Upgrading!

Today was an exciting today, because today I was able to bid farewell to my old, yellow, 1970's, duct taped, wood paneled stove and fridge! I am loving the look of the new appliances so much that I want to cook my little butt off (or on, depending on who eats all my cooking....that's a hint to my sexy boyfriend to come help me eat ; ) )...

Here are some pictures!

 I sent this picture to the boyfriend so he could be excited about the fact that my new appliances were here!

 This fridge is so much bigger then the old one!!

 It looks empty, It looks like a bachelor fridge...this stuff was in the old fridge and filled it right up!

 Here is a pic of the stove, not all set up yet...
OH! MK tested the stove once it was set up, this thing gets stupid hot in like 5 seconds...I forgot to buy a range hood thing...which I need to get ASAP as I anticipate that I will burn a lot of things while I get used to the awesome heating power of this stove....notice the flat top...makes me drool.

 So I go to plug my new stove in and realize that the morons (I mean previous owners) of my place put the plug thing in backwards...in order to plug the stove in I would have to crunch the cord..not something I wanted to do, so I had to flip the outlet 180 degree's to allow for it to work. I texted this problem and this picture to Mike and he said "well plug it in the other way", my response was slightly snotty..."I"m not dense baby, I cant plug it in the other way, I have to flip the outlet but all the wires are tight and I don't want to break it". I think he was impressed that I, #1, knew how to turn off the breaker and #2 knew what was wrong and how to fix it, in fact he called me awesome... and then said he would come over after work to take care of it :) Shortly after my dad called and I explained my hesitation with pulling to hard on the wires, he assured me that they would turn, and not to worry about breaking it so the outlet is now flipped and the stove is plugged in! (Yay super Kass). AND my old range hood is removed because my boyfriend is smart and knows how to remove it...I couldn't figure it out.

 While I was unable to plug in my stove I became very hungry and needed supper, however I had no stove so I had to nuke something. Luckily I had this on hand...so simple and easy and quick and yummy AND gluten free!!!

Other than my stove drama I knitted and relaxed today, I am currently re-going through cook books and picking out recipes!

Hope your Saturday was good!

<3 Kass

TGIF!

Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged...this week was so busy that I honestly didn't have time. However that does not mean that I wasn't creating!!

I decided last Saturday to make a purse, and as per usual I went with one of the hardest patterns I could find...a reversible purse from the Moda recipe website :)

Here are some pictures.

So there is my reversible purse, I think it's quite cute...however, it is way to small for my liking, so will likely be retired soon :)

On Wednesday I went to needle works to take an applique class, I need to learn how to applique so that I can make an epic quilt for my friend D's baby that is due in October. I really enjoyed the class and I have big plans for future applique projects (cute little owls perhaps...I have also decided that I LOVE owls :))

This weekend I may work on D's baby's quilt and work on knitting a baby blanket for my friend J's baby (My friends seem to all be pregnant :) ) I am also hoping to meet by friend B's sweet little baby boy who was born on Tuesday!!! (The recipient of the Giraffe and Blanket).

Hope you all had a good week!

<3 Kass

I am in love with vintage!

I posted earlier that I am re-decorating my bathroom. I have decided that the theme is going to be a romantic vintage theme. I could not find anything to hang up as art, other then those cute little vase and bird wall decals. However today I had the best idea in the world, I was going to put fabric in picture frames!!! When I told the bf this idea he couldn't envision it and said something along the lines of "that sounds neat".

The first time I went to fabricland I saw some sparkly fabric that I fell in love with but I couldn't figure out what I would do with it so I hadn't bought any yet....however if I pare the two things together....Brilliance! Here are some pictures!

I absolutely love how these turned out. I tried to do 3 bigger ones for the other wall but I am not happy with one of them so I wont post about them until I am! What do y'all think?

<3 Kass

Caution...extreme cuteness inside.

I love knitting (I also know that you know that). I also really love knitting for people I love. I have been talking able the Giraffe that I am knitting for baby R for awhile...and now I am done! I purchased Susan B Anderson's book "Itty Bitty toys" in order to make this Giraffe, I changed the pattern a bit, since I am making it for a baby I skipped the Pom Pom's (and because I cannot make a decent looking one no matter how hard I try). I love the way this little (big) Giraffe turned out! Enjoy the pictures!

 This is to give you some idea of how big this "itty bitty" toy is.

 Making spots! I love the color of my nail polish.

 I love the "baby hair" instead of the mane..so cute! It was beautiful in Calgary today so I knitted on my patio all afternoon.

 Giraffe in my "Knitting purse"

So cute! I am in love with this pattern!

<3 Kass

Canada day/vacation fun.

I love decorating my office at work, for almost every holiday (Christmas, Easter, Canada Day, Halloween, St Patricks day....am I missing any?). Decorating amuses me, immensely, if you ask my co-workers I am often seen giggling and clapping my hands when I decorate, it's a little sad, but mostly awesome! Here are some pictures of my Canada Day decorations this year!

 I would have had a Lacrosse stick here if I could find one.

I also like decorating myself, here is a picture of my new hair, I got it done on Canada day so it belongs in this post!

Do you guys like decorating?

<3 Kass

I love decorating

At a recent trip to Ikea I saw the cutest little bathroom toiletry items in the whole world, so cute that I re-decorated my bathroom!!! Here are some pictures!

I am completely in love with the wall decals, and the vintage looking perfume bottles!!! Now all I need to do is re-do the tub surround and my bathroom is perfect!!

<3 Kass

6 monthaversary!!!!

My vacation was going swimmingly!!! I am very relaxed and getting a lot done at the same time. Saturday was my BF and my 6 month anniversary, I of course wanted to celebrate it because it's exciting and fun, and the bf of course teased me for this, however he's a good sport and humoured me. I decided to make Fajitas because it's MK's (the BF) favorite food, and be amazingly epic and domestic I decided to make the corn Tortilla's from scratch. Here are some pictures.

 This is the dough on my handy little tortilla press.

 This is what they looked like all pressed.

 In the pan cooking.

 Finished product (look pretty good I think).

The finished meal that I served, I must say they were pretty good! MK liked them too which is good.


Of course I had to make dessert, MK was looking through my "Gluten Free Baking" cookbook by Phil Vickery and chose the Chocolate Cherry Trifle, I will start by saying it was so good, but did not look very good....apparently the custard powder I bought turns yellow when water is added :(

 All the cake ingredients waiting to be mixed...

 Cakes are done.

 Have I mentioned that I love my little Cuisinart processor, it chopped 2 cups of chocolate like a champ.

MK thought it would be funny to take a picture of what the cake should look like and what it did....not the prettiest dish but it tasted amazing.

MK is pretty lucky if I do say so myself ;)

<3 Kass