I have been impossibly lazy today... I mean, there has to be a special sort of crime offense related to how lazy I have been. I wish I could chuck it up to not getting to bed on time last night, but I have insomnia. I am a functioning insomniac. I wish I could chuck it up to the episode of craptastic weather we've had here. Actually, that's what I am going with!! I have a sinus headache and my whole face, ears, nose, and throat are all throbbing. Not even to the same beat. Just random pulses. Because of this, I have spent most of the day in bed, only getting up to hug my Little Darling, check on her, and feed her.
I have had a busy weekend. We were blessed with some lovely weather this weekend. Can I just take a small moment to acknowledge something about myself? I realize that, when I am getting into a new project, I HYPER FOCUS! I mean, I don't want to eat, drink, sleep. I don't want anyone to talk to me, so I am extremely bitchy for no reason other than to deter people from wanting to come around. I am like a rabid squirrel, all cute and minding my own nutty/craft business until someone tries to pet me, and then my razor sharp, disease ridden teeth come out and I go cray-cray.
Fortunately, The Hubs adores me, even in my "crazy artist" mode that I go into. There really is someone for everyone, I tell ya! He risked his life to break me away from my latest projects and made me go for a walk. We walked for about 2 hours, pushing Kiki in a stroller, as our Little Darling ran around, picking flowers.
It was fun, and honestly, my brain needed the break.
These are some of our findings on our impromptu nature walk. I found this scrapbook paper in my huge pile of papers. Thousands of sheets, to be honest. This is my favorite set. I can't seem to bring myself to make anything out this cardstock, so it's usually just featured as the background in photos. I would never say that I hoard things, but I know that I am the hardest core of hardcore paper collectors. I *heart* Paper.
These flowers and branches we found were everything this weekend! Such beauty! I love the beginning of spring. I seem to forget, every single year, that all this beauty and nature exists. Do you ever feel that way? I think I forgot about all of this especially this year because our winter was extra long!
Sorry about the over-exposure in the photos. As I have mentioned so many times, I live in a cave, with terrible lighting. However, I am really excited to announce that I have PHOTO EQUIPMENT! WOOT WOOT!!!! I have been waiting to buy lights, backdrops, a tripod, and photo editing equipment for YEARS! And now, I have........ Such a scary realization! However, my true anxiety and apprehension lies in trying to figure out how to work everything! I am a "tech-tard", so if you hear a wild, waling sound in your city, just know that it's me, BumbleBri, screaming out of frustration.
This weekend didn't just bring loads of photography equipment, I also got CLOTH NAPKINS!
The quick story behind the cloth napkins: My friend *S* and I were shooting the shit one afternoon and we both agreed that we are too poor to be throwing money away in the form of paper towels. So we talked about buying kitchen towels and rags in place of drying our hands and cleaning with paper towels. Then, *S* tells me of her plan to buy cloth napkins, which I honestly had never thought of. So I took her glorious idea and used a $50 gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond that I won at a real estate event hosted by some other friends last year. I managed to score 50 cloth napkins and still have enough money on the gift card to pay the taxes and shipping + handling.
If you are a mama on a budget, this is the BEST investment. Nothing bothers me more than literally throwing away money! If anyone is ever interested, I might (MIGHT!) post a tutorial on how to make your own cloth napkins. It's reasonably easy and before I remembered the gift card, I planned to just sew my own stash. Hoo-ray for saving money AND the environment 😉
... So yes, I am well aware of the fact that it has been a while since I have posted about projects. I have been working on so many different things! But, for today, I will show something that I lost a long time ago.
About 3 years ago, I worked on what might have been the ugliest crochet project I planned on giving away.
Uhm, needless to say, I changed my mind about giving this to anyone because it's ugly.
So I am taking this apart, what's left of it, and combining the yarn from this project with a huge bag of miscellaneous yarn scraps and making this
Simple granny hexagons. I don't think I will have enough scraps to turn this into a blanket, but I can certainly make my very first pillow cover. I am so nervous about it. I have no clue about how to turn this into a pillow cover, but I suspect by this time next week, I will have figured it out!
This is what I have so far... So let's see what happens in the next week or two. Who knows, making pillow covers might be my next obsession. As if I need yet ANOTHER ONE! Ha!
