So I've been scrapping a lot lately, and cardmaking to boot; I have only a small 2 by 2" acrylic block and I can't bring myself to pay for a larger one since they're just so darn expensive.
Every once in a while though, I have a larger stamp than can't be sustained by the 2x2 block. I simply haven't used the bigger stamps.
Until this morning, when that brilliant strike beat me with a "duh" stick. Because I couldn't even find my acrylic block on my desk of horrors.
You know those CD cases you use to store your... stamps (because CDs are so 2000 late)?
Yeah. They act as a pretty similar acrylic block also. The only issue I had was that the thickest snowflake sometimes didn't stamp as well on the inside part of the stamp--so I opened up the case and pushed it down better.
Holy beans. Apparently inspiration only strikes when you can't find your acrylic block at 8 in the morning.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Too Soon?
I have been doing things, I swear, just not things that are really awesome to blog about. Okay, also, sometimes I forget why I have a blog because I don't really participate in the blogging community (pinterest=best thing to upgrade to).
But, I found this absolutely hilarious, and I'm not sure if it's just my science background or if it's actually funny, so here you all are.
The card that I made at 5:00 in the morning because it was so funny that it had to be done while I should have been sleeping ( I haven't seen anything like this before, so please, tell me if you have seen it):
Get it? 'Cause the ash is falling, and it's like snow, and stuff?
Okay, I though it was hilarious. I was also torn on the caption: "It was at that moment that Bob realized that it was only June"
and "The Dinosaurs' first-and last-Christmas".
I crack myself up with this stuff sometimes, but I think that I just found my Card-making zone. It's filed between 'Science' and 'One Sentence Jokes'.
But, I found this absolutely hilarious, and I'm not sure if it's just my science background or if it's actually funny, so here you all are.
The card that I made at 5:00 in the morning because it was so funny that it had to be done while I should have been sleeping ( I haven't seen anything like this before, so please, tell me if you have seen it):
Get it? 'Cause the ash is falling, and it's like snow, and stuff?
Okay, I though it was hilarious. I was also torn on the caption: "It was at that moment that Bob realized that it was only June"
and "The Dinosaurs' first-and last-Christmas".
I crack myself up with this stuff sometimes, but I think that I just found my Card-making zone. It's filed between 'Science' and 'One Sentence Jokes'.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
October 17th, 2012
I hate to say it, but I've been bogged down (by "bogged down" I mean actually literally not sleeping) as a result of homework that seems to have suddenly increased this year over all other years of University.
Today, though, I have several thought processes stirred by my Archaeology class (Human Impacts on Ancient Environments) that I figure might require further consideration at a time when I am not "bogged down".
In my time of not quite having the time to develop my thoughts, I shall leave them here for others to consider in my absence:
1.
Today, though, I have several thought processes stirred by my Archaeology class (Human Impacts on Ancient Environments) that I figure might require further consideration at a time when I am not "bogged down".
In my time of not quite having the time to develop my thoughts, I shall leave them here for others to consider in my absence:
1.
Net Primary Production:
Total energy fixed – respiration of primary producers= total
food resources on earth.
Logically, the energy input HAS to be less than the output.
BUT behavioural ecology teaches otherwise, that it in fact does not have to be
such that there is a great deal, if other important things jump out at the
individuals instead- eg: social upgrading.
So, is this even a useful (if not overly simplistic) concept to touch on? Can this be used to prove non-logical human steps? Can this be used to determine the amount of not-logic that may lead up to a society's collapse? Has it been used for this purpose? Can it be used in biology, for behavioural ecology?
2.
SUNK COST EFFECT aka the CONCORDE EFFECT
Where more effort is put into existing and failing
investments (as a result of path dependency) without investing in the
exploration of new options which undermines innovation (eg: fossil fuels: Let’s
dig from the oil sands instead of finding new technology that could do the same
thing).
I would argue though,
that this is adaptation in a nutshell: responding to current events rather than
foreseeing events; that it is impossible to move away, once you’re dealing with
the emergency because a lack of that continued procedure (eg fuel) would mean
the shutting down of all of the systems to move the money to developing new
methodologies—which would greatly diminish the current stages of expected fuel
and impact the daily living of individuals, which in itself could cause the
collapse of societies dependent on the procedure.
