I went to a bookstore today to pick up Shonda Rhimes’ new book, Year of Yes. While I was in the store, I saw an origami kit for sale that embraced the adult coloring book trend. The intent was for people to color the origami paper, then fold the paper into models. I’m not personally […]
Posts with the #CreateNovember tag
One third down…
It’s been a while since my last post, but I’m still trucking on the doing something creative every day front. I’ve mostly been crocheting, though I have done some prep work on some other projects. I’ve made a lot of progress on the afghan for my living room including adding a burgundy to the color […]
Tuesday Plarn
I’ve been noticing lately that I’ve acquired a lot of Barnes & Noble plastic bags. I don’t like throwing them away for two reasons: 1) it’s bad for the environment to throw plastic bags away. 2) Barnes & Noble bags are very sturdy, and I like to use them for other things. I decided to […]
Yellow & Grey Make Blanket
When I started thinking about doing #CreateNovember again, I made a list of possible projects to work on. The idea was to be more focused than I was last year, so I didn’t spend so much time trying to decide what to do to the point of being distracted from actually doing anything. I like […]
Don’t Call It a Comeback
In spite of good intentions, this blog has been neglected for the past few months. There are a lot of reasons for this, the biggest of which are that I moved to a new city and started a new job back in May, and I’ve been very busy ever since. The good news is that […]
#CreateNovember recap
It’s been a while since I posted to this blog. Obviously, posting every day for #CreateNovemeber didn’t work out, but I’m okay with that. I liked it enough that I’d like to do something similar next year but with slightly different parameters. The part I found most difficult to keep up with was the requirement […]
Applique scarab
Today, I took the scarab applique I cut out a few days ago and sewed it onto a scrap of denim. I was going to sew it on a narrow bit of muslin, but I decided that I wanted it on a large enough piece of fabric that I could use it as part of […]
More Twine
Today was another process day. I started a crochet hat for my mom. I also spent more time learning the ins and outs of Twine. My goal is to post a simple Twine story before November is up. The trick is figuring out what my Twine story would be about.
Thinking about process
One thing I’ve been finding interesting about #CreateNovember is that even though my favorite thing about the creative process is the “process” part, I’ve been focused on finished items. I wanted to concentrate on process today rather than worry about finishing anything. Today’s theme ended up being tools. I started looking into software options for […]
Day 10 Jelly
Today netted a crochet jellyfish. I’ve been making a series of them, and I hadn’t made one in a while.