Hello, my name is Caroline and I have a problem. A fabric problem, to be exact. In that I'm supposed to be downsizing, which means actually doing something with the fabric I have, not buying more.

What am I going to do when I move to NYC and there are actual fabric stores instead of just fucking Joann? I don't think I'll be able to handle it.

Sometimes I still get that song stuck in my head, even though I haven't seen Picture Pages in years. The things that stay in your subconscious over the years.

( Random pictures I have taken lately of sewing projects and other stuff. )

Dilemma: You're about to head off to the Big City for a fabulous girls' weekend of drinking and NEWSIES ON BROADWAY BITCHES. But the stylish denim skirt you got on super clearance from Nordstrom is just a little too snug at the moment! What to do?

( You drag out the several yards of denim you've had lying around forever and whip yourself up a fashionable skirt. )

Hello! I have had five shots of espresso and three cups of French press coffee today. My heart is going to explode any second!

While we wait for that to happen, the amount of caffeine in my system is making me too twitchy to write any fic (any decent fic, that is; just ask jengeorge, who has been patiently cleaning up my messes all afternoon) so have a ( Read more... )

For today's selection we travel to a land of warm tropic breezes and suntanned children dreaming of a Santa who delivers their presents on a jetski pulled by eight chatty dolphins. Or something. Anyway, it's Jimmy Buffett:

Jimmy Buffett -- Christmas in the Caribbean

The knight costume is nearly done. All I have left to do is sew the hood and ( Read more... )

People keep defriending me. This is totally understandable; I am boring and this has been a fic-free environment for a long time now. I keep thinking about writing fic, but I don't have any time to, you know, do so.

Yesterday I found this (the red one) waiting for me when I got home. Happy early birthday to me! My father, man. I mean, not ( Read more... )

Today's burst of creativity is The Watermelon Dress, aka The Nummy Nummy Dress. It's for my niece, and it's called thus because my niece LOVES watermelon. She calls it 'Nummy Nummy', and as soon as she spots some her eyes get wide and she will focus on nothing else until it's gone. If you don't watch her she will eat an entire watermelon by ( Read more... )

This weekend, as I mentioned before, was the fantastic Memorial Day dollar pattern sale at Joann. While I was there I also picked up some fabric, of course. (  Here are some pictures of my haul. )

Here is why I try never to watch The Sandlot when it turns up on cable: Invariably it leaves me wanting to write slash. No shock there, just as it will come as a surprise to no one at all that I want to write Benny/Smalls slash. I'm sure there's already some out there, but I'm kind of scared to look for it, for the same reason that I keep ( Read more... )

At 3:00 pm today the county announced very suddenly that all facilities, including the library, were closing. We got no forewarning, which meant kicking everyone off the computers manually, attempting elaborate Pictionary-style interpretive signs to communicate this information to our hearing impaired patrons (because we are all too lazy/busy/ ( Read more... )