I May Be Knitting A Ranch House

May 06, 2008

For a good time, click here!!

For a real good time, click here!

Not pron, I swear!

Well, it depends on your definition of pron. If it revolves around yummy fibers and handmade goodness, that yes(!), there is tons of that. If it is more the stuff that, say, politicians like to dabble in, then no.

Well, maybe a little*. ;)

Or maybe not.

No way to know unless you go check it out.

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April 29, 2008

Checking in real quick

Howdy again. While I have been on crafty overdrive the last couple of weeks or so, I, once again, don't have anything to really show for it here. I found out a little while ago that I've been accepted to the Indie Craft Experience (more details on all that a little later) so I've been busy trying to figure out the logistics of it all.

Anyhoo, some bullet points for the time being:

All of the felt squares for Trip Around The Wool blanket have been cut up and put into little Ziplock bag and are ready to be sewn. Now it's just a matter of me doing it.
Secret knitting has still been taking up the majority of my time thus my (still) lack of real blogging
Muxtape is my new favoritest thing in the world. Here's my mix (I especially love Self's cover of "What a Fool Believes." It was all done on toy instruments, don't you know. Oh! and of course, Cyanotype AKA Leah's significant other.) If you already have one of your own and end up making one, let me know! I'd love to take a listen.
Say hello to my little friend. . .

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April 18, 2008

Trip Around the Wool: Takeoff

My really cheap (yet lovely just the same) wool *blend* felt arrived earlier this week along with my brand spanking new rotary cutter*. I've already cut up about five sheets into 4-inch squares and let me tell you, rotary cutters are phun! Whee!

But yeah, I digress. So while I do adore the color combination of the felt you see up in the picture now, I have to say, it wasn't what I was expecting. I'm sure a good portion of you have experienced this. That beautiful, creamy, subtle peach sock yarn you bought at your favorite online yarn store turns out to be a tad too HOT ELECTRIC PINK!!!!!! for your liking when you finally arrives at your doorstep.

Dang computer monitors. There has to be a way to develop some sort of technology where colors will look exactly the same on everyone's computer screen. How else is a gal supposed to buy fabric, yarn, anything with any sort of confidence otherwise? Gawd. The things I have to put up with. Life is so cruel to me.

Anyhoo, have a lovely weekend, everyone. I'll be trying to muster up the will to keep on going myself. ;)

*I highly recommend this shop. They have a great selection of quilting supplies for super barginz!

ETA: Oh btw, thanks for everyone's input on my little shoe dilemma. I made my decision and the shoes are on their way! I'll let you guys know what I chose when I get them.

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April 15, 2008

Spring Forward (!)

Woohoo! Could it be, have we seen the last remnants of winter here in the Northeast? I'm going to say yes and make like V. Bury away my winter coat deep in my closet. We've spent far too much time together, dang coat. *shakes fist*

So yay, Spring! Flowers and picnics and dresses and baseball and driving around with the windows down! And also, cute shoes!

But the question is:

White or. . .

Yella

Now before you leave me a comment along the lines of "What are you, a dummy? YELLOW!" here me out. The only reason I'm hesitant about getting them is because I already own a pair of yellow shoes. And I also think while not as loud, I guess, the white are really cute in their own right.

But I'm being silly, right? Cuz "yellow" is the new "red." So one can't own too many pairs of yellow shoes now.

Right?

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April 09, 2008

Spring forward (?)

My name is Beezus. Beezus the bunny. I have a little sister named Ramona. She's annoying.

Oh, Spring, where art thou? I grow weary of stepping out of the house and having to pull up my collar and brace myself for the cold. Argh.

Anyways, while I have been absent from the blogging world for a bit now, my hands haven't been completely idle. There's just been a lot of secret gift knitting. I'd-tell-you-but-then-I'd-have-to-kill-you type stuff. You know how it is. ;)

I haven't been completely unselfish, tho. I've been taking mini-breaks from the gift knitting to make little tchotchkes, like my little friend you see up there. Cuz frankly, I don't have much use for things that have a use. My room is just full of tchotchkes (Future Post Idea: subject readers to my Ugly Snowglobes of the World collection). It's the complete impracticality of little knick-knacks that give them their charm, I think. I just love how the only purpose this bunny serves is for you to just hold it in your giant hand and go "awwwww!"

I highly suggest you check out The Cute Book yourself. It is chock full of patterns for all sorts of itty bitty palmfuls of cuteness. Easy to follow directions, really adorable descriptions and almost all of the wee plushes in the book will take you, like, an hour to make (with the majority of the time going into cutting out the felt). Srsly.

Oh, and btw, on a total impulse, I ordered a boatload of felt to make this. I just loved this blanket so much, I just had to. While I would have just LOVED to have bought up some Mary Flanagan Wool Felt, my wallet would have been pretty damn POed at me. But I think I got a pretty good substitute. I'll show you guys when I get it so I can get your two cents on the colorway.

Till next time, same bunny time. Same bunny channel.

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March 09, 2008

Making my day.

My gosh, Emily, Leah, Sarah, and Donyale were sweet enough to all give me a "You Make My Day" award meme thingy that had been making its way through the blogosphere the last month or so. I think all of these gals would have reconsidered if they knew it was going to take me *this* long to thank them and pass this good karma along. Eek, not cool.

OK, so now I'm gonna pass some of this love to some blogs that put an extra spring in my step when I see their site highlighted on my Google Reader. I'm also gonna stick to blogs that I think haven't seen mentioned for this before.

1) I could seriously be his long lost twin. You know, if I were a dood. And not Asian. I love his taste in, like, everything.

2) Dear Birthday is back and better than ever! I like to live through Valerie vicariously through her blog. And do make sure to check out her brand new etsy shop as well. I just picked up a pair of her new Liberty of London undies earlier today. They're too sweet.

3) Bre Pettis runs around keeps everyone on top of all thingy DIY and techy we I don't have to. He's a new addition to the Etsy staff and I really like his quite informative yet fun how-to videos and Newscasts. Not to mention his relatively new picture-taking project called Photogamer, a game where you are assigned a theme every day and take a pic accordingly. You then upload your pic over to the Photogamer group pool and see what everyone else has done.

4) I adore Modish, Jena Coray's blog dedicated to "celebrating handmade goods, the people who create them and the shoppers that buy them." I get quite excited to see what sort of little handmade lovelies she's picked out to highlight and her interviews with various inspiring crafters everyday on her simple but very pretty blog.

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BTW, totally off-topic but I thought I'd take the time to mention there is now a mailing list for my etsy shop now. Sign up and get access to the latest news, sneak peaks, exclusive discounts and heads up on sales and stuff. (See sidebar and scroll up a bit ---->)

That is if you want to. If you don't then, fine, be that way . . .

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