since it's likely in the coming months that i'll be spending a fair amount of leisure time indoors (my penchant for being outside for extended periods of time in cold weather is more or less non-existant), i've started to devise ways of keeping myself occupied this fall/winter. last night was the inaugural lawrenceville game night (highlights from the pictionary game were my tambourine, both teams drawing uneven breasts during an all-play for the word "lopsided" and a very artistic drawing to depict the action "flick") and i anticipate many movie marathons, bowling outings, and karaoke nights to ensue.
BUT when the group thing isn't happening, though, i've made a promise to myself (and now the blogosphere) to get back into my habit of making things and by "things" i mean candle holders and belts and magnets and and valentine cards and whatever else comes to mind and can be fabricated with the various materials i've collected/salvaged/hoarded over time.
i also finally got some zippers and fabric to make good on a long-standing statement that eventually i'd attempt to replicate the peruvian-made purse that everyone always comments on (you know, the orange one with flowers that people ask me about everywhere i go?). that bag has undergone a lot of abuse over the past year+ so i think it's about time i replaced it with something of my own creation (and perchance made some $$ if i can produce more than one decent product?). stay tuned for documentation of that process; we'll see how it progresses...
first, however, in the here and now, are some pics of mosaic-ed objects i completed this past weekend while i was holed up in my house trying to get over a week-long cold (which still hasn't left me entirely...) still have to give the bottle and jars a final polish to get excess grout off, but you get the idea...
my dear friend maria returned to pittsburgh for a week's visit from madrid for the first time since we graduated in 2006 and it was as if she had never left. i find it amazing that it's possible to have a friend across an ocean with whom the connection is strong enough that we can see one another incredibly infrequently and each time feel as if nothing has changed (maybe it's also that we/i would rather ignore the passage of time because it means i'm getting older).
still, she's leaving today and i have this really melancholy feeling because despite all of the wonders of modern technology that give us the ability to communicate virtually and our capacity to jump right back into a friendship after much time has passed, i still wish a 7+ hour plane ride weren't necessary to share a drink or give her a hug. that day-to-day contact even if it's to go grocery shopping together or wave as we run into each other by chance on the street is lost. i'm grateful to have friends and family in far reaching places, and to have the chance to visit them when i time and money permit, but i also wish i could shrink the geographic distances between us so all we'd have to do is walk down the block for a monthly dinner party. :)
since it's likely in the coming months that i'll be spending a fair amount of leisure time indoors (my penchant for being outside for extended periods of time in cold weather is more or less non-existant), i've started to devise ways of keeping myself occupied this fall/winter. last night was the inaugural lawrenceville game night (highlights from the pictionary game were my tambourine, both teams drawing uneven breasts during an all-play for the word "lopsided" and a very artistic drawing to depict the action "flick") and i anticipate many movie marathons, bowling outings, and karaoke nights to ensue. 
BUT when the group thing isn't happening, though, i've made a promise to myself (and now the blogosphere) to get back into my habit of making things and by "things" i mean candle holders and belts and magnets and and valentine cards and whatever else comes to mind and can be fabricated with the various materials i've collected/salvaged/hoarded over time.
i also finally got some zippers and fabric to make good on a long-standing statement that eventually i'd attempt to replicate the peruvian-made purse that everyone always comments on (you know, the orange one with flowers that people ask me about everywhere i go?). that bag has undergone a lot of abuse over the past year+ so i think it's about time i replaced it with something of my own creation (and perchance made some $$ if i can produce more than one decent product?). stay tuned for documentation of that process; we'll see how it progresses...
first, however, in the here and now, are some pics of mosaic-ed objects i completed this past weekend while i was holed up in my house trying to get over a week-long cold (which still hasn't left me entirely...) still have to give the bottle and jars a final polish to get excess grout off, but you get the idea...
