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(889, 2, '2011-12-12 15:22:01', '2011-12-12 23:22:01', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=760" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=783" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=782" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=762" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=794" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=766" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=767" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=768" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=769" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=770" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=772" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=771" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=777" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\r\n\r\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=778" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=775" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=773" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=776" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can do the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to me a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking to find out.  Eeek.... 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(890, 2, '2011-12-12 15:23:11', '2011-12-12 23:23:11', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=760" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\n\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=783" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=782" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=762" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=794" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=766" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=767" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=768" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=769" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=770" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\n&nbsp;\n\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=772" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=771" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=777" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\n\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\n\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=778" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=775" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=773" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=776" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can exper the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to me a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking to find out.  Eeek.... I''m so excited!!!</p>', 'The Renegade Craft Fair comes to LA part I of II', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '758-revision-5', '', '', '2011-12-12 15:23:11', '2011-12-12 23:23:11', '', 758, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/758-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(891, 2, '2011-12-12 15:24:05', '2011-12-12 23:24:05', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=760" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=783" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=782" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=762" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=794" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=766" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=767" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=768" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=769" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=770" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=772" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=771" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=777" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\r\n\r\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=778" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=775" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=773" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=776" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can experience the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to be a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking in to find out.  Eeek.... I''m so excited!!!</p>', 'The Renegade Craft Fair comes to LA part I of II', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '758-revision-6', '', '', '2011-12-12 15:24:05', '2011-12-12 23:24:05', '', 758, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/758-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(892, 2, '2011-12-12 15:24:06', '2011-12-12 23:24:06', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=760" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=783" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=782" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=762" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=794" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=766" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=767" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=768" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=769" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=770" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=772" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=771" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=777" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\r\n\r\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=778" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=775" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=773" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=776" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can experience the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to be a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking in to find out.  Eeek.... I''m so excited!!!</p>', 'The Renegade Craft Fair comes to LA part I of II', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '758-revision', '', '', '2011-12-12 15:24:06', '2011-12-12 23:24:06', '', 758, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/758-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(893, 2, '2011-12-12 15:24:49', '2011-12-12 23:24:49', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=760" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=783" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=782" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=762" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=794" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=766" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=767" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=768" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=769" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=770" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=772" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=771" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=777" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\r\n\r\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=778" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=775" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=773" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=776" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can experience the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to be a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking in to find out.  Eeek.... I''m so excited!!!</p>', 'The Renegade Craft Fair comes to LA part I of II', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '758-revision-2', '', '', '2011-12-12 15:24:49', '2011-12-12 23:24:49', '', 758, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/758-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(894, 2, '2011-12-12 15:25:58', '2011-12-12 23:25:58', 'Yesterday was the last day of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a> here in Los Angeles.  Last minute I decided to go because I had heard good things and I really wanted to see what it was all about.  So I got in my little peanut of a car and headed over to Chinatown, what an adventure!\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0176/" rel="attachment wp-att-760"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-760" title="DSC_0176" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0176-298x500.jpg" alt="" width="298" height="500" /></a>\n\nWhen I got there I was starving, so I met up with friends Hanna, Danielle &amp; Jill and we headed for the line-up of food trucks.  Yesterday was my first time eating from a food-truck.  We went for the truck with the longest line because that meant it was the best truck, right?!  We ate from the <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/crispytruck">Crispy Waffle &amp; Frite Truck</a>.  Here is a photo of Hanna &amp; Danielle waiting in line for some fooooood!\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 221px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0171/" rel="attachment wp-att-783"><img class="size-medium wp-image-783" title="DSC_0171" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0171-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="316" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Hanna &amp; Danielle</dd></dl></div>\n<p style="text-align: left;">I ended up getting the "Tripple B" - Bacon, Brie &amp; Basil waffle with the medium fires with Lemon &amp; Dill Aioli.  Carbs on carbs on fat on fat.  It was AMAZING!  And there was a surprise, the waffle had maple syrup under all the toppings.  I love food trucks!  Here is a close-up of my breakfast for the day.  Hungry yet???</p>\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_782" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 301px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0173/" rel="attachment wp-att-782"><img class="size-medium wp-image-782" title="DSC_0173" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0173-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="436" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">The "Tripple B"</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_762" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 316px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0172/" rel="attachment wp-att-762"><img class="size-medium wp-image-762" title="DSC_0172" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0172-447x500.jpg" alt="" width="306" height="344" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Frite with Lemon Dill Aioli - yummy!</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\nOur bellies were full of a good hearty and healthy (lol) breakfast/lunch and we were ready to make our way through the aisles of the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>.  We didn''t have to walk very far to find some really cool things.  I found the awesome vendor <a href="http://littlebirdsclothing.com">LittleBirds</a>.  She specializes in small bags and pouches.... hmmm.... kinda like knitting or crochet project bags and accessory pouches.  Of course I showed no restraint and bought two pouches.  One mini and one larger, one for my dpns and one for small crap like stitch markers.  You can find more of her lovely pouches and "project bags" on her <a href="http://littlebirdswire.etsy.com">etsy</a> site.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0185-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-794"><img class="size-medium wp-image-794" title="DSC_0185" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_01851-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Littlebirds products</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0187/" rel="attachment wp-att-766"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-766" title="DSC_0187" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0187-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNext I stumbled upon a local fiber artist, Miryha Runnerstorm of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Blarney Yarn</a>.  She had a wonderful selection of beautiful hand-dyed roving.  My favorite was the Polwarth.  I had never seen Polwarth before, I only read about it in <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/clarabooks/knitters_book_of_wool.asp">The Book of Wool</a> by Clara Parkes of <a href="http://www.knittersreview.com/">Knitter''s Review</a>.  Polwarth reminds me a lot of merino, but it has a bit more of the lanolin feel (which I love) and a little bit of a sheen - not as much as Bluefaced Leicester, but more subtle.  I purchased two bundles of this roving, one in the colorway "Evergreen" and the other in "Autumn II".  I''m not sure when I will have time time to spin this yummy Polwarth into yarn. Maybe when I retire I''ll have more time.  To find more products by Blarney Yarn visit her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/blarneyyarn">Etsy</a> site.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0189/" rel="attachment wp-att-767"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-767" title="DSC_0189" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0189-462x500.jpg" alt="" width="462" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI had made it about half way through the fair when I came across a really fun booth.  The booth belonged to fellow designer/blogger Leah Coccari-Swift of <a href="http://rubysubmarine.blogspot.com/">Ruby Submarine</a>.  Leah had a really great and fun selection of crochet sea creatures, including squid, starfish &amp; octopuses (yes octopuses, I looked it up).  They were bright and colorful and make great gifts.  Here is a photo of Leah in action and some of her pieces for sale.\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0191/" rel="attachment wp-att-768"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0191" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0191-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0192/" rel="attachment wp-att-769"><img class="aligncenter" title="DSC_0192" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0192-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="226" height="226" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0196/" rel="attachment wp-att-770"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-770 aligncenter" title="DSC_0196" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0196-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\n&nbsp;\n\nThen a couple of booths over was the vendor <a href="http://cookieandthedude.com/">Cookie and the Dude</a>. I think that''s a very cute name, I wish I knew the story behind it.  I did not get a chance to meet the owner (I think she was getting lunch- maybe the Waffle truck) but I still got a few of her products.  She had these adorable fabric covered buttons that she turned into little hair pins and earrings.  I got two sets of hair pins and Danielle got a pair of earrings.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0199-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-772"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-772" title="DSC_0199" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0199-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0198/" rel="attachment wp-att-771"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-771" title="DSC_0198" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0198-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0177/" rel="attachment wp-att-777"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-777" title="DSC_0177" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0177-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="175" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere were a few more vendors that I passed by that are definitely worth mentioning.  Rachel Pepper of <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">Kingfly</a> handbags &amp; accessories.  I really fell in love with her handbags.  You can see their unique design and fun colors on her <a href="http://www.kingflydesign.com/">site</a>.\n\n<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore?ref=pr_shop_more">The Bocket Store</a> was another really great vendor.  Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the great bowl I bought (maybe on part II I''ll show you).  Sarah has a very unique product, she takes discarded wooden objects and rehabilitates them by paining teeny tiny dots on them with a very fine paintbrush. I imagine this takes a tremendous amount of patience and love for the work.  Please make sure you visit Sarah''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theBocketStore">Etsy</a> store to see what she is all about.\n\nOne of Hanna''s favorite vendors was <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowWallpaper">Yellow Wallpaper Handmade</a>.  It is a one woman handbag factory.  Every piece that she makes is made to order. Here is a picture of Hanna with her brand new bag, Nom Nom!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0178/" rel="attachment wp-att-778"><img class="size-medium wp-image-778 aligncenter" title="DSC_0178" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0178-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother designer &amp; vendor that was definitely worth mentioning, <a href="http://www.jfishdesigns.com">JFish Designs</a>.  Wow!  I love ceramics - I but I was never too good at it, which is why I stick to my needles &amp; yarn.  Jennifer Fisher''s pieces have a very modern yet adorable look.  They are very simple but very fun.  I fell in love with these little eggs.... I photographed them with a small safety pin so that you can get an idea of how tiny and adorable these little guys are.