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Upcycling
I come up with crazy projects. It's a thing that I do. My biggest ongoing project is the endless scarf. It has its own (rarely updated) blog. My newest plan is to go a year without buying any new...
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bustle
as geeks so often do, this year I am making the pilgrimage to Dragoncon! I've decided on a steampunk costume. Therefore, I needed a bustle! So, I found a handy-dandy tutorial over on threadbanger and...
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Steampunk
So, I thought I'd jump in on the Bookkeeper's Steampunk Challenge and try to find more steampunk books to read myself and share some recommendations of my own. With that in mind, here is a short review...
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The Paper Crane Project
So, my dad is sick. He's got terminal cancer. Sucks, but he's been amazing. So, in an effort to start raising money to cover the upcoming expenses I've started The Paper Crane Project. Building off the...
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So kind
Ok, you guys are being amazingly kind! I've got 30 cranes so far tonight. Here is a picture of the first 25 cranes:The background on my laptop, if anyone is interested, is a 1930's style Catwoman drawn...
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Wow, you guys ROCK!!!
So, as of 12:55 a.m. today I am at 260 sponsored cranes. Let me say that number again... 260!!!!This is less than 48 hours after the project went live. I am blown away by how kind and generous everyone...
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348 baby!
So, as of today, thanks to one of Dad's AMAZING neighbors, we have 348 sponsored cranes. I've started folding them and I hope to drop them off this weekend when I'm in Memphis. One of my friends got...
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So, I haven't caught up in a while because I've been at Dad's house in Memphis for his 62nd birthday party. He doesn't have wifi and I love this blog, but I'm not updating it from my phone. The current...
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Quick crane update. We are at 437 cranes!!!My traveling Paper Crane Project is doing well. I've got cranes on their way to several states, the Virgin Islands, Equador, and Paris. I've got some of the...
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Traveling Paper Cranes
The cranes have started out. I've added India to my list of places that I hope to get pictures from My contact there is super busy though, so we'll see if she can fit it into her schedule.In the...
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Gone
Dad died last monday night.That's a stark sentence to write. It's a stark thing to say over and over in all the phone calls that had to be made. I know this isn't anything new. People do this all the...
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Make Something Every Day
So, yesterday on the etsy blog julieincharge suggested that artists to try to make something every day. So, I'm going to try to make at least 1 accessory every day from 1/8/11 to 1/8/12. So, the first...
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Accessories #2
Two blog posts in 1 day? The world may be ending. The ice storm coming down outside certainly seems to agree with that.But, this blog is to announce that for the second day in a row... I have made...
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Day #3
Day 3 and I'm still on track. My third accessory is an iPod case made from fulled wool from a failed sweater attempt and the free pattern from LarkCraft's Doodle Stitch Along. I added snaps & a...
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The Owls Are Not What They Seem
Sometimes, they're jewelry! My iPhone doesn't like taking pictures in my house very much, but here's the necklace I made today. It's a commission for a friend. The blurry pendant is a small owl. All...
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Cheater (with bonus pets!)
So, days 5 & 6 are combined into one post since I was making a pair of fingerless mitts; one for each day. Once again, I'm using the Best Friend Mitts pattern from Kitchen Sink Dyeworks'Badass...
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Seven at One Blow
Ok, so I'm not quite that good, but I have done several accessories in two days. My official 365 Accessories item from yesterday was a hair clip from Stephanie Lynn's blog: Under the Table and...
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Teapots & Teasers
So, I've been finishing up my projects rather late at night this week and so I've been too sleepy to blog about them. Therefore, I'm going to do a mega project blog tonight before bedtime. Sunday I...
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My best friend runs Project Cat in Tempe. She's got an adorable black kitten named Sir Percy who needs a home. If you know anyone who might like a new, fantastic kitten please click on the link!Meet...
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