Sorry!

I know, I haven't posted much this week.

This is a super cool tutorial for papercutting that I just found on the Angry Chicken Blog. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OWhRPWrrB0

I Wish

That the long weekend was just a liiiitle bit longer.

I did manage to get a lot done, including updating my shop listings, putting up my Christmas tree and lights, and some general home maintenence. I started making an afghan, granny square style. So far I haven't quite mastered the pattern, but I will, in time. I'll post some pictures once it really gets started.

Naming Pullip

I think I want to call her Sophie. Any other suggestions?

She's Here!

Here is my new (and only, and first) Pullip. She is of the Purezza species, and absolutely adorable!! I need to give her a name, but I haven't figured that out just yet.

Purple dress from ChloesCrazyCloset.etsy.com

paper earrings

paper earrings
Originally uploaded by lindsayu83

here's a set of earrings I whipped up today after work. I really like them, since they are made from laminated paper (thanks to my fantastic Xyron machine) they are extremely light and have a lot of movement. I'm just not sure if they are something that people would like and buy. Maybe they are too simple and they need some beads or glitter? Comments appreciated folks!!

baby bibs

baby bibs
Originally uploaded by lindsayu83

As promised, here are the bibs I made for Leanne. I think they turned out pretty darn well for being my first ever sewn FO. I had fun picking out the fabric too. Not sure if she's having a boy or a girl, but these are kind of girly. If she ends up having a boy I'll just make her some different ones.

A general update

Hello all. Haven't made any real posts lately, but I've been busy. Here is a synopsis of what I've been up to.

1. Working. Things are so busy at the office lately.
2. Making. Last night I made 3 baby bibs from Amy Karol's book. They are for my friend Leanne who's having a baby shower on Saturday. I'll post pics once I finish putting the velcro on.
3. Product Development. Sounds so fancy, but really I've just been playing around with some different things. I want to make earrings out of some great papers that I have, but I need to figure out a process. I also tried to make soldered pendants, but it turns out that soldering is hard. Maybe I'll try again some other time. I just want to do so many things!!
4. Bumming around. I needed a little downtime.

Next week I should be more productive. I have pies and breads to make for thanksgiving, and I want the shop all updated and pretty for Monday morning.

Dreams.

I had a dream last night that I checked on my blog this morning and there were hundreds of comments. Alas, it was only a dream.

I've been waiting all week for this

I keep hearing so many good things about Sugarlips on etsy, but her shop has been closed due to her getting sooo many orders. Finally I was able to purchase some things from her awesome bath and body shop this afternoon. The picture above was borrowed from her shop, and is of the coffee sugar scub that I'm super excited about. I also ordered a natural blemish remedy and a push-up lotion bar!!

Cleaning the craft room

When we moved into this house, I was so excited to have a whole ROOM to craft in. I really had very high hopes for it. Unfortunately I have not yet succeeded in getting it organized, and the fact that I keep picking up new crafts (felting, soldering, and sewing doll clothes most recently) really makes it difficult. Tonight I did a few things, including organizing some drawers and reorganizing one of my bookshelves. I thought I'd share a few pictures of the Mess and the Organization.

First, the Mess. This is the floor near the closet. I had to empty the closet in order to *really* organize.

This one is my old computer desk, which currently serves as both my photo studio and my sewing table, but never at the same time. You can see my light cube at the bottom and a bunch of random stuff. Hey, there's the V8 juice that I couldn't find earlier! :)
Now, onto the organized parts!! Here are the boxes that store all of my buttons, cabs and things for my etsy jewelry. I wish there was an easier way, but so far this is the best I can do. Boxes are separated by style (i.e. one box for vintage buttons, one for novelty buttons, one for vintage flowers, one for small cabs, one for large cabs, one for cameos).
This is my large bookcase, or at least the top part of it. Here you see my books on the top shelf. The second shelf holds my etsy store inventory, and jewelry boxes.

This one is pretty cool. I had this pantry rack from my old apartment that goes over a door. It doesn't fit in our pantry here, so I'm using it as yarn storage!
You can see here I actually put labels on the plastic drawers. Hopefully I can stick to them!
You can't see the rest of the room until it's finished and clean. Hopefully it will be soon. Wish me luck!!

New Pullip!

New Purezza
Originally uploaded by Coolmelody

I just ordered a nude Pullip Purezza doll from a seller on ebay! I absolutely cannot wait to get her. Picture shown here is from Coolmelody on Flickr.

Last night I attempted to sew some clothes for her, since she isn't coming with any. Turns out I'm not very good at sewing, and neither is my garage sale sewing machine. The good news is that my mom will be buying me a new one for Christmas.

My other kitty

Milo
Originally uploaded by lindsayu83

Milo is the kitten of the house. He likes to play with my yarn and make knots of it all over the house. Other than that, he's fricken adorable!

This is the end of the cat posts, but I wanted to show them off!

Love my Kitties!

Meow!
Originally uploaded by lindsayu83

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