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_775" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0206/" rel="attachment wp-att-775"><img class="size-medium wp-image-775" title="DSC_0206" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0206-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Yellow &amp; grey, my two favorite colors together!</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: left;">Danielle fell in love with this little tiny potted succulent and I don''t blame her.  Now I wish I bought one for myself.  Boohoo! I am thinking about all the places where I can hang a tiny plant.  I think I might need like three of these cute little things.  Please make sure you check out Jennifer Fisher''s <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jfishdesigns?ref=top_trail">Etsy</a> shop she has many really great products with functionality!</p>\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0202/" rel="attachment wp-att-773"> <img class="size-medium wp-image-773 alignnone" title="DSC_0202" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0202-405x500.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="360" /></a>       <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/dsc_0203-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-776"><img class="size-medium wp-image-776 alignnone" title="DSC_0203" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0203-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="360" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: left;">All in all I am really glad I got my butt out of bed for this event.  I found some really great local vendors and got lots of really great stuff!  Plus I got to eat from a food truck for the first time, woohoo and yum!  I can''t wait for this craft fair to come back to LA... maybe I''ll go to San Francisco next week so I can experience the fair all over again.  Haha!</p>\n<p style="text-align: left;">There is still one more vendor that I didn''t mention in this blog post.  I love her concept so much that I thought she deserves her own post.  I don''t want to mention too much about this vendor (because I want it to be a surprise) but I won''t be able to blog about it for a while.  It''s kind of like a custom order thing.... but not really.... hard to explain.  You will just have to keep checking in to find out.  Eeek.... 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(896, 2, '2011-12-19 11:57:18', '2011-12-19 19:57:18', 'About two or three years ago a friend asked me if I wanted this 1/2 bust form (she was ready to throw it away).  I said, yes!  Of course I want it.... (it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em>\r\n\r\n<em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0225/" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0221/" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.\r\n\r\nSo I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0168/" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-906 aligncenter" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906">\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0241/" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0244/" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0330/" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0336/" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0319/" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0339/" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:59:47', '2011-12-19 19:59:47', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com//?p=896', 24, 'post', '', 2),
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(it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=899" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em>\r\n\r\n<em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=901" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=900" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=899" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.\r\n\r\nSo I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=905" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=906" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-906" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=906" rel="attachment wp-att-906">\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=907" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=908" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=909" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=912" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=910" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=913" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '896-revision-2', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:57:10', '2011-12-19 19:57:10', '', 896, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/896-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(931, 2, '2011-12-19 11:57:18', '2011-12-19 19:57:18', '<p>About two or three years ago a friend asked me if I wanted this 1/2 bust form (she was ready to throw it away).  I said, yes!  Of course I want it.... (it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!</p>\r\n<p><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=899" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Here you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em></p>\r\n<p><em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=901" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=900" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=899" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>So I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.</p>\r\n<p>So I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=905" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=906" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-906" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=906" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><br />\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=907" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=908" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=909" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<p><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=912" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=910" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//?attachment_id=913" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>I thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Oh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!</p>\r\n', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '896-revision-3', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:57:18', '2011-12-19 19:57:18', '', 896, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/896-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(932, 2, '2011-12-19 11:59:27', '2011-12-19 19:59:27', 'About two or three years ago a friend asked me if I wanted this 1/2 bust form (she was ready to throw it away).  I said, yes!  Of course I want it.... (it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em>\r\n\r\n<em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0225/" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0221/" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.\r\n\r\nSo I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0168/" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-906 aligncenter" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906">\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0241/" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0244/" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0330/" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0336/" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0319/" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0339/" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '896-autosave', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:59:27', '2011-12-19 19:59:27', '', 896, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/896-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(933, 2, '2011-12-19 11:57:19', '2011-12-19 19:57:19', '<p>About two or three years ago a friend asked me if I wanted this 1/2 bust form (she was ready to throw it away).  I said, yes!  Of course I want it.... (it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!</p>\r\n<p><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Here you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em></p>\r\n<p><em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0225/" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0221/" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>So I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.</p>\r\n<p>So I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0168/" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-906" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><br />\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0241/" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0244/" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0330/" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<p><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0336/" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0319/" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0339/" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>I thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>Oh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!</p>\r\n', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '896-revision-4', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:57:19', '2011-12-19 19:57:19', '', 896, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/896-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(934, 2, '2011-12-19 11:59:47', '2011-12-19 19:59:47', 'About two or three years ago a friend asked me if I wanted this 1/2 bust form (she was ready to throw it away).  I said, yes!  Of course I want it.... (it''s free!).  So I took it home and started playing with it and all my garment samples.  Then I decided that the 1/2 bust was just hideous.  It really was.  Here is a photo, you can judge for yourself!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere you can see all her imperfections and the chips in the paint.  She reminds me of Goldie Hawn &amp; Meryl Streep in <em>Death Becom</em>es <em>Her:</em>\r\n\r\n<em>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0225/" rel="attachment wp-att-901"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-901" title="DSC_0225" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0225-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a></em>     <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0221/" rel="attachment wp-att-900"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-900" title="DSC_0221" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0221-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" />     </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0216-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-899"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-899" title="DSC_0216" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0216-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I had this brilliant idea.  I''ll decoupage her in her vintage sheet music!!! I drove all over town looking for vintage sheet music, only to find none.  I thought, okay I''ll settle for old sheet music.  So I took myself to thrift stores everywhere, but nope, no sheet music.  Then I got desperate, so I remembered that I drive by a piano store every day on my way home from work, so I headed over there.  They had LOTS of sheet music.  When I asked the guy if he had any sheet music that was inexpensive that I could tear up.... the look he gave me:  did not compute, ask again.  Finally he understands that all I want it something that looks like sheet music and I don''t really care about what kind of music is on it.  So he sold me a few copies of books of music that were defective in their binding.  Great!  I''m going to tear it up anyway.\r\n\r\nSo I headed home and started tearing up this music and I realized I could still give it that vintage look by dying the paper with tea!  I did this once in second grade and I remember that the paper looked a little worn, older, and brownier.  So over the course of the next week or so I dyed and dried the sheet music.  Here it is dying:\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0168/" rel="attachment wp-att-905"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-905 aligncenter" title="DSC_0168" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0168-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Here is a photo of all my dried strips.  I ran out of one tea and started using another, you can see the difference in the color of the strips. It''s more apparent in the finished piece.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-906 aligncenter" title="DSC_0234" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0234-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0234/" rel="attachment wp-att-906">\r\n</a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Now when starting a project like this make sure you set up a work station for easy clean-up.  When I was drying my dyed sheets of music, I set them on an old towel.  I used the same towel underneath the decoupage project and jumped right in!</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0241/" rel="attachment wp-att-907"><img class="size-medium wp-image-907 aligncenter" title="DSC_0241" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0241-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="234" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0244/" rel="attachment wp-att-908"><img class="size-medium wp-image-908 aligncenter" title="DSC_0244" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0244-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="521" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">After almost 7 hours of decoupaging she was complete!!!  Here she is, no name 1/2 bust.  As you can see I used the matte finish for a more vintage feel and different shades of strips worked quite well.  Now if there is only something I can do about her poor posture.</p>\r\n<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0330/" rel="attachment wp-att-909"><img class="size-medium wp-image-909 aligncenter" title="DSC_0330" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0330-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">I am so proud of this project, I have to show off just a few more photos!  The nipples and the corners were the hardest points to do, but the key is to use smaller pieces.</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0336/" rel="attachment wp-att-912"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-912" title="DSC_0336" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0336-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0319/" rel="attachment wp-att-910"><img title="DSC_0319" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0319-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/venturing-into-the-art-of-decoupage/dsc_0339/" rel="attachment wp-att-913"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-913" title="DSC_0339" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0339-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="203" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI thoroughly enjoyed this project!  I have so much extra sheet music that I am now looking for other things around the house to decoupage.  So far I have only found one small tin to decoupage, but do worry I will find other things!  Now - back to my needles!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh!  And one more thing.  I am going to have a give-a-way withing the next week.  This might (or might not) involve yarn and a pattern, but I''m not giving away any clues.  So make sure that you subscribe or check in regularly!', 'Venturing into the art of Decoupage', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '896-revision-5', '', '', '2011-12-19 11:59:47', '2011-12-19 19:59:47', '', 896, 'http://graceakhrem.com//2011/12/896-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1002, 2, '2011-12-26 14:35:18', '2011-12-26 22:35:18', 'I would like to wish you all happy holidays!  In the theme of gift giving and holiday cheer  I am giving away 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a> in Linen Grey (courtesy of Louet), five buttons &amp; the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5"> Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern.  For a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by December 31st 11:59 pm to enter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_942" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/dsc_0003-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-942"><img class=" wp-image-942" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0003-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">You can turn this...</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-1-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-975"> </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-976"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976" title="Sweetheart Cardi 2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sweetheart-Cardi-2-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"> Into this!</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Free Yarn and Pattern Contest!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '935-revision-6', '', '', '2011-12-26 14:35:18', '2011-12-26 22:35:18', '', 935, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/935-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1004, 2, '2011-12-26 14:36:29', '2011-12-26 22:36:29', 'I would like to wish you all happy holidays!  In the theme of gift giving and holiday cheer  I am giving away 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a> in Linen Grey (courtesy of Louet), five buttons &amp; the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern.  