November 2009

Solidifying Dreams
Tue. November 24th 2009 5am
  Last May I wrote a blogpost called "Powerful Creative Energy". In that blogpost I write: Over the past few weeks, I have only been knitting poppies. Little did I know that knitting these sweet and delicate flowers, would invoke an energy so powerful and so creative, that it almost seems unreal to me. I then proceed to write about meetings I had with a Webdeveloper and Webdesigner from the company Bottman Brothers based in Portland, Oregon,  to discuss possibly going dot.com with "Getting Purly With It". Ever since then, I have worked hard to conceive a vision of how I want my...
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Gateway to Inspiration
Tue. November 17th 2009 1am
  I am under high pressure at the moment... The Getting Purly With It party is behind me and next up is an indie designer Holiday party at my friend's place the Ginger Suite Salon December 5th where my work is going to be displayed... And I have still so much to knit! This morning, while I was chowing down my chanterelle omelette, I almost choked by the thought of how much work lies in front of me. Suddenly panic creeped up on me and  I allowed the gates of doom to open; thoughts of insecurity, feelings of not being able to live up to certain expectations and fear of my work being...
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Exhausted...but so content!
Sun. November 8th 2009 9am
The very first Getting Purly With It party was a succes! Wheeeeee! Beautiful display, styled by Jenni, my dear friend:   Samples everywhere! The very first Getting Purly With It party was a succes! Wheeeeee! Beautiful display, styled by Jenni, my dear friend:   Samples everywhere!   Yummy treats all over the place!   And of course... the guests! Whoa, you guys, how happy I am with the huge turnout... I am just speechless. You all are so kind! It was so nice to see how you reacted to all the knitted samples, and I am so thankful that so many of you took my...
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I am so excited!
Fri. November 6th 2009 4pm
  I am so excited for the party! Me and my friend Jenni have been busy preparing for the party tonight. Jenni is an excellent stylist and she made a beautiful beautiful display of my patterns and knitted items. I am so happy she helped me out... She did such an excellent job and seeing all my knitted items and patterns in one place made my heart skip a beat. I cannot wait until the party starts! Two free fingerless gloves patterns for you! Those who will attend the party today, will receive two free fingerless glove patterns. Those are the Simple Fingerless Glove Pattern and the...
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You are invited to a little party!
Mon. November 2nd 2009 4am
Dear reader, You are invited to a little: GETTING PURLY WITH IT PARTY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH 6 PM- 8PM YARNSHOP CLOSEKNIT, PORTLAND, OREGON Many happy reasons to throw a little party It has been exactly one year since I decided to go ahead and publish some of my patterns. Remember how I had my fears about doing that? Remember how insecure I was about doing that? Today I am so very happy that I took the jump and contacted graphic designers to work with me. I also jumped into photography with models and I have to say, it has been a wonderful journey. And even readers of this blog helped me...
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