Knitting Again...

It's so sad how I haven't posted in agessss :(

My friend, Hannah, reminded me that a new post is needed (thanks Hannah! :D)

So what have I been up to recently? Wellllll...

Last Saturday I went to Leicester with my friend Gracie :) we went to a book shop where I bought a knitting book called 'Knitting Mochimochi' by Anna Hrachovec... it tells you how to make AMAZING knitted toys, etc... I'm currently knitting what is called in the book a 'Love Muff' but which I have renamed 'Hand-Warmer', due to a bit of teasing whilst I was happily knitting in the common room at school :/ haha. Anyway, it's one of those long tubey things that do the same thing as a pair of gloves. Google it. Next on the agenda- slippers that look like animals xD. I have had so many people coming up to me going 'make me this'.
Here's a link to the Mochimochi Land website

Also, (again thanks to Hannah) I have been introduced to the wonders of Vistaprint. Despite the huge charges for postage and tax, I have ordered 250 business cards and 2 calendars!! I'm so excited, as I have just been informed that my order should arrive on Wednesday!! I will maybe post some pictures of the things I have ordered then :D.

Because of these business cards, I have also created a new e-mail address. Please e-mail me at thelittletreasurebox@hotmail.co.uk if you have any questions, requests for jewellery, or just fancy a bit of a chat :).

Although it looks like I've been up to a lot recently, I haven't really- sixth form is so much work! When I get a chance, I'm gonna try to get together some material and stuff for my Thumbelina beetle ball party dress (see previous post)- I really want to get going with that!

But now, alas, I have to do my english essay :(

LOVEYOU
Caitlin

P.S. I hope you're all planning your Hallowe'en costumes? :)

Muffins!

Oh, muffin, how I love you.

Who needs boys when you have muffins? Muffins will ALWAYS love you, and be loyal to you. Unless you burn them.

And do you know what muffins will ESPECIALLY always love you? Delicious low-fat raspberry muffins.

Like the kind me and my mum made yesterday xD

The ingrediants- flour, sugar, baking powder, butter (actually margerine, we are attempting a diet haha)

Raspberrys- one of my favourite fruits. I love the colour :) This packet was 170g but we only needed 150g so we got to eat some (yesss)

After measuring out the margerine, we discovered that you were supposed to grate the butter, and I don't know about you but I can't remember the last time I managed to grate margerine. So, mum cut it up into bits... worked out all right though!

The finished muffins- omnomnomnom ;)

We were going to cook the muffins in my new silicone muffin cases I got for my birthday so we could save the planet, but then we discovered that then there were only 6 so we settled for saving the planet divided by 2...

Next on the agenda- blueberry muffins :) yum! And George doesn't like non-chocolate muffins so all for me :) (and mum and dad.... if they can eat them in time heehee)

Now go forth and make muffins, my muffin minions... <--ooh alliteration!

LOVE
Caitlin

P.S. I hope this post didn't sound euphemistic in any way. You've gotta be so careful nowadays...

P.P.S. Hats are coming along very nicely :)

Post number 13!

*Cue creepy music*

Erm... anyway....

Hat Central

Hey everyone! Happy September :)

My life seems to revolve around hats at the moment.

As you know, I posted a post (lol) about crocheting mad hatter hats last month. That's hat thing number one.

For my birthday, I was given a knitting kit which tells you how to make a hat or scarf. I'm making a hat- hat thing number two.

I work at my local Age Concern shop on Saturdays. They're doing a charity thing with Innocent Smoothies (<3) in which they get people to knit mini hats to go on the top of their smoothie bottles. I'm knitting a few at the moment. Hat thing number three.

Maybe this is a sign- maybe I shall grow up to be a milliner?

LOVE
Caitlin (future milliner)

P.S. I'll post pictures later :) be sure to check back in a few hours :)
P.P.S. I am loving Katy Perry's song Teenage Dream at the moment, seriously, I think it's developing into an obsession.

Thumbelina At The Beetle Ball

Hi everyone hope you're having a nice 'summer'.

Just thought I'd post about something that's inspired me recently...

On my birthday, I watched Thumbelina- one of my favourite films as a child. I LOVE the story and the characters.... just everything about it to be honest!

Anyway, I've always loved the bit where she meets the Beetle and he makes her sing and dance at the Beetle Ball- and I LOVE the outfit she wears when performing. I have always wanted a dress like that, not to mention the wings and antennae :D

So when I was watching it the other day, I was like 'why don't I make a dress like that?', like a modern version anyway... so I came up with a few ideas... I might make it, although have so much work to do right now it's not looking great!

I don't have a photo of Thumbelina at the Beetle Ball, but there are loads on Google Images- just type in 'Thumbelina Beetle'... her dress is gorgeous :)

This is the best picture I have of my design... it's pretty rough and I don't know how you're supposed to design dresses to be honest I'm not an expert! Also, sorry about the photo, I would have scanned it but I don't have a scanner for this laptop and our scanner's not working too well anyway!

Anyway, as I said, I shall post updates on this, watch this space ;)

LOVEYOU
Caitlin

P.S. Prince Cornelius is only 16! And he's not a complete idiot. Then again, he is a fairy prince...

Happy Birthday To Me!

Hi everyone! It's my birthday today, just to let you know!

Obviously, yesterday was my party, and it was rather sucessful! Here are a few of the photos!

Tulgey Wood... with 2 trees...

All my lovely friends dressed up as various characters...:)

The 'glass table', complete with 'Drink Me' bottle and 'Eat Me' cake

Me setting up- was a mess at this point!

My friend Emily's door :)

A rabbit hole for people to crawl through to get to 'Wonderland' (kept falling down though :/)

THE CAKE! All hail the cake :)

Because it was actually my Unbirthday yestersay ;)

Winner of the costume competition- my cousin Daisy as the White Rabbit. She has a blog too. It's called daisychain- read it, it's good :D

I made (or tried to) an Alice out of icing. She is now called 'Fat Alice' ¬_¬

I was planning on putting on a picture of my brother's caterpillar costume (I made it yesterday morning, took me about 20 minutes but was pretty good!) but I didn't really get a proper photo of it- I had to pin most of it together anyway so it all fell apart :/ haha

A MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL!!
(unless it's you're birthday, like it is mine!!)
Caitlin (now 16)

P.S. I got vampire fangs for my birthday xD

Quick Update

Just thought I'd give you all a quick update on the whole party thing.

Well today, I got my GCSE results! 5 A*'s and 4 A's- am very very happy :)

I also now have a laptop- my first. It is beautiful and has been christened Daphne, because I love Some Like It Hot. I'm having a few problems with iTunes but apart from that, everything is fine and dandy :)

Anyways, party-wise, today I'm making my cake, which was inspired by one I found on Google Images (be prepared for that, it's gonna be huuuggggee)... well I wont decorate it today but I'll make it :L

And then I think I might make decorations to go on the top of the cake as well :)

See ya later, alligator
Caitlin

P.S. Daphne says hi ;)
P.P.S. I am Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney
...
that's Robin Hood, by the way :D