Archive for 2008
Since I am not working I not only have no need of new shoes but I have no money for them either. That does not keep me from WANTING them. Well, I do actually need a new pair of black boots… These Biviel ankle boots are very sweet, maybe too sweet: Both of these Fluveog [...]
I’m taking a garment construction 101 class right now. So far it’s been pretty good. Here is the dress I will be making: I bought 3 yards of this cute Sevenberry Japanese fabric for it: In class we first learned about fabrics and some basics for picking out a pattern. I had that fancy vintage [...]
I’ve made a few baby blankets recently. They all came out pretty cute. One of them I forgot to take pictures of!! it was cute – yellow birdseed by alexander henry with green minky and yellow binding and yellow flannel backing. oh wait, here’s one lame picture: Next I made one big and one small [...]
Hiya Folks, You Bazaar is just around the corner! Next weekend, November 2nd at the San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park) local crafters, toy and plush designers and other indie artists will be showcasing and selling their work. Oh, and there will also be some craft workshops at You [...]
I mentioned on a previous screamything post that I was entering a slight manic phase. I’m not sure that’s exactly true but I have 3 brazillion projects right now. I was in Peidmont Fabrics the other day when my hand reached out for this gorgeous Liberty of London cotton lawn print. I mean look at [...]
Madness, I tell you.I’m sitting here doing like 45 things at once. Emailing, researching for interviews, thinking about fabric, worrying that I should go home (i’m in a cafe), and thinking about all my millions of projects. It’s suddenly all about layering. In fact one of the projects I would LIKE to be doing soonish [...]
I stopped by the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse today to drop off some donations (read: lame old fabric). And I nearly passed out when I saw that they had, for 6 bucks a pound, super awesome silk tie fabric clearly I haven’t been in there for a looong time). If you’re a quilter [...]
Were do you get your fabric? I think we all have our go-to local fabric store – for me, the big chain store is Joannes. Joannes is fine for cheapish everyday fabrics. The Joannes near me recently closed and so I had to journey to a nearby town to go find one but that one [...]
I bought this great green velvet as a remnant at the discount fabric shp near my house. it was so pretty and I made this lovely pair of spats with it. They turned out so cute that I went back and bought two new colors to try out. But this time I am having a [...]
Over the weekend I went to M@cys and had a bra fitting and bought 4 new bras, matching underwear and a camisole. OMG!. What a difference a good bra makes. I love pretty bras and it has been sooo long since I have had one (oh, about 2 years…). I was so disturbed by the [...]
Oh Hai! I’m flakey! The winners are Jen of Volatile Gas World and Maggie of ‘Stop! Take some time to think…’. I’ll email to get your addresses. Now, Jen I certainly have some good ideas of what to send but Maggie I don’t know at all. So I will have to go read her archives [...]
The explosion in the past few years of the craft and DIY space has been amazing to watch. People can craft in their spare time and then use the internet to reach a broad audience of like minded people. Consumers want unique items that really meet their needs in a way that mass produced things [...]
Hey! So, I’m interviewing all the vendors for the upcoming You Bazaar in SF. My first one is with Hae Eun Park of Planet Tokki. The fair is November 2nd at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park and is focusing on hand made Plush Art. Here is the description from the [...]
preview copy! Originally uploaded by not halfway there I love the new I can has cheezeburger book! I got a preview copy because my sister is cool. I may keep it in my car to be Jack’s car book. Plus, it will cheer me up if I need it while wrassling a baby. * The [...]
We did it! The labyrinth is built, mostly! Read my previous post about our planned labyrinth here. We chose a spot a little closer to the Container house as the labyrinth ended up being a bit bigger than I thought. I _think_it ended up being about 16 feet across each spiral. We spent two days [...]
surprise gift in the mail!! Originally uploaded by not halfway there I got the best package in the mail form bebellyboo last week. Check it out: Chocolate cookies, book for Jack, toy for jack (i’ve been wanting one of these but never managed to buy one), 2 awesome fun fabrics (mermaids! fashion girls!), and some [...]
I really don’t mind going to the dentist. I’ve a had a few fillings but they were so long ago that I think they were all done by our family dentist back home, in high school.In college I had my wisdom teeth out and it was totally horrific and traumatizing but for the last 6 [...]
I purchased the wonder jacket pattern quite a while ago and have finally tried it out. MAN. It is CUTE. and EASY. and FAST. I really like how each size has it’s own pattern paper. I would have been seriously annoyed it I had to use chalk to size it. This one is size 2. [...]
So there I am, sorting through my fantabulous button tin and what happens? My kid wakes up. Goodbye buttons! But then we are peacefully playing upstairs and I think, “Surely I could just open this one and sort out the little boring ones”. So I do. And then I turn around for ONE SECOND. And [...]
How weird is it that my great grand kids will be able to look me up online? Will there be an ‘online’ at that point? Or will it be more like having to dig up the archives of the 8 track tapes in a dusty treasure trove of personal effluvium in an outdated medium. I [...]
