Team Twilight

You've seen the invitations, here's what they led to! At "twilight" fans of the book started showing up to Cindy's house (yes, it's Mark's house too but Cindy and I were co-hosts.) Cindy's house really was a great place to have the event because she has so much great black accenting which really set off the colors of the decorations. (See giant black clock!)

The book covers alone made great dramatic decorations! It was amazing how many red an black things came out of the woodwork once we started decorating!

The fabulous images I used in the frames came from the Hostess with the Mostess found <here>.Credit for the glass ideas goes to these inspirational people <here>.

I found some great drink options at Cost Plus World Market ranging from Pomegranate and Raspberry Soda, Soda Water with Cranberry, Cranberry Apple Juice and Sangria. Cindy found the coolest beer (that was non alcoholic) at Bev Mo. Apple Beer, see <here>.

We were in fact on a special diet of Red and Black foods. Some of the things on the menu:

Hot Tamales, Cherry Sours, Licorice BITES, Black (blue) and red corn chips with salsa and bean dip, cherry tomatoes with a Kalamata Olive spread, cherry tomatoes, chocolate covered strawberries and licorice, red velvet cake, red chips with a red pepper spread, Squid ink pasta and Chianti Wine pasta sauteed with sun dried tomatoes in olive oil and seasoning, and home made strawberry ice cream with dark chocolate pieces! MMMM so good!

We had a photo shoot with each guest and the famous apple. I was the guinea pig and we tried out different lighting. Cindy is such a good photographer to think of that! I think she did a great job capturing everyone so well.Sarah

read the Twilight books before me and was entertained by tortured looks while I had to get through work before I could read again!

Tanya

She knit her shrug!

Christa

Ahh I love this photo! Its so cool! Great pose! Great outfit!

Cindy

Isn't she so cute! She picked out a special Around the Glass Designs pendant that looks like it has blood spattered on it!

Jennifer and Nikki

These two read the first and second book together!

Jennifer and and my mom, Sue

Hmmm couldn't resist the apple.

Jill

got to come since the Wee Bee hasn't arrived yet.

Jennifer

She sparkled like vampires in the light!

Tracy

Twilight Trivia Queen

Dia and Dani

Can I just say how glad I am to have this picture. ;)

Me n Mom

Dia, Me, and DaniSarah and Me

Tanya, Susan, and Christa

Tracy

This dynamic duo got the most points in our book quotes competition. Prize to come! (When you least expect it!)

I just shrugged.

Well, technically, I knit a shrug, but technicality can be sacrificed when coming up with a blog title right?

Sooo anyway, my birthday/Christmas/birthday project for Val was inspired by two things. The first was that I wanted to do some sort of jewel toned top for myself, my sister and my mother. My deep purple sweater is done, Valerie's emerald-ish aquamarine-ish shrug is now done and my mothers Fuchsia cowell wrap is on the way! The inspiration for Valerie's colors came from her shoes. I remembered that she had a pair of lime green shoes and a teal/aqua color. While the color match didn't quite get perfect, I think when worn together they work quite well!

The Shoes!

The shrug from the front! (Duh, I know but whats a picture without a caption?)

I found the pattern in a fabulous book called Fitted Knits by Stephanie Japel. I like her sweaters because they arent frumpy feeling and super baggy, though if you choose to do any of her patterns be sure to double check her website for pattern ammendments. I made this shrug out of Lanaloft Worsted Weight 100% Wool yarn. The aqua color is called Turquoise Magic (LL92W) and the green is called Scottish Hillside (LL72W). This yarn was a dream to work with! Ask anyone who was around me when I was knitting with it. I kept saying "I love this yarn!" If you're interested in ordering yarn you could call Lynda (click here for contact info) regarding ordering etc. I used size 9 circular needles on the whole thing. (Didn't bother with the smaller size for the ribbing. The shoulders fit perfectly when it was completed, but the arms were a bit big. That wasnt a problem since I saved sewing them up for last and took them in quite a bit!

The back view. Yay!