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Wednesday
I got some fabric or the pirate short and cut a muslin out of old sheets tonight. The shoulders are way wide on the largest size but I need the space in the gut. I'll taper in the shoulders in the pattern when I cut the "real fabric" tomorrow. Lavender satin and lace! We've wandered past Adam Ant to Liberace. LOL I cut the pattern out of an ( Read more... ) -
Puss On (in progress crocodile) Boots
We have TWO pirate parties this month. The traditional Pirate Party at Tom and Johns and Pirate Week end at Onieda. I've never stayed at Onieda before but it was long over due that I take Kevin and Anthony up on their invitation to go. I am making liftinmoose a version of this bottle holding bandolier out of the same crocodile I'm covering my old rubber ( Read more... ) -
Skulls
Betsy and I are doing a Reader Challenge from ClothPaperScissors. It has a "Day of the Dead" theme and I immediately wanted to make my skull out of shells. I've been digging the variation of the shell interiors of late. LOL
This is my skull so far. I need to make a background to finish out the 6 x 6 inch square. I dig it but now I am having ( Read more... ) -
The Week That Was or Prospero, Posiedon and Painting
OK, Tenacious D on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” is fun. I love this show but I’m a little worried that Carl’s departure will ruin the perfect tone it has. Yeah, first world worries ( Read more... ) -
Spendy
It has been a spendy week or so. The local Habitat for Humanity ReStore posted these dishes on facebook. They're enamel wear and just hit some sweet spot for me. Once the sheet rocking is done (hopefully in the next month) I'll have a dinning room! Previously I had my grandmother's china but I gave that to my sister when I moved in to the house ( Read more... ) -
Udon Good, Dolittle
Finally over the bronchitis and the scratched cornea and conjunctivitis. Yeah, I've been a mess.
Dom is pretty settled in to his apartment. We're still finding our rhythm and routines with him being across town all the time instead coming in from Brooklyn.
On Saturday, we went to Yoga Tune Up with our friend Betsy. It isn't really yoga but a ( Read more... ) -
Congestion
Worked from home today. I woke up with a mad sinus infection after being up coughing most of the night. My big accomplishment was shoveling off the back roof. The snow/ice took out the back gutter.
I started reading "Walk Me Home" by Catherine Ryan Hyde. So far, I'm digging it.
Tonight I'm watching a documentary about glass pipes called " ( Read more... ) -
Snow, Sand, Surf
Well, you all know about the winter storm we're having in NJ. It turned out to not be as bad as predicted. We had a good helping of snow but I lucked out in that my neighbor used his snowblower to shovel my drive and walkway. He had asked to park in my driveway last night as the storm started. The snowplowing was a nice thank you gesture ( Read more... ) -
Free The Things
I'm making another press to get rid of things I don't need. I made a pretty clean seep except in the studio. There I have a shocking amount of "stuff". For example, our little friend the dwarf turn pirate throw pillow.
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What time is it?
Mom and I did the Thanksgiving Parade. I think this is my 12th year as a balloon handler. We had the AdventureTime balloon (Finn riding Jake). I was excited and then amused to find most of my peers, the balloon handlers and my Mom had no idea what and who that was ( Read more... )