Make Me

But What's the Other 60%???

It's quiz day apparently. This one I found on Jenn's site. 

You Are 40% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

Only 40 % weird?  What's the remainder?  Can't be 60% normal.  What portion is psychopathic?  Makes you wonder, don't it?

Apparently I Do Love the 80s

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

Jason Bateman

Who's Your 80's Heartthrob?

Your Life is Like

Being John Malkovich

What John Cusack movie are you?

D'oh!

Doncha hate when you make something really cool and, because it's a gift, you give it away before you remember to take a photo?  I did this funky knit purse and I didn't want to post the picture before the gift giving so that's how I forgot about it.  Dern.  It turned out really kinda cute.

I've been tivo-ing (small t because it's not really Tivo, but a wannabe) all the craft shows on HGTV.  This purse one had Suss Cousins.  She's not nearly as annoying on television as she is in the pages of her books.

Where's the Birthday Girl???

Happy Birthday, Kathie!  I hope it's a great day!

I got you some great prezzies!

Present #1
Present #2
Present #4

I'd have gotten you more, but I know, your being a woman of advanced years, there's only so much you can take.

I'll see ya for lunch!

I Am Martha Stewart

So I have three days off this week and thought I'd use the time to get organized and get rid of some stuff that I'm not sure why I am hanging on to.  Not nearly as much fun as it sounds.  I have a lot of stuff and it's overwhelming to try to go through it.  I've totally got a Clean Sweep episode here.  Also, I have to change out my closet.  Yuck!  What I'd much rather do is read books, watch TV and eat bonbons. 

One accomplishment so far is I've straightened out my drafting table and surrounding area.  This means all my stamps are in their places, markers are accounted for and all the little niggly tidbits are tidied away.  Can I just say that I have a butt-load of ribbon!  I keep finding rolls of ribbon!  Why would I feel compelled to buy so much ribbon?

And yarn?  Let's not even go there, okay?  Suffice it to say, if my apartment was a person, yarn would be coming out of every orifice like spoiled milk from a two-year old.  (Nice visual, eh?) New methods of storage are needed.

I have also found a Yosshaa!! Padres shirt with the tags still attached.  I know I did not buy this.  I don't know from whence it came.  Do you suppose my dream has come true and my closet is procreating new clothing?!!  If so, how do I get it to produce more Dolce, less T-shirt?

Also found some drilled and half decorated dominoes.  Those will have to be completed and go in the craft sale next month.  Although, I think they were half finished cuz I wasn't pleased with how they came out.  Maybe now I can see them with new eyes and work 'em till they're better.

I've also become quite obsessed with the HGTV show, That's Clever.  Specifically with the episodes featuring fused glass.  Could it be that my extra energy burst of cleaning and clearing is merely making room for a kiln?

Post-Post Depression

Yeah.  So I had this perfectly lovely post just about completed.  Was just going to add another photo and *blip*!  Blank screen.  Nada.  Nothing.  Zippo.  Blank as Paris Hilton's face at a third grade spelling bee.  We're talkin' nothing there.  Great.  Now I'm depressed and Tom Cruise won't let me have a Zoloft.  Nice.

And there were links, too.  Links like you wouldn't believe.  This post was everything that was lusciously linky.  Links you would have talked about for days on end with your friends and colleagues.  But they're gone now.  And I'm too lazy to get them back.  And cranky.

Here's the pictures of the brainstorm I had on the stairs tonight as I came home.

I took one of Clearsnaps Style Stones (imagine handy link here) and smooshed some polymer clay into it then baked with insouciance....I didn't check ahead of time to see what these "stones" were made of so it could've been one gianormous melty mess, but I got lucky.  I'm working on how to finish the thing off - want the white bits more of an ivory/ecru color.  Aged maybe.  We'll see.

I can't believe my computer died on me while I was NOT playing Sims.  That seems like a warning doesn't it?  I've got to do some maintenance.  I've got files placed willy-nilly all over my HD.  Not good.  But I hadn't fixed it because it wasn't really that incovenient. 

Speaking of Sims - here's a great pic of my Sim, Zuzu.  She's aged into a nice granny type person.  I love this outfit.  All grannys should have waist-baring cleavage, don't you think?

