More Crafting

Worked more on the miniature bed tonight. I still have the blanket and pillows to do. Yes, I saved the hardest parts for last.

The big snow storm never showed up, and I was all ready to take snow photos. Ah well. Maybe next winter. Although there are still few months of cold weather left this winter, so there's still time

Feeling:

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Craft Day at Shelly's

I finally started finishing the unfinished miniature bed I'm doing up for a "honeymoon suite." I don't sew, so I'm going to be gluing the fabric onto the foam mattress. I've just finished gluing on the fabric for the sheet (not pictured), and after that dries, I'll tackle the dust ruffle and the pillows. It came with small pillows, so I might try to find foam and make larger ones.

That's pretty much all I did today, other than upload photos to flickr to make up for not being able to do much on flickr last night due to it being down much of the evening.

Feeling:

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Sunday Chocolate Sunday

From Science Daily: "Resistance to Thoughts of Chocolate is Futile." Yeah, there's a newsflash. Not.

I crafted today. It's a small wood trunk. The top is covered with fabric and a painted wood ornament.



Feeling:

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Something for Almost Everyone

Thanks to J-Walk Blog, we now know how to become a complete idiotic dummy, with The Complete Idiot's Guide for Dummies.

It doesn't take long to fall hopelessly behind in blogging and reading blogs. Work is still busy. That sure won't be changing. If anything, we'll probably get busier. I have lots of ideas, but no time to do much about them right now.

I still can't bear to read anything about the Mets meltdown. Maybe in a week or two.

Decoupaged a wood trunk. It's a foot long.



Watched a new show yesterday that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. Aliens in America on the new CW network was actually funny. I wasn't in the mood for a show about teens, but there was nothing else that appealed to me in the half hour between How I Met Your Mother and Heroes, so I gave it a try and was actually laughing. If they can keep up the quirkiness, I'll be watching.

Feeling:

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Too Tired to Think

Been crafting my itty fingers off. And watched Heroes. That show rules. Seriously. Here's a sample of one of my recent crafty efforts.


Feeling:

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Crafty Me

Spent most of the weekend crafting and watching the Mets. Here's one of today's efforts.


Over on Shelly's Books Shelf, Barry Eisler left a comment on my review of one of his books. That's so cool.

Feeling:

~~~o0o~~~
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Busy Me

Took a few days off for Passover and have been crafting up a storm. Nothing like a deadline to inspire a person. I put my crafts in the fan convention I go to every May, so I need to get stuff done NOW. As soon as the latest boxes dry, I'll take pics of 'em.

Meanwhile, for some reason I can't fathom, I joined Second Life and blogged about it on The View from Here. I really have no idea what I will do there, if anything, but curiosity won out. I'm Shelly Umarov there. Anyone reading this on Second Life? Anyway, one of these days, I might venture beyond Orientation Island, but I doubt it will be soon. I printed out the help screens, all 25 or so pages of 'em and it's going to take me a while to read through them.

The Mets won their opener against the Cardinals. Life is good.

Feeling:

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What I Did Today

First, a bit early, but Jayne, Mal, and Spike want to wish those folks who celebrate it a Happy Easter.


Otherwise, I watched the Isles lose to the hated Rangers in overtime, watched the Mets get creamed in a pre-season game, and committed my first craft of the year. Here's a little box I finished.


Feeling:

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Odds and Ends and Stuff in Between

Saw Jay Black in concert at Westbury Saturday night. Whenever Jay is in Westbury, and probably performing anywhere in the area, his concert has an "Adult Material" label. Mainly, Jay says fuck. A lot. No, not a lot. More like everytime he opens his mouth. He's also wickedly funny. If you go to the website, you'll see a fairly old photo. He's in his late-'60s now and has white hair and an enormous gut. But he can still sing. He might not hit all the high notes he used to, especially on "Cara Mia," but he gives a great show. Hubby and I try to not miss his Westbury performances. His son Beau sings as part of the act, too, and plays guitar. He's 22 and quite good.

Finally got back to doing some decoupage last weekend and continued with it yesterday. I've been working on an unfinished, fairly large wood trunk. It looks good so far, but the pressdown sheets I was using for the interior must've lost some of their stick, because they're coming up even with the decoupage paste over them. Right now, the inside is a mess. Nothing is ever easy. Remember that.

Since the Islanders' season is pretty much over pending the final game, it's great to have baseball back. In checking on this afternoon's game on CBS Sportsline, I discovered a new internet creature called a "glog."

"What's a Glog?A Glogsm, short for a "game log," is the latest way for you to
follow games on CBS SportsLine.com. It's an expert color commentary of the
contest at hand - not just what happened but why and how it affects the rest
of the game. The aim of CBS SportsLine Glogs is to bring the bleacher seat
experience to the web. Glogs are an honest look at what's going on in the
game - by a fan for fans.

And there you have it, folks. New words being coined right and left, as well as center (field). It is a bit more interesting to follow a game this way than the dry just the facts style play-by-play we usually get online. There is a bit of a delay though between the actual scoreboard update and the glogging.

Icing on the cake: Mets beat the Nationals at Shea, 3-2, with a win for Tom Glavine and a save for new Mets closer Billy Wagner, with Aaron Heilman pitching 2 strong innings in middle relief. Great start for a promising season.

Amano Artisan Chocolate sounds yummy, but it's not available yet. I found the link on The Candy Addict.

I had some other randomness to blog about, but it all went right out of my head. Ah well, there's always next post.

Feeling:

~~~o0o~~~
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To Craft or Not to Craft

Quote of the Day:

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
- Benjamin Disraeli

I feel this says it all. heh

Read about this book, Craft to Heal by Nancy Monson, in the latest issue of Dollhouse Miniatures Magazine. Quilting helped the author through a tough divorce and she wrote the book to support the "relaxation response," and to give crafting its due. She said a hospitalized woman who made dolls told her that the craftwork "gave her a sense of purpose at a time when she could have felt very hopeless and helpless." So it's not just for fun. It's therapeutic. I know I usually feel very relaxed when I craft, even if I get frustrated when things get messed up. And I love working with my hands, very soothing.

Which probably explains my online "crafting," which focuses on fiddling with my blog templates or making mood icons for here or user pics for LiveJournal. It's fun and it's soothing and there's no mess to clean up after I'm done.

Feeling:

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Saturday Miscellany

There's a new A.C. Moore here in Queens, a 10-minute drive from home. Hubby drove me over today. I didn't need to get much since I have loads of stuff I haven't used yet, but I did find and get Royal Coat's Pearl Decoupage Finish. I don't know if it's new or not, but this is the first I've seen it. It should go well with my decoupage glues/finishes: clear, antique, sepia.

There was also a nice, big as in surbuban-store size, underground Stop-and-Shop grocery store. I'm in love. It's so nice to have a big store like that so close, though they still don't carry every brand I use.

A question came up re: the sex of green M&Ms. For anyone who might be interested, I paired my M&Ms thusly (female/male):
orange/green
yellow/light brown (in recent times, this has been replaced by blue)
red/dark brown

And I'm almost finished with my last 5 pound bag of dark chocolate M&Ms. *sniff*

Feeling: , but not about the M&Ms.

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