A better option, logically,
would be to use existing technology and develop half stuff that didn’t leave
society completely lame while increasing the new technology at the same time…
fusions>hybrids>electric cars (but, electric cars could cause the same
issues, because they will require energy input just the same way).
So, is there any way for humans to solve these issues? Are we bound to continue simply responding to rather than being ready for, our environment? Would society listen? Would they agree? Would it be plausible to assume that we will never change?
So, fellow individuals who have equally no time and some interest in further studies than what you're already doing: What do you think?
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sept 19, 2012
So, this morning I was up early, driving the DH to school because he goes to school a lot further away than I do-- and doesn't drive.
I, on the other hand, have school at noon.
Of course, I didn't eat before I drove him to school. As long as I can stay in bed in the morning, I will. Three minutes before I had to drive him I got up and not a second earlier than I had to (Ah, the benefits of not caring about makeup or my hair).
But, when I got home I was starving. And reading about Astrobiology. I decided to make myself a smoothie, but I really didn't feel like making a frozen fruit one as the fruits in the freezer don't taste good with the fresh bananas in the fridge. I decided, instead, on making my own peanut butter banana smoothie. And then I added some cocoa on a whim. It was the most amazing thing I've ever drank, in my life. Adding a few chocolate chips to the top would make it Starbucks worthy. It's almost like the morning replacement meals that you spend an arm and a leg buying when you're on a diet, except it is free-er. Who doesn't have cocoa and peanut butter or PB replacement? Here's my recipe:
Peanut Butter Banana Cocoa "Smoothie"
1 ripe banana
1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter (or more, if you like PB)
2 tsp cocoa
1 1/2 cup milk ( I use 1%, but a rice juice might be a substitute if you have more PB or banana for thickness)
Add all substances in order to a magic bullet regular jar or a blender. Blend. It might be good to use a spatula or spoon to get the cocoa and PB to mix fully-- mine ends up around the edges of the jar, but I'm okay with using a spoon at the end to eat the spots with cocoa and peanut butter stuck on, after I drank the majority of the "smoothie".
Eat.
Makes 1 "smoothie".
Enjoy. I did.
I, on the other hand, have school at noon.
Of course, I didn't eat before I drove him to school. As long as I can stay in bed in the morning, I will. Three minutes before I had to drive him I got up and not a second earlier than I had to (Ah, the benefits of not caring about makeup or my hair).
But, when I got home I was starving. And reading about Astrobiology. I decided to make myself a smoothie, but I really didn't feel like making a frozen fruit one as the fruits in the freezer don't taste good with the fresh bananas in the fridge. I decided, instead, on making my own peanut butter banana smoothie. And then I added some cocoa on a whim. It was the most amazing thing I've ever drank, in my life. Adding a few chocolate chips to the top would make it Starbucks worthy. It's almost like the morning replacement meals that you spend an arm and a leg buying when you're on a diet, except it is free-er. Who doesn't have cocoa and peanut butter or PB replacement? Here's my recipe:
(Clearly, I couldn't avoid drinking several mouthfuls before I got the picture. It's that good.)
Peanut Butter Banana Cocoa "Smoothie"
1 ripe banana
1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter (or more, if you like PB)
2 tsp cocoa
1 1/2 cup milk ( I use 1%, but a rice juice might be a substitute if you have more PB or banana for thickness)
Add all substances in order to a magic bullet regular jar or a blender. Blend. It might be good to use a spatula or spoon to get the cocoa and PB to mix fully-- mine ends up around the edges of the jar, but I'm okay with using a spoon at the end to eat the spots with cocoa and peanut butter stuck on, after I drank the majority of the "smoothie".
Eat.
Makes 1 "smoothie".
Enjoy. I did.
Monday, September 10, 2012
the weirdest dream ever...
So, I just literally had the most ridiculous dream ever.
I have to write about it because it is ridiculous and it's ridiculous meter is through the roof. I want to remember it, though.
