A Little Update

~ Yes, I got glasses! Funny thing, wearing them gives me a feeling of anonymity, as if they were sunglasses. The frames are blue-green because all the other colors were meh. It’s so nice to see the world like God put on a sharpen filter over everything. ~ Yesterday was the last official day that [...]

For Lola’s Mother’s Day

IMG_0747 Originally uploaded by Phisch I know there’s no way I can get you the real “idea” behind this until this is actually being used in situ. These are light catchers. That’s the idea anyway. We’re hoping she hangs them from a tree near her big sliding glass door. Then, they can twinkle in the [...]

Paper Crafts

Paper boomerangs A friend pointed me to this really neat resource: Canon’s Creative Park. There are tons of models on their site ranging from monuments (Eiffel Tower, Castel d’ St. Angelo) to toys like chess sets and boomerangs. All the files are in PDF format. You just have to print all the pieces, cut them [...]

Project Helmet Liner

What to do with spare black, dark brown and gray yarn: Citizen Sam posts information on Project Helmet Liner. There are several patterns for knit helmet liners (balaklavas), neck gators (I guess it’s too froo-froo to call them cowls) and one for a scarf. They also have a pattern for a sewn or serged neck [...]

Progress of Karen’s Ogee Lace Skirt

Progress of Karen’s Ogee Lace Skirt Originally uploaded by Phisch So far, so good? I know I said no lace so soon, but I want to get this done and I have the yarn for it, so there you go. This was supposed to be for her birthday, kinda, but Karen said she’d rather have [...]

Almost done!

095 Originally uploaded by Phisch Yay! I say almost because I will add more coffee stains. This photo shows what the process is like. Even if the coffee isn’t so streaky as I’d like, it’s ok…this has to be the best smelling painting ever! Near final here, just waiting to add more streaks once it’s [...]

First Fabric

trees-jpeg-30saturation copy Originally uploaded by Phisch This is going to be my first attempt at printing something using the services of Spoonflower.com. Right now, they print a pattern on 100% Kona cotton for you. It’s quilter’s cotton so it’s a decent fabric to work with. They do plan to add other fabrics to their offerings [...]

Magnetic Bulletin Board

It’s done! Here are some of the things I used: For the magnets, I used origami paper, glass pebbles with flat sides like you use in floral arrangements (I used ones at least 1″ wide), Mod Podge and varnish. You put your bead over the paper and then trace, then cut out the shape you [...]

Latest WIP

I’m finally back to working on this and have several inches done.