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Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
08 August 2012
20 March 2012
62/365
Grace in small things.
1. Today is a beautiful day. Sunshine has major restorative powers, people. Just don't forget your sunblock!
2. I held a poetry competition for World Poetry Day (tomorrow) at school, and got a LOAD of submissions. I've already read a couple from the older kids, who have greatly astounded me with their gift. I think of the sort of thing I wrote when I was 17, and I shrink in embarrassment. These boys are good.
3. I absolutely cannot wait for the Crafty Fox Spring Market on Sunday. I've been stitching away on new ticky tocks for what feels like forever, and I'll also be rocking up with some adult sized versions (digital, of course!), just to see how they go. Wish them luck!
4. Dhari's having a rare midday snooze.
5. The Hunger Games film is out this week. Woo! But I think I'll have to wait until next weekend to see it. Oh well...
1. Today is a beautiful day. Sunshine has major restorative powers, people. Just don't forget your sunblock!
2. I held a poetry competition for World Poetry Day (tomorrow) at school, and got a LOAD of submissions. I've already read a couple from the older kids, who have greatly astounded me with their gift. I think of the sort of thing I wrote when I was 17, and I shrink in embarrassment. These boys are good.
3. I absolutely cannot wait for the Crafty Fox Spring Market on Sunday. I've been stitching away on new ticky tocks for what feels like forever, and I'll also be rocking up with some adult sized versions (digital, of course!), just to see how they go. Wish them luck!
4. Dhari's having a rare midday snooze.
5. The Hunger Games film is out this week. Woo! But I think I'll have to wait until next weekend to see it. Oh well...
04 December 2011
55/365
Grace in small things.
1. Volunteering at Fine Cell Work yesterday afternoon. We put together project kits: cutting and counting strands of yarn and thread, constructing colour keys, and choosing and assembling colour way kits for new recruits to practise their needlework. The last one was good fun. I decided to make a colour way inspired by my shirt.
FCW is a charity organisation that works with prisoners, but what makes them unique is they teach the prisoners needlework/embroidery, and then give them paid work. What they have found is that not only does it give them the opportunity to have money to do things like call home or save up for a better life when they get out, but the work itself allows them to have quiet, positive moments in their cells to reflect and to have positive, supportive interactions with fellow inmates who are also involved in FCW. 75% of the inmates involved are men. Amazing. The organiser read out a letter they received that week from a "lifer" who wrote how important FCW was to him and his own mental wellbeing, and his message nearly made me cry. I hope to do a lot more work with FCW in the future.
2. Adele got her needle book and it would seem that she loves it.
3. I'm going to the Concrete Market today. It's organised by Tobyboo, who I think I've mentioned before.
4. I crocheted a cowl last night with some yarn which I think is from the 80s. It is warm and fuzzy.
5. Marcus gave our bedroom a proper tidy up and clean yesterday. It now looks like no one actually lives there. I love it.
1. Volunteering at Fine Cell Work yesterday afternoon. We put together project kits: cutting and counting strands of yarn and thread, constructing colour keys, and choosing and assembling colour way kits for new recruits to practise their needlework. The last one was good fun. I decided to make a colour way inspired by my shirt.
FCW is a charity organisation that works with prisoners, but what makes them unique is they teach the prisoners needlework/embroidery, and then give them paid work. What they have found is that not only does it give them the opportunity to have money to do things like call home or save up for a better life when they get out, but the work itself allows them to have quiet, positive moments in their cells to reflect and to have positive, supportive interactions with fellow inmates who are also involved in FCW. 75% of the inmates involved are men. Amazing. The organiser read out a letter they received that week from a "lifer" who wrote how important FCW was to him and his own mental wellbeing, and his message nearly made me cry. I hope to do a lot more work with FCW in the future.
2. Adele got her needle book and it would seem that she loves it.
3. I'm going to the Concrete Market today. It's organised by Tobyboo, who I think I've mentioned before.
4. I crocheted a cowl last night with some yarn which I think is from the 80s. It is warm and fuzzy.
5. Marcus gave our bedroom a proper tidy up and clean yesterday. It now looks like no one actually lives there. I love it.
{pay it forward} Adele
It's a patchwork needlebook!
