Entries from July 2008

July 27, 2008

Rocking it like Martha Stewart…minus the insider trading

The weather has been bad. So bad. There’s been nothing but rain, wind and mud for weeks here and there’s more to come this week. I’m chomping at the bit to get out and about but given that I went for a slip in the mud a couple of weeks ago (at the shops no [...]

July 21, 2008

Panda-monium

The craft fair yesterday went amazingly well. I had so much fun, got an enormously swollen ego from the compliments on my work and I sold a lot of stuff, right from the start of the day. I made enough money to drown myself in embroidery patterns – which I fully intend to do! I [...]

July 16, 2008

Getting a head start

I figure if I start making decorations and presents in July then surely people will actually get something from me come December 25th. Maybe. We’ll see. After the last craft fair I found myself so crafted out I didn’t pick up a needle for over a month and I decided that I will try prevent [...]

July 8, 2008

It’s never been cooler to embroider

New and very cool embroidery patterns are sprouting everywhere right now and it’s all I can do to keep up. I try to buy as little as possible these days (made easy by poverty haha!) but we all have a weakness. And oh my, embroidery patterns are my weakness.
New to the embroidery scene is Pimp [...]

July 2, 2008

Procrastination 101

Everything has suddenly come due at once. I have to write two stories by Friday night. I have one plot and about 7 lines. I am also working mad hard on an embroidery as an example for the beginners embroidery workshop I am teaching at the craft fair on July 19th – assuming people are [...]