artsy craftsy
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 $$ if i can produce more than one decent product?). stay tuned for documentation of that process; we'll see how it progresses...
first, however, in the here and now, are some pics of mosaic-ed objects i completed this past weekend while i was holed up in my house trying to get over a week-long cold (which still hasn't left me entirely...) still have to give the bottle and jars a final polish to get excess grout off, but you get the idea...
since it's likely in the coming months that i'll be spending a fair amount of leisure time indoors (my penchant for being outside for extended periods of time in cold weather is more or less non-existant), i've started to devise ways of keeping myself occupied this fall/winter. last night was the inaugural lawrenceville game night (highlights from the pictionary game were my tambourine, both teams drawing uneven breasts during an all-play for the word "lopsided" and a very artistic drawing to depict the action "flick") and i anticipate many movie marathons, bowling outings, and karaoke nights to ensue. 
BUT when the group thing isn't happening, though, i've made a promise to myself (and now the blogosphere) to get back into my habit of making things and by "things" i mean candle holders and belts and magnets and and valentine cards and whatever else comes to mind and can be fabricated with the various materials i've collected/salvaged/hoarded over time.
i also finally got some zippers and fabric to make good on a long-standing statement that eventually i'd attempt to replicate the peruvian-made purse that everyone always comments on (you know, the orange one with flowers that people ask me about everywhere i go?). that bag has undergone a lot of abuse over the past year+ so i think it's about time i replaced it with something of my own creation (and perchance made some $$ 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...
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