For a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by December 31st 11:59 pm to enter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_942" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/dsc_0003-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-942"><img class=" wp-image-942" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0003-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">You can turn this...</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-1-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-975"> </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-976"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976" title="Sweetheart Cardi 2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sweetheart-Cardi-2-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"> Into this!</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Free Yarn and Pattern Contest!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '935-revision-2', '', '', '2011-12-26 14:36:29', '2011-12-26 22:36:29', '', 935, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/935-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1008, 1, '2011-12-26 14:36:30', '2011-12-26 22:36:30', 'I would like to wish you all happy holidays!  In the theme of gift giving and holiday cheer  I am giving away 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a> in Linen Grey (courtesy of Louet), five buttons &amp; the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern.  For a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by December 31st 11:59 pm to enter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_942" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/dsc_0003-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-942"><img class=" wp-image-942" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0003-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">You can turn this...</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-1-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-975"> </a><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-976"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976" title="Sweetheart Cardi 2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sweetheart-Cardi-2-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"> Into this!</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Free Yarn and Pattern Contest!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '935-revision-3', '', '', '2011-12-26 14:36:30', '2011-12-26 22:36:30', '', 935, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/935-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1009, 1, '2011-12-27 18:03:52', '2011-12-28 02:03:52', 'I would like to wish you all happy holidays!  In the theme of gift giving and holiday cheer  I am giving away 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a> in Linen Grey (courtesy of Louet), five buttons &amp; the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern.  For a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by December 31st 11:59 pm to enter.\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_942" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/dsc_0003-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-942"><img class=" wp-image-942" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0003-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">You can turn this...</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-976"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976" title="Sweetheart Cardi 2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sweetheart-Cardi-2-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">Into this!</p>', 'Free Yarn and Pattern Contest!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '935-revision-4', '', '', '2011-12-27 18:03:52', '2011-12-28 02:03:52', '', 935, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/935-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1010, 1, '2011-12-27 18:04:59', '2011-12-28 02:04:59', 'I would like to wish you all happy holidays!  In the theme of gift giving and holiday cheer  I am giving away 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a> in Linen Grey (courtesy of Louet), five buttons &amp; the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern.  For a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by December 31st 11:59 pm to enter.\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_942" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/dsc_0003-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-942"><img class=" wp-image-942" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0003-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt></dl></div>\n<p style="text-align: center;">You can turn this...</p>\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/free-yarn-and-pattern-contest/sweetheart-cardi-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-976"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976" title="Sweetheart Cardi 2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sweetheart-Cardi-2-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\n<p style="text-align: center;">Into this!</p>', 'Free Yarn and Pattern Contest!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '935-autosave', '', '', '2011-12-27 18:04:59', '2011-12-28 02:04:59', '', 935, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/935-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1011, 2, '2012-01-02 13:46:40', '2012-01-02 21:46:40', 'A special thanks to everyone who entered the contest and all of your wonderful comments.  I will be having another fun giveaway in the next month, so make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nThe lucky winner of the 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a>, 5 red buttons and the Sweetheart Cardigan Pattern is  Rebekka from Flensburg, Germany!  Congratulations <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Rebekka">Rebekka</a>!!!.\r\n\r\nSorry for those who did not win, but keeping in the theme of good spirit I have put the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern on sale.  Now through January 31, 11:59pm (Pacific Time) the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern will be 12% off in honor of the year 2012.  Make sure you use the coupon code: sweetredbuttons\r\n\r\nOh! and don''t forget that <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> pattern is still 15% off through January 31st with the coupon code: airwhacking\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishing you all a happy happy new year and lots wonderful of knitting adventures!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/sweetheart-cardigan-contest-winner/dsc_0003-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1034"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1034" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC_0003-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>', 'Sweetheart Cardigan Contest Winner!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'sweetheart-cardigan-contest-winner', '', '', '2012-01-04 23:00:57', '2012-01-05 07:00:57', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1011', 24, 'post', '', 3),
(1017, 2, '2012-10-06 08:00:03', '2012-10-06 15:00:03', 'Remember last year when I went to the <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/12/the-renegade-craft-fair-comes-to-la-part-i-of-ii/">Renegade Craft Fair</a>?  I titled the blog post part I of II... well finally after many months of waiting I am posting part II.  Why so long you ask? Ah! Good question!\r\n\r\nThe very last vendor I met at the Renegade Craft Fair was a company called Metalcast Kits.  They specialize in casting customized belt buckles.  What?! Yes! The possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/10/renegade-craft-fair-part-ii-of-ii-metalcast/dsc_0215/" rel="attachment wp-att-2222"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2222 aligncenter" title="DSC_0215" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSC_0215-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/10/renegade-craft-fair-part-ii-of-ii-metalcast/dsc_0210/" rel="attachment wp-att-2223"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2223 aligncenter" title="DSC_0210" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSC_0210-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter seeing a few of the buckles on display I was sold! I thought I''m going to make a ton of these- all knitting themed!  Well after I got home I realized how difficult of a task it was to get even one done... I mean c''mon it took me about eight months just to finish carving out my buckle.  After many sketches and scrapped wax pieces (good thing they gave me extra), I finally came up with this:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/10/renegade-craft-fair-part-ii-of-ii-metalcast/dsc_0039-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-2224"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2224 aligncenter" title="DSC_0039" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSC_0039-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow coming up with the idea was pretty easy- P2tog, that''s my license plate number.  But carving out every nook and cranny of this piece of wax was going to be the hard part.  I had no idea what ind of project I had gotten myself into.  Because of the complexity of the design it took me FOREVER, plus one day!  But I don''t regret it one bit because this is what I have to show for my hard work:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/10/renegade-craft-fair-part-ii-of-ii-metalcast/final-metal-cast-buckle/" rel="attachment wp-att-2225"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2225 aligncenter" title="Final Metal Cast Buckle" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Final-Metal-Cast-Buckle-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI love this thing!  Hopefully you''ll catch me wearing it around.  The belt I have for it is too big right now- so I have to wait until I find another one that''s smaller.\r\n\r\nIf you missed the <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/losangeles-holiday-info">Renegade Craft Fair</a> last year, not to worry.  It''s coming again and pretty soon too.  Right before the holiday season- so it will be perfect for getting some really great handmade gifts!  It will be in the Los Angeles Historic Park on December 8 + 9.  If you don''t live in LA, they travel around from city to city- usually the vendors aren''t the same they are more local to the area in the city which they are exhibiting.  But sometimes they do make the trek far far away.  The point is, you never know what you''re going to find there.  Plus- they have food trunks... 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Now it''s only two days!  Save 15% when you use the Ravelry coupon code <strong>FallAccesoriesSale!!!</strong> on <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/olana-slouch/">Olana Slouch</a>, <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/walts-tangled-cables/">Walt''s Tangled Cables</a>, and <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/bumble-stripes/">Bumble Stripes</a> now through Sunday, October 7th, 2012 by 11:59pm Pacific Time.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/olana-slouch/olana-slouch-promo/" rel="attachment wp-att-2078"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2078" title="Olana-Slouch-Promo" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Olana-Slouch-Promo-250x250.png" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/walts-tangled-cables/walts-tangled-cables-promo/" rel="attachment wp-att-2091"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2091" title="Walt''s-Tangled-Cables-Promo" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Walts-Tangled-Cables-Promo-250x250.png" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/project/bumble-stripes/bumble-stripes-promo/" rel="attachment wp-att-2088"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2088" title="Bumble-Stripes-Promo" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bumble-Stripes-Promo-250x250.png" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Renegade Craft Fair part II of II - Metalcast!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'renegade-craft-fair-part-ii-of-ii-metalcast', '', '', '2012-10-05 13:11:35', '2012-10-05 20:11:35', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1017', 24, 'post', '', 0),
(1019, 2, '2012-01-23 09:00:41', '2012-01-23 17:00:41', 'Back in June I attended a designer''s dinner at TNNA in Columbus, OH.  There was all kinds of swag passed out, most of which I gave to a friend (that I met on my trip to Italy) who happens to live in Columbus.  But there was something so fantastic about the color of this bag that I just couldn''t part with it very easily.  I thought that someday it will make a great give-a-way for my blog.  Well that day has come, here it is, the Bitty Bag from <a href="http://namasteinc.com/">Namaste Inc.</a> in the color Red.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/contest-win-a-namaste-knitting-bag/dsc_0047/" rel="attachment wp-att-1060"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1060" title="DSC_0047" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0047-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/contest-win-a-namaste-knitting-bag/dsc_0046/" rel="attachment wp-att-1059"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1059" title="DSC_0046" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0046-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo be entered to win this bag all you have to do is post a comment on this blog post by Sunday January 29th 11:59 pm (PT).  A comment will be chosen at random, and there will be one lucky winner!  Best of luck to all!', 'Contest!!!! - Win a Namaste Knitting Bag!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'contest-win-a-namaste-knitting-bag', '', '', '2012-01-03 19:27:29', '2012-01-04 03:27:29', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1019', 24, 'post', '', 177),
(1021, 2, '2012-01-16 10:20:13', '2012-01-16 18:20:13', '<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/seaweed-trio-featured/" rel="attachment wp-att-1139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1139" title="Seaweed Trio Featured" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Seaweed-Trio-Featured-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>I feel like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> is one of those patterns that you knit over and over again.  It''s fairly easy to remember and it will work with any yarn and any gauge, and therefore a great stash buster!  All you need is the pattern and the know how to modify it to maximize your yardage.\r\n\r\n<em>It''s so easy, everything in the pattern is the same, but to shorten or lengthen it all you do is continue to repeat rows 10-11 until you have a multiple of 6 + 3 and then work row 10 once more (make sure you leave enough yarn for the ruffle).  Then you can start the ruffle at this point - but you don''t make any changes.  If you are concerned that you might be running out of yarn on the ruffle just go up one needle size from the body of the pattern. </em>\r\n\r\nWith this easy formula you can make your <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> out any gauge yarn and as large or as small as you like.  Try an aran weight yarn such as <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/alisha-goes-around-marmalade-of-ponies-aran">Alisha Goes Around Marmalade of Ponies Aran</a> or try a lace weight yarn such as <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a> (all yarns I love)!!!\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1134"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1134" title="Habu Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Here is s <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> I knit with <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi SIlk</a> and <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-20">Habu Silk Stainless Steel</a> held together</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1133" title="Habu Seaweed Spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-Spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="491" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1132"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1132" title="Habu Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">In the ruffle I only used the <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy only recommendation when choosing your needle size for this project is you must swatch!  Make sure you love the density of the fabric you have created.  For example, I decided I wanted all of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> to have an excellent drape - so for a DK weight yarn (which is usually knit on a U.S. 5-6) I used a U.S. 9.  The fabric became more open, but the drape was wonderful and flowing. Here is a photo of one that I made using one hank of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a>:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1131" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/anzula-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1131"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1131" title="Anzula Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anzula-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a> a DK weight yarn knit on a size 9 U.S. shown in Spruce</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo definitely play with your needle size and your fabric drape to get the right one for you.  Make a small little head kerchief or a large shawl.... or any size in between.  I hope you enjoy knitting as many <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> as I did and bust that stash (it''s a great feeling - a feeling of accomplishment).  Then go treat yourself to some new and special yarns!  Yay!\r\n\r\n<strong>Save $1.00 off the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> pattern with the coupon code: seaweedcrazy now though Jan 23 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.</strong>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos of my stash busting:</p>\r\n\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1138"><strong></strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1138" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Knit with my own hand-spun - roving from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios">Pigeon Roof Studios</a> roving (Yum!) that I picked up at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a> 2009.</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1137"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1137" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1135"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1135" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Another hand-spun - two solid colors of Merino roving I purchased at <a href="http://www.wildfiber.com">Wildfiber</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1136"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Also don''t forget that through Jan 31 you can save 15% off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> when you use the coupon code: airwhacking and save 12% off the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> when you use the coupon code: sweetredbutons\r\n</strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Seaweed Scarf Extravaganza!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'seaweed-scarf-extraveganza', '', '', '2012-01-27 09:31:11', '2012-01-27 17:31:11', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1021', 24, 'post', '', 0),
