So I already babble more than I should about my messy workroom, but I figure keeping tabs on the mad deep cleaning I'm about to launch into might help keep me on task.  I've been trying to chip away at the mess for weeks and I've come to the conclusion that I will never get it clean that way.  So I'm hauling everything out that isn't already nicely ( Read more... )

My dad has this amazing ability to innocently pinpoint my shortcomings and comment on them.  For example, my to-do list for today: finish making hats, buy ribbon and chain for bell chokers, make and ship a rose choker, make bell chokers, deliver hats and bell chokers to Kristy, hunt down and purchase a specific type of paint, buy other random ( Read more... )

I've always seen myself as a stubborn person... which is pretty much the same as strong-willed, right?  Therefore, I must have the willpower to plow through all manner of obstacles and doubt on the path to whatever goal I set. Hah... not so much.  It takes more than will to get through some obstacles, especially if you're getting in your own way.  ( Read more... )

I now have konbu dashi broth mix (it was cheaper than the thick dried seaweed), sesame oil, hot chili oil, a tube of minced garlic, ponzu, sesame seed sauce (still no idea what it's called, the label is all in Japanese... but the people at Chao's were kind enough to write "sesame sauce for shabu shabu" on the shelf tag), the veggies, and some very ( Read more... )

So I've been looking into getting everything I need to make shabu shabu at home, because it's delicious and hot and fun... and all the way up in Orem, and kinda pricy.  I discovered that Smith's has ponzu sauce, and sesame oil (regular and with chili) and I'm fairly sure I can find the sesame seed dipping sauce somewhere... even if I have to go to  ( Read more... )

I hate winter.  Not so much that I'm willing to move somewhere else to avoid it, I like it here and this is where my family and friends are and they're higher on my priority list than a more temperate climate, but I still really really hate it ( Read more... )

I just bought a pair of shoes from Etsy fully intending to tear them apart when they arrive.

I will break the heels off, make molds of them, cast clear resin heels, cut off the back strap and a bit of the sides, fill in a small open section around the top with fabric, and then... add things.  Lots of little shiny things.  Filigree and beads and ( Read more... )

So... I didn't get the coat done in time, obviously.  But it's okay, at least I've started it now, and I'm far enough into it that I think I can finish it soon... and not just stuff it back onto the shelf to sit for another few years.  I ran across a few problems with it, unfortunately.  In fact, they're the same problems I had with that jacket I ( Read more... )

Wow, after a lame week today was SO much better!  The crack in my windshield was just barely close enough to the edges to squeak by, the nice man at the testing place passed it and I was able to renew my registration without an expensive replacement.  I went grocery shopping with my mom and picked up a new kind of instant spicy noodles to try, and ( Read more... )

( Three days is probably not enough time to make a nice coat... :P )