Made with my Heather Ross fabric stash and some lovely wool felt. You may recognise some of the fabric from the little pincushion I made for my sister. And lookit! lookit! I got to bust out my new dito labels:
I even used mitred corners with my handmade continuous bias binding. For the first time ever!
Happy stitching, Adele...
02 December 2011
54/365
Grace in small things.
1. 30+ people came to Thanksgiving! Awesome! No leftovers. Not even salad.
2. I went on strike and marched with some old work buddies on Wednesday. It was something I felt strongly about, and would have moped around with a heavy heart for a week if I hadn't done it. I think I was the only person from my school that went on strike (that more and more popular - but completely unenforceable - no strike policy), which is partly why I nearly didn't do it. Let's hear it for swimming against the tide.
3. I made the Purl Bee advent calendar.
It took me 10+ hours and I'm super chuffed with how it turned out and Dhari is really excited about it. He keeps saying, "I want it to be December 16th!" (there's a Green & Blacks white chocolate peeking out of that one)
4. Using sheets of actual wool felt for crafting, instead of the nasty acrylic stuff you get in most craft shops. It just feels so wonderful to the touch and the colours have a warmth to them that acrylic simply cannot achieve.
5. Scott and Regan's wedding in Cumbria. I heart Cumbria, most notably the Lake District. Even in the last days of November, it is beautiful.
1. 30+ people came to Thanksgiving! Awesome! No leftovers. Not even salad.
2. I went on strike and marched with some old work buddies on Wednesday. It was something I felt strongly about, and would have moped around with a heavy heart for a week if I hadn't done it. I think I was the only person from my school that went on strike (that more and more popular - but completely unenforceable - no strike policy), which is partly why I nearly didn't do it. Let's hear it for swimming against the tide.
3. I made the Purl Bee advent calendar.
4. Using sheets of actual wool felt for crafting, instead of the nasty acrylic stuff you get in most craft shops. It just feels so wonderful to the touch and the colours have a warmth to them that acrylic simply cannot achieve.
5. Scott and Regan's wedding in Cumbria. I heart Cumbria, most notably the Lake District. Even in the last days of November, it is beautiful.
20 October 2011
52/365
Grace in small things.
1. Dhari loves Where the Wild Things Are.
2. Sold a Raj bunting at the beginning of the week to a lady who seemed REALLY EXCITED!!!! about its impending presence at a party. Yay! I sensed the warm fuzzies in the purchase, so I threw in a little freebie. That's always fun.
3. Have had fun with this little up-cycle project:
So easy. I love a bit of immediate gratification. I did mine with the pretty decorative tape I bought at Renegade Craft Fair. Here's the finished product:
4. My mom and dad will be here this time next week.
5. Tenerife was awesome. I read a lot, laughed a lot,drank a lot, and basked a lot.
1. Dhari loves Where the Wild Things Are.
2. Sold a Raj bunting at the beginning of the week to a lady who seemed REALLY EXCITED!!!! about its impending presence at a party. Yay! I sensed the warm fuzzies in the purchase, so I threw in a little freebie. That's always fun.
3. Have had fun with this little up-cycle project:
So easy. I love a bit of immediate gratification. I did mine with the pretty decorative tape I bought at Renegade Craft Fair. Here's the finished product:
4. My mom and dad will be here this time next week.
5. Tenerife was awesome. I read a lot, laughed a lot,
27 September 2011
Sparkle Motion!
My friend Amy (who made me the lovely soft scarf) introduced me to Donnie Darko back in college. She is therefore, quite obviously, an important figure in my life. She had a baby boy in the summer, so my immediate impulse was to pick out some cute banditos to give to Dorian. Then I thought, hmm...Amy needs a present too. And I had just fallen in love with cross-stitching. And seeing as Amy was my Donnie Darko supplier and her email address used to be sparklemotion, it only seemed right to make her this:
But mostly I just thought it would be hilarious.
See, I figure that now Amy is a mama, she has lots of different roles to play in life. And there will be lots of people with crazy expectations of how she needs to go about doing things and what her priorities should be. And she may find herself having to say no to someone, and perhaps will feel bad about letting them down (maybe I'm totally projecting at this point, but whatever). All she has to do is look at this, and she will feel better.