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(1037, 2, '2012-01-09 09:00:43', '2012-01-09 17:00:43', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tartine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1117 aligncenter" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a></p>\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tds/" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1118 aligncenter" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/knit-print-fabric/" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="size-full wp-image-1116 aligncenter" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '2012-goals', '', '', '2012-01-09 10:36:27', '2012-01-09 18:36:27', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1037', 24, 'post', '', 7),
(1043, 2, '2012-01-02 13:46:30', '2012-01-02 21:46:30', 'A special thanks to everyone who entered the contest and all of your wonderful comments.  I will be having another fun giveaway in the next month, so make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nThe lucky winner of the 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a>, 5 red buttons and the Sweetheart Cardigan Pattern is  Rebekka Drewes from Flensburg, Germany!  Congratulations <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Rebekka">Rebekka</a>!!!.\r\n\r\nSorry for those who did not win, but keeping in the theme of good spirit I have put the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern on sale.  Now through January 31, 11:59pm (Pacific Time) the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern will be 12% off in honor of the year 2012.  Make sure you use the coupon code: sweetredbuttons\r\n\r\nOh! and don''t forget that <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> pattern is still 15% off through January 31st with the coupon code: airwhacking\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishing you all a happy happy new year and lots wonderful of knitting adventures!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1034" rel="attachment wp-att-1034"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1034" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC_0003-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>', 'Sweetheart Cardigan Contest Winner!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1011-revision-3', '', '', '2012-01-02 13:46:30', '2012-01-02 21:46:30', '', 1011, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1011-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1044, 2, '2012-01-02 13:46:31', '2012-01-02 21:46:31', 'A special thanks to everyone who entered the contest and all of your wonderful comments.  I will be having another fun giveaway in the next month, so make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nThe lucky winner of the 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a>, 5 red buttons and the Sweetheart Cardigan Pattern is  Rebekka Drewes from Flensburg, Germany!  Congratulations <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Rebekka">Rebekka</a>!!!.\r\n\r\nSorry for those who did not win, but keeping in the theme of good spirit I have put the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern on sale.  Now through January 31, 11:59pm (Pacific Time) the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern will be 12% off in honor of the year 2012.  Make sure you use the coupon code: sweetredbuttons\r\n\r\nOh! and don''t forget that <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> pattern is still 15% off through January 31st with the coupon code: airwhacking\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishing you all a happy happy new year and lots wonderful of knitting adventures!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1034" rel="attachment wp-att-1034"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1034" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC_0003-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>', 'Sweetheart Cardigan Contest Winner!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1011-revision-4', '', '', '2012-01-02 13:46:31', '2012-01-02 21:46:31', '', 1011, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1011-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1045, 2, '2012-01-02 13:46:40', '2012-01-02 21:46:40', 'A special thanks to everyone who entered the contest and all of your wonderful comments.  I will be having another fun giveaway in the next month, so make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nThe lucky winner of the 5 hanks of <a href="http://louet.com/yarns/gems_sport.shtml">Louet Gems Sport</a>, 5 red buttons and the Sweetheart Cardigan Pattern is  Rebekka Drewes from Flensburg, Germany!  Congratulations <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Rebekka">Rebekka</a>!!!.\r\n\r\nSorry for those who did not win, but keeping in the theme of good spirit I have put the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern on sale.  Now through January 31, 11:59pm (Pacific Time) the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> pattern will be 12% off in honor of the year 2012.  Make sure you use the coupon code: sweetredbuttons\r\n\r\nOh! and don''t forget that <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> pattern is still 15% off through January 31st with the coupon code: airwhacking\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishing you all a happy happy new year and lots wonderful of knitting adventures!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1034" rel="attachment wp-att-1034"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1034" title="DSC_0003" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC_0003-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>', 'Sweetheart Cardigan Contest Winner!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1011-revision-5', '', '', '2012-01-02 13:46:40', '2012-01-02 21:46:40', '', 1011, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1011-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1049, 2, '2012-02-06 17:10:46', '2012-02-07 01:10:46', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\r\n\r\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am  so used to it being in Long Beach -  just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!  I should have taken a picture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/">blogged</a> about back in September.  I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/both5/" rel="attachment wp-att-1243"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1243" title="Both5" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Both5-500x429.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="238" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tnna-january-2012', '', '\nhttp://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/', '2012-02-10 11:44:48', '2012-02-10 19:44:48', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1049', 24, 'post', '', 7),
(1051, 2, '2012-01-26 01:26:11', '2012-01-26 09:26:11', 'Happy birthday to me.... and you!  On my birthday I am giving the gift of savings.  Does that sound cheesy? Eh, oh well.  Now is the chance to indulge and treat yourself to a collection of new patterns!  Go wild!\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Today through Thursday, February 2 at 11:59pm (PT) you will receive 26% off all my patterns on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/grace-akhrem-designs-2">Ravelry</a> with the coupon code:<strong> January26BirthdaySale</strong></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/birthday-pattern-sale-26-off-all-patterns/birthday-off-pattern-sale/" rel="attachment wp-att-1095"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1095" title="birthday-off-pattern-sale" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/birthday-off-pattern-sale.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="569" /></a></p>', 'Birthday Pattern Sale!!! 26% off all patterns!!!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'birthday-pattern-sale-26-off-all-patterns', '', '', '2012-01-26 14:50:05', '2012-01-26 22:50:05', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1051', 24, 'post', '', 11),
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(1065, 2, '2012-01-03 19:19:49', '2012-01-04 03:19:49', 'Back in June I attended a designer''s dinner at TNNA in Columbus, OH.  There were all kinds of goodies passed out, most of which I gave to a friend (that I met on my trip to Italy) who happens to live in Columbus.  But there was something so fantastic about the color of this bag that I just couldn''t part with it very easily.  I thought that someday it will make a great give-a-way for my blog.  Well, here it is, the Bitty Bag from Namaste Inc. in the color Red.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1060" rel="attachment wp-att-1060"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1060" title="DSC_0047" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0047-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1059" rel="attachment wp-att-1059"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1059" title="DSC_0046" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DSC_0046-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo be entered to win this bag all you have to do is post a comment on this blog post by Sunday January 29th 11:59 pm (PT).  A comment will be chosen at random, and there will be one lucky winner!  Best of luck to all!', 'Contest!!!! - Win a Namaste Knitting Bag!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1019-revision', '', '', '2012-01-03 19:19:49', '2012-01-04 03:19:49', '', 1019, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1019-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1129, 2, '2012-01-08 19:11:05', '2012-01-09 03:11:05', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1117" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1117" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1118" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1118" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1116" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1116" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1037-revision-5', '', '', '2012-01-08 19:11:05', '2012-01-09 03:11:05', '', 1037, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1037-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1130, 2, '2012-01-08 19:11:13', '2012-01-09 03:11:13', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1117" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1117" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1118" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1118" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1116" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1116" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1037-revision-6', '', '', '2012-01-08 19:11:13', '2012-01-09 03:11:13', '', 1037, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1037-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1134, 2, '2012-01-09 09:49:20', '2012-01-09 17:49:20', '', 'Habu Seaweed', 'Here is s Seaweed Scarf I knit with Habu Tsumugi SIlk and Habu Silk Stainless Steel doubled', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'habu-seaweed', '', '', '2012-01-09 09:49:20', '2012-01-09 17:49:20', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1135, 2, '2012-01-09 09:49:43', '2012-01-09 17:49:43', '', 'Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine', '', '', '2012-01-09 09:49:43', '2012-01-09 17:49:43', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1136, 2, '2012-01-09 09:50:06', '2012-01-09 17:50:06', '', 'Marled Merino HS Seaweed', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'marled-merino-hs-seaweed', '', '', '2012-01-09 09:50:06', '2012-01-09 17:50:06', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1137, 2, '2012-01-09 09:50:28', '2012-01-09 17:50:28', '', 'PRS Handspun Seaweed CL', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'prs-handspun-seaweed-cl', '', '', '2012-01-09 09:50:28', '2012-01-09 17:50:28', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(1138, 2, '2012-01-09 09:50:48', '2012-01-09 17:50:48', '', 'PRS Handspun Seaweed', 'Knit with my own hand spun - roving from Pidgeon Roof Studios (Yum!)', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', 'prs-handspun-seaweed', '', '', '2012-01-09 09:50:48', '2012-01-09 17:50:48', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
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(1140, 2, '2012-01-09 10:35:05', '2012-01-09 18:35:05', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tartine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1117" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a>\r\n\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tds/" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1118" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/knit-print-fabric/" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1116" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1037-autosave', '', '', '2012-01-09 10:35:05', '2012-01-09 18:35:05', '', 1037, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1037-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1141, 2, '2012-01-08 19:11:15', '2012-01-09 03:11:15', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tartine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1117" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tds/" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1118" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/knit-print-fabric/" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1116" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1037-revision', '', '', '2012-01-08 19:11:15', '2012-01-09 03:11:15', '', 1037, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1037-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1142, 2, '2012-01-09 10:36:25', '2012-01-09 18:36:25', 'My new year''s rule is always no resolutions... that''s just setting myself up for disappointment.  Goals are something to aspire to and make you feel really great when you reach them by the end of the year, but not completely disappointed in yourself when you haven''t. Hopefully posting these goals for the world to see will make them feel a bit more concrete (maybe I''ll feel accountable).\r\n\r\n1. Learn to bake bread (already got a book- <a href="http://www.tartinebread.com/">Tartine</a>, a very beautiful book).\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tartine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1117"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1117 aligncenter" title="tartine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tartine-500x304.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a></p>\r\n2. Learn to quilt (already got the fabric from my local fabric shop <a href="http://shop.sewmodernonline.com/">Sew Modern</a>).\r\n\r\n3. Begin to learn Italian (for when I move to Florence.... one of these days).\r\n\r\n4. Get my butt into shape (already have the gym membership - now I just need to use it, <a href="http://www.gymboxla.com/">Gym Box</a>- Pow! Pow!).\r\n\r\n5. Publish an e-book or a book book (there are some ideas in the works).\r\n\r\n6. Get organized (not made any progress in that yet).\r\n\r\n7. Learn how to plan things ahead, manage my time and not procrastinate (this should be no.1).\r\n\r\n8. Eat healthier and more vegetables (working on getting a <a href="http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php">CSA</a> box).\r\n\r\n9. Eat out only 1-2 times a week.\r\n\r\n10. Plan a vacation to Europe &amp; New York.\r\n\r\n11. Self publish between 8-10 patterns with about 5-6 garments.\r\n\r\n12. Finish all UFOs older than 3 years.\r\n\r\n13. Knit another blanket (maybe <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-diamonds--squares-oh-my">TDS</a>).\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/tds/" rel="attachment wp-att-1118"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1118 aligncenter" title="TDS" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TDS-500x239.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="239" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n14. Make my own pair of pajamas (already got the fabric, <a href="http://craftydiversions.com/">Anne Kuo Lukito</a> said she would show me how- woohoo!)