Sunday, October 29, 2006

Today's WIP

Before going to Seattle, I had ordered some candle molds and they arrived right before we were going to leave. So my mom, who is an expert candle maker, started making them while we were gone and they came out gorgeous. I mean, what could be better than a pink pirate ship!!!!
........and pink and aqua peace doves...............

......and this pirate ship - she made brown wax and poured it really hot. It's hard to see all the detail in the photo, but it looks like distressed wood!!! Very Black Pearl.

This is my Pocket Protector tote that I made today - awaiting its handles. I'm constantly digging for pens in my purse, so I decided to make them easily accessible.

I have a lot more to show but the photo download is really slow today. Happy Daylight Savings!!

Thursday, October 26, 2006

A slow week..

Not slow in the sense of nothing going on - just slow in the crafty, productivity department. Plenty of ideas mind you, but unfortunately, just waiting for Saturday so that I can actually work on some of them. I did manage to get some pumpkin carving and seed roasting in yesterday. Anyways, in the meantime, here's some more pics from our trip to Port Angeles. Above is a shot of Lake Crescent. There is actually an otter in the water just under the trees but he's hard to see. This is a chipmunk I befriended at Hurricane Ridge. I did sign up for this this week, and here's a great article about about a project that Phil is a part of, it's coming out soon!

Monday, October 23, 2006

Ballet and Tea



This weekend, we did a major clean out and rearrangement of our place. It went by easier/faster with all these movies playing in the background: Swingers, National Treasure, Batman Begins, Finding Neverland, and a couple others I can't remember.

Anyways, this morning I dropped off a bunch of stuff to our local goodwill. Of course I can never resist the "dishes" section and picked up these 2 teacups (from Japan 1961) for a dollar each! The ballet flats are new from American Eagle. I was so happy to find a neutral colored flat with fairly matte sequins. Now, back to purging and organizing!

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Sit on it......



Todays progress.... a chair cushion for my sewing chair. I used that new floral cotton my mom got me. I machine quilted a piece of sweatshirt fleece to the back for a little more interest.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Friday Finds


Todays finds from my local fabric store. A couple colors of Japanese slipper print, a faded ginkgo print, tiny dot flowers, and a retro pink and white repeating pattern. Also, a couple colors of some wool felting yarn. Hopefully, some of these projects willl materialize (no pun intended) this weekend!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Arigato Amelie

My Japanese version of the Amelie poster arrived today (from here)! The minute I saw her marigold silk, diamond-tufted comforter in the movie, I was obsessed with it. I was so thrilled to find that this shot was captured on a poster. Now I just need to find the perfect frame for it. I was thinking of something vintage - maybe something red and gold, but with chips and nicks in it.

And other great finds today - I finally got a new cutting mat - and it's pink!! The underside is a bright neon yellow with the same pink print. Even better, it was 40 % off at Joann Fabrics - they don't sell this item online for some reason. And more great fabric from my mom! I always seem to have good luck with the fabric she gives me, it always inspires me to create new projects! We also made plans tonight to hit the Rose Bowl next month and check out whats going on with Felt Club - they're both in the same weekend.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Fall Decor

The extent of my Fall decoration so far. I picked up the owl trio this weekend in J-Town.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Room For Squares

A square fabric dish made from this awesome paisley my mom just gave me.
An array of coasters

More fabric dishes


Fabric dish lined with a piece of vintage cloth rice bag

Fabric dish lined with a piece of vintage silk hankie

I had a very productive evening last night. I worked on a bunch of fabric dishes - I normally see these made from hard leather - but I tried a fabric version. I used heavy duty fusing to give them the structure they needed. I also made a bunch of fabric coasters from all my scraps. They have a bit of heavy sweatshirt fleece between the layers. All these squares meant I spent most of the night turning out the corners (ugh) but actually, it was'nt as bad as I thought it would be. Sometimes it's nice to get a whole lot of little things done, rather than working on one big thing for a long time. I'm hoping to get more done tonight


Saturday, October 14, 2006

Pink Elephants

What could be better than two, hot pink, India-inspired candles, on sale from Target. Also, to celebrate the looming Fall weather, I got these, yipee!!
Phil and I slept in today and now we're off to the gym. Hoping to get in some sewing and cleaning up tonight.

TGIF



Going back to work after you've been off for a week sure is hard. It was a big "catch-up" day today, but I stilll had the energy to update my Etsy shop!

oh, and it RAINED today! Very hard in some areas. Phil and I were so happy! There were some amazing and eerie clouds and lightning all over - and two giant rainbows. Very weird weather but I'm loving it.

Friday, October 13, 2006

We're Back

Phil looking down onto Hurricane Ridge

Written in the frost on a park bench in Olympic National Forest

Me gathering rocks on a beach off Puget Sound

Well, we have returned from our little trip up to Port Angeles/Seattle. It was so beautiful up there. We got some nice walks in, the weather was nippy, and the air was clean. Although, Phil and I did end up feeling a little restless towards the end of our stay on Port Angeles and wished we could have spent more time in Seattle. Ah well. Believe it or not, we are actually so glad to be back home in our little loft in Downtown L.A. Just the comforts of home I guess.

This trip did get us excited about traveling more though and thinking more about other places we would really like to go. Well, lots to do. We were both itching to get back to our sewing machine (me) and drawing table (him). Hopefully an Etsy shop update will be in the works soon!

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Thursday 3:54pm

A newly organized work space


A fleece button scarf I made for our trip to a chilly Port Angeles! Heathered aqua sweatshirt fleece with a large tomato-red button.


I made a mini noren for the weird space above our kitchen sink. Traditionally seen hanging in the entrance ways of Japanese restaurants and shops.

It felt so great to finally organize my work space - it's still a work in progress but at least I have a free work table now - instead of sharing it with my two machines.

I have a lovely day off today before Phil and I head up to Port Angeles tomorrow morning. We're just hanging out watching "Growing Up Giraffe", and starting to pack.

Have a great weekend everyone!