Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The light got a fresh coat of paint too, since a) it was "antique white" and didn't match anything, but b) it was $18, marked down from about $150. Oh, I love the thrifting!
In other news, there are also cookies...
Back to actual crafting after the bathroom is done; mostly for Christmas, but also in prep for the craft show I'm doing on the 4th. If anyone is in the area, come by! It's at the Halifax Independant School on Connaught Ave; admission is $1, all proceeds going to the school.
Also, completely unrelated to anything, I did a little Christmas shopping today and when I went into Winners, I saw a car that was fully taking up 2 spots. It was a small car, about Corolla size, and it was parked dead centre on the line. Damn it, I hate it when people can't drive (also people who don't return their carts at the grocer, but that's a whole other post). So I left her a nice little note*, that said "Nice parking job. Remember, it's like kindergarten: try to stay inside the lines, douche." Okay, so it wasn't so nice, but c'mon. It's almost Christmas, the lot was packed. In the words of Chuck Palahniuk, you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. It's free to show courtesy to others. Oh, and I realize I said her; Adam was in the car when the woman came out. He said she put her bag in the trunk, got in the car, then got out and got the note, read it, looked at how she was parked as if she had no idea how that happened, and drove away.
*Yes, I'm aware that this is petty. I just don't care. Learn to drive, and park, or take the GD bus, Effie.
More creative, and probably mostly rant-less, spaces at Kootooyo.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
However, I had a very good day with my sister, and we had the most excellent lunch. And she brought me cookies (shortbread moustaches she made for the bakesale at work to raise money for Mo'vember).
That will be my last farmer's market. From now on, craft markets or bust. Quite literally, apparently. Ho-hum, fuzzy bum. I leave you with this:
Friday, November 19, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I would just like to say that I'm the anti-Scrooge, I lurve the holidays, everything about them, and I decorate like Cindy Lou Who. But it's mid-November. Am I the only one who thinks it's far too early for lights and decorations??
Check out some more crafty things at Kootooyo
Monday, November 15, 2010
1.Sweet or Savoury?
2.Dresses or Jeans?
3.House or Apartment?
4.Shop Online or Offline?
5.DVDs or Downloads?
6.Cocktails or Juice?
7.Chocolate or Strawberry?
8.Laptop or PC?
9.Magazines or Newspapers?
10.Facebook or Twitter?
11.CDs or MP3s?
12.Kids or Pets?
13.Macaron or Cupcakes?
14.Walk or Run?
15.Breakfast in Bed or Breakfast Out?
16.Market or Supermarket?
17.Sourdough or Grainy?
18.Heels or Flats?
19.Late nights or Not?
20.Coffee or Tea?
1.Sweet or Savoury? I have to say sweet. If I was a superhero, cookies would be my arch nemesis...
2.Dresses or Jeans? Skirts in the summer, jeans the other 10 months.
3.House or Apartment? House. I hope I'm never in another apartment; I hate not being able to do any work to anything.
4.Shop Online or Offline? Online is easier, quicker and less hassle, but offline is more tactile. Either way, it takes me forever, because I have to look at everything and get distracted and oh look! a chicken!
5.DVDs or Downloads? DVDs. Again with the distraction. If I have to download it, I'm probably not watching it any time soon.
6. Cocktails or Juice? Juice.
7. Chocolate or Strawberry? Chocolate. Choco-la-tatte. Do you, uh... have any?
8. Laptop or PC? Laptop. I dislike a desk.
9. Magazines or Newspapers? Magazine. Mostly. Can I say both?
10. Facebook or Twitter? I do not twit.
11.CDs or MP3s? MP3s. Although, I bought cds more recently than I downloaded music. Owing to my iPod dying a premature death. But this isn't the place to go into my apple conspiracy rant. Contact me with the password, and we'll talk...
12. Kids or Pets? I love my hound. If I had a kid, and left in the kitchen with a bowl of food while I was gone, someone would call CPS.
13.Macaron or Cupcakes? Cupcake, as it's more of the brownie/cookie family. Do you, uh... happen to have any cookies?
14. Walk or Run? Walk. I'm too out of shape to run. Although that will soon change if I can't train the hound to not pull on his leash, as I'll be trying desperately to keep up. I'll be the lump that looks like a wheel-less wagon that's squealing it's way down the street behind the brown flash. We'll need a theme song.