But mostly I just thought it would be hilarious.
27 June 2011
The Big Countdown.
Dhari keeps saying, "Want to go see Grandpa and Grandma in July." I'm pretty certain he thinks July is a place, like Florida or Missouri. So to give him a better idea of when we're going to see Grandpa and Grandma, I made a little paper chain for him. Since there are 30 links to this chain, and that is FOREVER to a two year old, I wrote in little things for Dhari to look forward to on the links of the chain. Not that he can read, but at least I can show him the letters when he tears off a link and say "Look Dhari! We get to see Artie today!"
13 June 2011
Just coming up for a bit of air...
I have been madly marking a stack of 570 GCSE exams, but took a day off for a second try at my new project: Ticky Tocks.
So named because that's what Dhari calls watches and clocks, duh! I chose the time based on what time I completed the French knot on the watch face.
So named because that's what Dhari calls watches and clocks, duh! I chose the time based on what time I completed the French knot on the watch face.
10.47am
look at the adorable backing fabric!
3.35pm
3.24pm
10.32am
What I love most about these is the actual handwork involved in the process. Especially the French knots. There is very little time spent at a machine. Instead, it's mostly just me, a needle and the textiles. Grand.
21 May 2011
46/365
Grace in small things.
1. I have begun my month of exam marking (blech). My small thing that I have found to cherish in this mountain of spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes is this: The Pomodoro Method.
It gives me nice little five minute breaks (and the occasional 25 minute break - woo!) to do whatever, guilt-free, because I know I have to go back to the mountain of mistakes for another 25 minutes, over and over again, until it is finished. So how have I spent my break time today? Well, at first, washing dishes (what?). Then doing minimal make-up and hair, checking email, Facebook, updating my favourites on Etsy, reading everyone else's blogs and finally updating my own. I was unable to finish this first point in a five minute break, but oh well. It's done now!
2. Starting on Adele's Facebook Pay it Forward gift. At this rate (see above), it might be done by July. Even so, it's going to be so cute and so useful. There's something so lovely about perusing my many craft books, shopping for the perfect thing to make for a friend. And then, of course, digging through my Heather Ross fabric scraps stash (WHICH I LOVINGLY HOARD) to find the most fun combination of patterns and colours.
3. I've ordered labels for my new grown-up brand, which I've hinted at for ages now. It's mostly been little wisps of ideas floating in and out of my line of vision, but I now have an ever growing list of things to actually make and put in this new babybandito offshoot for big banditos. Those lovely lavender hearts, for starters. It will be called "dito", pronounced deeto (not ditto). Makes sense, right?
4. How tiny Dhari's bum looks in big boy pants. We tried it (potty training) out yesterday. To put it lightly, he's not totally won over by the whole idea. Still, pretty cute.
5. I found Collective Memory Part 2 in the cupboard the other day. Part 1 is in Kansas City. Anyway, I can now add to the one "Vintage" quote by Amy I have over at my other blog. It's weird reading through them. Some are still hilarious, others? Not so much. Most make no sense whatsoever. Still, good fun.
1. I have begun my month of exam marking (blech). My small thing that I have found to cherish in this mountain of spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes is this: The Pomodoro Method.
2. Starting on Adele's Facebook Pay it Forward gift. At this rate (see above), it might be done by July. Even so, it's going to be so cute and so useful. There's something so lovely about perusing my many craft books, shopping for the perfect thing to make for a friend. And then, of course, digging through my Heather Ross fabric scraps stash (WHICH I LOVINGLY HOARD) to find the most fun combination of patterns and colours.
3. I've ordered labels for my new grown-up brand, which I've hinted at for ages now. It's mostly been little wisps of ideas floating in and out of my line of vision, but I now have an ever growing list of things to actually make and put in this new babybandito offshoot for big banditos. Those lovely lavender hearts, for starters. It will be called "dito", pronounced deeto (not ditto). Makes sense, right?
4. How tiny Dhari's bum looks in big boy pants. We tried it (potty training) out yesterday. To put it lightly, he's not totally won over by the whole idea. Still, pretty cute.
5. I found Collective Memory Part 2 in the cupboard the other day. Part 1 is in Kansas City. Anyway, I can now add to the one "Vintage" quote by Amy I have over at my other blog. It's weird reading through them. Some are still hilarious, others? Not so much. Most make no sense whatsoever. Still, good fun.
