A Few Projects

I've been feeling a little crafty lately, partly because I'm trapped inside due to arctic temperatures, and partly because I miss the Captain and need something to keep me busy that doesn't involve my Visa and the internet.
Here are a few of my recent creations:




I've been on a bit of a crochet kick, and after making a well-received Barbie outfit for my niece, I decided my own Sindy doll from 1982 needed a little something new, so I made these (obviously hoping to usher in spring) and had fun dressing her up and having her join us here in the 21st century (bouffant-style hairdo notwithstanding). I will choose one as the final outfit and send the rest to one of the little girls in my life. Really.



Sometimes a girl just needs a little bling. Does anyone even SAY bling anymore?! Earrings are so quick and easy to make and I keep a handy supply of sterling ear wires and other necessities in one of those sets of miniature plastic drawers you can buy at the hardware store for nails and screws and bolts and nuts and washers and all those other things we women should never have to think about. The drawers were actually a Valentine's Day gift from the Captain a decade or so ago. He's such a romantic. Anyway, as a result, I have a ridiculously large collection of earrings. One day my poor boys will have to sift through it all after they ship me off to the old folks' home. But I see it as payback for the poo murals.





I didn't intend to end up with a back-cover-of-my-bestselling-novel shot, but it turns out my camera takes a pretty decent picture of me, all things considered. Or maybe it's the hat. Here, I am wearing a chunky beret I knit using a pattern I found on this very excellent blog, which I now follow, and so should you. The woman is a hoot! I used some yarn Sister #1 bought me from a real, honest-to-goodness yarn shop in the big city, and it took no time at all. Now, every time I go to the bank, I have to resist the urge stop dead on the street, look around with wide-eyed healthy optimism, and throw my beret in the air Mary Tyler Moore style. In Booming Metropolis, that kind of thing gets you mugged.


And, of course, we have cards. The top two have pretty embossed "happy birthday"s all over them, but I just couldn't get my camera to pick that up. The three white flowers (thanks, Janine!) took a bit of figuring out, but once the lightbulb went off in my head, I realized they were sticky on both sides so I could glitter them up and make them sparkly. Again, the camera hasn't picked this up. I think in future I'll need to take one big picture of each. The bottom right is a small box I recycled into a gift box for the next time I want to give away jewellery or a beaded ornament or something.

Truly, I could craft 24/7 if it wasn't for all that pesky, inconvenient housework. Speaking of which...

Comments

Janine said…
WOW!!! You are the craft master!!
I love your earrings... I too am an earring addict. I just cleaned out my jewellery case and threw out all the costume jewellery that I had only ones of and the ones that were losing their gold luster.. Time to replace them when the Bay has a sale. The cards are beautiful. Glad you could use the stickers.
And your Cindy doll is just the cutest.
Hope you are surviving time without the Captain around.
Have a great weekend.
February 25, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I'm Too Old for This @!#%

Between Christmas and the New Year, I decided to treat myself and subscribe to In Style magazine for a year. I like clothes and makeup and all things girly, so it seemed like a fun thing to look forward to receiving in the mail every month. And it is. But I have some complaints, and I think they have more to do with ME than the magazine. WHO?! : In my teens and 20's, if you named a celebrity--a singer, actor or anyone famous for anything --I'd have been able to pull up a mental image and a list of things they were famous for. Today, I flip open the pages of my magazine, see an actual picture of a celebrity with their name printed underneath, and I STILL have no idea who the hell I'm looking at! Kristen Stewart --hmmm...name sounds familiar...is this someone I went to high school with?! Judging from her youthful photos, I'm guessing not. At least HALF the people featured in this magazine elicit this response from me now. Apparently, I really need to get with the program...
Read more

Real vs Fake

Image
The Captain has only been gone 2 weeks. Already I've committed the ultimate marital sin. You hear stories about the things wives get up to while the husbands are serving overseas. The wife who moves a new guy in the minute her husband's gone. The wife who clears out the bank account and does a runner. The one who takes all his extra tour money and spends it on new shoes. I never thought I'd become one of those nuts who does something crazy while he's away. But I have. Yesterday, I bought one of these: Okay, fine. For the average marriage, this is not the ultimate sin. But when the Captain finds out, things may get a little heated. You see, the Captain grew up with a real Christmas tree in his living room every year. It's a tradition that is important to him, and one on which he will not compromise. I grew up with a fake one, so the idea of a real tree doesn't bother me too much. I admit, I like the gorgeous, fresh pine smell that fills the room when you bring ...
Read more

The Luck Of The Irish

Image
As far as I know, I do not even have 1% Irish in me. The last time I looked into it, I found that I was 99.9% English with, I think, a tiny smidge of Scottish if you go back far enough. This, however, does not stop me from going hog wild on St Patrick's Day. I already have the beef marinating for my Steak and Guinness Pie tomorrow. This year, it seems I've cashed in all those lucky four-leafed clovers I found out back as a kid. In just over a year, I have won no less than FOUR blog giveaways! Blogging is turning out to be better than the lottery! Two of those giveaways I won this month within a week of each other. A big thanks to Nezzy for the fantastic $40 gift code at CSN Stores , which I gave to my overworked mom who has been playing nursemaid to my dad after his knee replacement surgery. At the risk of making a sweeping generalization, anyone with a man around the house knows what it's like to look after them when they're under the weather. Am I right?! My mom dese...
Read more