Just a lil' somethin' that I just whipped up...

Actually, I started it weeks ago, finished the entire crocheted part of it one day at work and then sorta forgot about it. I had seen a similar pattern on another website but at the time I was way too impatient to follow a pattern so I just made it up as I went. I'm not super thrilled with the lining as the tension of the thread was a little wonky when I sewed it but I was too lazy to redo it.That tends to happen a lot as my laziness gets the best of me. Plus, I love making stuff but I loathe repairing stuff. Just the thought of having to hem a pair of pants just makes me want to shudder. Ugh.









I'm off work tomorrow because my mum and I get to go shopping! It's been awhile since we did a good day of shopping together so I'm looking forward to it.

The end.

Crap. So I published this post and then realised that I forgot to mention something else that I made. One of my oldest friends in the world, Allison, who I met back in grade five when I moved back to Greenwood, wanted me to make her a bag. She said she liked my brown and green plaid one so I made her one with the same sort of idea. Instead of the needle felting that I did on my bag, I decided to do some bead embroidery....Fffffffffff......man, did I ever regret that decision. It took fooooorever. I was so bored of it by the end because I was literally doing the same thing over and over again. Sometimes less is more and you learn from your mistakes.





I was so happy to use this fabric again, it's one of my favourites :)

Alright, this time I'm done.

The end (for real)

A stroll in the forest!

First up, Sherwood Forest!



♪♫Robin Hood and Little John running through the forest, jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees and tryin' to get away♫♪



He's got a little staff in his hands too - he wants a piece of the action!

Starling, sweet starling.

I made some bags. I've actually made a tonne of bags but they are all in different stages completeness. Most are like 90% done - add handle or maybe a liner, embellishment, that sort of thing. I know I should finish one project before I start another one but it's not the way I operate. I get bored easily. When I start working on a project for a couple days in a row, I tend to put it down and work on something else for a bit. Below are three bags that I made from futuregirl's Starling handbag pattern that I pattern tested for her back in the spring. Loves.



Now this one I sorta, technically made for my sister. And then I sorta started using it so I'm keeping it for myself. Sorry Beck, I'm sure I'll make something to replace it. Promises.



The reason I kept it was because of the fabric inside. I sooooo love this fabric.



I like this one, it's a little more reserved.



It's even classy on the inside.



This one I made on the 6 hour train ride I took from Halifax to Miramichi a couple weeks ago when I went to go visit my parents and check our their new house (which is awesome by the way). I think I ended up making three or four bags that weekend. My wrists were burning by the end of it. Burning.



I think I might use this fabric again for another bag but one in white or black. Ooooh, black, yeah, black. Now I just need to find some black cotton yarn in Halifax. I swear, I can't find it anywhere.

More travel adventures with Merlin the Crocheted Dragon ♥

Today he went seal watching on the English coast!



And look! Here's another! I can't decide if the seals or Melin is cuter. Tough call.



We're lucky he's in the UK and not Canada. If he were in Canada, he'd be clubbing the seals to death. Oh snap. I made a politically charged joke.

Until next time!

I'm on a pears craze!

I can't stop making them.

I call thee Gay Zebra...

I made a polymer clay cane that looks like a gay zebra. Not what I was going for but whatever, I think it's pretty friggin' sweet. It's super colourful and each bead looks completely different. I soooo wanted to take pictures of every single bead just because I found something interesting with each one. The pictures are sort of a "start to finish" look at the process.

The start of the rainbow skinner blend. I loooooove making rainbow blends. So much colour!!!



After being run through the pasta machine a good 50 million times.



The gay zebra cane. Told ya it looked like a gay zebra. I don't lie.



A completed bead!



A bouquet of beads!



Completed necklace!

So about two years ago, I broke my tooth around a filing while eating soup. Soup. Seriously. It never really gave me a problem so I didn't worry about it. Well it starting give me trouble. Like nearly unbearable pain. I couldn't sleep and when I did, I had to sleep with my hand in a fist under my cheek to put pressure around the tooth. It hurt. Bad. So yesterday I hit my breaking point and went to the dentist. I guessed I was going to need a root canal and I was correct! Gold star for me! It was my fourth root canal so I knew the drill. Heh, drill. Get it? Anyway, the procedure itself went fine. It was long. The dentist showed me some of my own nerves that he pulled out of my tooth. Awesome. And gross. And awesome. Jaw and tooth and hurting pretty badly today. Can't close my mouth properly*. Hopefully it will feel better soon since I need to have a post put in before the end of the year. Yikes!

*that's what she said. Heh.

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Hello Noro!

I finally got my hands on some noro yarn and boy was I ever excited. It's all about the colours. The pretty, pretty colours. I started a basic 1 x 1 rib knit scarf switching the balls of yarn every two rows. It's not done quite yet as I have about 12 other projects I'm working on at the same time. Too many crafts. Not enough time. It's a never ending struggle!

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