19 April 2011
39/365
Grace in Small Things.
1. I've started a cross-stitch project. So far it's taken me two days just to transfer the pattern. There must be an easier way, I just couldn't figure it out. But I'm way excited to start stitching and see the final product! It will be one of my Facebook giveaways, which I let fall by the wayside there for a while. Oops.
2. Going to a funfair yesterday with Dhari, Sophia and Hazel. I took Dhari on loads of little kid rides, including the caterpillar train, the teacups and a little train roller coaster (which he loved at first, but then at the 4th or 5th time around he decided "I don't like it! I don't like this one!"). I was hoping he'd come off saying, "I ain't afraid of no rolly-coaster!" But he didn't.
3. Summery days like today. Ooh, sunshine.
4. The tea cupboard. It's the only spot in the flat that isn't cluttered. Thanks Marcus!
5. Charlie Brookers The Hell of It All. It makes me laugh so much I can't really read it on The Tube. You're not allowed to smile, let alone laugh, on public transportation.
1. I've started a cross-stitch project. So far it's taken me two days just to transfer the pattern. There must be an easier way, I just couldn't figure it out. But I'm way excited to start stitching and see the final product! It will be one of my Facebook giveaways, which I let fall by the wayside there for a while. Oops.
2. Going to a funfair yesterday with Dhari, Sophia and Hazel. I took Dhari on loads of little kid rides, including the caterpillar train, the teacups and a little train roller coaster (which he loved at first, but then at the 4th or 5th time around he decided "I don't like it! I don't like this one!"). I was hoping he'd come off saying, "I ain't afraid of no rolly-coaster!" But he didn't.
3. Summery days like today. Ooh, sunshine.
4. The tea cupboard. It's the only spot in the flat that isn't cluttered. Thanks Marcus!
5. Charlie Brookers The Hell of It All. It makes me laugh so much I can't really read it on The Tube. You're not allowed to smile, let alone laugh, on public transportation.
11 April 2011
37/365
Grace in small things.
1. A clean flat, largely thanks to Marcus.
2. Spending yesterday afternoon engaged in two of my favourite things: crafting and activism.
I met loads of lovely people, including Colin, a hilarious and chatty homeless man who joined in with the stitchery in exchange for tea, sandwiches and cakes! Good atmosphere overall.
3. A gorgeous little shop in Brighton called Fair, that befittingly trades in Fair Trade goods. Being a Fair Trade city, Brighton has a barrel-full of these places, but this one was particularly good. Lots of stuff from People Tree and elsewhere. One highlight was underwear that says on the elastic waistband, "Poverty is Pants". In the end, I bought some giant hoop earrings and a very cool necklace, for the bargain price of £24 (there goes my fun-spend allowance for this week...).
4. I'm getting really excited about the Crafty Fox pop-up market on Saturday. Be there, dudes and dudettes!
5. Having actual conversations with Dhari. It floors me every time.
1. A clean flat, largely thanks to Marcus.
2. Spending yesterday afternoon engaged in two of my favourite things: crafting and activism.
3. A gorgeous little shop in Brighton called Fair, that befittingly trades in Fair Trade goods. Being a Fair Trade city, Brighton has a barrel-full of these places, but this one was particularly good. Lots of stuff from People Tree and elsewhere. One highlight was underwear that says on the elastic waistband, "Poverty is Pants". In the end, I bought some giant hoop earrings and a very cool necklace, for the bargain price of £24 (there goes my fun-spend allowance for this week...).
4. I'm getting really excited about the Crafty Fox pop-up market on Saturday. Be there, dudes and dudettes!
5. Having actual conversations with Dhari. It floors me every time.
08 April 2011
36/365
Grace in small things.
1. Sitting in the sunshine with Dhari, both of us singing along to Father Goose and playing tents with the sawaar kameez scarves. Again! We've had nearly a week of this. Awesome. (plus, according to a very reliable Facebook source, all this sunshine is due to the magical workings of a newly-built playhouse in Kingston...Dhari can't wait to try it out).
