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I'm caught up, really! I made two hair clips that I forgot to photograph because they were in my hair, so they'll have to wait until tomorrow. I'm also minutes away from completing one of my super secret surprise things so the photo of that will have to wait until it is delivered to its intended recipient. Here is what I have gotten done in the ( Read more... )

I'm running a bit behind, though I would be on top of things if I counted the sausages I made on two separate days this week (three more recipes tested, plus an extra batch of one I particularly like). Herewith:

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I did actual sewing stuff on my machine yesterday, and started a new super secret knitting project today, but the real accomplishment has been sausages. The doctor should never have said I'm healing well, as I spent the whole day testing recipes. https://siglindesarts.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/i-made-sausages-and-boy-are-my-feet-tired/. I need to go ( Read more... )

Two more necklaces. The yellow and black one is made of components from a necklace I loved in university and broke probably back in grad school. I kept meaning to put it together, but never did; I suspect many pieces have been lost over the years as I remember this being quite a bit longer. The rose quartz was purchased back when I was going to ( Read more... )

First up: a mink coat acquired for $50 when the costume department where a friend works had a sale to clear out some underused stuff. It fit me just fine around and through the shoulders, but sleeves were too short (technically, it's too short for fashion as well, but I don't mind this length as I will actually wear it walking to work and when I ( Read more... )

I woke up pumped this morning that I was going to clear off a whole whack of tasks. Here's what actually happened ( Read more... )

I decided I needed to do something quick yesterday, and I had a broken necklace and some unloved beads that needed redoing, so I dug out my beading stuff. Of course, I immediately got distracted with two other projects. The necklacey thing is a string of beads to hang off my Norse brooches when doing Viking-age re-enactment. The Thor's hammer ( Read more... )

Yesterday's headband:

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