Now babies, behave yourselves...

Well my darlings, as I write this there are fewer than twelve hours before I fly off into the great southeast Asia.

As my cracktor put it, it's a part of the world that is really only imaginary -- it's so far out of our awareness that it doesn't really exist. :) Soon, at least for me, it will. :)

I leave you with one last gem: my first foray into my Estonian Lace knitting book (and YES, I followed the pattern :p ) followed up with some lovely red dye. I loved making it so much that I've already started on another pattern from the book and am bringing it with me to help pass the time on my many plane rides :)

lots of love and see you when I return!
m

accidental art :)

Busy Bunny - crafts for my trip

I've been a pretty busy bunny getting ready for my trip. When researching what I would need for my trip I kept coming across fun things that aren't really necessary but would certainly make the journey more enjoyable. For many of these things I kept thinking to m'self that I could totally make them - and better!

:D


Wool Airplane-booties - to slip on over my socks and keep my toes warm :)

Over the course of my trip I'll spend over sixty hours on planes and in airports. Some little comforts will go a long way I think. :)

I saw these cute leather initial luggage tags and thought they would be so lovely to make out of the all-wool felt I'd gotten a little while ago. Three felt layers with sturdy ribbon for tying.










And finally (for now) I got myself a cotton/bamboo eye mask but
discovered that it's cream color let too much light through. Wool felt to the rescue once again! Simple chain-stitch embroidery around the edge and a B in a heart. Napping should be easy!

Bottle Cutter Kit

So... I finally got around to testing out my bottle-cutter-kit a few weeks ago and am finally getting around to posting about it!

It was really easy and really neat. Unfortunately I discovered AFTER cutting these bottles that the "label" is etched in rather than printed on, so these were just practice!

Real projects will have to wait!

Back for a bit...

So many wonderful things have happened in the past two weeks and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed the by the world so I hardly know where to start!

My gums have mostly forgiven me and I can eat most foods without having to pay the price for hours (or days) after.

I had an amazingly lovely dinner with some Army ladies. It was so lovely to sit around and chat and get to know these incredible women.

I had an impromptu lunch and errands on foot with my dearest Joanna, and hopefully I didn't mess things up too badly. :hugs:

Fun times at the Mug Club Holiday Party at city steam with amazing food and great beverages.

I went dancing! Twice! MAYbe I'll make a habit out of it. :)

phew.

Now I'm off to brunch!

mmmm chewing. :D

So after most of a day of recovery after a necessary big day out, I got to cook again!!

I tried my hand at poached eggs (SO easy! and delicious!) and made a meal of them:

Poached eggs on buttered toast spread with uber-garlic pesto, venison sausage patties (thanks Jessepancake!), and tapioca with peaches (made with coconut milk so it's simple and light instead of sticky and heavy)

Oh it's so heavenly to (mostly) be able to eat like a normal person again!

I hardly know where to start!

Well my darlings, it has been ages.

Christmas, New Years, visiting with lots of family, special internet dates with Joe, lovely days with close friends, returning home, surviving wisdom teeth extraction surgery, surviving recovery from said surgery (at least thus far), sunny days, playing silly games with my brother, having two of my favorite guys in the world around for a week, the pleasure of actually being able to eat (if only with very tiny little bites of very mushy food) warm sunny naps, snuggling with my dog and so much more!

It seems as though the biggest hurdles have passed, at least for a little while. Now, I'm on the mend and looking forward!

48 days until I leave for my big trip!!! eeee! It's been fun and excited to think about and plan for making some little things to make my voyage smoother - felt luggage tags, airplane bootie-socks, sewn eyemask, etc.

look for them soon!

Thanks so much to everyone for their love, care, support, and attention. I am so lucky to have you all around me.

all my love,
m

Reusable gift wrapping

In an attempt to be slightly more economical and environmentally friendly, I tried my hand at making reusable wrapping - double layer muslin with zigzagged edge and a piece of cotton ribbon sewn at the middle.

I then made letter tags as reusable gift labels which I thought came out pretty cute :)