2. Taking baby steps toward the "Keep what you love and get rid of the rest" way of living. I hate being surrounded by clutter - it stresses me out - yet I don't want to live somewhere that feels like no one lives there. You know what I mean. So, yesterday, Dhari and I wandered down to the charity shop and offloaded some of my things that I don't love. I kept Dhari, by the way.
3. I put some white azaleas in my "backyard" flower pots and relocated my herbs to a disused window box. Things are starting to brighten up back here! This weekend, I hope to hit up the market near my flat to buy some inexpensive, but cheerful flowers for the rest of my planters. I'll probably be going for purple because that's my favourite.
4. Taking a moment to paint my nails. Three coats!
5. A nearly finished Easter basket (that - I am ashamed to admit - was started in February).
1. Sitting in the sunshine with Dhari, both of us singing along to Father Goose and playing tents with the sawaar kameez scarves. Again! We've had nearly a week of this. Awesome. (plus, according to a very reliable Facebook source, all this sunshine is due to the magical workings of a newly-built playhouse in Kingston...Dhari can't wait to try it out).
Dhari's Downward Facing Dog?
2. Taking baby steps toward the "Keep what you love and get rid of the rest" way of living. I hate being surrounded by clutter - it stresses me out - yet I don't want to live somewhere that feels like no one lives there. You know what I mean. So, yesterday, Dhari and I wandered down to the charity shop and offloaded some of my things that I don't love. I kept Dhari, by the way.
3. I put some white azaleas in my "backyard" flower pots and relocated my herbs to a disused window box. Things are starting to brighten up back here! This weekend, I hope to hit up the market near my flat to buy some inexpensive, but cheerful flowers for the rest of my planters. I'll probably be going for purple because that's my favourite.
4. Taking a moment to paint my nails. Three coats!
5. A nearly finished Easter basket (that - I am ashamed to admit - was started in February).
04 April 2011
35/365
Grace in small things.
1. A glorious Mother's Day weekend. The weather was kind, Dom and Kristine flew in from Dubai, and somewhere in Portland, Oregon, there is a talented lady making me a dress! I love Etsy.
2. Dhari's Hindi vocabulary is coming along nicely. He can now count to das (ten) and name his fingers: chichi, ungli, ungli, ungli, unguta! I have no idea about the spelling. Hindi uses an entirely different script/alphabet, so I guess it doesn't matter? He has also been going around reciting a little nursery rhyme that Shiv does with him. So cute.
3. Bike riding weather commences. Yes, I am a fair weather cyclist. Mainly because I don't often get the opportunity to hop on my bike anymore (the kiddie seat we bought for Dhari but never used won't work on my fold-up). Back when I cycled to work, I didn't let the rain deter me, simply because I couldn't face doubling the time of my journey by using public transportation. Now I can't wait to cruise down the road in the sunshine, wind in my hair, bug in my eye.
4. I've made my first attempt at amigurumi. I made a carrot. There were some ubiquitous penis-jokes of course. In the end, I assure you, it became a carrot.
Almost good enough to eat. Almost.
5. A while ago, Esther asked me to send her some pink animal bibs. I didn't have any fabric that suited, so was "forced" to buy new fabric, which is one of my favourite things to do. Two out of three have made their way to my door in the last couple days. They are SO cute. And the cutest is yet to come. I can't wait!
1. A glorious Mother's Day weekend. The weather was kind, Dom and Kristine flew in from Dubai, and somewhere in Portland, Oregon, there is a talented lady making me a dress! I love Etsy.
2. Dhari's Hindi vocabulary is coming along nicely. He can now count to das (ten) and name his fingers: chichi, ungli, ungli, ungli, unguta! I have no idea about the spelling. Hindi uses an entirely different script/alphabet, so I guess it doesn't matter? He has also been going around reciting a little nursery rhyme that Shiv does with him. So cute.
3. Bike riding weather commences. Yes, I am a fair weather cyclist. Mainly because I don't often get the opportunity to hop on my bike anymore (the kiddie seat we bought for Dhari but never used won't work on my fold-up). Back when I cycled to work, I didn't let the rain deter me, simply because I couldn't face doubling the time of my journey by using public transportation. Now I can't wait to cruise down the road in the sunshine, wind in my hair, bug in my eye.
