All I Have To Talk About Today Is Candy And Flowers!

       You're gonna have to forgive me for this blog post today, Y'all!...Seriously!...I'm talking REAL SERIOUS forgiveness!! LOL...especially for those of you who haven't had your dinner yet, or who've had  your dinner, but didn't have any dessert! ^_^ Because there are lots of candy pictures in this post!...Sorry. O_O
      But I thought of YOU Blog Readers as soon as I saw the salt water taffy! ^_^ ...

       Well, 'YOU' in the 'I-have-to-blog-about-this' sense! LOL Yes, I know, it's kinda funny to have real live good-smelling taffy sitting right in front of my nose, and to be thinking of YOU!... Go ahead and laugh! ^_^ But, truth be told, I'm kinda proud of myself that when I saw the taffy I didn't think: "EAT IT!!!"...I just thought: "Oooooo! Blog-worthy!" ^_^

      And I thought that even though I haven't had salt water taffy in a long, long time! :-) Honestly, I wouldn't have the taffy now if one of hubby's clients didn't think that my hubby was really nice. :-) She gave it to him today as a gift, all wrapped up and tied with a ribbon and everything!...When he came home and handed it to me I thought "I" was the one that had been thought of, and was getting a gift. O_O Foiled again!!...A first-hand gift, with no occasion attached?!....nooooooo! LOL I got a second-hand gift with no occasion attached!! ^_^ Well, guess what?!...I still love it!! ♥
      The only thing missing was flowers!! :-)) And since hubby wasn't carrying any flowers today...*Teehee*...{I'm SURE...especially after mentioning it on this blog... ^_^...that I'm gonna be getting some flowers soon though!!...Besides, our anniversary is coming up next month! ^_^}... I found some fabulous flowers from some great shops on Etsy to share! :-) ...
 

 (Summer Peony Door Basket Wreath by countryprim)

      ...And I'll be sharing some more candy too! :-) So, please forgive my simple candy and flowers post...

       And, since you can't enjoy the smell, enjoy the view!! LOL...

 (18 x 18 Midnight Blue Chartreuse Flower Cotton Pillow by lisaweedn)

(Men's Lemon Floral Cotton Bow Tie by KnotNowBowTies)

 (Teal Blue and White Kanzashi Flower Hair Clip by LihiniCreations)

 (Rose Wax Seal Necklace by RenataandJonathan)

      Oh! O_O How did that empty taffy wrapper get in there?! LOL...Okay!...so I 'did' eat one or two of the taffy...Or three! ^_^ But the whole time, I promise!...I was thinking of 'YOU!' LOL

      I suppose I should get outta here while the getting is good, right?! ^_^ ... But first, let me share a few of my Wuglyees shop flowers too! :-) I listed these back in the shop today!...
 

      If you wanna see the rest of my colorful crochet flowers, just click on one of the flowers above and head on over to my Etsy shop! :-) ... Otherwise, take a minute and read an encouraging, although sugary, poem...and then...have a good rest of the evening! :-) ♥

Head High, Little Girl

Keep head high, little girl.
And your heart as an open book.
Think good thoughts of who you are,
so other girls can take a look.

Your self esteem, little girl,
should be pumped up wherever you can.
But shouldn't depend on prettiness,
or the sugary words of a man.

Your self esteem needs to be balanced.
Not arrogant or smug at it's core.
For the sun does not rise and set on you,
but nor is garbage dumped at your door.

So keep head high, little girl.
And your heart as an open book.
Your self esteem will then be lifted,
and the whole world will take a look.

I Picked My Hook Back Up!!

 (2 inch Multicolor Button Rings Crochet Flower Keychain by Wuglyees)

      Guess what?!...I actually picked up my crochet hook this morning and did some crocheting! :-) I think the fact that I sold a couple crochet boutonnieres...out of the country too!...gave me the incentive! :-)

      Nothing major. Just a couple 'wuglyee-style' crochet keychains, and a couple of lapel pins. But, at this point, I'm happy to have incentive to crochet 'anything'!! The quietness of my shop, and the disappearance of my sales, did a number on my desire to create! I was starting to question whether I should just close the shop and 'call it a day'! O_O

      For now anyway, I'm back!! ^_^ ...

      Back to taking bits of colored thread, a metal crochet hook, and occasionally a vintage button, and making 'WUGLYEES'!! ^_^ ... Warm, maybe ugly, but easy to love creations! :-) ...
 

 (Wuglyees)

      Sometimes a tiny bit of colorful crochet lapel pin 'class' pops off the hook too!! ^_^ ...

 (Crochet Lapel Pins)

      But, for me, it's always a way to have fun, play with color and texture, show off some technique...and buttons!...and maybe make a few pennies to boot! ^_^ ... Soooo...keychain, anyone?!!! :-) ...

