GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!!

 I've been trying for close to half an hour to get this post to post. I removed the pictures, so hopefully it will post now.


The crochet giveaway is officially closed. Thank you (again) to all of my lovely contestants.


The winner of the 2 flower and 2 hearts hairbands is... 

Jamie!





The set of scrunchies will go to...

Future Jedi Girl!





The camera wrist strap shall be given to...

Lauren!





The water bottle/cover has been awarded to...

Emily!





And last but certainly not least...

The custom Bible cover will be given to...

Jedi Chick!




Winners, please shoot me an email (composer4christ@gmail.com) with your mailing address and color choices. Also, Jedi Chick, please give me the dimensions of your Bible so I can make a cover that (hopefully) fits.

Don't Forget To Enter!

You have one more week to enter my crochet giveaway!

I only have 5 participants so far (4 of whom I see almost every day), and that doesn't really work, considering I have 5 things to give away.

So you better enter if you haven't already!

You won't want to miss out! Honestly!

And spread the word, please!

Crochet Giveaway!

I didn't forget, I promise!






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In celebration of reaching 100 posts, I am hosting a crochet giveaway!

Okay, I honestly have no idea how to organize this, so bear with me. I suppose I should show you all what my items are (If you win the item you may choose what color(s) you'd like):

Set of hairbands, 2 flowers and 2 hearts

Set of 4 scrunchies

Camera Wrist strap

Water bottle cover, bottle included

Custom Bible cover (No picture, sorry. I'll try to get one...)

So how do you enter?

I suppose I could accept entries for each of the following:

• Follow my blog (or if you already do that counts too)
• Follow a follower! (Ones that you don't already follow. I'll count up to 5.)
• Blog about this giveaway!!!
• Put my ultra awesome, cool giveaway button in your sidebar!

So just leave a comment. Or comments. I really don't care.

This giveaway will end on May 21st and results should be posted first thing in the morning if all goes well.

Whoa! It Is Time!

It would appear I've made it to my 100th post!

I don't know about you, but I see this as an opportunity to celebrate!

 

Let's see... What has happened since my first post here, 2 days short of half a year ago?

*That's right, I started my blog on October 31, 2010, a day after The Director.

*Being in a funny mood, I decided to mess with my hair, and ended up looking like a well-known Disney character.

*I rapidly gained followers after my humorous hairbrush post

*I began a fan club for my favorite character and interviewed him as well!

*I met my first blogging friend! We met through our mutual love of film scores.

*I actually started a photography blog around Christmas as a sort of gift for my grandma since she's always asking me to share my pictures with her. It reached 100 posts a week ago.

*I got a new, new computer to write up all my lovely posts on!

*I fell in love with all things Tangled (as did almost everyone I know)


Alright, enough of that! Now on to the exciting part...


I said this event was worthy of celebration, correct? Well, I have decided to host a crochet giveaway!!!

(insert applause)

But seeing as it's nearly 11 pm, I fear I'll have to leave that for the 102nd post.


Thank you to all of my lovelies out there! You mean so much to me!

I'm Breaking My Own Rule

But I have a legitimate excuse, really! Basically, we tried and tried to reload Sibelius and my computer couldn't read the disk. Apparently it forgot it has a disk drive! On top of that, it's just been really, really slow lately and it's clear that there's no hope of it recovering, so I'm getting a new computer. For the past couple of days we've been busy saving as much from this computer as we possibly can and erasing it from the computer after moving the files, and seeing as my pictures and such are rapidly migrating, it means that for a while my posts will probably be relatively void of pictures.

It figures... I was so very uninspired to write up anything on Sibelius when I had the chance, and now that I have no access to it I compose brilliant works of art! The audacity!



But not all is lost. With my computer being all finicky, I've had nothing to do but tidy up and organize. Just tonight I must have cleared out half of my bedroom! I've also been sorting through my bookshelf in order to make room for everything. My bookshelf, you see, is was rather cramped.

But while sorting through my books I was reminded of how much I loved certain ones and of the fact that I hadn't actually read some of them, and suddenly I wanted to read or reread about half of my shelf.

So I began making piles. I now have one pile for library books, one for to-read, and one for to-reread. Not only that, but I have also put them in the order in which I wish to read them. I ordered them so that my shorter books are positioned right after my longer books, and my fantasies all have either nonfiction or realistic/historical fiction between them, because I can't take too much fantasy at one time.

But I couldn't help noticing the sorry condition of a few of my books and I thought how nice it would be to buy fresh copies, so I made a list of which ones to replace.

And while I was list-making, I made a list of books I want to buy, and another of books I wish to check out from the library.

But then another thought struck me: Where am I going to store all of these books (since they clearly won't all fit on my shelf)? I came to the conclusion that I'll keep my organized stacks, with a couple changes, and I'll get some sort of storage unit that will fit beside my bed. I'll have one for my "currently reading" (library books included), one for "to read", and one for library books to be returned that will probably fit nicely by my door.


I'm pretty satisfied with my plan of action. Let's see if I actually follow through or not.

I'm thinking I had better get organized in case I happen to win anything from this:









Seriously, The Director is giving away some great stuff (I've seen it with my own eyes). I want those pens! I'm in love with pens! Did you know that I walk around school with only one pencil and one highlighter but 12 pens?

Oh my. I digress...

So while we're on the topic of giveaways...

I've been thinking of hosting one myself. Now I can't promise anything, but I hope to have a crochet giveaway, and if that is to happen, then I must set to work!

Of course... I'm not sure if it would be worth it since as far as I know, only 14 people would actually enter. So if you read this post and would participate in this event, please kindly leave a comment. You don't even have to say anything, I just want a head count. Thanks!


P.S. I apologize for any typos you might find. I didn't proofread this post. I was too lazy. I don't normally write and publish posts this late at night.


Now, to find some yarn and a hook...

A Christmas Hat

I'm listening to The Fish right now... Finally, I didn't come in right at commercials!

So anyway, I finally got around to delivering this lovely hat:

To its rightful owner.

It took me about 3 days, on and off, to complete it over Thanksgiving weekend.

Yes, Thanksgiving weekend. And I just delivered it yesterday.

(I may or may not have tried it on a few times...)

I think it looks better on its owner anyway.

That's all, folks! Keep warm!

My Latest Project

My mom's birthday was on Friday. On Thursday night I found a pattern for a crocheted gift bag, so I adapted the pattern for my mom's birthday gift. It turned out very well!

The pattern is from here, but remember, I didn't follow it exactly.

For this project I used Red Heart brand yarn and a size I hook. I crocheted both colors at the same time to make the ribbon.

I liked how easy it was to make the size I wanted. It should be easy to make it larger or smaller by altering the number of rounds, hook size, or yarn weight.


I'll definitely be making these again!

Finally, a Thanksgiving Post!

I couldn't locate my camera when we left, so I used my mom's.

This is the view from my grandma's house.

Here you might be able to tell that the pond is frozen.

 These are geese, but you knew that.

 ... And behold, another view.

In case you couldn't tell, this is my dear father.

 And this little guy?

 He's the same one, I'm pretty sure.

I finished Colleen's hat yesterday. This was as far as I got on Thursday.