4. I've made my first attempt at amigurumi. I made a carrot. There were some ubiquitous penis-jokes of course. In the end, I assure you, it became a carrot.
Almost good enough to eat. Almost.
5. A while ago, Esther asked me to send her some pink animal bibs. I didn't have any fabric that suited, so was "forced" to buy new fabric, which is one of my favourite things to do. Two out of three have made their way to my door in the last couple days. They are SO cute. And the cutest is yet to come. I can't wait!
04 March 2011
28/365
Grace in small things.
1. Tickling Dhari with my toes under the desk as I type this post.
2. The incredibly gorgeous and made-to-perfection eco-bags my sister made me for my birthday. I love them so much I occasionally give them little hugs when no one's looking. Thanks Mo!
3. Finally getting to give my sister her facebook handmade giveaway, which was a pincushion, and her immediately exclaiming, "I was wanting a pincushion!"
4. Also finally giving her the little crocheted clutch purse, referenced here, that I have worked so hard on these past months. She has decided not to use it as a cosmetics bag, as "it will get dirty." Awesome.
5. Fried food and beer for dinner with Marcus, Mo and Zach. A rare treat!
1. Tickling Dhari with my toes under the desk as I type this post.
2. The incredibly gorgeous and made-to-perfection eco-bags my sister made me for my birthday. I love them so much I occasionally give them little hugs when no one's looking. Thanks Mo!
3. Finally getting to give my sister her facebook handmade giveaway, which was a pincushion, and her immediately exclaiming, "I was wanting a pincushion!"
5. Fried food and beer for dinner with Marcus, Mo and Zach. A rare treat!
03 March 2011
{pay it forward} Jenny
I was really excited to make a handbag for my friend Jenny. Unfortunately, it turned out much smaller than expected (but she insists that she loves it and has an outfit that will go nicely with it). I wasn't happy sending just that to her, so I made an ecobag out of the same fabric I used to line the handbag. I love this fabric. I found it in a crazy textiles shop in Jaipur called Malani and bought about 10 yards of it. I also ended up using it to line the crocheted bag I gave my sister for her birthday. I never got around to taking a picture of that one. Wah.
26 January 2011
22/365
Grace in Small Things.
1. Dhari knows the words to "Sleepyhead" by Ed Harcourt. Can you imagine how adorable it is to hear him sing,
"And the night is cold, my favourite time
And the day is old, plays tricks on my mind..."
1. Dhari knows the words to "Sleepyhead" by Ed Harcourt. Can you imagine how adorable it is to hear him sing,
"And the night is cold, my favourite time
And the day is old, plays tricks on my mind..."
like some tired old man who's worked in the City for far too long?
2. Tulips playing croquet. I get so happy every evening when I sit down with my embroidery hoop and all that colourful thread, to get a little bit more done on this project. DanaK has a very special mind. She has somehow managed to give each tulip very different emotions and personalities. And they don't even have faces! Body language can tell us so much.
3. Finally having our Hammerpress prints on the wall. We have El Corazon y El Craneo next to each other in the lounge. They are awesome. Thank you Mom and Dad for the framing.
4. Marcus did the dishes last night. Thank you Marcus.
5. Waking up early enough to take a shower before Dhari is up and running around (opening the bathroom door, pulling the shower curtain over his head and saying, "Hi Mummy!" when I've forgotten to lock the door). It meant I had to get dressed in the dark this morning because Dhari was in our bed again. But it's still a good thing.
25 January 2011
Arrr...Shiver me timbers...
This is Dhari's new pillowcase. I embroidered some nice piratey swords in the corners for him.
pattern by Sublime Stitching
21 January 2011
21/365
Grace in Small Things.
1. After having proudly crocheted a very even rectangle of red (for my little Facebook giveaway where I've pledged to make something for five people and somehow ended up with seven recipients...it would seem that my friends know I'm a pushover), I realised that I didn't have enough red yarn to finish the project. So I gingerly tugged on the thread a bit, and then went nuts with unravelling the whole thing. Marcus was horrified. "Suz, what are you doing? You worked so hard on that! Don't pull it apart!" Fair enough. I spent ages on it and it looked very professional (in my humble opinion). But I thoroughly enjoyed pulling it apart. There's a lovely cocktail of freedom, anarchy and nihilism involved in such things. Like messing up a 1000 piece puzzle after spending days putting it together. I love that.
