I have a kitten! He's soooooo cute! And very vocal. He's afraid of me so far, but having come from a house of many, many cats, it's obvious from how he is exploring the office and meowing incessantly that he doesn't like being alone. So... I let Zane in. The kitten quieted immediately. They sniffed noses, but the kitten took offense and ( Read more... )

Because I could use some cheer, here are some photos of recent projects ( Read more... )

Blue t-shirt: $5 at K-mart
Digital Stock Art: Free from Urban Threads
Dark t-shirt iron-on transfer paper: $1 from Sister Thrift
An hour spent on a fun, wearable craft for myself: Priceless


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I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July. Ours ended up being very pleasant! The weather actually cleared up and yesterday was beautiful! We went to a cookout at deadwinter's, hung out with lots of good friends, and met a few new ones. Then we took a long walk and went to see the Waltham fireworks. There were fourteen adults and two kids (or twelve and ( Read more... )

Last one, and this one's short! :) Did you miss the other polls?


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Second verse, same as the first.


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Imagine each of these images as a 1 inch square glass pendant. Would you all do me a favor and give me some feedback? I have 20 more designs, but I'll put them in a separate post. Tell me all the ones you like, offer suggestions... Comments greatly appreciated. This is NOT a sales pitch - just imagine they're free gifts. Which would you ( Read more... )

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Gee, sometimes I amaze myself. :)

It used to look like this.

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Well, RIT dye works better than I thought it did. Unfortunately. I need to go get a bottle of tan or khaki, which is the color I was hoping to get out of cocoa brown not soaked for as long as it says. It says 30-60 minutes on the stove. I tried 20 seconds, and my test fabric came out brown. Not tan. So now I have a gallon of brown dye bath ( Read more... )