I’ve avoided this thing called Pinterest for the longest time. I simply do not need another time suck in my life. That’s why I’ve avoided Words with Friends despite the hounding from many a person. Before my surgery I had girlfriend’s brunch at my house and wanted to make something super yummy. I have a […]
Artsy Fartsy
Craft Rejects
On June 25th the nursery is sponsoring (or rather I’m organizing) a chicken coop tour. It has been a fairly easy event to put on considering I’m doing a majority of the work myself. Earlier this year I got this great idea that I wanted to silk screen t-shirts for the event. I like crafty […]
China Photos
In order to consolidate 1900 photos into something manageable the trusty husband put together a video montage of some of the images. ?What’s missing? ?Chinglish. ?Lots and lots of Chinglish. If it doesn’t play for you that’s because it’s hosted at my facebook account and if I’m not friends with you on facebook that’s too […]
Another new toy
This week my shiny new copy of Adobe Design Standard CS5 arrived. ?This time the church paid for it so it is even better. ?I wrote previously about how I was so looking forward to it because of the new content aware feature. ?Tonight I spent some time photoshopping stuff. ?Just for fun. ?I tried […]
In which I get all geeky
A few months ago the trusty husband sent me an IM that had a link to the announcement that Adobe was coming out with Creative Suite 5 (for the non in-the-know this is the group of programs that is Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, inDesign. ?The programs I use to well… live). ?I read a few bits […]
Singer Featherweight
So you all know my sewing machine died right? ?If you weren’t paying attention… it did. ?My very expensive, fairly new sewing machine. ?I broke it. ?It is currently being fixed and I am without a sewing machine. ?I haven’t been without one in many many years and it is like having an arm cut […]
The serger story
I decided to join the quilters group at church. ?The median age of the quilters group is about 82. ?I do it because I like old church ladies and the quilts go to a good cause. ?Old church ladies make the best snacks. A few weeks ago I was working with one of the ladies […]
Why I do it
I will freely admit that I love comments. ?It is a part of what keeps me going as a blogger. ?I get jealous of other bloggers who get 10, 20, 30+ comments on posts. ?Back in the day I got tons of comments. ?I do miss that. When I (we) started blogging I (we) did […]
Feeling Thrifty
In general I hate thrift stores. ?There is the exception of the used clothing store downtown that I find utterly fascinating, but have never purchased things from. ?I find second hand clothing (from someone I don’t know) blicky. ?I would like to think that most places wash the clothing prior to putting it out, but […]
Work is work
When you work for yourself it’s like working two full-time jobs but only getting paid for one (maybe) part-time one. ?I would like to say that this gig of graphic arts pays makes me rich and famous. ?That would be the furthest thing from the truth. ?In reality I’m lucky if it pays my cable […]