Make Me

Admit It..You Are Too...Right?

Sigh.  I didn't want to have to admit this.  I thought I could handle it all on my own.  Gosh darnit, I can't.  I have a problem.

I'm a hit ho.

I constantly check how many hits I'm getting here.  I don't really even know why.  I'm not going to change the way I do things here.  It's still gonna be my way or no way.  I haven't change when hits went waaaay down.  I guess I just like to know.  Maybe I just want to be looooveddd....sob!

I think it might be that TTLB ecosystem thing.  I want to be a Flappy Bird!  Something other than a single cell organism or something you crush when it runs across your kitchen floor. 

However, I just may change my tune - I kinda like being a hit ho.  It's growing on me and you have to admit it's a pretty catchy phrase.  Did I make it up or is it out there somewhere?

Mind Games

I was listening to This American Life and the topic was Mind Games.  So fun, so interesting.  The first story to capture my attention was from a woman who saw a picture of a guy in the editorial section of a magazine and was convinced she'd peeped her soulmate.  Writing to him at the magazine she made up this story about how she thought she had met him some years previously.  I wonder how many men and women with their pictures in magazines and newspapers will now receive letters from people who say they've met before.  Wild!

But the story that really got my attention was an improv group who staked out a guy in a bar or restaurant and gave him a birthday party.  They  made up his identity and everyone was to figure out their own connection to this birthday character.  They brought him gifts and reminisced about the old days.  It actually sort of freaked the guy out.

Imagine if you were sitting in a bar with a couple of friends and a couple of people approach you, saying happy birthday and bearing gifts.  They call you by a name that isn't yours.  They laugh and slap you on the back when you insist you are not the birthday girl or boy. Then 20 or 30 more people come in singing happy birthday, giving you gifts, buying you drinks and laughing whenever you denied being the person they insisted you were.  Would it freak you out? I think it would be a hoot!

New Necklace

I found this clay Gingko leaf/shell (not sure what it is) at the bead store today.  Fell in love with it.  It's glazed clay and has a nice feel and weight to it.  I bought some beads to go alongside it, but they looked dumb when strung.  So I had to come up with a new plan of action.  End result?  Love, love, love my new necklace.  It looks different from the other chokers you see 'round with a big circle-y thingie hanging from cord or wire.  Had some trouble with the closure cuz I can't seem to wire wrap for beans.

By the way, how did I miss these? The perfect gift for the peri-menopausal woman....  My Paper Crane has the most funnest stuff ever!

A Knitty Spring!

Whew!  I'm beat! I just got back from running down the street yelling "The new Knitty is here!  The new Knitty is here!"  (Does anyone still do that with the phone book?  I can't believe that I still do it even when I'm alone...)

Here's what initially caught my eye:

Cocktail Monkey

Hot Tamale

Tie On One

Petals

Oh La!  Not nearly enough time.  Sad thing is I've barely been doing anything lately.  Wish I could get the lead out.

Who's Got the Button?

Anyone know how to make one of those web buttons?  I've found some tutorials, but they never show how to incorporate pictures. 

Turnin' Ya'll On...

Have you visited Natalie Dee?  Well you should.  Especially when you need a quick laugh.  She's one funny chick.

Also check out this video on Jenny's blog.

When I Do, You'll be Surprised

I'm not going to announce when I plan to do the Month of Softies anymore.  I'm just going to do it.  It will be a surprise for you and me!  I guess I'm a little intimidated by the amazing stuff I see there.  My one try and I ended up sewing the arms inside out.  I mean, if I can't grasp that, what hope is there? 

Of course that's not the point is it - to make the best one?  It's to challenge ourselves.  Sigh.  I'm just in the mood to be challenged right now.  I want to lay back and absorb the status quo.

All this said, the Recycled Monster theme sounds really fun.

Found some really great material for the purse sew-along at the thrift on Saturday.  Now I just need to get the stuff for the handles and we're off!

A Trip to AZ in Pictures

Seems my trip and the migration of the Painted Lady butterflies crossed paths in a wicked way.  There were so many splattered across my windshield I had to stop just about every 1.5 hours to clean them off.  The pictures don't do justice to how many butterflies kamikazied to their deaths on the beautiful Al Green (that's my car...the Reverend Al Green).  I had to pay $15 at the car wash to get them out from underneath the car.  I still haven't taken a look to see what bits of orange are splashed across my engine.  I think that's a look of disgust on poor Hello Kitty's face. I'm afraid the trip was quite harrowing on her.  She jumped in fright every time one of those bugs slapped the window.  Poor dear.

Here's my favorite part about Arizona

Why I Want to Hang with Stitchy

Check out Stitchy McYarnpant's new dyeing technique!

Live-Dyeing!

Purse Sew Along

So far it's just me and Jen (Jen - I can't comment on your website anymore!  Blogger won't let me.)  I'm going to post the sew-a-long on Craftster and see if we some more participants.  I've never done an "along" before, so I'll have to look into how its done.  So far, from what I've seen, someone declares the along, sets the time frame and offers to host from his/her website and then post updates and pictures from their site.  Is that all there is to it?