\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/2012-goals/knit-print-fabric/" rel="attachment wp-att-1116"><img class="size-full wp-image-1116 aligncenter" title="knit print fabric" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/knit-print-fabric.png" alt="" width="432" height="432" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course as I reach these goals throughout the year you will most definitely read about them here.  Make sure you subscribe to stay up to date.\r\n\r\nAnd don''t think I forgot, I promised another give-a-way soon and I intend to keep my promises.  There will be another give-a-way sometime before the end of the month, but I''m not saying any more!\r\n\r\nHappy New Year!!!!', '2012 Goals', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1037-revision-2', '', '', '2012-01-09 10:36:25', '2012-01-09 18:36:25', '', 1037, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1037-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1174, 2, '2012-01-16 19:03:45', '2012-01-17 03:03:45', '<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/seaweed-trio-featured/" rel="attachment wp-att-1139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1139" title="Seaweed Trio Featured" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Seaweed-Trio-Featured-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>I feel like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> is one of those patterns that you knit over and over again.  It''s fairly easy to remember and it will work with any yarn and any gauge, and therefore a great stash buster!  All you need is the pattern and the know how to modify it to maximize your yardage.\r\n\r\n<em>It''s so easy, everything in the pattern is the same, but to shorten or lengthen it all you do is continue to repeat rows 10-11 until you have a multiple of 6 + 3 and then work row 10 once more (make sure you leave enough yarn for the ruffle).  Then you can start the ruffle at this point - but you don''t make any changes.  If you are concerned that you might be running out of yarn on the ruffle just go up one needle size from the body of the pattern. </em>\r\n\r\nWith this easy formula you can make your <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> out any gauge yarn and as large or as small as you like.  Try an aran weight yarn such as <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/alisha-goes-around-marmalade-of-ponies-aran">Alisha Goes Around Marmalade of Ponies Aran</a> or try a lace weight yarn such as <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a> (all yarns I love)!!!\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1134"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1134" title="Habu Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Here is s <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> I knit with <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi SIlk</a> and <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-20">Habu Silk Stainless Steel</a> held together</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1133" title="Habu Seaweed Spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-Spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="491" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1132"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1132" title="Habu Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">In the ruffle I only used the <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy only recommendation when choosing your needle size for this project is you must swatch!  Make sure you love the density of the fabric you have created.  For example, I decided I wanted all of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> to have an excellent drape - so for a DK weight yarn (which is usually knit on a U.S. 5-6) I used a U.S. 9.  The fabric became more open, but the drape was wonderful and flowing. Here is a photo of one that I made using one hank of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a>:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1131" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/anzula-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1131"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1131" title="Anzula Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anzula-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a> a DK weight yarn knit on a size 9 U.S. shwon in Spruce</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo definitely play with your needle size and your fabric drape to get the right one for you.  Make a small little head kerchief or a large shawl.... or any size in between.  I hope you enjoy knitting as many <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> as I did and bust that stash (it''s a great feeling - a feeling of accomplishment).  Then go treat yourself to some new and special yarns!  Yay!\r\n\r\n<strong>Save $1.00 off the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> pattern with the coupon code: seaweedcrazy now though Jan 23 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.</strong>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos of my stash busting:</p>\r\n\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1138"><strong></strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1138" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Knit with my own hand-spun - roving from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios">Pigeon Roof Studios</a> roving (Yum!) that I picked up at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a> 2009.</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1137"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1137" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1135"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1135" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Another hand-spun - two solid colors of Merino roving I purchased at <a href="http://www.wildfiber.com">Wildfiber</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1136"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Also don''t forget that through Jan 31 you can save 15% off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> when you use the coupon code: airwhacking and save 12% off the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> when you use the coupon code: sweetredbutons\r\n</strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Seaweed Scarf Extravaganza!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-revision-4', '', '', '2012-01-16 19:03:45', '2012-01-17 03:03:45', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1021-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1186, 2, '2012-01-26 14:50:04', '2012-01-26 22:50:04', 'Happy birthday to me.... and you!  On my birthday I am giving the gift of savings.  Does that sound cheesy? Eh, oh well.  Now is the chance to indulge and treat yourself to a collection of new patterns!  Go wild!\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Today through Thursday, February 2 at 11:59pm (PT) you will receive 26% off all my patterns on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/grace-akhrem-designs-2">Ravelry</a> with the coupon code:<strong> January26BirthdaySale</strong></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/birthday-pattern-sale-26-off-all-patterns/birthday-off-pattern-sale/" rel="attachment wp-att-1095"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1095" title="birthday-off-pattern-sale" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/birthday-off-pattern-sale.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="569" /></a></p>', 'Birthday Pattern Sale!!! 26% off all patterns!!!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1051-revision-5', '', '', '2012-01-26 14:50:04', '2012-01-26 22:50:04', '', 1051, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1051-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1187, 2, '2012-01-27 09:31:05', '2012-01-27 17:31:05', '<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/seaweed-trio-featured/" rel="attachment wp-att-1139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1139" title="Seaweed Trio Featured" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Seaweed-Trio-Featured-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>I feel like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> is one of those patterns that you knit over and over again.  It''s fairly easy to remember and it will work with any yarn and any gauge, and therefore a great stash buster!  All you need is the pattern and the know how to modify it to maximize your yardage.\n\n<em>It''s so easy, everything in the pattern is the same, but to shorten or lengthen it all you do is continue to repeat rows 10-11 until you have a multiple of 6 + 3 and then work row 10 once more (make sure you leave enough yarn for the ruffle).  Then you can start the ruffle at this point - but you don''t make any changes.  If you are concerned that you might be running out of yarn on the ruffle just go up one needle size from the body of the pattern. </em>\n\nWith this easy formula you can make your <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> out any gauge yarn and as large or as small as you like.  Try an aran weight yarn such as <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/alisha-goes-around-marmalade-of-ponies-aran">Alisha Goes Around Marmalade of Ponies Aran</a> or try a lace weight yarn such as <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a> (all yarns I love)!!!\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1134"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1134" title="Habu Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Here is s <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> I knit with <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi SIlk</a> and <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-20">Habu Silk Stainless Steel</a> held together</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1133" title="Habu Seaweed Spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-Spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="491" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1132"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1132" title="Habu Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">In the ruffle I only used the <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a></dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\nMy only recommendation when choosing your needle size for this project is you must swatch!  Make sure you love the density of the fabric you have created.  For example, I decided I wanted all of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> to have an excellent drape - so for a DK weight yarn (which is usually knit on a U.S. 5-6) I used a U.S. 9.  The fabric became more open, but the drape was wonderful and flowing. Here is a photo of one that I made using one hank of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a>:\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1131" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/anzula-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1131"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1131" title="Anzula Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anzula-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a> a DK weight yarn knit on a size 9 U.S. shown in Spruce</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\nSo definitely play with your needle size and your fabric drape to get the right one for you.  Make a small little head kerchief or a large shawl.... or any size in between.  I hope you enjoy knitting as many <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> as I did and bust that stash (it''s a great feeling - a feeling of accomplishment).  Then go treat yourself to some new and special yarns!  Yay!\n\n<strong>Save $1.00 off the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> pattern with the coupon code: seaweedcrazy now though Jan 23 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.</strong>\n<p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos of my stash busting:</p>\n\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1138"><strong></strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1138" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Knit with my own hand-spun - roving from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios">Pigeon Roof Studios</a> roving (Yum!) that I picked up at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a> 2009.</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1137"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1137" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1135"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1135" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Another hand-spun - two solid colors of Merino roving I purchased at <a href="http://www.wildfiber.com">Wildfiber</a></dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1136"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Also don''t forget that through Jan 31 you can save 15% off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> when you use the coupon code: airwhacking and save 12% off the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> when you use the coupon code: sweetredbutons\n</strong></em></p>\n&nbsp;', 'Seaweed Scarf Extravaganza!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-autosave', '', '', '2012-01-27 09:31:05', '2012-01-27 17:31:05', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1021-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1188, 2, '2012-01-16 19:04:25', '2012-01-17 03:04:25', '<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/seaweed-trio-featured/" rel="attachment wp-att-1139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1139" title="Seaweed Trio Featured" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Seaweed-Trio-Featured-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>I feel like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> is one of those patterns that you knit over and over again.  It''s fairly easy to remember and it will work with any yarn and any gauge, and therefore a great stash buster!  All you need is the pattern and the know how to modify it to maximize your yardage.\r\n\r\n<em>It''s so easy, everything in the pattern is the same, but to shorten or lengthen it all you do is continue to repeat rows 10-11 until you have a multiple of 6 + 3 and then work row 10 once more (make sure you leave enough yarn for the ruffle).  Then you can start the ruffle at this point - but you don''t make any changes.  If you are concerned that you might be running out of yarn on the ruffle just go up one needle size from the body of the pattern. </em>\r\n\r\nWith this easy formula you can make your <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> out any gauge yarn and as large or as small as you like.  Try an aran weight yarn such as <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/alisha-goes-around-marmalade-of-ponies-aran">Alisha Goes Around Marmalade of Ponies Aran</a> or try a lace weight yarn such as <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a> (all yarns I love)!!!\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1134"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1134" title="Habu Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Here is s <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> I knit with <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi SIlk</a> and <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-20">Habu Silk Stainless Steel</a> held together</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1133" title="Habu Seaweed Spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-Spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="491" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1132"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1132" title="Habu Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">In the ruffle I only used the <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy only recommendation when choosing your needle size for this project is you must swatch!  Make sure you love the density of the fabric you have created.  For example, I decided I wanted all of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> to have an excellent drape - so for a DK weight yarn (which is usually knit on a U.S. 5-6) I used a U.S. 9.  The fabric became more open, but the drape was wonderful and flowing. Here is a photo of one that I made using one hank of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a>:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1131" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/anzula-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1131"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1131" title="Anzula Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anzula-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a> a DK weight yarn knit on a size 9 U.S. shown in Spruce</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo definitely play with your needle size and your fabric drape to get the right one for you.  Make a small little head kerchief or a large shawl.... or any size in between.  I hope you enjoy knitting as many <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> as I did and bust that stash (it''s a great feeling - a feeling of accomplishment).  Then go treat yourself to some new and special yarns!  Yay!\r\n\r\n<strong>Save $1.00 off the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> pattern with the coupon code: seaweedcrazy now though Jan 23 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.</strong>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos of my stash busting:</p>\r\n\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1138"><strong></strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1138" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Knit with my own hand-spun - roving from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios">Pigeon Roof Studios</a> roving (Yum!) that I picked up at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a> 2009.