Archives – March 14, 2006
A-oooooooooo! It appears that I am a were-crafter, as in werewolf.
Need clarification? You know how the teenage boy in the 80′s movies turns into a werewolf when there is a full moon? Well, it has been a full moon the last two nights and I have been able to successfully craft. Coincidence? I think not.
My hubby said yesterday, “My god, you are a were crafter.” So, there it is. I am what I am.
Or maybe-
a meltdown+nice bloggy comments+priority focus=craftability?
Or
Keely read my blog and decided to lighten up on her mommy for a few days?
nah.
Were-crafter. I’ll go with that, this way I can count on a few days of good crafting every month. Something to look forward to.
March 14, 2006
I sewed something that turned out well! Lookie, lookie. I saw the tutorial on making the tissue cover from JoJo (link below). I thought I was going to cry when it actually turned out right. Nevermind that the red/white one is significantly bigger than the grey one. I don't carry tissues in my purse/bag. Therefore, I'm pretty sure I don't need a cover for tissues either. But do I care? NOOoooo, because hot diggity dog I sewed something right! I think I'll toss 'em in the car. Pull them out at stop lights and very dramatically hold them up and pull a single tissue out, making sure the car next to me sees my marvelous creation. Or maybe I will carry it in my bag and whip it out in public. Flaunt it a bit. Shove it at strangers. "HEY! Look what I made!" Or go around pulling tissues out of my handy dandy tissue thingy to wipe things or people off. "Oh dear, your child has a smidge of something on his cheek. Heavens, what can be done? Ah, I have the perfect thing! Fear not! I will save you and your child from the crumby face embarrassment." Second thought, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea. There I go again. Showing my weirdness. *I have a sewing question. When a pattern gives you the measurements for the material you are going to use and then says, "have a 1/4 seam allowance". Is that included in the measurements they give or are you supposed to add it yourself? Until I figure out a better way to link/reference/list good ideas here are a few I saw yesterday: Bessilu made a nifty little pouch for baby wipes and referred us to this site for that, and other patterns. JoJo has the super clear tutorial on how to make the above cover for those little pocket packs of tissues.
March 14, 2006
I had all the suppies to make marble magnets for awhile. I didn't have very much though. We went to the craft store this weekend and I thought I hit the motherload. I found these two jumbo bags of clear marbles on sale. I bought two giant bags. I was thinking 1,000 magnets on the way. I got home and started punching out little circle pictures. The next day I got out the clear marbles and they were irredescent/pearly and you couldn't see the little picture underneath them. The bag says CLEAR! I doubled checked when I bought them. Not funny. My dear husband, to either save my sanity or to get out of the house, kindly offered to drive 2 cities away to a different store and find the truly clear ones. Isn't he sweet? He found them and bought all the store had. ALL of them. That's my guy. Now, what to do with a gerbillion irredescent marbles.
March 14, 2006
Yahoo! Finally, I made these things. They are so fun and addictive. More will be made for sure.
March 14, 2006
A-oooooooooo! It appears that I am a were-crafter, as in werewolf.