So, it started out pretty neat. I went to a Brentalfloss convention that lasted an hour, somewhere in the world that was not North America (though, the skin tones of people were white, if that matters these days). We all sat around and talked about game systems like the NES and got some street passes on my 3DS. I then dyed my hair brown, at this convention... For the record, it is already brown. Then, the convention was done, so we got kicked out of the room by ushers, but my fiance had already left the room without me and so I wandered out to the lobby by myself.
The lobby was not too busy. It had the look of an older, but expensive hotel. Dark mahogany colours, red and deep brown carpeting, marginally low lighting in gorgeous sconces, marble here and there, really big staircases, a sweet old elevator which I did not ride... Okay. Maybe a horror hotel, I'm not sure how to classify it. It was beautiful, but aren't most things that are turned into horror? At the time,while I was dreaming, all I thought about it was that it was beautiful inside, and quite rich looking.
There, I ran into David Bowie, who was very tall, thin, and had blonde hair that was straight, you know, bowie-ish. He was wearing a tan coloured trench coat. He almost reminded me of an anime character. He was doing a photo shoot. Anyway, he looked good, if not bored. I thought that this was cool, but I kept getting into the way of the photographer, who was looking for something reflective for a shot and all she could find was this silver "kitchen utensil" (which looked suspiciously like a bedpan).
So, then i saw my fiance and his friend (henceforth called "B") wander out the back hallway, behind Bowie, down some stairs into the basement of this establishment where it was clearly not North America. There was a security guard with them. Of course, I went downstairs, where it looked suspiciously like a shorter-ceilinged hotel area. The ceiling, though, was that cheap white stuff that's in businesses; it's a foam, almost, that you can poke holes into. These guys:
There, against the wall at the back, lying (because that's how low the ceiling was in that area), was Bowie.
^He was better looking than he is here in this photo, more young but still similar, with very straight, blonde hair.
I stopped to talk to him, where he made a joke about me being able to sit up in the short little basement (where he proved his point by sitting up straight and hitting the ceiling with his head, and I was still hunching over, but on my feet) because I'm short and I responded that I would trade anytime ( my standard response to short jokes). If we traded though, I said, you probably wouldn't have had as many fans if you were as short as I am. Anyway, I said, I have to find my fiance. He chuckled and asked me to write my phone number and name on these little, round paper disks that he wore on a bracelet on his left wrist. These papers reminded me of the old, paper coasters that I found in my deceased Auntie Eleanor's side tables that I got from her.
There seemed to be lots of numbers on these papers, and not just phone, either. Some were in sets of two, some were just long lines of numbers. Thinking that maybe he collected sets of numbers or something, maybe even a book of phone numbers (This is literally what I thought in my dream), I decided to go ahead and do it. So, I wrote my name and number down on a wrist bracelet paper, and couldn't for the life of me remember it. He said that the guard had taken then into the next room to take blood. I bid my goodbyes, then hurriedly opened the door that led in to the next room.
In this room, which was brown fake wood coloured, similar to this paneling (but not the ceiling):
There were two tubs immediately in the middle. It looked to be about the same size as the room that I work in (quite small, maybe seven or eight feet squared), and there were things around where there would have been in the room that I work in, though not what would have been (my first thought was that I was somehow at work, in that little room, with carts and stuff around the edges). But, it was different, with shelves instead of carts and the deep brown colour walls with the dark red carpeting. There was a door in the same place as there is at work, though a regular push door rather than the sliding one that we have at work. It was open, to reveal a parking lot with no cars and a dumpster to the left side of the door, and a rather grey day outside.
And there, lying side-by-side, in tubs of ice cubes were my fiance and B, drained and very pale, with clearly hack-job surgery marks.
Let me clarify hack-job: My fiance's arm was removed (poorly, without solid cut marks--almost ripped off instead), and laid at his head. His chest was not really closed and he'd clearly had kidney and brain removal with shoddy bandages added for an awesome, pointless look.
On the plus side, there wasn't a lot of blood around...
Then the guard opened the door from behind me, pushed me inside, and said something akin to "so, we should take your blood too".