(Crochet Flower Keychains)

      And if you need any other crochet items...shawls, scarves, pocketbooks, necklaces, gloves, headbands, etc...pop on over to my Etsy shop HERE! :-) If you see something you like, but you want it in another color, just let me know! ^_^

      Oh Yeah!...if you need some poetry, I have some of that in the shop too! :-) ... Okay, that's all of the 'shop talk' I have for today. :-) ... As to other stuff, our car had some repairs done today... $400 worth!! O_O YIKES! I wonder how much 'an arm and a leg' are going for these days?! LOL

      Our finances are as sparse as hen's teeth these days!! ^_^ We got some mail today, offering us a free trip to Orlando Florida. An obvious scam, we think, because the letter didn't even have a professional letter-head or a personal name signed to it!...Hubby and I were joking about how we could figure out a way to make the 'scammers' feel so sorry for us that they'd just send us the check for what the trip was suppose to cost...$1,800! LOL...We're not that desperate....YET!! ^_^

       And on the sports front, YAY!...'Baby Boy', Rafa Nadal, won his first round match at Wimbledon today!....Phew! O_O I was worried when he lost the first set!...but he re-grouped and pulled it out!! :-) 

      Other winners were Maria Sharapova, Wilfried Tsonga, Serena Williams, and Roger Federer! :-) Novak Djokovic won his match yesterday....I LOVE tennis! ^_^ I'm also loving soccer right now!...the FIFA World Cup in Brazil! :-) 

      I have to admit...I hardly paid attention to soccer last year. I was more into bicycling. But since the whole 'Lance Armstrong' and doping stuff, I haven't watched cycling since. It took all of the excitement out of it for me. Kinda sad too. :-( I loved watching the beautiful French countryside views fly by...Oh Well. This year I have soccer! :-) I can watch the goalie's body fly by, when he dives for a ball!! LOL

     Okay.....yak! yak! yak!! LOL...Now you know why I stopped writing in a diary many years ago!...I ran out of paper!! LOL Have a good rest of the day, Everybody!! :-) 

Distracted

I'm terribly distracted.
Watching tennis all the time,
I don't even wanna talk.
And it's a struggle writing rhyme.

And I'm wonderfully distracted.
Doing what I love to do.
Whoop and holler at the T.V.,
while I blog a bit for you.

I'm sorry I'm distracted.
And I hope you will forgive
that my mind can not be wrangled.
All my thoughts are in the sieve.

What I'll try to do tomorrow...
which I clearly can't do now...
is to give my full attention
to those who will not get it now! 

This Is Crochet Flowers 'Run-A-Muck!' :-))

      Well, what do you expect from a girl who has been looking at a mint green crochet baby blanket for waaaaay too many days?! ^_^ I had to crochet a flower...I HAD TO!!! LOL
 

      Don't laugh at it, Y'all!! That's not nice!! :-)) Y'all let 'ME' laugh at it!!...Call it creative license! LOL

      Besides...I think it's kinda colorfully cute!! ^_^ You're certainly not gonna find another one anywhere like it!! :-) It's made of a lot of my leftover threads from other projects. And, because of that, it fits my wuglyees shop motto..."Where nothing is wasted--not even the ugly!" :-)
        I even added one of my vintage buttons to the center of it! :-) Now I just have to decide whether it will be a necklace, a keychain, a brooch pin, or an accent flower for one of my pocketbooks or hats or something!...I'm open to ideas or opinions...in case you were wondering. :-))

      Oh Yeah!...I have to add a backing to it too! :-)

      This isn't the only flower I've been working on today though. I also made a few flower key-chain dangles...to give to my customers as free gifts. You know, a little flower loop to hang around with their keys. ;-)

      They're not very big, but they make a big 'color noise' when they're hanging out with some keys. :-))

      Other than colorful crochet flowers, it's been all about the baby blanket!!...
 

      As you can see, it's coming along nicely! :-) I still have a long way to go, but the middle is more than half way done!! :-) Let's not talk about the edging just yet! O_O That's gonna be a whole lot of work too!!...*sigh*...No. Let's not talk about that just yet!

      Okay...that's it for today. Except for hummingbirds, growing leaves, sunshine, and quiet...lots of quiet! :-) ...there's nothing else going on around here. But, rest assured, as soon as anything exciting happens, you'll be the first to know!! ^_^ Don't hold your breath! :-)) Have a good Moday, Y'all!! ♥

Backyard sounds

Flitting, flying, flapping, creeping.
Swaying, floating, chirping, leaping.
In our backyard sounds are heaping.
Me and hubby always peeping

Pancake Sunday....But With Flowers!

      Aren't they beautiful?!!! :-)  These are the flowers I mentioned in my post yesterday. The ones my friends gave me as a gift. :-) I can't sniff them...but I can look at them! :-)
 

    Forgive the close up 'fuzzy' shots. ^_^ 
 

    They're no pancakes!... ^_^ ...but they're still beautiful!!! And now that I have pictures, I don't have to worry about my allergies to them, or about them dying on me! ^_^ I'll have them to look at, in photos, for as long as I want!...fuzziness and all! :-)
 

     And before I head off to have my pancakes, I also wanna show you the flowers I've been making!...
 

    They're cream and brown. The little cream and brown one was made for one of the friends that gave me the flowers. :-) I gave both her and her sister some scarves, and I'm also gonna give both of them a little flower boutonniere pin for their coats! :-)
     One sister took a brown and cream scarf. The other took a black and white one. I'm making a black and white pin for her! :-) ...
 

     Call it a 'flower-and-scarf-exchange'! ^_^ Although I think I got the best part of the deal! :-) (You can find some of the crocheted ones for 'you' in my Wuglyees shop, if you like. ^_^)...
 

       Okay...Now I'm off to eat my pancakes....No! You don't need to see the photos. Trust me!!! ^_^ Have a good rest of the weekend, Everybody! :-)

Ode To Flowers

Ode to all loved flowers,
whatever color, shape or form.
You enthrall with sheer delight!
At other times, make my heart warm.

Whether photographed or made,
growing tall out in the yard;
In a vase or porch-side planter,
or just naturally unmarred;

Please know you always make me smile,
and lift my mood when I am down.
The world would be a different place
without a lot of you around!