I'm so good at birthdays!

Haven't had a chance to mail this off yet. Thought the dog card would be a nice touch. Need to find a nice padded shipping envelope big enough for this embroidery hoop.

People should send me presents like this. I'd be such a happy girl.

Make It Work!

Yesterday was a friend's birthday so I spent most of the day making this for him.

He's always on about getting a tattoo of Tim Gunn and I saw this several months ago and thought of him. After realizing it was his birthday I decided to whip this up to mail to him.

I miss having any-time access to this blog. I have to wait until I'm using someone else's computer. I even left a post on the forum and no one offered me any help so I guess I'm SOL til I get a new computer.

"Luckily" I never having anything to post these days. I miss endless days of crafting and watching Doctor Who and Northern Exposure.

Tell me about it, stud.

My friend Halle sent me a switchblade comb in the mail. I can't even describe how excited I was when I saw it.
Immediately went into greaser mode. This picture got a lot of attention...positive attention. I was trying to be silly, but apparently this is a good look for me. The funniest part about the whole ordeal is how shocked people seemed to be by my appearance...

Oh, Sweet Pea(r).

I call my friend Kat "Sweet Pear" because one day I was trying to type "sweet pea" and an R appeared. We decided it was her nickname from then on. I've been meaning to make her a little plush pear for weeks now. I made this little thing on the drive home from Albuquerque earlier.

Unfortunately this miserable fabric frays! So when I went to close the plush it started to come apart. I had a little bit of a hissy fit because I didn't want to start over. I almost cut it in half with a pair of scissors from sheer frustration. After I cooled off I added a little patch. It looks sort of like it's supposed to be there and kind of adorable. I hope she doesn't mind!

I get really impatient sometimes, so instead of coming home and drawing and scanning the label and then printing it onto the green paper, I just drew it on directly since it's a one-off plush anyhow.

And the winner of Best Sister for March 2010 is...

Seriously. My sister is pretty great.

I asked her if she was going to bring home Sherlock Holmes or if I needed to buy it on Friday, and asked her if she was going to pick up the tulips she told me she bought me the other day and was having the nursery hold, and this is what she came home with. The movie, said tulips, mini bananas, and Ben & Jerry's Maple Blondie ice cream (which I keep talking about saying I want to try before they stop making it).

In the background you can see my pink kangaroo planter I got at the antique store on Monday. It's currently holding my good paintbrushes. I haven't had a chance to take any good pictures of the things my mom got me when we went antiquing the other day. There was so much more I wish I could have brought home with me.

I watched Sherlock Holmes earlier. Jude Law. Unf. I have always found him ridiculously attractive, but as Watson? My goodness. And I've never been so attracted to Robert Downey Jr.