Rose buds as identifiers

"...What’s in a name? that which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet…"

Hello, I'm very proud to show you the very first rose I have crocheted ever.

I must confess that I haven't ever crocheted anything like this before, yet I have always wanted to. It's just that I didn't have any pattern at hand...until I saw these rosebuds and roses as luggage blossoms in Fiber Flux.

I like the idea of rose blossoms for luggage. When I was a young student, my mother used to tie folded or crumpled thin colored plastic bags on the handle of my luggage. The idea is for me to see my luggage sliding down the conveyor from a distance. What a very nice and unique luggage identifier eh?

Photos from Fiber Flux

Unfortunately, the pattern featured was for knitting. So I had to search for crochet patterns for roses. The search led me to the following blog sites:

Free Craft Project

Photos from Free Craft Project

Handmade by Jolanda (I like the fuchsia pink rose featured in this blog. The picture tutorial was clear enough but Jolanda acknowledged that she wasn't able to get the source of the pattern she used.

Photos from Handmade by Jolanda

Here is another easy-to-follow pattern from Pompom Emporium. Oh how I love the white roses featured in this site!

Photo from Pompom Emporium

I will definitely make different sizes of these! The pattern used here came from The Dark Knit.

It's also the same pattern I used. Click here to view pattern. Now, for my finished (errr... almost-finished is a more accurate word) product...

I couldn't wait to finish the leaves so with only the tie on, I already fastened off and hurriedly anchored the pink rose on my suitcase as I have been occasionally going out-of-town lately.

There, a little bigger than the luggage blossoms of Fiber Flux, so I plan to make more of this in different sizes and colors. Here, I already started with blue. The pattern I used here would yield a smaller blossom--- a rose bud, that is.

I still have to do some sewing to complete the process. Meantime, enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Pesto Spanish Sardines Pasta: A Remake

There's a saying that goes, "One is enough, two is too much..." Uh uhhh, not for this!!! I'm referring to the Spanish Sardines Pasta which was my welcome post this year. My daughter, Ayana Grace, bought a bottle of pesto from the grocery store last month (she usually does...we seldom run out of pesto sauce in our cupboard) and I just wasn't able to resist making another try of the Pesto Spanish Sardines Pasta so here it is... Ingredients: 2 tbsps reserved oil from bottled sardines 2 tbsps olive oil 1 tbsp minced garlic 1/4 cup diced tomato 1 cup flaked Spanish sardines 1/3 cup Pesto sauce 1/4 cup pitted black olives 1/4 cup button mushrooms 1/2 kilo pasta noodles, cooked according to package instructions salt and pepper to taste Whole pieces of Spanish sardines (1 piece as topping per serving) Parsley for garnish Steps: In a large saute pan, heat oil from sardines. Add olive oil as needed. Saute garlic until fragrant. Add diced

Ensaladang Mustasa

It's back to work today, after five days of rest, something I've been looking forward to. As if the long Christmas holiday vacation was not enough :) Well, days just seem to fly so fast! Thanks to the additional non-working holidays brought about by the Pope's visit to my country, the Philippines. I had time to relax, stay at home, bond with family and yes, sort picture files in my computer. In between social networking, of course, I cooked for my family. With my husband home, there has to be fish and vegetables on the dining table. There was a bunch of mustasa (mustard) leaves left in the vegetable bin. What could be a better and perfect partner to fried fish than Ensaladang Mustasa (Mustard Salad)? Very simple and easy, here's how I did it. Ingredients: 1 bunch of mustasa leaves Rock salt 2 medium-sized tomatoes, sliced 1 small onion, sliced thinly 3 tbsps vinegar Iodized salt, ground pepper and sugar to taste Steps: 1. Cut mus

Ensaladang Alugbati (Malabar Spinach Salad)

This post appeared in my Facebook memories today. I'm glad it did! I featured this salad in my FB page a year ago. Alugbati (Malabar Spinach) Salad (Ensaladang Alugbati). This came up when I received for the first time this bouquet of alugbati from Erik, my officemate. He shares with us fruits and veggies fresh from his garden.

Garden Chef's Needle and Pen

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