my turn!

a few weeks ago i was contacted by amy of SPECTACULAR amyville stitch marker fame. i was so flattered to hear that she wanted to swap me for some of the kitty stitch markers i had made my bead it buddy (scroll down to the bottom of this page to see them). i was more than happy to oblige!

so today my turn came for receiving mail. look at all the goodies amy sent me along with the markers!



• little japanese goodies (i have a stash of japanese stationery so this was perfect!)
• some great tea (i am the only person in seattle who prefers tea to coffee i think!)
• pink! yarn! this will soon be a great new skinny scarf
• and of course her lovely handmade stitch markers

here is a close up of the markers



seeing the sushi stitch marker reminded me of some blog inspiration i had come across earlier via cathi at in the pink and megan from not martha. so for my knotty knitters meeting tomorrow i whipped up a batch of sushi.



i pretty much followed the instructions at not martha, with a couple of substitutions. i am not sure that they will taste all that good, but they look cool. carrie and ang are bringing the boys along and i think they will enjoy it.



i spent this week enjoying my free time. monday i start the new job. my friend jan and i popped into a bead store so i could pick out a few beads to make some stitch markers. i am on such a stitch marker kick. when i got them home i realized that once again, everything was pink and green.



some time was spent looking for new clothes this week as well. i did ok, but most of the stuff i bought is probably too casual for work. i did however find the skirt i will be sporting on my 30th birthday next saturday. isn't it cute!



ok, off to do one of the million things on my list. or maybe i will just sit and knit!