(cross-posted from  http://www.trulyhats.blogspot.com/)

Well, OK, maybe not my whole life.  How bout - where has this been all the time that I've been making felt hats? This, my gentle readers, is my New Favorite Thing. It actually deserves a name, it is so awesome,( but for now we will just call it )

I found this fabulous extant vintage/antique clothing site with numerous photos of each item (and shoes and hats!) from a variety of angles, including inerior shots!

Here it is: http://www.contentmentfarm.com/index.html

Check out both the Online store AND the sold archives.  Great for all you steam punks out there :)

My Eureka moment? Looking at the ( Read more... )

In this episode, the hatmaker remembers what her day job is and actually reads her camera manual to learn to take clear closeups.

(it isn't a very manual camera, so she must have thought that "point-and-shoot" should be taken literally. Sometimes marketing gets in the way a little bit.)
Although it is not the most current, highest resolution, ( Read more... )

Yep. Two ones. Gained.

I should not be surprised; I wasn't following my diet plan at all - AND I was pretty sure that the previous week's three pound loss was a bit of a fluke. Still, I have renewed interest in actually tracking, and "making good choices" this week.

I'm tellin' you all this cause sometimes I need to tell someone, what with doing ( Read more... )

Any photograph taken in the ladies' room of a moving ferry boat  after 11:00 PM is going to be horrific. We all concede this point, yes? Nonetheless, because I have the patience of a gnat on speed, here is the first photo of the little green hat that I made in the Izzie Lewis Millinery class:


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My company just had a local gym come and do a Body Mass Index....thing. We get "points" for participating, so I went.

They always ask me "Do you work out?"
and I always firmly say "Never."
They always look at me then like I'm from Mars. "Why not?" they say.
"Because I hate it." I answer.
"Have you ever tried it?" they ask
"Going to a gym? Not really, ( Read more... )

I'm really getting hopeful here.

Just for fun, and cause the other pics I want to post should really go on my hatblog, here's a shot of the salamander tha our friend Katherine found in our yard a couple of weeks ago.( He's SO awesome!! )

And we have day 2 of being able to access LJ from work.

AND the firewall is up - cause other sites are still locked out.

Keep your fingers crossed....

Nothing to say, really, other than that the firewall seems to be down for some reason, and I can't resiste the urge to do something naughty - like post on LJ!

I'm not hopeful - it'll be back up tomorrow, I'm sure.

It was great to read you all, too.