thing a day - day23

of pestilence and yarn...

yes, there is more pestilence here. sigh. i thought we were done after the strange fever bout last week. but it rears it's ugly head yet again. this time - pink eye.

i can only imagine it was scooped up and deposited during a birthday party this past weekend at one of those mini-golf places. a rainy saturday afternoon, the arcade (it was rainy - who plays golf in the rain?) filled with snotty, pestilence ridden children. we stayed but for a short time. actually, i wouldn't have gone but for the 30+ years long friend for whose daughter it was being held. and this was our thanks. sigh.

a trip to the doctor this morning garnered eye drops for minime. she doesn't want them, but also doesn't want to miss our long planned train trip this coming wednesday. doc tells us that once treatment is started, contagiousness is contained in just 24hours. whew. that was a close one.

but on to the happiness that is yarn. i've still got projects i'm working on - photos to come, but until then, here are this weeks "Crafty Picks":

What NOT to Crochet - ok, admit it - you've seen some DARN ugly things out there! They've just got the guts to say what we haven't.

BitterSweet - not only does she come up with some great projects - crochet, felt, sewing, knitting - but she talks FOOD. what a great life!

Craft Tutorials - there's a little of everything on here. amigurumi crochet, paper crafting, beads - you name it, they've got some of it.

Yarns and Musings - I'm just checking her out - but I love her crocheted and fulled purse. still looking...

oh, and...

and this card...

is based on this penny rug design that a friend is making....

valentines...

ok, so i'm a little early. you see - i'm making up for the fact that i never got around to holiday cards. i do mean christmas and new year holidays, you do understand. so i'm trying to be all prepared and everything and get started. these i made last night. i played with some of my stamps and new colored pencils and markers. i have no idea what the next set will look like - just stay tuned...

Starting anew...

Well, I trust that everyone (that means you) made it through the new year? Yes, of course you did dear, or you wouldn't be here reading this! Enough said.

Today has been slow, I've managed to cook my first (and if I work it properly - my last) meal of the year. You see - I LOVE to eat, but I hate cooking. Yet, I'm in a household that requires just that due to allergies. I won't bore you with details, just know that blasted allergies have made me hate cooking even more!

So, on to the new year. My goal (aside from the annual get organized, lose weight thing): I'm going to find a semi-permanent location for my crafting! Dang blasted! I LOVE my crafting and setting it up, tearing it down, or having to transport it to another location just doesn't allow me to craft freely. So - somewhere in this 600 square feet of house that I'm forced to share with mini-me & man-child - I WILL FIND MY SPACE.

Ok, so this isn't an actual photo of my house. But, trust me, it's not that far off. You see, our door opens from the side, not the front.

It's Finished...

I FINALLY finished mini-me's "Countdown" booklet!

I'm very excited about it. I've been dragging on doing it, but now that it's done, I'm very excited and can't wait for her to see it - tomorrow.

It's nearly impossible to photograph at a good angle - but here it is! Each pocket has a decorated tag in it for each day of December - leading up to Christmas.

I'll try to post our activities every day. Wish me luck! LOL

Happy, happy day...

Ooh!! It's my personal "happy" day of the week! Thursday. Why? Because I get to play with ALL of my paper stuff to my hearts content - or at least until 7pm when i must leave to pick up girl-child.

I have already loaded my car down with most of my supplies. We have a history club meeting first, then she will go home with her best girl-friend and mom to their house for the rest of the day. *I* will park myself at my favorite scrapbooking store and get a lot of work done. I might get in a good 6 hours today!

First off, I know you're wondering why I'm toting all of my supplies to a store when I could just do it at home. Well, if you're keeping up on me, I ran out on dishes, laundry and many other household duties yesterday in favor of a romp with a 'mouse'. Who can create in such a mess?? Besides, they have snacks, music, good company and plenty of inspiration. I can walk to several locations for lunch/dinner - and NO LAUNDRY looming over me or dishes in the sink begging for my attention. Yes, I'm escaping again.

Besides, I have craft fairs coming up soon and b-day & Christmas-y projects that also require my attention. Must get to work on them. Last night I stayed up WAY too late working on a journal for a dear friends daughter. It's a collage of sorts and I'm just tickled pink at how well it's turning out. Well I tried to put it all together last night and... (again, I stayed up WAY too late) - I punched holes for the back of the book in the wrong spot. GRRRRR. Well - at least everything else came out well. But I have half a book cover to re-make. Waaaaaaaaa!

That's ok though - it's Thursday - it's all about paper. It's my Happy, happy day...

What is it today?

What to accomplish today? I've so much to do - you can't imagine! Hurricane girl-child has been thru this old house several times - and she's not even awake yet! I haven't the energy or will to deal with it right now. So what to do?

Well, we are in the process of clearing out our "extra" room (a term used LIGHTLY, as space of any kind around here is premium) to make a bedroom for said child. But between man-child's work schedule and girl-child and I running around the city doing 'school' - we are rarely home at the same time to finish clearing it out. Can't have man-child moving my stuff, I'd never find it again. So it waits...

I have MANY crafty things to work on. Journals, cards, tags all need to be made. I had great success last night when I started on a "Countdown" calendar for child to enjoy leading up to Christmas. I'm still glowing from it - but I don't want to work on any of that stuff right now.

There are always the requisite dishes in the sink, laundry overflowing and yard to work in (whoa! did I just say 'work in the yard'? LOL yeah - like I've EVER done that! Let's just say there is lots of house work to deal with. Yeah, that's better). I don't want to do ANY of that.

I'm going to Disneyland...

Getting Started...

i don't really know where to start. i'm learning. i'm a mom. a crafter. a 'jack of all trades' - i do - or at least try - a little of everything. today it's blogging.

my day was COLD. our heater isn't turned on yet and my blood is still set to a 'summer' thermostat. but no time to worry about that. i have journals and cards and paper crafts to work on. i'll post pics as i get them going. i really do LOVE paper stuff.

so join me on that journey...