</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1137"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1137" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1135"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1135" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Another hand-spun - two solid colors of Merino roving I purchased at <a href="http://www.wildfiber.com">Wildfiber</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1136"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Also don''t forget that through Jan 31 you can save 15% off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> when you use the coupon code: airwhacking and save 12% off the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> when you use the coupon code: sweetredbutons\r\n</strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Seaweed Scarf Extravaganza!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-revision-6', '', '', '2012-01-16 19:04:25', '2012-01-17 03:04:25', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1021-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1189, 2, '2012-01-27 09:31:09', '2012-01-27 17:31:09', '<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/seaweed-trio-featured/" rel="attachment wp-att-1139"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1139" title="Seaweed Trio Featured" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Seaweed-Trio-Featured-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>I feel like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> is one of those patterns that you knit over and over again.  It''s fairly easy to remember and it will work with any yarn and any gauge, and therefore a great stash buster!  All you need is the pattern and the know how to modify it to maximize your yardage.\r\n\r\n<em>It''s so easy, everything in the pattern is the same, but to shorten or lengthen it all you do is continue to repeat rows 10-11 until you have a multiple of 6 + 3 and then work row 10 once more (make sure you leave enough yarn for the ruffle).  Then you can start the ruffle at this point - but you don''t make any changes.  If you are concerned that you might be running out of yarn on the ruffle just go up one needle size from the body of the pattern. </em>\r\n\r\nWith this easy formula you can make your <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> out any gauge yarn and as large or as small as you like.  Try an aran weight yarn such as <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/alisha-goes-around-marmalade-of-ponies-aran">Alisha Goes Around Marmalade of Ponies Aran</a> or try a lace weight yarn such as <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a> (all yarns I love)!!!\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1134"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1134" title="Habu Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Here is s <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> I knit with <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi SIlk</a> and <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-20">Habu Silk Stainless Steel</a> held together</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1133" title="Habu Seaweed Spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-Spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="329" height="491" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/habu-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1132"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1132" title="Habu Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Habu-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">In the ruffle I only used the <a href="http://www.habutextiles.com/A-1">Habu Tsumugi Silk</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy only recommendation when choosing your needle size for this project is you must swatch!  Make sure you love the density of the fabric you have created.  For example, I decided I wanted all of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> to have an excellent drape - so for a DK weight yarn (which is usually knit on a U.S. 5-6) I used a U.S. 9.  The fabric became more open, but the drape was wonderful and flowing. Here is a photo of one that I made using one hank of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a>:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1131" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/anzula-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1131"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1131" title="Anzula Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Anzula-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/anzula-cricket-mcn">Anzula Cricket</a> a DK weight yarn knit on a size 9 U.S. shown in Spruce</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo definitely play with your needle size and your fabric drape to get the right one for you.  Make a small little head kerchief or a large shawl.... or any size in between.  I hope you enjoy knitting as many <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarves</a> as I did and bust that stash (it''s a great feeling - a feeling of accomplishment).  Then go treat yourself to some new and special yarns!  Yay!\r\n\r\n<strong>Save $1.00 off the </strong><strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-scarf-5">Seaweed Scarf</a> pattern with the coupon code: seaweedcrazy now though Jan 23 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.</strong>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">Here are a few photos of my stash busting:</p>\r\n\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1138"><strong></strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1138" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Knit with my own hand-spun - roving from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pigeonroofstudios">Pigeon Roof Studios</a> roving (Yum!) that I picked up at <a href="http://www.socksummit.com/">Sock Summit</a> 2009.</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/prs-handspun-seaweed-cl/" rel="attachment wp-att-1137"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1137" title="PRS Handspun Seaweed CL" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/PRS-Handspun-Seaweed-CL-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: left;"><dl id="attachment_1135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 344px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed-spine/" rel="attachment wp-att-1135"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1135" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed spine" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-spine-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Another hand-spun - two solid colors of Merino roving I purchased at <a href="http://www.wildfiber.com">Wildfiber</a></dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/seaweed-scarf-extraveganza/marled-merino-hs-seaweed/" rel="attachment wp-att-1136"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1136" title="Marled Merino HS Seaweed" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Marled-Merino-HS-Seaweed-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Also don''t forget that through Jan 31 you can save 15% off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jannas-tunic">Janna''s Tunic</a> when you use the coupon code: airwhacking and save 12% off the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-cardigan-5">Sweetheart Cardigan</a> when you use the coupon code: sweetredbutons\r\n</strong></em></p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Seaweed Scarf Extravaganza!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1021-revision', '', '', '2012-01-27 09:31:09', '2012-01-27 17:31:09', '', 1021, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/01/1021-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1259, 1, '2012-02-21 22:17:32', '2012-02-22 06:17:32', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\n\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am  so used to it being in Long Beach -  just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!  I should have taken a picture.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\n&nbsp;\n\nI even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/">blogged</a> about back in September.  I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/both5/" rel="attachment wp-att-1243"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1243" title="Both5" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Both5-500x429.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="238" /></a>\n\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style="text-align: center;">[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]</p>\n&nbsp;\n\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\n\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\n\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1049-autosave', '', '', '2012-02-21 22:17:32', '2012-02-22 06:17:32', '', 1049, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1049-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1260, 2, '2012-02-06 17:10:47', '2012-02-07 01:10:47', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\r\n\r\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am used to it being in Long Beach, just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I got in my tiny little peanut of a car and drove across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1049-revision-3', '', '', '2012-02-06 17:10:47', '2012-02-07 01:10:47', '', 1049, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1049-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1261, 2, '2012-02-06 18:24:00', '2012-02-07 02:24:00', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\r\n\r\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am  so used to it being in Long Beach -  just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!  I should have taken a picture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/">blogged</a> about back in September.  I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/both5/" rel="attachment wp-att-1243"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1243" title="Both5" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Both5-500x429.jpg" alt="" width="445" height="381" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1049-revision-4', '', '', '2012-02-06 18:24:00', '2012-02-07 02:24:00', '', 1049, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1049-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1262, 2, '2012-02-06 18:24:02', '2012-02-07 02:24:02', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\r\n\r\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am  so used to it being in Long Beach -  just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!  I should have taken a picture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/">blogged</a> about back in September.  I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/both5/" rel="attachment wp-att-1243"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1243" title="Both5" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Both5-500x429.jpg" alt="" width="445" height="381" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1049-revision-5', '', '', '2012-02-06 18:24:02', '2012-02-07 02:24:02', '', 1049, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1049-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1263, 2, '2012-02-10 11:44:46', '2012-02-10 19:44:46', 'TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it''s over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.\r\n\r\nThis post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am  so used to it being in Long Beach -  just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I had to get in my tiny little peanut of a car and drive across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring, lots of cacti.  I didn''t think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!  I should have taken a picture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI even had those really yummy Lemon Rosemary cookies I <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2011/09/lemon-rosemary-yum-yum-cookies/">blogged</a> about back in September.  I packaged them up and handed them out to everyone and anyone who needed a little sugar boost.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/both5/" rel="attachment wp-att-1243"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1243" title="Both5" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Both5-500x429.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="238" /></a>\r\n\r\nI didn''t really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: center;">[youtube d-KSuh34u8s]</p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI debuted two new patterns, Olga''s Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga''s Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn''t originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/olgas-vest-for-clotheshorse/" rel="attachment wp-att-1247"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247" title="Olga''s-Vest-for-clotheshorse" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="324" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSave 10% off Olga''s Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TNNA - January 2012', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1049-revision', '', '', '2012-02-10 11:44:46', '2012-02-10 19:44:46', '', 1049, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1049-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1266, 2, '2012-02-13 11:24:52', '2012-02-13 19:24:52', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0492/" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                       Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/charcoal/" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/lagoon/" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                     or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/rusty-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/putty/" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0091-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0123/" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-beekeepers-cowl', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:54:32', '2012-02-13 19:54:32', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1266', 24, 'post', '', 3),
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(1311, 2, '2012-02-13 11:24:52', '2012-02-13 19:24:52', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1269" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                      Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1281" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1282" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                      or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1284" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1283" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1271" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1272" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1270" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1266-revision-5', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:24:52', '2012-02-13 19:24:52', '', 1266, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1266-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1314, 2, '2012-02-13 11:24:56', '2012-02-13 19:24:56', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0492/" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                      Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/charcoal/" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/lagoon/" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                      or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/rusty-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/putty/" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0091-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0123/" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1266-revision-6', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:24:56', '2012-02-13 19:24:56', '', 1266, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1266-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1315, 2, '2012-02-13 11:28:10', '2012-02-13 19:28:10', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0492/" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/charcoal/" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/lagoon/" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/rusty-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/putty/" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0091-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0123/" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1266-revision', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:28:10', '2012-02-13 19:28:10', '', 1266, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1266-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(1317, 2, '2012-02-13 11:28:11', '2012-02-13 19:28:11', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0492/" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/charcoal/" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/lagoon/" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/rusty-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/putty/" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0091-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0123/" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1266-revision-2', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:28:11', '2012-02-13 19:28:11', '', 1266, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1266-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1318, 2, '2012-02-13 11:54:31', '2012-02-13 19:54:31', 'Time for a freebie don''t you think?  