That's where I woke up. I wasn't scared, really. Just like, this is ridiculous. I have to write this down.
So, now I've shared it. Silly dreams.
Friday, August 24, 2012
August 23/4 2012--- Also, Poster, Part II.
So, it's in between the 23 and 24th, though technically is the 24th. So, not sure what to put this as; I finished two birthday cards for my mom and dad, whose birthdays will probably pass before I see them again, and (drumroll)
The poster, fricken' finished.
I ended up never finding a paper that was the right size, so that I could just sponge it, and I had to do it all by hand. Not that I was worried about the amount of work, mind you... Just that mine would be very messy. Which, it sort of is. I think it's more endearing, anyway. So, after like, a million bajillion hours of work (An entire Billboard Top 100 List, plus the JLO/Pitbull song Dance Again; Ever After (Album) by Marianas Trench and half of the Nicki Minaj album, to be exact, in just writing and painting tonight)... It's DONE! Yeayea!!
It's cute, I think.But... if you look very closely, it's messy. And I made a lot of mistakes. Please, heavens, let there be no spelling errors. I might cry.
Good night, I am very tired at the moment.
The poster, fricken' finished.
I ended up never finding a paper that was the right size, so that I could just sponge it, and I had to do it all by hand. Not that I was worried about the amount of work, mind you... Just that mine would be very messy. Which, it sort of is. I think it's more endearing, anyway. So, after like, a million bajillion hours of work (An entire Billboard Top 100 List, plus the JLO/Pitbull song Dance Again; Ever After (Album) by Marianas Trench and half of the Nicki Minaj album, to be exact, in just writing and painting tonight)... It's DONE! Yeayea!!
It's cute, I think.But... if you look very closely, it's messy. And I made a lot of mistakes. Please, heavens, let there be no spelling errors. I might cry.
Good night, I am very tired at the moment.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Aug 22, 2012
All of my school is done, the last paper that I did for evolution got an 83 percent, and school begins anew in September. Wooh.
Today, I called Cogeco and cancelled the shoddy, friggen expensive cable that I had for less than a month (cost me 75 dollars, basically what I was paying minus about 10$ for the cable each month because I broke the contract). I had originally wanted to add HBO on as a separate channel (True Blood, you know). Unfortunately, because I live in Canada and we get screwed all of the time, I couldn't add it as one channel (eg: $2.50 a month for the channel as an extra). Instead they expected me to buy the WHOLE MOVIE CHANNEL PACKAGE, an extra twenty dollars. No, thank you. I have the internet, therefore every movie I have ever wanted to see.
Ever.
Including new ones, Japanese sub films, indie films, high school communications classes' films....
Ever.
They offered me the chance to look into some "deals" so that I could get HBO for a better price. I declined.
All in all, cable television has gone downhill since I was a kid and watched television. Now, there are stupid reality shows, like rat b*stards, which I haven't understood the reason for killing the muskrats yet:
Teen Mom, something that no one should have made to be popular, lest we find ALL thirteen year old girls trying to get knocked up, or tattooed, or I don't even know because I wasn't raised like that:
and Jersey Shore, which is so ridiculous that it brooks no explanation, with its idiotic cast catapulted into great fame for... whatever they do...
-- all of which disgust me. Reality is all around me, I do not need it on the television that's supposed to be keeping me avoiding it.
Furthermore, even as I watched things like Criminal Minds- one of the few crime shows that amuses me after CSI started expanding to NY and Miami and Grissom left- the cable would jump, as if it were lagging and had to catch up to the signal, so I would lose four seconds of the show, three or four times in a half hour of programming. That's unacceptable to pay 58$ a month for.
When I said that I would be looking into dropping the internet also, the woman became quite snobby and added "Well, you realize that you'd be breaking your contract as you have a special rate until next June, 2013, so you'll have to pay extra for that as well?"
Keep in mind that my bill is consistently 150$ or more before cable was added to it, and have had it since 2009.
So I dropped the Cable, and paid the money, and decided that as soon as I pay off the entirety of the next Cogeco bill, I am switching to Nexicom, even if I have to pay an extra ten dollars a month for internet.
