A little slice of a smile

I'd like to dedicate this post to that random stranger I "danced" with today, (and by danced I mean that awkward moment when you are trying to get around someone and you both go left, both dart right until someone stands still and the other passes) you made my day. Simply by making a joke of the awkward "dart left then right" motions we were doing, your comment, "thank you for this dance" was utterly hilarious and was a very funny comment. Just thought I'd share :) oh the funny things people say..

-Nilly

Today was magical..

Last night I wrote a bit about snow.. It's magical.. Anyway today I was with my friend (Nana!) and we made bracelets (pictured) which was awesome!!!!!! (She made the pink, blue, green and yellow one and I made the rest) so I came home and saw my precious snow was melting so I quick took some photos before it slipped away... Come again soon snow...

-Nilly

A randomly genius idea..

Today I was panicking (okay not panicking... But hey..) I'm going on a vacation in December and metal knitting needles aren't allowed on the plane. :( my friend recommended bamboo knitting needles but if you know me you know I'm cheap and lazy so the idea of going out and buying needles wasn't the happiest thought I had. Then my genius siblings told me to stick chopsticks in a pencil sharpener and sand em down and use em as homemade knitting needles! Hence, here they are! (: -Nilly

Art Journals!

Recently Nilly and I made art journals from composition books, we got the turorial from this awesome blog! (Click Here )
Here is some art from my journal, Nilly will upload hers later. (I hope) ;)

RAIN, I splattered dark blue water paint on it to look like rain.


This is the first drawing I did in my journal, cause "You gotta just love, gotta just care." (Je'kob Love is)


I sewed a paper heart on, I was out of glue.

And I sewed embroidery floss on the cover. If you don't know how to sew embroidery floss on, get a big sewing needle, poke holes on where you want to sew.
(The needle will NOT make holes in compisition books!!)

Art journals are TONS of fun! I'll upload some more about art journals later! :)

Have fun!
~Nana

On a Saturday Evening..

Today was relaxing, and this evening I had a bonfire... My father recently cut down a tree leaving a stump and a confusingly short list of options on how to get rid of it.. Without much contemplation my dad dumped gas on it and proceeded to burn the whole lot of it! (Which was awesome!) My friend came over and we sat around the "stump" and talked. It was only sort of magical. :) then it snowed.. Clumps of beautiful snow... And I then realized it was a good night. After almost freezing our toes off we decided to go inside which was also awesome cause we are awesome (duh..) and we made bracelets, I showed her the 7-strand cardboard circle bracelet weaving technique (I believe Nana posted a tutorial on that a couple days ago) and in return she taught me how to make bracelets out of tiny little knots (TUTORIAL SOON!) which was quite awesome. (She also taught me how to fishtail braid and it was also quite awesome) in short, I had a nice night, and you should also check out my friends blog at "www.paperraindrops.blogspot.com"
(Do ittt!) tomorrow shall also be fun cause I see Nana (and she is also another of my awesome friends!) but I believe I shall have to write on that tomorrow

-Fair wind and high sails!

Nilly

To Give a Dog a Bath..

I've never had a dog... nor has anyone in my family, so recently as a volunteer at a local nursing home taking the dogs that live there for a serene walk has always been my favorite ending to a day of volunteering. Today as I finished up and was grabbing the leashes for the walk I noticed a slight stench in the air.. (yuck!) so I decided they needed a bath, which went pretty well considering... only problem was.. they refused to shake off excess water... until they were right next to an unsuspecting elderly lady. *sigh* As I sat and watched this dog rid itself of water a thought occured... isnt that what we should be doing? Not literally, of course, but think of such a thing... Jesus Christ has cleansed us of our sins... shouldnt we, as Christians, "Shake off" sin?! shouldnt it be something that utterly disgusts us that we must rid of it as soon as we can? As I shared this thought with my dear brother he only laughed at me as he didnt understand how I could think of such a thing... but it all made sense...

Our blog has a Facebook page!

Hello everyone!

Our blog has a Facebook page now!

Link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ThePurpleStitchesOfThePinkTrashCan <---

Check it out! Our Facebook page will tell you and post a link when we update our blog so you don't have to be constantly checking if we updated it or not!

We will also be telling you what we're up to; And even asking YOU (Yes you) for suggestions for crafts, food, quotes, and much more! :)  We would love to hear your input! :)

Keep Smiling,

Nana + Nilly :)