This is a quick fun knit and I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did.  I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-donegal-chunky-tweed">Debbie Bliss Donegal Chunky Tweed</a> and of course it has been discontinued.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0492/" rel="attachment wp-att-1269"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1269" title="DSC_0492" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0492-470x500.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI originally knit this up in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/madelinetosh-tosh-bulky">Madelinetosh Bulky</a> the one I bought from <a href="http://www.imagiknit.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?display=home">Imagiknit</a> on my visit to San Francisco, but I call that one the "prototype."  That''s what I call everything that didn''t quite turn out the way I wanted it to the first time.  Anyway that yarn too has been discontinued.... of course.  Don''t you hate that?   As soon as you discover a yarn and fall in love with it, its discontinued!\r\n\r\nAnother great yarn for this project would be (one of my favorites) - <a href="http://blueskyalpacas.com/yarns/worsted-hand-dyes/">Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes</a> (keep in mind this yarn is not a worsted).  You would only have to use one hank of each color of this yarn to make the cowl.  Some good color combinations would be:\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                       Charcoal with Lagoon</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/charcoal/" rel="attachment wp-att-1281"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1281" title="Charcoal" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Charcoal-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/lagoon/" rel="attachment wp-att-1282"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1282" title="Lagoon" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Lagoon-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style="text-align: left;">                                                     or Rusty Orange with Putty</p>\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/rusty-orange/" rel="attachment wp-att-1284"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1284" title="Rusty Orange" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rusty-Orange-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/putty/" rel="attachment wp-att-1283"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283" title="Putty" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Putty-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a fun pattern to choose colors for because one of the colors is your dominant color and the other one is a "peek-a-boo" color.  But if you turn your cowl inside out then your peek-a-boo color becomes your dominant color and then there is just a little pop of the other color on the edges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0091-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1271"><img title="DSC_0091" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0091-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0123/" rel="attachment wp-att-1272"><img title="DSC_0123" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0123-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" /></a>    <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/the-beekeepers-cowl/dsc_0084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1270"><img title="DSC_0084" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0084-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="196" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave fun knitting this cowl, and hopefully you can get a little wear out of it before it gets too warm!  See the link below for the free pattern!', 'The Beekeeper''s Cowl', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1266-revision-3', '', '', '2012-02-13 11:54:31', '2012-02-13 19:54:31', '', 1266, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1266-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(1319, 2, '2013-02-02 09:30:27', '2013-02-02 17:30:27', 'So it''s that time of year again, <a href="http://www.tnna.org/">TNNA</a>.  It seems like I always do a giveaway during this event.  This time I had an extra copy of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knit-noro-30-designs-in-living-color">Knit Noro</a> lying around. So I contacted the good people over at <a href="http://www.knittingfever.com/">Knitting Fever Inc.</a> and they agreed to sponsor the yarn for the giveaway.  How awesome is that?! One very lucky winner will receive a copy of the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knit-noro-30-designs-in-living-color"> Knit Noro</a> and 12 skeins of <a href="http://www.knittingfever.com/c/noro/yarn/noro-kureyon/">Noro Kureyon</a> in color #263 so that he/she can knit the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chevron-throw">Chevron Throw</a>.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/02/noro-giveaway/noro-giveaway-1/" rel="attachment wp-att-2868"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2868" title="noro-giveaway-1" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/noro-giveaway-1-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/02/noro-giveaway/chevron-throw/" rel="attachment wp-att-2592"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2592" title="Chevron throw" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chevron-throw-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>   <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/02/noro-giveaway/noro-giveaway-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-2869"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-2869" title="noro-giveaway-2" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/noro-giveaway-2-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo enter all you have to do is make sure you follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/GraceAkhrem">Twitter</a> or Like me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GraceAkhrem">Facebook</a> or both to increases your chances.  I will choose one lucky winner from either Facebook or Twitter to receive this very awesome prize!  I will announce the winner on Feb, 9th 2013 on this blog.  Make sure you come back to see if you won! - it could be you, but you won''t know until you come back to check and see. Good luck to all!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Noro Giveaway!!!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'noro-giveaway', '', '', '2013-01-30 14:31:57', '2013-01-30 22:31:57', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1319', 24, 'post', '', 55),
(1321, 2, '2012-03-05 13:52:06', '2012-03-05 21:52:06', 'The good people of Interweave were very generous as to give me the last five copies of the Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011, my first cover!!!.  I have decided to pass on that generosity onto five lucky winners.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/03/interweave-knits-holiday-gifts-2011-give-away/holiday-gifts-cover/" rel="attachment wp-att-1396"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1396" title="Holiday Gifts Cover" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Holiday-Gifts-Cover.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll you have to do is follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/GraceAkhrem">Twitter</a> and like me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grace-Akhrem/138349119607062">Facebook</a> and you will automatically be entered to win one of the last copies of this fantastic issue. <em> Make sure that you enter by Monday, March 12, 2012 by 9:00 am Pacific Time.  I will announce the winners of the magazine next week!</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/03/interweave-knits-holiday-gifts-2011-give-away/mini-logo-08/" rel="attachment wp-att-1397"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-1397" title="mini-logo-08" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mini-logo-08.png" alt="" width="72" height="70" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/03/interweave-knits-holiday-gifts-2011-give-away/mini-logo-09/" rel="attachment wp-att-1398"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1398" title="mini-logo-09" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mini-logo-09.png" alt="" width="72" height="70" /></a>', 'Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011 Give-away!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'interweave-knits-holiday-gifts-2011-give-away', '', '', '2012-03-06 18:19:39', '2012-03-07 02:19:39', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1321', 24, 'post', '', 20),
(1323, 2, '2012-06-23 08:00:31', '2012-06-23 15:00:31', 'I have been preparing for TNNA the last month (not including all the knitting) and that is where I am today.  I thought, well since I''m out of town and I wont really have time to blog, I will pre-blog and host a give-away! Woohoo!\r\n\r\nHere''s the scoop- <strong>ONE</strong> lucky winner will receive four hanks of the Fibre Co Terra (one of my favorite yarns) in the color Redwood along with size Lantern Moon size 7 U.S. Ebony needles (my absolute favorite needles) as well as a PDF of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/staggered-ladders-scarf">Staggered Ladders Scarf</a> pattern.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/06/another-give-away-the-fibre-co-terra-lantern-moon-needles/dsc_0001-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1713"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1713" title="DSC_0001" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DSC_0001-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo enter this drawing all you have to do is "Like" my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GraceAkhrem">Facebook</a> page or follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/GraceAkhrem">Twitter</a>... or both (to increase your chances).  Please make sure that you enter yourself into the drawing by Sunday, July 1st, 2012.  Good luck to all!!!', 'Another give-away! The Fibre Co. Terra & Lantern Moon Needles!!!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'another-give-away-the-fibre-co-terra-lantern-moon-needles', '', '', '2012-06-20 10:19:16', '2012-06-20 17:19:16', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1323', 24, 'post', '', 38),
(1327, 2, '2012-07-17 08:55:37', '2012-07-17 15:55:37', '<div>\r\n\r\nSo I''ve been talking about doing a KAL for some time now.  I think I mentioned in my last post that I introduced it at TNNA, so naturally I have to follow through with my word.  I will be going out of the country August 8 - September 20 to visit family, so I will have lots of time to be able to keep up with the KAL.\r\n\r\nSo here is the KAL schedule. The KAL will start on Saturday August 4th and run through Saturday, September 22nd. Every Saturday throughout the KAL I will write up a detailed and photo full blog post of the Olga’s Vest in progress.\r\n\r\nI will be available for questions and answers to KAL participants on my <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/blog/">blog</a> as well as <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/contact/">email</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GraceAkhrem">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/GraceAkhrem">Twitter</a>, &amp; on my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/grace-akhrem-fans">Ravelry Group</a>. This will guide you through some of the tricky parts of this pattern as well as give you several forums to ask your questions during off hours and share photos as well.\r\n\r\nTell your LYS about the KAL and have them join in. The pattern can be purchased wholesale from <a href="https://www.deepsouthfibers.com/">Deep South Fibers</a> - the pattern minimum is only three patterns!!!  Please let me know if you have any questions about the KAL or need help with yarn selection.  I can be reached at any of the above forums.\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 334px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://s923.photobucket.com/albums/ad72/knittingwithgrace/?action=view&amp;current=Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg"><img src="http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad72/knittingwithgrace/Olgas-Vest-for-clotheshorse.jpg" alt="Olga''s Vest" width="324" height="324" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Wear this garment 12 ways!</dd></dl></div>\r\nSat - 08.04.12\r\nLets get started! We will discuss swatching as well as blocking, fiber, drape taking a correct measurement.\r\n\r\nSat - 08.11.12\r\nToday we will discuss how to choose the right size and how to adjust the length of this garment as well as the provisional cast-on and life lines!\r\n\r\nSat - 08.18.12\r\nLets put in an armhole and discuss further modifications at this point.\r\n\r\nSat - 08.25.12\r\nHere we will talk about W&amp;T and how to work this stitch in your linen lace stitch, also more modification options will be given on this day.\r\n\r\nSat - 09.01.12\r\nOn this day we will work back on the 2nd 1/2 of the cowl and discuss how to pick up the W&amp;T from the first 1/2 of the cowl.\r\n\r\nSat - 09.08.12\r\nHere we will continue the second 1/2 of the front and discuss life lines again.\r\n\r\nSat - 09.15.12\r\nOn this day we will discuss the second armhole as well as one last modification and the 2 second 1/2 of the back.\r\n\r\nSat - 09.22.12\r\nThis will be the last instructional post. We will talk about picking up live sts and how to work button bands.\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Olga''s Vest KAL Schedule!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'olgas-vest-kal-schedule', '', '\nhttp://graceakhrem.com/contact/', '2012-07-21 09:31:03', '2012-07-21 16:31:03', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1327', 24, 'post', '', 1),
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(1341, 2, '2012-02-27 12:26:20', '2012-02-27 20:26:20', 'The knitting/cyber world had buzzing about the new <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Clotheshorse</a> online knitting and crochet magazine.  I know what you''re thinking, "Oh no, not another knitting magazine."  But this one <em>is</em> different.  I had the pleasure of seeing what was going into the magazine before it was published when I met up with Heather Dixon and Mindy Brown, co-founders of <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Clotheshorse</a> magazine at TNNA in January.  What makes this magazine different?  <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Clotheshorse</a> is a fashion forward and season appropriate magazine.  The pieces in the magazine are inspired by current runway fashions.  The selection of patterns are wonderful, they have everything from dresses to jewelry and knitting to macrame.  <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Clotheshorse</a> is fashionable and wearable, there is something for everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/please-welcome-clotheshorse-to-the-scene-give-away/ch-cover-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-1372"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1372" title="CH Cover" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CH-Cover1-500x500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Spring/Summer 2012 Issue has 25 fashion forward patterns.  Two of my favorite patterns are:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1371" class="wp-caption  aligncenter" style="width: 343px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/please-welcome-clotheshorse-to-the-scene-give-away/peekamoose/" rel="attachment wp-att-1371"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1371" title="Peekamoose" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Peekamoose-333x500.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Peekamoose by Heather Dixon</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1368" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 343px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/please-welcome-clotheshorse-to-the-scene-give-away/cobalt/" rel="attachment wp-att-1368"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1368" title="Cobalt" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cobalt-333x500.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Cobalt by Mindy Brown</dd></dl></div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe great thing about <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Clotheshorse Magazine</a> is that you don''t have to buy the entire magazine if you like just one pattern.  The patterns are all sold individually so you can pick and choose what you would like to make.  If you like one pattern in the whole magazine, just buy the one.  If you like ten, then buy ten.  That''s the beauty of it!  Every issue offers a free pattern.  In this issue the free pattern is <a href="http://www.clotheshorsemag.com/">Morea</a> a macrame necklace  that is done beautifully by Mindy Brown.\r\n\r\nNot only does this new magazine have knitting, crochet and macrame patterns but they also have a great product review page where they reviewed products like <a href="http://www.lavishea.com/">Lavishea</a> Lotion Bars, <a href="http://www.soakwash.com/soak.html">Soak</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thesexyknitter">Knitter''s Tool Tin</a> by the Sexy Knitter and more.  What I enjoyed most about this issue was the Interview with Amy Small of <a href="http://www.knitcollage.com/index.html">Knit Collage</a>.  I love to read about how yarn companies were started and the inspiration and drive behind the yarns.  Amy in particular has a fun and interesting story about how she got started and her production, make sure you read the interview with Amy Small!  Another fun read was the "Shop Report."  We all know that <a href="http://www.purlsoho.com/purl">Purl Soho</a> is a wonderful place- but in the "Shop Report" Jennifer Wendell wrote about <a href="http://www.purlsoho.com/purl">Purl Soho</a> and about the texture and color to the point where it transports you there.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI hope you enjoy this issue and all the future issues of Clotheshorse Magazine. <em><strong> Mindy and Heather have been very generous as to sponsor two give-aways. Each winner will receive a free PDF of the pattern of their choice.  To enter for a chance to win all you have to do is post a comment in this blog post by Sunday March 4, 2012 by 11:59pm Pacific Time. Good luck to all who enter!</strong></em>\r\n<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1387" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 598px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/please-welcome-clotheshorse-to-the-scene-give-away/ch-trio/" rel="attachment wp-att-1387"><img class=" wp-image-1387" title="CH-Trio" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CH-Trio.jpg" alt="" width="588" height="285" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">Cadmium by Jennifer Lori, Mercury by Heather Dixon &amp; Palladium by Gyorgyi Suta</dd></dl></div>\r\n<p style="text-align: center;"></p>', 'Please welcome Clotheshorse to the Scene & Give-Away!', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'please-welcome-clotheshorse-to-the-scene-give-away', '', '', '2012-02-27 12:28:27', '2012-02-27 20:28:27', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1341', 24, 'post', '', 40),
