Travel Woes

With our home-hunting trip in Calgary coming up…well…..TOMORROW…. I’ve been attempting to make a packing list. Unsurprisingly my biggest concern is what knitting should I bring. Because obviously that is the most important thing I’ll need other than clean underwear.

The most obvious choice for me is my hexipuff project but then I wonder, will the airline appreciate me bringing my little craft exacto knife on the plane? Then my mind turns to my Pathways squares…which again need scissors or my exacto knife to cut the ends. Beatnik? Do I want to try and cable on a plane? Should I wind up the last skein for the  second Sunday Swing sock I haven’t started yet? SHOULD I START SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT JUST FOR THIS FOUR-DAY TRIP??

Then I start to wonder, will my regular purse fit whatever project I want to bring? Should I get out my biggest purse and use that instead? Maybe I should just use my knapsack so I can pack multiple projects!

 

And then I finally think: Victoria, you’re so silly. Just concentrate on packing underwear and shirts and you’ll be fine.

A Complaint From the Girl in Glasses

One of the lines I always remember from How to Marry a Millionaire is Marilyn Monroe saying, “You know what they say about girls who wear glasses […] Men aren’t attentive to girls who wear glasses”

Which really, is untrue (um, hello, who would turn down Marilyn – glasses or no glasses) but is still detrimental to a teenage girl’s self esteem when it comes to the decision on getting contact lenses.

This is what happened to me in high school: I started wearing contact lenses and wore them right until my fourth year in university when my eyes mysteriously decided to develop slight allergies that irritated my poor eyeballs only when my lenses were in. It’s a cruel, cruel world. I loved those contacts. I loved the way I looked without glasses. I loved being able to do yoga without my glasses hanging upside down off my face. Glasses are truly a spoilsport when it comes to sports.

Anyways, I digress. Since getting engaged, I have had multiple people ask me whether or not I’m going to wear my contacts for the wedding. Some of those people have actually shown full-out disappointment when I’ve said no; which makes me wonder “do girls in glasses really not get any passes? Because I’m sure I wouldn’t be getting married in the first place if I looked like an ogre in glasses…”

Maybe it’s just the surprise at how many people have asked me that when I haven’t worn them in about 4 years now. Maybe it’s the fact that Kyleman thinks I look quite smexy in my glasses and the fact that anyone would seem to contradict him is appalling (who would dare to contradict the groom other than the bride!). Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve already told all these people repeatedly already why I don’t wear contacts and why would I want to make myself suffer like that on my wedding day?

Nobody has asked Kyle if he will be wearing his glasses during the wedding (and he has much better eyesight than I do. It makes me jealous sometimes). And I’m sure nobody really cares or will be distressed. So then I ponder : why is there such a stigma out there for girls in glasses? If our grandmothers could pull off the cats eye glasses and wedding dresses fabulously then why can’t we? I mean, I think I look pretty cute in my glasses.

Imagine that face behind a real veil!

Also if anyone if curious at my choice of hat, this was taken at my bridal shower and that was the typical “hat with all the gift bows” on it that is super popular at showers nowadays

Anyways, the point is: just because you wear glasses it should not automatically be assumed you will not get passes. Especially on your wedding day.

Spring Fever

With spring attempting to bloom (in its typical Canadian way) I have been craving, for once, cotton knitting. I have never really felt the want to knit with cotton. Once I experimented with crocheting cotton grocery bags and flower headbands but the urge for a knitted cotton garment has never crossed my mind. 

Oh wait, I lied. I have knit one cotton halter top. Ok, I’m a liar. Anyways. 

There’s always been something in me that can’t particularly associate “knitting” and “summer wear”.  I love the cushiness of wool and angora and the thought of cables in the fall with woolen socks to keep you warm. But lately…..I want a swingy tank top to wear with skinny jeans and flats. My top want right now is Norah Gaughan’s Flow, which just looks so…..lovely. It uses Berocco Seduce, which apparently none of my local yarn stores carry. Gargh. So I will just have to wait until I move to the big city with their big city yarn shops. 

 

Le sigh. It’s probably just as well. I keep saying I won’t start any new projects until I finish some…then I start a new project anyways when I get wooed by wool. Ooh, I like the sound of that: wooed by wool. 

Guess what just came in the mail…..

WEDDING INVITATION SAMPLES!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!

I have to admit I might be giddier now than when we chose a date. AH!

So a couple weeks ago I came across a sample sale on Wedding Paper Divas where not only did I get 8 different samples for free, I also got SHIPPING FOR FREE. Do you know what that means to a Canadian ordering from an American site? Hallelujah!

I have always loved stationary. I’ve been a life-long book lover and when I got to my last year in university I became slightly obsessed with text-based art, whether it was my own or someone else’s. So needless to say wedding stationary is on the top of my priority list. I do think, however, that sometimes some of the wedding stationary out there can be a rip-off but I’m not going to cheap out and buy something I’m so-so about because I don’t want to spend money. No siree bob.

To prove my point here are some of my reasons why wedding stationary is important : 

1. It sets the tone for the entire wedding. Invitations are the first thing your guests get to see of the main event and you have no idea what a font can tell someone: whether to wear shorts or a tux, daytime luncheon or evening gala, super chill or super elegant. It’s all in the font!

2.Stationary lasts a really long time [especially if preserved properly]. Your invites will probably be one of the things that lasts just as long as your photographs. Who cares if half your guests eventually throw out your invite, will you? No, of course not that would be bad luck.

3.It gets your guests excited. I have a lovely friend who’s getting married next month and even though I’m a bridesmaid and get in on all the juicy details in advance, when I got her invite the other day opening it was really exciting! People get excited when opening invitations, don’t leave them hanging with a not-so-epic design.

Okay, so I could only think of 3 reasons. Sue me. I could come up with more, I did come up with more but they just sounded more art snob/preachy than anything. So there you have it, the best of the best reasons to keep stationary a top priority. Have pride in your stationary guys and gals!