What are you doing new years?

So people are going to see the ball drop in New York

Others are going to party it up at Nathan Philips square in T.O like my roomie 

M-peg and her fella,

Some will be at Niagara Falls  living it up until count down,
 like my other roomie tails and J

As for me ill be at home watching them all on tv,
 doing me, dancing around
 and watching the classics 

My top 25 songs of 2011

(they are in not order)

1. sail-awolnation
2. its not your fault- awolnation
3. pumped up kicked- foster the people
4. the cave- Mumford and sons
5. little lion man- Mumford and sons
6. marry the night- lady gaga
7. edge of glory- lady gaga
8. i love you like a love song- Selena Gomez
9. stereo hearts-gym class heroes
10. rolling in the deep -Adele
11. someone like you- Adele
12. party rock anthem- LMFAO
13. paradise- coldplay
14. just cant get enough
15. what the hell- avril lavinge
16. shake it our- Florence and the machine
17. who's that chick-rhianna/ david ghetta
18. cough syrup - young and the giant
19. dancing in  the dark- dev
20. these days- foo fighters
21. shake me down- cage the elephant
22. Lonely boy- the black keys
23. I need a doctor- doctor dre & eminem
24. roman's revenge- nicki minaj & eminem
25. ours- taylor swift

finished w.i.p and meetings

I finally finished M-pegs purple cowl

Got the yarn at salvation army for like nothing,

month and a half later its done :D

                                                                

Also im starting a knitting group on Sundays at a local cafe.

I've always wanted my on SnB and now ill have one.

We are the WKFC or Will Knit For Coffee group.

Will Knit for Coffee Stitch N Bitch

Our group is located in :Oakville Ontario,Canada

More info on our facebook group 

focus: to knit, chat, learn and have fun all while stay caffeinated

and using up the free wifi :)

My first one will be on the 8th,

 hopefully ill meet lots of local knitters.

Mans Best Friend

Either i want a Irish wolfhound and a Great Dane


Or i want a bulldog and a Great Dane >.<

re-purposed furniture

There's something almost magical about finding an old piece of furniture that no one wants, giving it a new touch of paint in a colour that's in and suddenly your have a piece that looks like a million bucks... and of course everyone want to know where you got it and were they can buy one for there house.

And then you have the furnature that is glued together form old pieces of wood or bits of signs.

so original that you will never have the same piece made twice. Up- cycling wood to save it form the dump and to stop us from cutting down more trees is a brilliant way to stay eco friendly

yet stylish.

Do you have any old pieces of furniture just lying around that could be improved with a bit of tender loving sanding and afresh coat of paint? kijiji is just littered with pieces looking for a good home. Post your picture here of your up cycled re-purposed finds :)

Knit for kids

um yes!!

Knit for kids

Knit for Kids began in 1996 though Guideposts magazine as a way to send hand-knit or crocheted sweaters to children in need.

Thanks to people like you, over half a million children have received something new for the first time in their lives. As children grow out of their sweaters, they have become cherished hand-me-downs to other children.

In order to help even more children, Guideposts magazine turned the

Knit for Kids program over to long-time partner, World Vision in 2009.

Halloween 2011!

So I heard on the radio that if you were a,

Pan Am stewardess,

a PlayBoy Bunny,

Amy Wine House

or someone from the Black Swan for Halloween this year

that you A: were boring and B: had no creativity or imagination.. good thing i didn't dress up as any of those things this year.

I originally wanted to be a bar beer maiden...

But that changed to me going as a sugar Skull from the mexican day of thew dead :)

The whole costume cost me around 40$ after buying the clothing second hand , finding the face paint and hitting up the dollar store for some flowers and hair things.

The make up took me like 2 hours in the morning to do. but it was sooo worth it.

I spent my day working at the store scaring small children every time they would see me. then i had a night on the town with my friends at the apartment in Toronto :)

It was a good time.

Zine

So I was browsing through Sheridan's library the other day and i saw a book self covered in What look like cute little scrapbooks call zinez.

Little did i know how serious and diverse they wold be.

from she's so very... ( that deals with depression,mono,bands ans life)

To and art school love letter (that was one persons od to art school)

To picture books labled fish kiss

Im obsessed now.

I want to buy some

or at very least make my own.

:)

http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine/

ZINE is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier.

A popular definition includes that circulation must be 5,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 1,000, and profit is not the primary intent of publication.

Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation. Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopi

ed zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution

What’s a Zine?

A zine is a handmade, self-published magazine with a strong focus on personal interests and creative design of text, layout, and graphics…

Riot grrrl was an underground feminist punk movement based in Washington, DC, Olympia, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and the greater Pacific Northwest which existed in the early to mid-1990s, and it is often associated with third-wave feminism (it is sometimes seen as its starting point).^{[citation needed]} Riot grrrl bands often address issues such as rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, and female empowerment.

Some bands associated with the movement are Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Excuse 17, Heavens to Betsy, Fifth Column, Calamity Jane, Huggy Bear, Adickdid, Emily's Sassy Lime, The Frumpies, The Butchies, Sleater-Kinney, Bangs and also queercore like Team Dresch.^[1] In addition to a music scene and genre, riot grrrl is also a subculture; zines, the DIY ethic, art, political

action, and activism are part of the movement.^[2] Riot grrrls are known to hold meetings, start chapters, and support and organize women in music.^[3]