crafty shit on the brain
So. I have ADD like whoa and am currently self medicating with stimulants because that makes me able to focus and be productive. On the downside, it also makes me a little manic sometimes after a while, or if I do it too much. So today they kids have played with their djembes, we've played in the pool outside with beach toys and soaked the corn and peas and things growing in the back yard, and we've run around like madfolks singing about Mothra. All the kids are enamored with Gojira vs Mothra (The Thing!) right now.
Right, that part about being manic? Is right now. I'm trying to finish up things and organize the house, and also I've got some mopping to do. I want a list of things I want to accomplish craft-wise, and I figure that a list here is a good start and it gives me some accountability.
Stuff to do (starting, finishing, or otherwise):
-finish Lucy's blanket! Only a few more color stripes to go. I'm working on blue right now, and it's the last time I'll use it. Yellow, green, yellow, orange, and then probably end it with some fun edge with the yellow.
-weave in the ends of Emily's bandana shawl, do the same with the boy's bibs and attach the buttons. Doing this tonight when I join the Old Broads at Starbucks for our weekly knit, bitch, and donate.
-work on BettyJean's rock creature I'm making. It's a knit rock with lichy looking moss on it, and I need to sew it down tonight to the body of the rock. Next step is knitting/crocheting? small purple flowers, and then using a light tan/taupe mohair yarn to embroider thin vines along the moss to attach the flowers. When all that is done I'll attach two rounded black buttons for eyes and it'll be done. If it's not too much trouble I might make a smaller baby lich version of it for her. Or say fuck it and keep it for myself, haha.
-I really want a bandana sized shawl of my own! I have a great bright blue cotton/linen yarn I found in my stash yesterday that would be perfect for summer and really bright, once I'm through with BJ's lichen creature I'll feel ok about starting it.
-get some fun colored thrift store sheets and cut those suckers into one long strip of fabric each and crochet an area rug for the living room. In the winter we have this great, kitschy red shag rug in there, but it's way too warm for summer. Also, colors! Would be a cheap, fun, and easy project to work on around the kids.
- get ideas finalized for my polar creature stuffed dude and creepity monster. I have this great single ply wool yarn that is squishy, soft, and great subtle colors. I'm planning on making a series of interesting creatures from them, one of which will have wire armature so it can skulk around and be posed in compromising positions. One yarn is a dingy, brownish toned rainbow and the other is a gorgeous blue that is so light and moved between a yellow toned green to teal to blue, but so softly that it's cloud-like. It'll be a great little chubby dude with a cable up his back, that's all I know right now.
- work on embroidering more! That's a goal for this summer fo sho. I've gotten started a little, and have mastered a few stitches, and want to do more. I really enjoy it, and hope this develops into something more. I like the way it looks when I draw on cloth and embroider over it. I'm sending a gal I know a fun packet of stuff in the mail just because, and it'd be nice to work on a little something and send it her way along with a letter and some niceties.
- still have more things to spraypaint and pretty up around the house, too. I've got a bookshelf stuffed with VHS tapes with yarn and little odds and ends on top. I want to paint it, and since the piece is made with chubby shelves with wide faces and sides, I think it would be rad to paint it and then use a paint pen or two to make a nifty mehndi design on it. I think it would really stand out, especially if I did a color combo that was in the same family- like light blue paint with teal designs.
Whoooooo. And that's just the stuff in my head that's floating at the forefront. I've got more ideas that just need solidified and worked over until I know what I'm doing, like needle felting some stuff, and figuring out how I'm going to chalkboard paint a door in the kitchen so we can write our grocery list on it, and learning how to sew like a fucking champ.
Right, that part about being manic? Is right now. I'm trying to finish up things and organize the house, and also I've got some mopping to do. I want a list of things I want to accomplish craft-wise, and I figure that a list here is a good start and it gives me some accountability.
Stuff to do (starting, finishing, or otherwise):
-finish Lucy's blanket! Only a few more color stripes to go. I'm working on blue right now, and it's the last time I'll use it. Yellow, green, yellow, orange, and then probably end it with some fun edge with the yellow.
-weave in the ends of Emily's bandana shawl, do the same with the boy's bibs and attach the buttons. Doing this tonight when I join the Old Broads at Starbucks for our weekly knit, bitch, and donate.
-work on BettyJean's rock creature I'm making. It's a knit rock with lichy looking moss on it, and I need to sew it down tonight to the body of the rock. Next step is knitting/crocheting? small purple flowers, and then using a light tan/taupe mohair yarn to embroider thin vines along the moss to attach the flowers. When all that is done I'll attach two rounded black buttons for eyes and it'll be done. If it's not too much trouble I might make a smaller baby lich version of it for her. Or say fuck it and keep it for myself, haha.
-I really want a bandana sized shawl of my own! I have a great bright blue cotton/linen yarn I found in my stash yesterday that would be perfect for summer and really bright, once I'm through with BJ's lichen creature I'll feel ok about starting it.
-get some fun colored thrift store sheets and cut those suckers into one long strip of fabric each and crochet an area rug for the living room. In the winter we have this great, kitschy red shag rug in there, but it's way too warm for summer. Also, colors! Would be a cheap, fun, and easy project to work on around the kids.
- get ideas finalized for my polar creature stuffed dude and creepity monster. I have this great single ply wool yarn that is squishy, soft, and great subtle colors. I'm planning on making a series of interesting creatures from them, one of which will have wire armature so it can skulk around and be posed in compromising positions. One yarn is a dingy, brownish toned rainbow and the other is a gorgeous blue that is so light and moved between a yellow toned green to teal to blue, but so softly that it's cloud-like. It'll be a great little chubby dude with a cable up his back, that's all I know right now.
- work on embroidering more! That's a goal for this summer fo sho. I've gotten started a little, and have mastered a few stitches, and want to do more. I really enjoy it, and hope this develops into something more. I like the way it looks when I draw on cloth and embroider over it. I'm sending a gal I know a fun packet of stuff in the mail just because, and it'd be nice to work on a little something and send it her way along with a letter and some niceties.
- still have more things to spraypaint and pretty up around the house, too. I've got a bookshelf stuffed with VHS tapes with yarn and little odds and ends on top. I want to paint it, and since the piece is made with chubby shelves with wide faces and sides, I think it would be rad to paint it and then use a paint pen or two to make a nifty mehndi design on it. I think it would really stand out, especially if I did a color combo that was in the same family- like light blue paint with teal designs.
Whoooooo. And that's just the stuff in my head that's floating at the forefront. I've got more ideas that just need solidified and worked over until I know what I'm doing, like needle felting some stuff, and figuring out how I'm going to chalkboard paint a door in the kitchen so we can write our grocery list on it, and learning how to sew like a fucking champ.