I also called the Swiffer company to complain about the broken Swiffer that was leaking entire bottles of cleaner on to my floor when I wasn't using it.
That's the Procter and Gamble company. They were very helpful in dealing with the issue, and I will most likely be happy to deal with them in the future. Furthermore, there's a warranty on the item for a year, so they said that they'd send me a coupon for a new Swiffer Wet Jet that isn't broken within three weeks! If only every company were like Procter and Gamble. We'd have happier customers all around!
Today, I called Cogeco and cancelled the shoddy, friggen expensive cable that I had for less than a month (cost me 75 dollars, basically what I was paying minus about 10$ for the cable each month because I broke the contract). I had originally wanted to add HBO on as a separate channel (True Blood, you know). Unfortunately, because I live in Canada and we get screwed all of the time, I couldn't add it as one channel (eg: $2.50 a month for the channel as an extra). Instead they expected me to buy the WHOLE MOVIE CHANNEL PACKAGE, an extra twenty dollars. No, thank you. I have the internet, therefore every movie I have ever wanted to see.
Ever.
Including new ones, Japanese sub films, indie films, high school communications classes' films....
Ever.
They offered me the chance to look into some "deals" so that I could get HBO for a better price. I declined.
All in all, cable television has gone downhill since I was a kid and watched television. Now, there are stupid reality shows, like rat b*stards, which I haven't understood the reason for killing the muskrats yet:
Teen Mom, something that no one should have made to be popular, lest we find ALL thirteen year old girls trying to get knocked up, or tattooed, or I don't even know because I wasn't raised like that:
and Jersey Shore, which is so ridiculous that it brooks no explanation, with its idiotic cast catapulted into great fame for... whatever they do...
-- all of which disgust me. Reality is all around me, I do not need it on the television that's supposed to be keeping me avoiding it.
Furthermore, even as I watched things like Criminal Minds- one of the few crime shows that amuses me after CSI started expanding to NY and Miami and Grissom left- the cable would jump, as if it were lagging and had to catch up to the signal, so I would lose four seconds of the show, three or four times in a half hour of programming. That's unacceptable to pay 58$ a month for.
When I said that I would be looking into dropping the internet also, the woman became quite snobby and added "Well, you realize that you'd be breaking your contract as you have a special rate until next June, 2013, so you'll have to pay extra for that as well?"
Keep in mind that my bill is consistently 150$ or more before cable was added to it, and have had it since 2009.
So I dropped the Cable, and paid the money, and decided that as soon as I pay off the entirety of the next Cogeco bill, I am switching to Nexicom, even if I have to pay an extra ten dollars a month for internet.
I also called the Swiffer company to complain about the broken Swiffer that was leaking entire bottles of cleaner on to my floor when I wasn't using it.
(Here you can kind of see the liquid that has leaked out of the Swiffer all over the floor)
(Small Lake in, under and around the Swiffer pad, you can see the bubbles)
That's the Procter and Gamble company. They were very helpful in dealing with the issue, and I will most likely be happy to deal with them in the future. Furthermore, there's a warranty on the item for a year, so they said that they'd send me a coupon for a new Swiffer Wet Jet that isn't broken within three weeks! If only every company were like Procter and Gamble. We'd have happier customers all around!
Sunday, August 12, 2012
August 12, 2012
Hey!
So, lately, I've been finishing summer classes (I have to catch up- I've been in University for too long, really), as well as playing around with scrapbooks and sewing. I just haven't been keeping up with my blog.
Here is what I've done tonight, after work:
So, lately, I've been finishing summer classes (I have to catch up- I've been in University for too long, really), as well as playing around with scrapbooks and sewing. I just haven't been keeping up with my blog.
Here is what I've done tonight, after work:
This one above is the same as the one below; the one above is easier to see, the one below is closer to the brightness-- I'm still working on understanding the way that my camera uses and intercepts the flash. I never did like flash in a camera.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Making a Poster Pt.1
I decided that for mother's day I was going to make a cow poster for my mom. Now, she's been complaining lately that everyone always buys her cow stuff, and she doesn't know what to do with it all. Keeping this in mind, she's gotten difficult to shop for (although I do occasionally pick stuff up for her, but not for presents).
