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I’ve been working on some ju-ju dolls. This is the first of the larger size that I’ve finished. She’s embellished with embroidery thread, glass beads, fresh water pearls and a silk flower with a shell bead in the center. I know, I still have to finish the Queen Anne doll. I will, some day. Soon. I [...]

Disgruntled bird? Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me to stop being so picky and replace my phone already. I started painting again. The ever so creatively named “Red bird” is on a 4″x4″ canvas panel done with the cheapest oil paints money can buy. I based it on a photo I found online. [...]

Beads. My dolls and fabrics are packed away in storage at the moment, my handspun is at Keeper’s Corner, my knitting needles are somewhere and I needed something to do. Not like that’s an actual excuse for me to take up yet another hobby; especially one involving sparkly things, color, and a good potential for [...]

I can (and often do) market the stuffing out of my friends’ creative endeavors. I’m the person with a nice word, the pat on the back, and the confidence building admonitions. But when it’s something I do, something I made, something I’m invested in I lack any kind of confidence. Oh sure, I act like [...]

I’ve almost forgotten how to check my email on my own on a computer, since my phone just notifies me when an account has fresh mail in it. I haven’t really had to check my email since entering in my account information via my Droid because my phone makes sure my email checks on me. [...]

Sooki is the main character in The Saggy Baggy Elephant, he’s happy with himself and life in general until a parrot starts making fun of him. Parrots can be such dicks. Sooki then tries ways to make his skin fit better, mostly by asking predators for advice and putting himself in harms way. Each time [...]

I know it’s Boxing Day, which is usually celebrated here (in the US) by sleeping in late, not having any clue what Boxing Day is about (it’s a Cromwell thing– right?) and trying to figure out what you really want to get with the store credit once you find the gift receipt for that mp3-player-toaster-oven-vacuum-cleaner-answering-machine [...]

I’ve been down with a cold for the past few days. I’ve made friends with the NyQuil bottle. During my convalescence I revamped Cutemojo with a completely new look, new theme and re-installed the shopping cart that I took offline when I moved last year. I have to build another light box and start taking photos of my inventory [...]

I bought Barbara Schoenoff’s In the Style of Queen Anne pattern as a birthday gift to myself (two birthdays ago, at least, maybe more) and although I’ve admired it greatly I haven’t gotten around to giving it a go until now. I don’t know why I have this freak-outedness that goes with doing someone else’s pattern [...]

What’s interesting about some people is how careful they can be to remain very non-specific. Victorian knitting patterns where the author gives everything else but carefully withholds gauge come to mind, where I assume one would just follow the instructions with obedience and worsted wool on such-and-such-sized pins and hope to heaven they know someone [...]