First, just a few updates regarding things I mentioned last week:
- I threw away the wrap bracelet. It was ugly, and annoying, and it wasn't working right, so I set it up on a blind date with my trash can.
- I did a little bit on the bird bag, and I'll have a picture of that tomorrow. Most likely.
- I made a tiny globe knot necklace! (Confused? Go look here.)
I used a drawstring from a pair of shorts, and a random white marble I dug around for. Three problems: the cord is too thin, the marble is to big, and the obvious one involving cord length. The video didn't specify where in the cord to start, nor did it show it's full length, so I just started in the center and hoped for the best. It didn't work out so well, so I had to glue the two ends together:
OK, I swear I took a picture of it glued. Just take that picture, and imagine the two ends glued and twisted. That's right, twisted. I wore heavy garden gloves, and I actually didn't burn myself! (I was surprised too!) I am planning on putting a flower or other doodad over the spot I glued, and I'll be all done.
Now here is a project that is so crazy I should be locked up for even considering doing it:
It looks innocent enough, doesn't it? Doesn't really look like a project either.... How about some back story?
This comes from me doing something I have never done before. This weekend my family stayed in a house owned by my aunt and uncle, along with many other assorted family members. My uncle took a few of my cousins and I garage-saling. It was quite the experience, but I did pick up this skirt. Let's take a closer look:
Do you see the project yet? I'm re-sewing all the sequins back on. Yes, I am completely insane. Here's why (about the sequins, not my insanity):
Can you see?
How about now? All the sequins are strung together! (Well not all of them; there is more than one piece of thread.) This means if one sequin goes, they all go. In fact, a whole bunch already have. So I'm going through and painstakingly unthreading and re-sewing Every. Single. Sequin. And there's a whole bunch. This will be one of the only things I will do, once I really get into it, so I'm thinking about keeping it packed away until I finish with Christmas. Speaking of which....
My Crafty Christmas To-Do List
- buy supplies for, and make, two etching projects
- buy yarn for, and make, a mohawk hat (I have a pattern, I just can't find the link right now)
- finish the embroidered bag
- find a pattern and yarn for an M&M dishcloth, then make it. I had a pattern I liked, but the blog disappeared! There's another one I have seen, but I don't like it. Hmmm, how hard would it be to make my own?
- make two more (better) globe knot necklaces
- come up with two more really great ideas, because there are two more people on my list!
That's it! Just a hat, a dishcloth, two fifteen minute necklaces, some etching, and some mysteries!
