Greetings and salutations!

I'm about to get started creating a Mad Hatter costume to wear to Disney's new Alice in Wonderland movie when it comes out in March (much to my sister's dismay.)  To my delight, Threadbanger released an excellent video showing how to make both the hat and the rest of the costume ( Read more... )

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What I nattered on about today:

12:51 I wish I had more tools & the skill to use them. Like a soldering iron, & some sort of clamping thing to hold stuff tight til glue dries.

16:12 Cheapo bits & parts just acquired from Goodwill. Will be turned into a nifty prop for my Navigator outfit, hopefully in time for ConDFW.
Thanks to LoudTwitter

What I nattered on about today:

07:59 There's a song playing in my head almost every day when I wake up. Today it's "If I Had a Million Ducats" by the Brobdingnagian Bards.

09:56 Note to self, current spec: 2,5,3, 0,0,5, 0,3,1, 0,0,3, 0,1,5, 0,3,1, 0,1,2, 5, 1. All 0 for fire. 0,5,5, 4,0,2,0, 3,1,0, 2,3,0; 0 on down.

11:58 Adjusted deep frost ( Read more... )

What I nattered on about today:

06:33 There's a song playing in my head almost every day when I wake up. Today it is "Spaceship" by Angie Aparo.

18:14 Woot! My gorgeous amethyst and and brass pendulum that I bought on eBay came today, and it's just lovely. :-) tinyurl.com/ambrpen

23:29 I need to find an old hardback book of maps at Goodwill and ( Read more... )

What I nattered on about today:

00:22 How to faux-bronze, with sculpey as the example substance: tinyurl.com/3q9hh9

00:25 Making the teeniest of weenie potion bottles: www.mysmallobsession.com/minipotionbottle.html

07:53 There's a song playing in my head almost every day when I wake up. Today it is "Over My Head" by the Fray.

22:31 I'm just going ( Read more... )

What I nattered on about today:

08:14 Now I know what I'm going to store in the set of plastic drawers that I picked up from Goodwill on the cheap: leatherworking supplies.

10:40 Well, doesn't that phrase just give a body story ideas? "Carousel horses of the apocolypse."

12:54 GRR. The buttons I ordered were supposedly delivered back on the 7th, ( Read more... )

What I nattered on about today:

01:01 Can't sleep. I suspect caffeine too late in the day, and consuming WAY more than I needed to wake back up.

09:53 Awesome new WoW cinematic trailer: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/intro.xml

10:01 In other news, Parrano cheese (cross between gouda and parmesan) is fantastic: tinyurl.com/6q7urz

12:32 Neat! Piratey ( Read more... )

I've been sick (again) but I'm able to track the symptom progression now and visit my doctor before it becomes bronchitis (as it has every year since high school.)  I still have the crud, but I don't feel half dead and like I can't breathe ( Read more... )

We had plans for last night, really, but you wouldn't know it from what actually happened.  We were going to order pizza, watch The Fires of Pompeii while consuming it, and have key lime pie for dessert (happy birthday to squarelife.)  However, when we found out that they couldn't deliver the pizza for EIGHTY minutes, we canceled the order and went for ( Read more... )