2. After pulling apart my red rectangle, I was left with a heaping pile of red yarn, which to my sick sensibilities, looked to me like a tiny mountain of entrails. I know that's gross, but I found it funny. Sometimes I think that I'm actually a seven year-old boy.
3. This morning, Marcus and I taught Dhari to say, "Namaste. Meera nam Dhari, heh," Which, of course, is "Hello. My name is Dhari," in Hindi. He needs to learn this because we're convening with the Indians (dot, not feather) next weekend, and he will charm their socks off anyway, but this would just be the piece de resistance.
4. Letter and number shaped cookie cutters. They're a pain in the ass to use, but the finished product is excellent. What could be more fun than spelling out funny things with tiny cookies and then devouring them with your loved ones?
Oh yeah, and it's educational for Dhari. He has to identify the letter or number before he eats it.
5. Fashion on the Ration is wonderfully inspiring. And it links with a project I intend to undertake once I brush up on my embroidery skills at The Make Lounge tomorrow.
1. After having proudly crocheted a very even rectangle of red (for my little Facebook giveaway where I've pledged to make something for five people and somehow ended up with seven recipients...it would seem that my friends know I'm a pushover), I realised that I didn't have enough red yarn to finish the project. So I gingerly tugged on the thread a bit, and then went nuts with unravelling the whole thing. Marcus was horrified. "Suz, what are you doing? You worked so hard on that! Don't pull it apart!" Fair enough. I spent ages on it and it looked very professional (in my humble opinion). But I thoroughly enjoyed pulling it apart. There's a lovely cocktail of freedom, anarchy and nihilism involved in such things. Like messing up a 1000 piece puzzle after spending days putting it together. I love that.
2. After pulling apart my red rectangle, I was left with a heaping pile of red yarn, which to my sick sensibilities, looked to me like a tiny mountain of entrails. I know that's gross, but I found it funny. Sometimes I think that I'm actually a seven year-old boy.
3. This morning, Marcus and I taught Dhari to say, "Namaste. Meera nam Dhari, heh," Which, of course, is "Hello. My name is Dhari," in Hindi. He needs to learn this because we're convening with the Indians (dot, not feather) next weekend, and he will charm their socks off anyway, but this would just be the piece de resistance.
4. Letter and number shaped cookie cutters. They're a pain in the ass to use, but the finished product is excellent. What could be more fun than spelling out funny things with tiny cookies and then devouring them with your loved ones?
5. Fashion on the Ration is wonderfully inspiring. And it links with a project I intend to undertake once I brush up on my embroidery skills at The Make Lounge tomorrow.
16 January 2011
20/365.
Grace in Small Things.
1. I might get a tax refund. Isn't that great?
2. Lemon drizzle cake. AND custard. Sing along: "Who could ask for anything more?"
3. Planning all the wonderful things I'll be making for my friends. Handbags, pincushions, cupcakes, amigurumi and cheeky tea towels embroidered with awesome images by the amazingly talented, adorable and hilarious Danar... I can't wait to get started.
4. Building gigantic towers with Dhari, using up every last block.
5. My favourites page on Etsy. I've never actually bought anything that I've put in my favourites, but I like to look at them, and imagine buying them. All of them. And I always get a teensy bit sad when I visit the page, only to find that something has been sold. I know I should rejoice for that seller's success, but I don't.
1. I might get a tax refund. Isn't that great?
2. Lemon drizzle cake. AND custard. Sing along: "Who could ask for anything more?"
3. Planning all the wonderful things I'll be making for my friends. Handbags, pincushions, cupcakes, amigurumi and cheeky tea towels embroidered with awesome images by the amazingly talented, adorable and hilarious Danar... I can't wait to get started.
In case you were wondering, What in tarnations is amigurumi? this is it.
(photo credit http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/living/)
4. Building gigantic towers with Dhari, using up every last block.
5. My favourites page on Etsy. I've never actually bought anything that I've put in my favourites, but I like to look at them, and imagine buying them. All of them. And I always get a teensy bit sad when I visit the page, only to find that something has been sold. I know I should rejoice for that seller's success, but I don't.
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