Birthday and Envelope

Friday was my birthday, I didn't celebrate the day but my mum and family came over and dropped off a birthday cake.

Yes it is a chocolate cake, yes it was very yummy.  I just finished it off today after my dinner, yum yum yum!  I have a receipe for a rainbow cake but I need to do a test run.....if all goes well guess what kind of cake my sister is having for her birthday!

 My dad came up to visit me for the weekend, yay!!  So of course what did  I want to do...shopping!  I got some wool for my slouchy top project (it's a different colour to whats specified but what the heck) and some stuff for some other projects.  I think I'm doing three at the same time now.

I finished the crocheted envelope this afternoon...

 Now all my stray correspondance has a home!  In time I might put some embellishments on it.

I've also started my slouch top...

...so far so good, no dropped stitches! 

Another project I'm working on is a felt necklace with sequins on.  I got the template from a book Chic on a Shoestring by Mary Jane Baxter, all sorts of ideas in that book.  I have never made jewellery before and thought this is entry level enough for me!

I chose a matt gold and shiny blue (of course) sequins, I'm usually crap at putting colours together but these are working out well if I do say so myself!

I've spent all day doing my laundry and my ironing pile has stacked up again, but not to worry as my dad bought me a new iron for my birthday (yes I requested an iron for a birthday present I also requested a bag of coal from my mother...what I need things like this don't judge me) and I'm gliding through the ironing, literally gliding because of the ceramic plate.  Hey I've had my previous iron since I was at uni, the spray no longer works and leaks water all over the clothes I'm about to iron, it was time for it to go.

So next time you'll hear from me I will have no ironing and hopefully completed one of my projects!