadening my skill set?!

Let's just say I decided I could do more than just knit baby sweaters. And as proof I did a few cute coasters and some more fun stuff. Yes, you can make household supplies too with your knitting needles and not just use them to hide your skin from the winter chills!

Let me also 'show off my modesty' (that would be a cheeky oxymoron if one of my literature proffs were to read this up), by stating that none of these are an expression of my originality, but designs picked out of the many sites the world wide web today generously provides us with.

Belive me, if you have a creative bone in your body for just about anything, from gardening to home decor to art, you just have to type the right url and magically you get a hand to guide you there!

Jewellery made easy

Making jewellery (specially earings) turned out to be my most recent and very entertaining hobby! It's like you can have your cake and eat it too. (chuckle).

And for that, I have this real sweet friend of mine to thank from the bottom of my heart. Bless you sweetie for introducing me to a gals next-best-friend (well I could use diamonds and crystals instead of beads ..... next time, next time) :-)

And I thought, well, why not add it to my blog. After all it's my blog, and I am pretty much the master of my blog; ain't I? One of the good things about having your own blog is it does give you a chance to pat your own back once in a while ;-) eh!

Trust me ladies, this is one pass-time that's a whole lot of fun and at the end of it you get to try it on too. Isn't that an added bonus?! Try it. I am sure you'll all agree with me.

Floral Display

Well, the 'colour wheel' might not whet the appetite for many – but it’s interesting how the right combination of primary, secondary and tertiary colours can enhance a painting. It's no fluke that complementary colours (colours on the 'opposite' end of the colour wheel) create maximum contrast and dynamism into art work.

To take it a step further, nature does inspire a lot of complementary colour combinations! Like a red – green mix which is most common when you catch a red flower against green leaves, besides being one of the most favoured festive combinations! Or a yellow – violet blend, you could catch from the violet sky with a yellow hue from the setting sun. The typical bright gold fish in a bowl, shows the best vibrancy of a blue -orange combo.

I tried to work on the same colour balance to see how each complementary colour brightens its counterpart! It creates an interesting eye-catching floral display, doesn't it? :-)

Picture Portrait

This happens to be my adorable 2 year old nephew-in-law. Also my first attempt at a portrait; something I have been contemplating for a while now, but didn't really trust myself to be able to do.

Luckily for me, the proud parents recognized their son from the picture :-). Better still, the little master identified himself from his frame, and did a little jig when he saw his picture being put up on the wall… and to be very honest, I couldn’t have got a better compliment on my work!

A friend of mine advised me to insert a clip of the 'real' picture (the one I used to create this portrait)! The advice does do me good ;-) . Now I can comfortably brag that a picture portrait ain't all that tough, eh! ;-)