You Make the Call

I made the chunky "lacy" scarf in Knitscene.  This is how it turned out:

I'm not sure I like it.  Maybe it needs beads or something?  I thought if I put a big shawl pin with it, it would work, but I think it would get lost.  This is TLC Heathers worked double.  I'm gonna block it this weekend and see how things turn out.

How do you like the new look?  Thought I needed something different for fall.  I wish I could remember where I picked up the artwork from....I found it on my hard drive and apparently I saved it for some important reason.  Since I really like the pale yellow background, I decided to stay with that and change some of the colors.  Whaddaya think?  I can never get the banner on straight.  When I do it at home it hangs to the left.  When I look at the site on other computers it seems to be centered.  Where it is for you?

Making a (Knit)Scene

I love the Knitty surprises.  I especially love Yorick.  Too bad I don't have enough time to make it for Halloween.  Next year right?

I started this scarf from Knitscene:

I had to rework it for the correct gauge.  The pattern lists the yarn used, but doesn't say how thick it is, just that it is used double.  I'm using the heathery acrylic (TLC Heathers - gotta love a yarn named after a 80s movie.  I wonder if Winona Ryder ever stole this yarn...) I got from Nancy's a couple of weeks ago.  It's really soft.

I wish the photo was better - I can't see how this scarf is going to lay.  I guess it's a Knitscene surprise!  Seeing how it is only five rows long, I hope to finish it on the way to work in the morning.

I love this hat.  It's from the same yarn as the scarf, and uses the same size N hook, and is measured in single crochet....but the the gauge is different!  Hmmmm.  I may make one of these if I have enough yarn left from the scarf.

I think this tube top is lovely.  Of course, as I am now a woman of a certain age, I would have to make this about two feet longer to ensure proper coverage.... I want to find a way to convert into a tank top.  Darn it!  I want to knit for MEEEEEE! 

Have you checked out these cuffs by Marnie?  Are they not the coolest?

I'm still powering ahead and getting ready for the big craft show at the end of November.  I was originally trying to keep it all to knit and crochet items with some sewn goodies to round it out, but now I think I will just go for broke.  Anything and everything.  Sometimes I get home and I don't want to knit.  I want to stamp.  So I will.  If it sells, it sells.  If it doesn't, it doesn't.  So I guess I will have a table full of scarves, hats, jewelry, cards, collage and more.  Yay!  I don't feel nearly as stressed now.

Southern California Weekend

Got my Knitscene AND the new Vogue Knitting at B&N yesterday.  Yay!  And thanks Jenn for volunteering to look for me!  You're a rock star! 

I worked on Saturday, but it was fun work.   I got to hang out at the beach and watch surfers!  Yeah, tough job, eh?  It was a fundraising surf contest.  I learned how to tabulate scores and watch some great longboarders on the water.  It was a beautiful day.  And then Sunday came.  And rain.  Yay! It's fall!

I've been trying to get to some soapmaking (just the melt and pour kind) for the last week.  I'm gonna try extra hard tonight.  I'm trying to use up some of the goodies lying fallow in the ole Make Me Factory.  Just finding the time is the thing. 

Am considering moving out of state more seriously than ever before.  I hope I can win the lottery so I won't have to.  As I was driving home from Ocean Beach on Saturday, I got sad thinking about getting hot chocolate and clam chowder on the pier.  And where could I get a good fish taco?  And what about being 15 minutes from the shore and thirty minutes from the snow?  Not that I ever go, but I could.  And no humidity!  And the constant 70 degree temperature.  How could I live elsewhere?!!!!  You're right.  It was just the real estate talking....I'm back in my right mind now.

Another Skein Bites the Dust

Finished the Shape-It Scarf and I think it's cool.  It has that right amount of hang but still covers your neck.  Took longer than I expected to finish though.  I do expect I'll be making more of these. 

It's out of the Homespun Nancy and Wendy foisted upon me(with no little amount of gleeful laughter, I might add.)  I only have about 97 more skeins to go!   

Went to Borders to get the knew Interweave mag KnitScene and was a little disappointed not to find it there.  Also, they've received nothing new in the craft books since I was last there.  I'll have a peek through B&N tomorrow and see if I can locate it.  From the website it looks like an interesting magazine, but haven't heard any buzz.  Anyone seen this?