This one was not on me...

This is all on my hosting site. It wouldn't let me publish anything.

Although, in full disclosure, I've been pretty busy. More on that after the fiber news.

My neighbor invited me over for an afternoon of felting. It was great fun, so much so, I'm thinking of hosting a similar event.

We felted some soaps and some rocks. I know, weird. But they turned out great. The thing that turned out really well though was this felted box.



After I got home I took a felting needle and felting the word 'smile' on it. I'm thinking of doing some to put up on etsy. My sister, an aunt and I have been toiling away at some kids clothes, so soon there should be more photos. Sorry I've been hoarding, just want to debut when everything is ready.

Here's what the box looks like from overhead, with some little fluff that will probably make it's way to being boxes too.


So besides the formation of the shop (again, details to come when all is a go), I got a J-O-B!

Its still doing graphic design, although most of what I do is design the stuff that goes from your mailbox to your recycling bin, but a job is a job and this one is a pretty cushy one.

And I formed my own company with a friend. We are designing (at least at some point we will) baby announcements and wedding stationery. We get our business cards on Monday. I can't wait! Now that the hosting site is letting me publish my blog again, I'll be sure to take photos and show all of you.

BTW, I want to thank everyone for listening to all my rantings about my unemployment. I really appreciate it.

Remembering I have a blog

Since I moved to the Pacific Northwest, Memorial Day weekends have meant a time to prepare for the glories of summer.
Living in the South, this prep time happened in March, so by Memorial Day if I didn't have the grill going and a case of bug spray on the deck, I was screwed.

So this past weekend, A.K. restained the deck and made me a planter box. I transplanted the tomato (when I lived in Florida I could have had a vine-ripe tomato with my Memorial Day burger) and prepared for summer crafting-style. (Brace yourselves, it's an actual, honest-to-god finished object)



It's what I'm calling a wristlet bag. Perfect for carrying a few essentials, such as your money, phone and a killer CD. Okay so I have Lisa Hannigan on my phone in MP3 format, but you really must buy the CD. All the lyrics were hand embrodiered by Lisa and her sister. So if you are in a CD-buying mood, this is the one you should buy.


The wristlet is perfect for sunset-watching, you can throw a camera in the bag, and your flip flops to keep them sand free (totally helpful for your car upholstery.) I modified the pattern from a Lotta Jansdotter pattern. Well, the truth is, I think I modified it. The book is in Japanese with very little instruction. So I messed up a bunch of times until it look like it did in the picture.

Hope you had a great weekend. I'm trying this new thing – which I'm calling 'updating my blog regularly.' We'll see how it goes. Thanks for sticking with me.

Thanks for the Pick Me Up

Thanks, it's nice to know that someone is out there.

So here is a photo of the the singles. It is a mix of silk, cashmere and merino. You know, only the best for family members. The hats in the movie 'The Life Aquatic' are knit pretty fine, so I would like a three-ply yarn for stability, but it means skinny singles. The spinning is taking forever.



Also, since I had spinning things on my mind, I made some ice cream using the kitchen aid ice cream attachment. The ice cream turned out fantastic (French Vanilla from Mark Bittman's 'How to Cook Everything'), but the set up was pesky at first.