A request :)

Hello and welcome back to Manda's Challenge's :)
I have a special request and was wondering if someone could me.....
Let me explain, last year i was involved in a granny square swap over on Rav,It was fab, But unfortunately there were a  lot of squares not turning up at their partners home :( I myself was owed 12 squares :(
The owner of the group decided that the time had come to close down the group and sent out Angel squares to those that were owing them, I recieved 4 beautiful squares i now know were from her xx
But i have an incy wincy problem ......... let me show you as i explain

These re the squares all piled up into colour section's :)
My simple description for people to go on was the love of Rainbow colours and flowers hehe

There they are all laid out all 6" arn't they fabulous :)
As you can see there's 4 missing from the plan :(

Bottom half

                                                                 Top half

As you can see i'm a few short and that is where my request come's in :)
I don't want to add the missing squares myself as it would detract from the fact that this is a friendship Afghan,
Made from friends far and wide so i would really like to add the missing squares from my friends?
Can you help me make it complete, do you have an idea what would look fabulous amongst these squares?
I really would appriciate your help with finally being able to piece it together which i plan on edging it all with red yarn and then adding a colourful border
can you help provide the missing 6" squares? or even one will make it closer to finishing Thank you in advance x

Much love Amanda xxx

Sibol Squares have reached HQ hehe

Hello my lovelie's :)
Thank you soo much for stopping by,
I have been really touched by all the comments and have loved some of the quotes, i will cherish them and think of them often;)
I have to tell you i was quite nervous about that post,  have i done the right thing? what will people think of me? etc etc i guess its insecurities??? i'm kind of glad i did. as i know i am not alone, hug's all around xxxx
Without further ado i present you with the squares you didn't see last time haha i had to have a likkle surprise for Sue, you understand don't you :)

 This one i thought up at work and so had to do my best to make into a crochet form, for the Grow me a garden challenge.

Remember the flower from the previous post? ahh there it is with a couple of pretty teeny tiny daisies :)

And altogether :) 3 grow me a garden squares :)

Ahhhh no we have the watermelon squares finished hehe they were midway in the previous post wer'nt they now they have glittering seeds hehe

 And my favourites CupCakes!!!!! i had to do one slightly different to what i'd done before and i had these cute sweet mini buttons crying out for sprinkles hehe i did initially want white polka dots on the case but i don't know when it came to it, it kind of overpowered those sweet buttons so i left them off,

and both together for the Cupcake challenge :)
Hope you've enjoyed them as much as i did creating them,
I'd like to thank Debi for her design of the xo square i used it quite a bit in these squares see:-

Isn't it gorgeous! i was sooo tempted to do a whole colour spectrum of them hehe ooh let me find you all a link so you can try it........... Sibol archive :) there we go perhaps you'd like to help me with that colour spectrum of xo squares hehe I'm sure they'll come in very handy for when there are not quite enough squares to fulfil a blankie Off course you could always have a go at creating some squares for yourselve's :) There's always Challenge's on the go see that crafty link hehe
I also bought myself a picture for my bedroom to go with my gorgeous ck duvets

seems soo long since i treated myself, i saw it and said perfect!
and i found a really cute bathroom accesory see:

spots and stripes: and floral hehe too cute )
Untill next time take care my lovelies xxx 

