hooked on a feeling

tattoo

2007-10-24T05:25:00.000-07:00

i have nothing exciting to talk about this morning so i will post a pic of my new[est] tattoo. this is going to be a sleeve, eventually.

the next piece i get is going to be a holy loaf....my cat dressed up as the virgen de guadalupe.

is that sacreligious?

ps

2007-10-23T17:56:00.000-07:00

i love loaf.

i know it looks like we are making out but she was just smelling my reeses peanut butter breath as i made kiss noises at her.

warm

2007-10-23T17:53:00.001-07:00

the beach was nice today.

bad mood

2007-10-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

sigh. i hate talking about personal issues in here since this is supposed to be my "craft" blog but fuck it. i just got off the phone with my father who informed me that his 30'ish year old "girlfriend" from florida that he met at the grocery store is coming to stay with him for 9 days. seriously? what the fuck.

and yes, i know shes a whore. my dad was showing me pictures of her and there just happened to be one in the set of her wearing nothing but a very short towel. fucking barf.

my pumpkin

2007-10-22T19:44:00.001-07:00

happy halloween!

just a rant

2007-10-22T12:19:00.000-07:00

also, someone on a craft website that i frequent...TOTALLY bit my grass & moss & leaves resin pendants and didn't give yours truly any sort of credit. everyone fawned over them like they were so brilliant and original and THEY AREN'T.

i'm sure i'm not the first to cast grass in resin [after a google search i am not, however i was the first and only to post them on this website] and whatnot, but c'mon hers look exactly like mine except she used colored resin on some of them.

whatever. immitation is the best form of flattery or something.
it still makes me mad though.

today i made a beet

2007-10-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

yes thats right...a beet. a snowy beet at that. its my first amigurumi and i made a beet. with white leaves. last night the boy and i were talking and we were looking at craftster together. then i started looking at ami links and i showed him some i was interested in making. he got a bit belligerent and said "babe why the fuck do you need to follow a pattern. fuck that make your own up!" so i did...and i made a beet.

i must say i am quite proud of it. it looks exactly the way it did in my head when i sat down with my hook and yarn.

i used a size h hook and some sport weight red heart in pink and white. ill post pics when i get home. i was just so excited that i actually made something somewhat kawaii that i had to blog about it immediately.

i also am going to start using tags for my posts.

edit:

also

2007-10-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

i have once again found myself totally obsessed with the twilight zone. but its giving me nightmares. oh well, i have the entire run of it on DVD, all 156 episodes and i will be watching them for many nights to come.

yawn

2007-10-20T20:37:00.000-07:00

the boy is asleep on the couch and im awake but sleepy. we went to fright haven! tonight. it was pretty badass for a shitty haunted house. the carnival of evil was the best. it was all dayglow and 3-d! i stole the glasses. for 20 bucks for 3 haunted houses, you bet your ass im walking out with souvenirs. anways...

found this gem while cleaning. i think i might start doing more wraps.

good morning!

2007-10-20T07:27:00.001-07:00

i am having such a blast taking pictures
of things i couldn't previously
for example

<----

a wire wrap i did a few months ago!

halloweenie time

2007-10-19T17:08:00.000-07:00

here is a great tutorial from cut out and keep for fake skin! i think i might pass this one on to the boy who is dead set on doing a glue mask...his first one was a valiant effort but it was too small. but holy shit, did it look scary as hell when he put it up to his face. think leatherface meets powder. ugh i shudder just to think about it

anyways on to the linkage!
FAKE SKIN VIA CUTOUTANDKEEP

new camera

2007-10-19T15:54:00.000-07:00

YAY i finally got a new digicam hence the granny square pics! of course i couldnt wait to start snapping away so here is one of my beautiful kitten loaf. she rocks. she is the inspiration behind catbread!

she is lying on the floor right now being so cute and licking herself because she knows she is my muse and that i am gushing about her right now!

2007-10-19T07:51:00.001-07:00

well made it out alive yesterday and the major damage was only 3 balls of peaches and cream cotton yarn in 3 different ombre colorways....

1-peppermint
1-lemon lime
1-seamist

christ, the stash of cotton yarns is ridiculous and im going to buy more today i think. the granny squares were made using the gumdrop colorway which i really love.

here is the link to the peaches and cream colorway chart: peaches and cream

i like this yarn a bit better than the sugar and cream...i have a big unraveling problem with s&c for some reason. perhaps its in my head.

2007-10-18T12:56:00.000-07:00

today is payday! well from one job and that means a trip to craft store. i am fighting with myself already because i know im going to want to buy everything i see. my family often makes fun of me because when i take on a new crafty endeavor i tend to buy EVERYTHING i can to make my crafting easier.

todays project was the granny square. i totally fucked up one small portion of it but really couldnt be arsed to frog it back to the mess up because the first time i did it with this project it seemed like i unraveled SO much and it really made me sad.

i have been asked to do a personal swap...i guess people really do like my dia de los muertos embroidery because ive gotten a few requests for my embroidery. it is nice to be appreciated for your craftiness.

i gotta cut this one short because the little kid i sit for in the afternoon is doing everything in his power to mess with me while i type this. oh wait...now hes distracted. on a side note, i really have to get a DECENT digital camera. my razr cellphone cam and the piece of shit digital i have suck. i will peruse the store today....perhaps ill be proactive and go look on some websites. feh. pics of the granny square to come later.

yay!