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(1344, 2, '2013-03-17 09:30:05', '2013-03-17 16:30:05', 'Remember almost a year ago when I got started on that <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/03/granny-squares-galore/">granny square blanket</a>?  It started off as a little project to bust a little stash and some leftover yarns.  After a while this project took on a mind of its own and became something I hadn''t intended for it to be, I started buy more yarn for it!  I went crazy with this thing! It was constantly on my mind and I was always thinking about the palate of the blanket and what other yarns I could add.  Well, I finally finished it!  Drum roll please....\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/03/the-final-granny-square-blanket/dsc_0002-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-3067"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-3067" title="DSC_0002" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0002-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/03/the-final-granny-square-blanket/dsc_0012/" rel="attachment wp-att-3069"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-3069" title="DSC_0012" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0012-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>  <a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2013/03/the-final-granny-square-blanket/dsc_0005-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-3068"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-3068" title="DSC_0005" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0005-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>\r\n\r\nThere are 315 squares and I used about 33 different yarns including leftovers from other projects, stash and yarns I purchased specifically for this project.  The blanket measures 58" x 41" after blocking and including the border.  Each square is completely different from the next-- no two are alike! I finally finished one of my goals from last year! Woohoo!  Now I just have to knit up the Triangles, Diamonds, and Squares... Oh My! blanket (I already have all my yarn colors chosen, I''ll share some other time) and learn to quit to get this years goals checked off the list!\r\n<div align="center">\r\n<table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td nowrap="nowrap">\r\n<div style="margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 2px; background-color: #009900;"><a href="http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=palkgckab&amp;p=oi&amp;m=1110322785295" target="_blank"><img src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/visitor/email1_trans.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div></td>\r\n<td nowrap="nowrap" width="100%"><a style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; color: #009900;" href="http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=palkgckab&amp;p=oi&amp;m=1110322785295" target="_blank">Sign-up for my Email Newsletters!</a></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</div>\r\n<div style="padding-top: 5px;" align="center"><img src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/safe_subscribe_logo.gif" alt="" width="168" height="14" border="0" /></div>', 'The Final Granny Square Blanket', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-final-granny-square-blanket', '', '', '2013-03-11 00:46:44', '2013-03-11 07:46:44', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1344', 24, 'post', '', 4),
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(1349, 2, '2012-02-20 11:13:57', '2012-02-20 19:13:57', 'A couple days ago I had a hankering for some coconut cupcakes.  Yum!  I went online and found a few recipes.  After looking through all of them I had it narrowed down to<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"> Martha''s</a> recipe and the <a href="http://www.barefootcontessa.com/">Barefoot Contessa''s</a> recipe.  It wasn''t a hard choice when I looked at the ingredients - the Barefoot Contessa wanted me to use <strong>SIX</strong> sticks of butter for 20 cupcakes!  Are you kidding me?  So naturally I went with Martha.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0015/" rel="attachment wp-att-1355"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1355" title="DSC_0015" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0015-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI used this recipe <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/316189/coconut-cupcakes-with-seven-minute-frost?czone=food/best-cupcake-recipes/our-best-cupcakes&amp;center=276944&amp;gallery=274461&amp;slide=263819">here</a> - but of course I am terrible at following directions.  So I goofed a little.  When I was reading the <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/336105/basic-cupcake-how-to">instructions</a> it said to pre-heat the oven (check!), then to whisk all the dry ingredients together.  So I did that.... then it said to cream the butter and sugar together. Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0019/" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0026/" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. I would have liked it to me more coconut flavored, maybe next time I''ll use six sticks of butter for more coconut flavor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0030/" rel="attachment wp-att-1358"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1358" title="DSC_0030" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0030-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="399" height="266" /></a>', 'Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting... mmmmmmm', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm', '', '', '2012-02-20 11:14:17', '2012-02-20 19:14:17', '', 0, 'http://graceakhrem.com/?p=1349', 24, 'post', '', 4),
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(1360, 2, '2012-02-20 11:13:27', '2012-02-20 19:13:27', 'A couple days ago I had a hankering for some coconut cupcakes.  Yum!  I went online and found a few recipes.  After looking through all of them I had it narrowed down to<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"> Martha''s</a> recipe and the <a href="http://www.barefootcontessa.com/">Barefoot Contessa''s</a> recipe.  It wasn''t a hard choice when I looked at the ingredients - the Barefoot Contessa wanted me to use <strong>SIX</strong> sticks of butter for 20 cupcakes!  Are you kidding me?  So naturally I went with Martha.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1355" rel="attachment wp-att-1355"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1355" title="DSC_0015" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0015-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI used this recipe <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/316189/coconut-cupcakes-with-seven-minute-frost?czone=food/best-cupcake-recipes/our-best-cupcakes&amp;center=276944&amp;gallery=274461&amp;slide=263819">here</a> - but of course I am terrible at following directions.  So I goofed a little.  When I was reading the <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/336105/basic-cupcake-how-to">instructions</a> it said to pre-heat the oven (check!), then to whisk all the dry ingredients together.  So I did that.... then it said to cream the butter and sugar together. Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1356" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1357" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. I would have liked it to me more coconut flavored, maybe next time I''ll use six sticks of butter for more coconut flavor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1358" rel="attachment wp-att-1358"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1358" title="DSC_0030" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0030-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="399" height="266" /></a>', 'Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting... mmmmmmm', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '1349-revision', '', '', '2012-02-20 11:13:27', '2012-02-20 19:13:27', '', 1349, 'http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/1349-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1361, 2, '2012-02-20 11:13:28', '2012-02-20 19:13:28', 'A couple days ago I had a hankering for some coconut cupcakes.  Yum!  I went online and found a few recipes.  After looking through all of them I had it narrowed down to<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"> Martha''s</a> recipe and the <a href="http://www.barefootcontessa.com/">Barefoot Contessa''s</a> recipe.  It wasn''t a hard choice when I looked at the ingredients - the Barefoot Contessa wanted me to use <strong>SIX</strong> sticks of butter for 20 cupcakes!  Are you kidding me?  So naturally I went with Martha.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1355" rel="attachment wp-att-1355"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1355" title="DSC_0015" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0015-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI used this recipe <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/316189/coconut-cupcakes-with-seven-minute-frost?czone=food/best-cupcake-recipes/our-best-cupcakes&amp;center=276944&amp;gallery=274461&amp;slide=263819">here</a> - but of course I am terrible at following directions.  So I goofed a little.  When I was reading the <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/336105/basic-cupcake-how-to">instructions</a> it said to pre-heat the oven (check!), then to whisk all the dry ingredients together.  So I did that.... then it said to cream the butter and sugar together. Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1356" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1357" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. 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(1362, 2, '2012-02-20 11:13:57', '2012-02-20 19:13:57', 'A couple days ago I had a hankering for some coconut cupcakes.  Yum!  I went online and found a few recipes.  After looking through all of them I had it narrowed down to<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"> Martha''s</a> recipe and the <a href="http://www.barefootcontessa.com/">Barefoot Contessa''s</a> recipe.  It wasn''t a hard choice when I looked at the ingredients - the Barefoot Contessa wanted me to use <strong>SIX</strong> sticks of butter for 20 cupcakes!  Are you kidding me?  So naturally I went with Martha.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1355" rel="attachment wp-att-1355"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1355" title="DSC_0015" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0015-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI used this recipe <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/316189/coconut-cupcakes-with-seven-minute-frost?czone=food/best-cupcake-recipes/our-best-cupcakes&amp;center=276944&amp;gallery=274461&amp;slide=263819">here</a> - but of course I am terrible at following directions.  So I goofed a little.  When I was reading the <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/336105/basic-cupcake-how-to">instructions</a> it said to pre-heat the oven (check!), then to whisk all the dry ingredients together.  So I did that.... then it said to cream the butter and sugar together. Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1356" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/?attachment_id=1357" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. 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(1363, 2, '2012-02-20 11:13:59', '2012-02-20 19:13:59', 'A couple days ago I had a hankering for some coconut cupcakes.  Yum!  I went online and found a few recipes.  After looking through all of them I had it narrowed down to<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"> Martha''s</a> recipe and the <a href="http://www.barefootcontessa.com/">Barefoot Contessa''s</a> recipe.  It wasn''t a hard choice when I looked at the ingredients - the Barefoot Contessa wanted me to use <strong>SIX</strong> sticks of butter for 20 cupcakes!  Are you kidding me?  So naturally I went with Martha.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0015/" rel="attachment wp-att-1355"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1355" title="DSC_0015" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0015-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nI used this recipe <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/316189/coconut-cupcakes-with-seven-minute-frost?czone=food/best-cupcake-recipes/our-best-cupcakes&amp;center=276944&amp;gallery=274461&amp;slide=263819">here</a> - but of course I am terrible at following directions.  So I goofed a little.  When I was reading the <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/336105/basic-cupcake-how-to">instructions</a> it said to pre-heat the oven (check!), then to whisk all the dry ingredients together.  So I did that.... then it said to cream the butter and sugar together. Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0019/" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0026/" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. 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Damn it Martha!  Sugar <em>is</em> a dry ingredient!  I had only butter and coconut milk in my sad wet ingredient bowl and then this big dry ingredient bowl with flour, baking powder, salt, coconut and of course sugar.\r\n\r\nI continued to mix - I figured if these cupcakes came out bad that I would blame it all on Martha.  So I went ahead and mixed in my eggs (one at a time) - because after the wet ingredient dry ingredient fiasco I learned my lesson.  <em>Always read the whole paragraph!</em>  Then I mixed in my dry ingredients in three batches (like Martha said).  The batter looked a little thick and kind of sticky after mixing in all the ingredients - so I just added more coconut milk until I thought the consistency looked right.  If they were too gooey I''m not sure who I would have blamed that one on.\r\n\r\nSo I line my cupcakes with these brand new silicone cupcake liners that I got at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and fill them up 2/3 of the way - into the oven they go! Here I go to make some frosting.  Now again being bad at directions - "nah - I don''t like Martha''s frosting recipe, I''ll make up my own."  I knew I wanted a cream cheese frosting and pulled it out of the fridge a while ago to bring it up to room temp.  I mixed the cream cheese with 1/2 a stick of butter the rest of the coconut milk, about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar (I lost track) and a about 2-3 tsp of lemon juice and 3-4 tsp of vanilla extract.  Mixed it all together till it tasted right.  It was good!  But a little runny.\r\n\r\nAbout 25 minutes later the cupcakes were ready to come out of the oven. They looked normal and cupcake like.  I did it!\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0019/" rel="attachment wp-att-1356"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1356" title="DSC_0019" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0019-500x334.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="299" /></a>\r\n\r\nI waited till they were cool and frosted them and then sprinkled coconut over the frosting.  I took a bite - they were oh so yummy!  Rory didn''t really like them all that much since he doesn''t like cream cheese frosting.  I was not aware of this.  But he ate the cakes that weren''t frosted yet.  He loved those - they were very moist.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/coconut-cupcakes-with-coconut-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting-mmmmmmm/dsc_0026/" rel="attachment wp-att-1357"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1357" title="DSC_0026" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0026-334x500.jpg" alt="" width="334" height="500" /></a>\r\n\r\nSince I only had one cupcake tin I make a cake out of the rest of the batter.  I think it came out good.... it looks good, but I haven''t tried it.  The only thing is that it took about twice as long to bake.  I am going to bring it to the shop tomorrow so that I don''t eat it all up.  All in all the coconut cupcake endeavor was quite the success. 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