A Crochet Gift

Today we are sharing the story of a personal request gift! Dimitris, a friend and colleague of mine at school didn't have the chance to be at our bazaar (at Past Tense), so he made a custom order, afterwards. He wanted a special gift for his girlfriend! And it was his request the gift to be a pair of red crocheted heart earrings. Double Crochets to the rescue! 

I made them with extra care and of course love, and here they are, a lovely pair for Eirini! 

Marietta was extra inventive with a special love packaging. We added small little paper hearts and letters spelling love! You could call it "late Valentine's", or "really early one"! What do you think? I always love a romantic gift idea, how are you when it comes to "the matters of the heart" crafts?

Wish you guys all the love in the world!
hug,
Panagiota

may day wreath: how to!

Hallo everyone! how are you!? Today we are going to show you, how we made our May Day wreath with wild flowers and lace! It's a super easy and fun project that you can do at any picnic or walk at the park.

we used a wooden wreath that my mum gave me as a birthday present (with two fabulous Laura Ashley cushions!!). But you can use any wreath base you like.

then we picked some wild flowers, leaves and little branches

and tied them up on the wreath with some white lace. I really love the way white lace looks.

be imaginative and arrange the flowers around the wreath in a cute way! You can fill it up, or you can leave some space that the wreath and the lace shows.

and tada! you have a very pretty spring wreath! 

we used about one and a half meter of lace, and the best way to tie, the flowers, up is to make little bouquets and tie them up gradually. Do you like it!? Tell us your opinion. What is your favourite wreath style?

kiss kiss

marietta

1st of May

 Oh-lala!
   Spring is all around! May Day is the official spring day, and a special day for me, because it's my birthday! Last year, on the first of May we started a little bitty tradition with Panagiota. Did you notice the previous happy birthday post that Panagiota did for me? this lovely portrait of mine was shot exactly one year earlier on May Day of 2011 :) So, last year we did a photo shoot around our neighbourhood, trying to discover places that were pretty, yet abandoned or misunderstood! And this year we went for our traditional photo shoot at a park near by, that we haven't taken advantage of , at all. It was fun!

We headed to the park, as it was pretty hot. There were a loooot of people at the park enjoying the day, there were families having picnics, and little children playing around, petting the ducks of the pond and some riding the horses. Later on, Dimi joined our company (you can spot her with the nyan cat...) .

We actually did a coffee-picnic, if there is such thing! cause we have eaten already. Panagiota surprised me with a birthday cake and I blew the candles. We snapped some more photos and then it was flower picking time! We also made a May Day wreath with wild flowers!! Of course there was some crocheting, too. Panagiota made some white crocheted flowers and Dimi had brought some scraps for a new necklace she's making.

we did some stupid crazy things and shot some crazy photos and laughed sooo hard that I was crying most of the time. We left the park around 9 o'clock in the evening, just about the time it gets dark. We got back home, ate pizzas and watched tv, then everybody went to sleep with a full heart and tired legs! 

That was pretty much how I turned 26! it seems it will be a lovely age! 

What did you do for May Day? 

kiss

marietta ♥

Happy Birthday Marietta!!

yes it's my sister's birthday today 1st of May! 

Happy Birthday Marietta!!

 my other half  Double Crochet 

 and best sister in the whole world!!!!

 ♥ ♥ 

 kiss,

 panagiota 

Double Crochets @ Past Tense

Did you miss us? We sure did! Time does fly, that's something we learned over the past weeks. One moment we were working like crazy getting ready for "Past Tense" , the vintage and crafts bazaar, next moment here we are, three weeks later, still recovering from it! Easter came, Marietta has some wonderful news (tba!), two close friends got married and ..omg its almost May!
  Today we want to share with you our experience from our first participation ever on a bazaar. But before that, we want to thank each and everyone who came by the bazaar to support us!! We were amazed by the wonderful turnout and we just want you to know that, we appreciate you! Also a big "thanks!" to our friends, they are super precious, and last but not least, we want to thank Les Broderies Anglaises for having us at this wonderful bazaar!

Dimi holding her Double Crochets' bows 

Panagiota crocheting while waiting time

smiley people! (Eirini, Dimi, Veronica, Manolis)

our aunt Maria (also a crocheter!) and our cousin Marietta!!

Eirini ,our favrourite person from the bazaar

Venia from Grandmama's Reloved

Iliana selling petticoats and marvellous dolls

Grandmama's Reloved and Debil Sade, back to back. 

Miss Cherry Pie

Swell Dame

Eirini and Mariangela

Bourbon Madmazel

GlazedSisters Sweetreats

and Double Crochets (again) 

    The experience was amazing and we learnt a lot of stuff almost by the moment we set our feet at the bazaar (a bit late though)! The night before, we were up late preparing the last details, and we didn't sleep well because of the anxiety! We have surely underestimate how much there was to do! Eirini (the girl, we had our shops back to back with) told us, that we were pretty well prepared for our first time, though.
  We were super happy and we were crocheting at the time we were waiting for someone to show up. We met a lot of new people and a lot of our friends came by and say hi . We enjoyed a lot this contact with "customers" and we also enjoyed being among the nicest crafters that we've met before. We are super proud of ourselves and our little shoppe! And a strange fact: the things we didn't expect to sell, were selling like freshly baked buns and the ones we thought that would be the best sellers, didn't sell much!

So that was it! we had a hell of a time, and we can't wait for our next adventure! See you next time!!
Double Crochets ♥

;) be there,,,

today we will be there ,too!
Past Tense ,Vintage and Crafts bazaar at Ginger Ale (Themistokleous 74 str) at Exarheia

big kiss
Double Crochets

Bows all around

We know you love them, you know we love them! everyone loves them!
As you might already know, this weekend we are debuting our lovely Double Crochets' shop, in the fabulous vintage and crafts bazaar "Past Tense", taking place at Ginger Ale (Themistokleous 74, Exarheia).
It was on our new year's resolution list to participate in this bazaar and it seems we are crossing it out from our list, soon...

Today we are proudly presenting: Bows all around.
It's an all-year-long accessory that can be styled on ones hair with different hairstyles, easy and fun, it can style up every outfit. (You can check our related post on styling a bow for fun inspiration). For a fresh and cool result we did use high quality cotton yarn, and some gingham fabric for a spring sense! A more bulky version was achieved with regular sweet colored yarns.

Some ideas on how to style them:

You can either style one, or a pair of bows, depending on the hairstyle.

So these are some ways you can put our bows in your daily outfit.
The last photo is my personal favourite and my favourite hairstyle ever (wish I could have this). Isn't Panagiota the cutest?! I just adore how she poses!


big kiss
marietta