2007-10-17T11:36:00.001-07:00

finished an even longer, black one skien scarf. started last night, took about 3 hours total time, if not less. being a nanny rules so hard sometimes, because thats when i get most of my portable crafting done.

i also made some hello kitty stitch markers and yesterday i made some kawaii!!! fruit stitch markers out of shrink plastic.

woot!

new crafts

2007-10-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

here is the stuff for the day of the dead swap i did:

and for kicks! here is an old pinstriped cup i made for the bf:

2007-10-16T13:17:00.000-07:00

just finished the one skien scarf out of the happy hooker. pics to come later.
it was by far one of the most satisfying moments of my life. i thought i was going to cry reading my first pattern but i persevered and was triumphant! i am so effing proud.

im a hooker

2007-10-16T08:53:00.001-07:00

recent crafting mayhem

2007-10-16T08:41:00.000-07:00

resin & grass

resin and hardware

deadgirl

2007-10-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

wow its been some time since i updated this blog. i have undertaken a lot of new crafts but i have a new phone as well, sans camera so i will have to do picture posts once a week or so. i am officially a hooker! thanks to debbie stoller i am hookin away and i love it! pics soon.

xoxo

longboarding-seaside park

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my supersexy man helping his daughter to embroider.

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Yay! My first quilt.

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Flower chain!

Dorodango aka Shiny Mud Balls

2007-06-08T13:57:00.001-07:00

first attempt at dorodango. it took a long time but it was pretty fun.

2007-06-07T06:54:00.001-07:00

Done.

2007-06-06T10:00:00.001-07:00

More done.

Cozy

2007-06-05T09:17:00.001-07:00

Crochet cozy. This is the first thing I ever crocheted and before I made this I had never crocheted before. I thought it came out pretty okay for my first time ever holding a crochet needle. I learned by watching some video online. It's far from great but I'm proud I made something I could actually use first attempt.

2007-06-05T09:10:00.001-07:00

Another work in progress. I free-handed the dia de muerto skull onto a tea towel and used split stitch, satin stitch, whipped running stitch, cross stitch and french knots.

2007-06-05T09:02:00.001-07:00

Star crayons that I made with a rubber Ikea ice tray. I melted the crayons sorted by color and poured them in a layer at a time to get a cool layered effect and then popped them in the freezer to harden. They are great for little fingers! They were a big hit at the play group we had here today as well!

star crayons close up

2007-06-05T08:59:00.001-07:00

I made these star crayons for the kids I sit for. They loved them. Check the entry after this one for tutorial and another picture.

recycled crayon muffins

2007-06-04T09:05:00.001-07:00

Crayon muffins made with recycled Crayolas. I did this project with the children I nanny for, ages 1 and 3. Next time I think I will do a layered crayon where you pour layers of colors one at a time. They loved this project and the crayons work fantastic.

Crayon wrapper collage

2007-06-04T09:02:00.001-07:00

This is a collage made with recycled Crayola wrappers. The kids that I nanny for made this while their crayons [see above] melted in the oven.

Camping

2007-06-04T06:54:00.001-07:00

Camping was great! Eric carved our initials into the picnic table at our site before we left. We miss our home away from home but we don't miss the mosquitos.

Driving to Voluntown

2007-06-02T01:38:00.001-07:00

Driving to the site at 4am. We got up at 3am much to Eric's dismay and made it out of the door by 4am. This picture was taken about 2/3 of the way to the campground at Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown, CT. Eric was asleep when this was taken and I was listening to AM radio watching the sun start to light the sky.

Paper Crane

2007-06-01T08:32:00.001-07:00

I folded this paper crane for Lucy, the little girl I nanny for. It sits on the windowsill in the Living Room next to a French Pinocchio wooden doll and a family of 5 mini-cranes that I folded for Sylvie, the other little girl I nanny for.

True Love Teatowel

2007-05-20T18:56:00.001-07:00

Finally finished this Teatowel. The pattern is from Sublime Stitching I used a split stitch for everything except the fill in the flower which I used a Satin Stitch. I am very pleased with the way the Satin fill came out.

amy winehouse-love is a losing game

2007-05-17T14:59:00.001-07:00

True Love [WIP]

2007-05-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

This is just the True Love Teatowel in progress.

Mother's Day Multimedia Piece

2007-05-17T10:50:00.001-07:00

Mother's day gift for the family I nanny for. I stenciled the childrens faces onto a gessoed white canvas with hunter green acrylic paint and used sky blue, true blue, baby blue and white acrylic to paint the background. I used Tulip puffy fabric paint to do the swirlies and lettering and stretched a striped preppy ribbon across the canvas. I also stenciled stars into the background with a metal stencil. It now sits in their family room awaiting framing. They were very happy and I was very flattered.

Green Tote

2007-05-17T10:34:00.001-07:00

I love this tote. I made the stencil and applied it to a yellow-green tote.

hi i make stuff.

2007-05-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

hello. this is my craftyish blog. i will post pics of stuff i make. i will also most likely post pictures of random things too. and i might post some links.

me and the loaf

2006-10-19T16:02:00.000-07:00

being hard.