15. Breakfast in Bed or Breakfast Out? OUT. If I've learned anything from Ernie, it's not to eat in bed.
16.Market or Supermarket? The market would be lovely, but the options here are limited, so it's mostly not-so-super-market shopping for me.
17. Sourdough or Grainy? Oooh. Tough one. Grainy for sandwiches, not grainy for toast.
18. Heels or Flats? Heels on the very rare occasion that I dress up. I would live in flip flops if the climate would allow it. Which reminds me, I need new snow boots.
19. Late nights or Not? I used to be a total night owl, and on the odd evening, I will see the sun come up, but normally? Comatose by 11.
20.Coffee or Tea? Coffee. Coffeecoffeecoffeeeeee.
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A wee sneak peek, because it's destined for Christmas greatness:
Material was on sale, so for $3, I got this...3 metres of medium weight wool. I grabbed one mixed bag for $1.50 (dog not included)...
The black and grey are felt, which I'll probably use for coffee cozees, the blue is satin, which will be the perfect colour to line a bag I was planning, and the green? Well, that is 2m of the finest quality polyester crimpoline. I have no idea what I'll do with it, but I'll tell you the truth: I'm so very tempted to make myself some Christmas slacks. Tell me that wouldn't look good with a red sweater and felt antlers!! Well, on second thought, don't tell me that... What I do know is that my posterior would look positively merry is some tight crimpoline! HA!
Oh, and to show that yes, while my list of things to do is getting longer and longer (I actually have a few on the go at the moment; things to do around the flat, things to do for Christmas, things to do for market. Oh, Yes! And I do need a job still. Joy), I have finished a few things lately. I'm so happy with how this came out! (and I almost never say that).
I hate to destroy books, but this was in hurting shape when I got it. It was already missing some pages, and although originally I had intended to use it for tags for market, but it's actually too brittle for that, since the paper breaks as soon as it's bent at all. It's ideal for this though, and so politically incorrect. My favorite line is on the front: "She had a hell of a life for a pretty girl. "You ought to be married," he would say..." Goes fairly nicely with this illustration
Friday, November 12, 2010
I know the little cabinet it rough looking, but it's already mid-transformation, and it's going to look very good while it's keeping my sewing desk organized. The glass is for a Christmas diorama. The rest? Oh, the VV gods were smiling on me today. The plate is yet another troubling addition to my kitschy perve collection (please look away if you're offended by nipples)
Lastly, how could I walk away from a box that says "The Museum of Horrors"? It's in such good shape! And yes, I would have paid $1 for just the box.
But then I opened it....
....and there was no way I could leave this!
Here's wishing you all some good thrifting karma (and hit up VV on Monday; most things are going to be 50% off!).
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Rocco hung out in the kitchen with me. When I came around the corner, I found him having a party by the door with all his friends.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I'm over here, picking away at Christmas gifts. I feel like I'm at the point of 5 down, 4,000,000 to go. But I digress. I mean, I do have over a month left. Er... a month left?? Uh oh. Well, 2 tears in a bucket, this is what I've been working on for the last few days:
They're Japanese knot bags, not as my Mom thought, Japanese nut bags. That would be something else entirely, and I feel it's not something I would be interested in making. Sounds time consuming and intricate (I'm not sure where I'm going with that. However, it did remind me of going to Tim Hortons with my grandmother, when he would order a mixed box of "titbits". God love her, I think she did it on purpose to see if any of us would say anything). Oh, I do go on.
Many crafty plans for tomorrow, check back in, say hello, and pop over to Kootoyoo to see what everyone else is doing.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
When we moved in here, the place was an absolute mess. Aside from the mess in our flat, literally half the basement was more junk yard than storage room. Everything was pretty much shoveled into bags (literally, the flat was shoveled out before we started cleaning here. With snow shovels. Just gross) but I did keep an old manual typewriter. Tomorrow, I'm trying to bring it back from the dead. Wish me luck.
He'd be making Christmas crafts, but he hates getting glitter in his fur.
And as if I needed another reason to love him, I saw this clip of him The Ellen Degeneres Show. Just watch it.