So in a stroke of sleepy genius, I determined that a wordy Subway Art poster would be likely to make her happy and stuff.
It's not done yet, but so far:
I created the design using a wide font and GIMP (Gnu Image Processing)(because it's free and photoshop is a ridiculous price).
Then I just played around with it. Eventually, it will be cut out and used as a stencil. Unless I like it otherwise, but then the lettering would have to be a different colour.
Eventually I liked it, and took it to a website called Block Posters (totally free and really easy, although with a low resolution availability), and it cut it into a printable .pdf file for me:
As you may have noticed, there is an entire section (black and white, in the middle there) missing.
Back to the drawing board. Maybe Staples prints 16x20s?
So in a stroke of sleepy genius, I determined that a wordy Subway Art poster would be likely to make her happy and stuff.
It's not done yet, but so far:
I created the design using a wide font and GIMP (Gnu Image Processing)(because it's free and photoshop is a ridiculous price).
Then I just played around with it. Eventually, it will be cut out and used as a stencil. Unless I like it otherwise, but then the lettering would have to be a different colour.
Eventually I liked it, and took it to a website called Block Posters (totally free and really easy, although with a low resolution availability), and it cut it into a printable .pdf file for me:
As you may have noticed, there is an entire section (black and white, in the middle there) missing.
Back to the drawing board. Maybe Staples prints 16x20s?
Thursday, May 3, 2012
May 3, 2012
I most definitely bought myself a pair of boots today.
Cute ones.
I love them.
Usually boots aren't my style; in fact, anything "in style" is usually not my style ( I can't bring myself to spend so much on me). But I got my taxes, and I passed all of the courses I did so far (waiting on Arcaeology marks) this year, including BIOL103.
So I figured it would be awesome.
My thing of git 'er done today was chocolate-chip cookies (yay!); yesterday was a load of laundry.
Tomorrow I might make a lacy skirt, if I have time in the morning. I bought lots of lace, now I just have to use it.
And shortly, off to another closing shift.
Cute ones.
I love them.
Usually boots aren't my style; in fact, anything "in style" is usually not my style ( I can't bring myself to spend so much on me). But I got my taxes, and I passed all of the courses I did so far (waiting on Arcaeology marks) this year, including BIOL103.
So I figured it would be awesome.
My thing of git 'er done today was chocolate-chip cookies (yay!); yesterday was a load of laundry.
Tomorrow I might make a lacy skirt, if I have time in the morning. I bought lots of lace, now I just have to use it.
And shortly, off to another closing shift.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
April 25, 2012
Today is my first day off, after school 2011-2012 and before summer school 2012; so I shall post my git 'er done *cough*. Won't make up for not posting, but I've seen a few other blogs use the git 'er done idea after I used it, and I couldn't bring myself to not feel ripped off.
Now, though, after I recovered from immense anger by really thinking about it, I don't really care. It's fine by me; I don't think that people really read this one so they couldn't possibly have stolen the idea from me.
Besides. For all I know, I stole it from someone else.
Anyway, here are my got 'er done things for today:
made 6 loaves of bread:
4 are rosemary-mashed potato breads, and 2 loaves are regular, Amish white breads from recipes I found online. This is the first time I've ever made bread before, I hope it turns out alright, I'm writing this in awaiting the hour of rising that needs to be done. The Kitchen-Aid stand mixer (I have an old one from my almost-mother-in-law) made kneading the bread ridiculously easy.
Also, last week, I finally made a shirt I've been meaning to make for literally months. I used a shirt to make the pattern for it. I love the fabric, and it's just a standard cotton. LOVE the colours though. It took me maybe an hour to make, including the sleeves. The sleeves turned out a little like ruffled puffy sleeves (I didn't mean for that to happen, it just did, I think because I always make really large seam allowances and then sew, like, 1/4" seams, so there was a lot extra. Still, the shirt is super colourful!
