Sometimes the things you buy on a whim turn out to be the best decision. I picked up a giant set of blank watercolor cards at a clearance sale, and I have had endless fun over the past few days drawing Christmas cards. They range from traditional to very, very strange.

They turned out well, and I would l'd love to share them all with you. Alas, most ( Read more... )

It began, as these things so often do, with an octopus.

Well, strictly speaking it began when I made myself some tea, to help a sore throat. It left me a little wired, so I decided to wrap some Christmas presents. I had my art stuff out already, and the paper I bought was pretty plain.

I drew Shantel an octopus, for fun, and put it in a Santa hat. ( Read more... )

 I had an interview on Tuesday in North Raleigh, so I decided to go visit the boyfriend afterwards. Unfortunately, he had a last-minute late call at work, and I found myself with about an hour and a half to kill. I stopped off at the local Whole Foods, tried some samples, and bought some fruit at the cafe. That is when I discovered the BEST THING-- ( Read more... )

 To anyone who has jumped straight to the photos LOOK, I SWEAR THERE IS AN EXPLANATION.

For everyone else, a little background: I have a loud, crazy family, including two little sisters, Shantel (16) and Joanne (9). Among the members of my family, I am widely considered the sane one. No, really.

I brought my current boyfriend, Joe, home for ( Read more... )

So, its that time of year again--the time when I look around my room and think "Where did all this yarn come from? Surely I did not buy it. It must have snuck in while I wasn't looking."

So, oh readers of my blog, I ask:

What knitted thing can I foist on you this holiday season?

Yes, indeed, if you have always craved a hat, some socks, a pair of ( Read more... )

For all those of you who thought the fiber arts were boring, I have three words for you: Extreme Sheep Herding.

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Once you get the wool off the sheep, you can do even stranger things to it. I would like to proudly introduce to you my strangest knitted creation ever, Little Doctor, here pictured alongside his trusty plushie TARDIS.


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So this year, instead of a something normal, I decided to spend my All Hallows Eve as Annabel Lee, of the Edgar Allen Poe poem.

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1 skirt, salvaged from a clothes swap- free ( Read more... )

...when the most exciting thing in your life is the arrival of a new box of yarn ( Read more... )