Troubled Times

I don't know about a lot of you, but what do you do when you're having Troubled Times?
For the last few months i have hidden away,, almost ashamed to write anything jolly because inside is a dark spot that is scared and crying out for help i guess,
i shut myself away from my online friends?
Last year i had more or less the same and crochet got me back round from that dark spot i wouldn't wish anyone to visit!
I was really hoping and praying that this year was going to be soo different, i think i'm overdue a break in this vicious circle, There was a car crash, my son got shot in the head there was a cancer scare, and we're only half way through this year, besides the hospital trips with my other son, i really would like a break from bad news,
Then i sit and think and think and sit and go to work and sit and  think some more when i return, and you now what developed from all this thinking?
That there are loads of people out there in a much worse position,
So sooner or later you have to in round about fashion STOP and think about all those less fortunate than yourself, it's not easy but eventually it breaks through ever sooo slowly.
I don't want this to be a sad post gees i've had enough of that, i will win through, i have let down a lot of people by my not being around especially on Ravelry and i'm building up the courage to log in and return so to speak :(
So please forgive me for not being around i never forgot any one of you the truth is my happiness spell expired and i didn;t have the heart to pull you down with me, or burden you with my tragedies that were unfolding almost on a weekly basis:(
I'm not out of that neck of the woods, life has a funny way of springing unpleasant surprises on you when you think you're done with them all, But i am going to try my darn hardest to win through and crochet is going to help me!
So without further ado i present to you all my latest hooky going's on :)
Sibol has always remained a special part of my crochet work and although i never used to post before they were received i have an urge to break the habit hehe this one time just to let Sue know that i am back  hehe Forgive me Sue for breaking my habit they'll look completely different in real life :)

This is where i got up to as of Friday Evening hehe
Want a couple of close up's?

 There may just be a few more before i pop them in the post hehe :)
Untill next time take care my lovelie's xxx 

Granny's Granny's Everywhere!!

Granny's Granny's Everywhere, and not one of them for me hehe!!

First of all we'll kick off with the latest appeal for Granny square's for the victim's of the devestation of the Australian Flood's :( Many have lost their home's as flood waters rampaged through their town's destroying everything in its path, Sarah London has kindly requested that we can all help bring a smile to those affected by distributing rainbow blankets :0)
Her request is simple and one that everyone can take part in,
Using a 4mm hook and DK yarn (8ply) or similar crochet 5 basic round's in scrummy rainbow colour's and pop them in the post to her so that she can assemble them into blanket's and get them to the people that need them.

 Did you all notice my new button up on the left! Clcik that my lovelie's and all will become crystal clear on how you can help xxxx
So far i have made 8 and aim to make another 8 before popping in the post  so here they are so far xx

So quick and fun combining different colourway's :)
Next i'll move on to another charity group called " let's make a gift of a healing blanket" over on Ravelry donation squares of 5"x5" are required to help make up blankets and given to people seriously ill, which with a gift of a blanket helps bring comfort during their difficult time xxxx i sent a set of last year and forgot to snap them doh but here's the set i'm sending this time.....

That dark colour is navy it doesn't show too well, i made a white one to see what it would look like?i quite like it so i think i'll make a few more before sending them of in the post :)
And lastly i made 4 6" squares for the granny square swap again on Ravelry hehe my partners colour choices were Purple and ...... now that will be giving it away so i'll keep quiet for now hehe
Heres what i came up with .....

I made the pattern up, i like's playing at the moment hehe an adaption of my popping flowers design,
can you see how i changed it slightly to send the 5" squares hehe oh what fun, oh i love working with flowers :)
So that's what i've been up to this week, hope you had fun on my journey with my hook xxxx

I also mentioned before my prize draw how i'd won a couple of blog award's didn't i....so let's see them

Given to me by the lovely Theresa

Given to me by the lovely Shanti

Given to me by the lovely Pinkfluffywarrior

Given to me by the lovely Theresa

Now i don't know about you but i'm hopeless thinking up fun fact's
but in order to recieve these these awards i'll think of a few so here goes :
I hate liar's grrr
I believe that no matter how bad thing's are, there's always someone out there in a much worse position so smile and carry on even if inside you're crumbling :0)
I like to treat people how i'd like to be treated myself,
i have a terrible memory where birthday's are concerned whoop's xx
I'm a virgo ~~ yes i strife to do my best in everything

how's that? good enough haha
now i had to thank the people who gave me awards~~ naturally i did that ages ago without even knowing it exisited haha
And lastly i have to pass it along? so if you'd like one copy paste it into you're pics and voila .I can't possibly choose individually cause you're all fabulous so have one on me xxx

Have a fantastic weekend and stay warm and safe much love Amanda xxxx
p.s Nicole has changed her web addy to Must be Destiny please refresh your followers status to reflect the new addy Thank you xx