: D
Now that I have some more time, I am planning an apron, some more baking, and a few other things like pants for dancing in and parachute pants for my dance recital.
Oh, how I love guilt- free me time.
Now, though, after I recovered from immense anger by really thinking about it, I don't really care. It's fine by me; I don't think that people really read this one so they couldn't possibly have stolen the idea from me.
Besides. For all I know, I stole it from someone else.
Anyway, here are my got 'er done things for today:
made 6 loaves of bread:
4 are rosemary-mashed potato breads, and 2 loaves are regular, Amish white breads from recipes I found online. This is the first time I've ever made bread before, I hope it turns out alright, I'm writing this in awaiting the hour of rising that needs to be done. The Kitchen-Aid stand mixer (I have an old one from my almost-mother-in-law) made kneading the bread ridiculously easy.
Also, last week, I finally made a shirt I've been meaning to make for literally months. I used a shirt to make the pattern for it. I love the fabric, and it's just a standard cotton. LOVE the colours though. It took me maybe an hour to make, including the sleeves. The sleeves turned out a little like ruffled puffy sleeves (I didn't mean for that to happen, it just did, I think because I always make really large seam allowances and then sew, like, 1/4" seams, so there was a lot extra. Still, the shirt is super colourful!
: D
Now that I have some more time, I am planning an apron, some more baking, and a few other things like pants for dancing in and parachute pants for my dance recital.
Oh, how I love guilt- free me time.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Februay 23, 2012
So, clearly, my finish-a-thing-a-day hasn't been working, unless you count catching up on six seasons of bones in less than a month "finishing things".
I have, however, after deciding not to move for lack of places to move to (clean ones, anyway) decided to help my fiance in his endeavour to change the apartment around. We switched the desks both into the second bedroom (henceforth referred to as the "rat room", although we now house a guinea pig in it).
I also used it previously as my sewing/crafting room. Unfortunately, since it was all my area, it was a mess. Constantly. Fabric all over the floor, anything that didn't have a place got shoved into the room because we didn't have anywhere else to put it; all of my books are supposed to be on my bookshelf in the closet in that room (except that the bookshelf is way full and bending under the weight of the double stacked-double widebooks and texts that I own).
So we cleaned most of it and made it nice and walkable so that we can actually use the space. Here is what I did with my fabric (as it is a fairly small room and I refuse to part with a workable piece of cloth):
Essentially, what I've done is put four different strings (heavyweight cotton string, because the yarn I used originally broke terribly quickly once the weight of the fabric was on it), tied to eight very large nails that I tapped into the walls. Then, I hung the smaller, less heavy but equally useful material bits, visibly on the wall. The large pieces are in a bin that I've yet to decide on a storage space for yet.
Simple? Yes.
Easy to access? Yes.
Colourful in a frightfully bland room? Yes.
Do I think it's brilliant? Absolutely.
I have, however, after deciding not to move for lack of places to move to (clean ones, anyway) decided to help my fiance in his endeavour to change the apartment around. We switched the desks both into the second bedroom (henceforth referred to as the "rat room", although we now house a guinea pig in it).
I also used it previously as my sewing/crafting room. Unfortunately, since it was all my area, it was a mess. Constantly. Fabric all over the floor, anything that didn't have a place got shoved into the room because we didn't have anywhere else to put it; all of my books are supposed to be on my bookshelf in the closet in that room (except that the bookshelf is way full and bending under the weight of the double stacked-double widebooks and texts that I own).
So we cleaned most of it and made it nice and walkable so that we can actually use the space. Here is what I did with my fabric (as it is a fairly small room and I refuse to part with a workable piece of cloth):
Essentially, what I've done is put four different strings (heavyweight cotton string, because the yarn I used originally broke terribly quickly once the weight of the fabric was on it), tied to eight very large nails that I tapped into the walls. Then, I hung the smaller, less heavy but equally useful material bits, visibly on the wall. The large pieces are in a bin that I've yet to decide on a storage space for yet.
Simple? Yes.
Easy to access? Yes.
Colourful in a frightfully bland room? Yes.
Do I think it's brilliant? Absolutely.
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