another batch of pads on the table
June 19, 2009 at 3:26 pm | In WIP, crafts, sewing | Leave a Commenti picked up some sale flannel last weekend so i could start a big batch o’ flananel pads.
i’m about halfway through the first set of three. i still need to serge the inserts, set the snaps and trim the loose threads.
\m/ rock star!!! \m/
i’ll be trading sets of pads to friends in exchange for art/craft pieces i can hang in my apartment. it’ll be known as the “pads for crafts” program!
your source for animal booty
June 14, 2009 at 8:44 am | In FO, crafts, non-craft | Leave a Commentyesterday, we braved cruddy morning rain and overcast skies and headed down to the san diego zoo. we hadn’t been down there for a couple of years, so there were a few new things to see. the new elephant enclosure is HUGE! it’s a far cry from the tiny yard they had before. we’d let our membership lapse since our last visit, so we had no clue that there were even any plans for such a big project. now that our membership has been renewed, we went back to check it out. and we saw:
panda booty…
and panda side.
gorilla booty…
and gorilla side.
llama booty and llama side, all at once!
along with monkeys and baby flamingos and tigers and camels and… well, you get the idea.
and when we came home, i sat at my craft table and worked on a new bit in the artbook:
i’m not 100% sure that it’s complete yet (as usual). i’ll come back to it in a few days and see how it feels.
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hi, i'm shawnee and this is my craftblog.
you may remember me from such crafty gatherings as Felt Club, Bazaar Bizarre (the craft sale and the book) and the Uncommon Threads teevee show.
i'm a desk jockey by day and a craftmonkey the rest of the time.
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