Happy Tuesday to you!!!
I have had a busy weekend. We were blessed with some lovely weather this weekend. Can I just take a small moment to acknowledge something about myself? I realize that, when I am getting into a new project, I HYPER FOCUS! I mean, I don't want to eat, drink, sleep. I don't want anyone to talk to me, so I am extremely bitchy for no reason other than to deter people from wanting to come around. I am like a rabid squirrel, all cute and minding my own nutty/craft business until someone tries to pet me, and then my razor sharp, disease ridden teeth come out and I go cray-cray.
Fortunately, The Hubs adores me, even in my "crazy artist" mode that I go into. There really is someone for everyone, I tell ya! He risked his life to break me away from my latest projects and made me go for a walk. We walked for about 2 hours, pushing Kiki in a stroller, as our Little Darling ran around, picking flowers.
It was fun, and honestly, my brain needed the break.
These are some of our findings on our impromptu nature walk. I found this scrapbook paper in my huge pile of papers. Thousands of sheets, to be honest. This is my favorite set. I can't seem to bring myself to make anything out this cardstock, so it's usually just featured as the background in photos. I would never say that I hoard things, but I know that I am the hardest core of hardcore paper collectors. I *heart* Paper.
These flowers and branches we found were everything this weekend! Such beauty! I love the beginning of spring. I seem to forget, every single year, that all this beauty and nature exists. Do you ever feel that way? I think I forgot about all of this especially this year because our winter was extra long!
Sorry about the over-exposure in the photos. As I have mentioned so many times, I live in a cave, with terrible lighting. However, I am really excited to announce that I have PHOTO EQUIPMENT! WOOT WOOT!!!! I have been waiting to buy lights, backdrops, a tripod, and photo editing equipment for YEARS! And now, I have........ Such a scary realization! However, my true anxiety and apprehension lies in trying to figure out how to work everything! I am a "tech-tard", so if you hear a wild, waling sound in your city, just know that it's me, BumbleBri, screaming out of frustration.
This weekend didn't just bring loads of photography equipment, I also got CLOTH NAPKINS!
The quick story behind the cloth napkins: My friend *S* and I were shooting the shit one afternoon and we both agreed that we are too poor to be throwing money away in the form of paper towels. So we talked about buying kitchen towels and rags in place of drying our hands and cleaning with paper towels. Then, *S* tells me of her plan to buy cloth napkins, which I honestly had never thought of. So I took her glorious idea and used a $50 gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond that I won at a real estate event hosted by some other friends last year. I managed to score 50 cloth napkins and still have enough money on the gift card to pay the taxes and shipping + handling.
SCORE! Ker-CHING!
Yea, I did a cheer and a series of old school dances from the '90s (running man, sprinkler, cabbage patch) I also have a stack of 20 spring colored napkins (pink, lime, sky blue, bright yellow) in addition to the autumn colored ones. I love warm, autumn colors, but I know my Little Darling loves *All Pink Everything*.If you are a mama on a budget, this is the BEST investment. Nothing bothers me more than literally throwing away money! If anyone is ever interested, I might (MIGHT!) post a tutorial on how to make your own cloth napkins. It's reasonably easy and before I remembered the gift card, I planned to just sew my own stash. Hoo-ray for saving money AND the environment 😉
... So yes, I am well aware of the fact that it has been a while since I have posted about projects. I have been working on so many different things! But, for today, I will show something that I lost a long time ago.
About 3 years ago, I worked on what might have been the ugliest crochet project I planned on giving away.
Uhm, needless to say, I changed my mind about giving this to anyone because it's ugly.
So I am taking this apart, what's left of it, and combining the yarn from this project with a huge bag of miscellaneous yarn scraps and making this
Simple granny hexagons. I don't think I will have enough scraps to turn this into a blanket, but I can certainly make my very first pillow cover. I am so nervous about it. I have no clue about how to turn this into a pillow cover, but I suspect by this time next week, I will have figured it out!
This is what I have so far... So let's see what happens in the next week or two. Who knows, making pillow covers might be my next obsession. As if I need yet ANOTHER ONE! Ha!
Happy Tuesday to you!!!
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