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September 26, 2005
Mr. Henry H. Bluebird
Finished the bird-stitching! I have been wearing Mr. Bluebird for the past two days. Needless to say, I like him very much. The brown and blue theme continues in the little lariat necklace I made the other day. I really dig the style and have black and black/red ones planned. Easy to make (though the seed beads take bloody forever) and easy to wear. I like the adjustability of it.
Also, I finished my mom's other xmas present: rosary beads. My mom is catholic, though in a way that I can actually handle, i.e. living in sin, birth control, and other evils are A-OK. I think she likes the comfort of ritual objects like the beads, and the Virgin Mary (or as Taryn says, the BVM) ,who is pretty cool as these things go. Anyhow, I know she will love them. The beads are Czech firepolish AB and the connector/cross are neat reproductions of vintage pieces in sterling silver. Simple, if repetitive, to make. I think they look cool, though I can't actually remember the prayers that are supposed to go with it. We tried to remember at work the other night, but they got all jumbled at the end. A Heathen is me!
Also, J is growing some lovely plants on our windowsill. I would have killed them already, but they seem to be doing quite well. The image below is of an herb mix... can't wait to eat them all!!
In other news, our bathroom sink had a crack in it and soaked the cheap linoleum tiles on the floor, causing an effluvium matched only by rat-infested sewers. Ok, maybe not quite that bad, but almost. They replaced the sink today and I have been burning all manner of pleasant smelling devices to alleviate the stench. It is working, if very slowly. Hopefully it will be reasonably back to normal for tomorrow night's foray into Vampire...
Finally, I posted some more things to my Etsy site. You should visit it, even if you never ever ever want to buy anything. I just like to see the little Visitor Count go up; it makes me feel happy.
Posted by loyd0008 at September 26, 2005 05:35 PM
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Awww, look at all the cute little cotyledons!
Posted by: Taryn at September 27, 2005 11:08 AM
Great work. I have to ask - I saw that you have some sort of tracing paper covering the shirt - i'm assuming that's what you have traced the image on? so my question - how do you remove that paper? just rip it off?
btw - yarn in the nyc is way too expensive - the cheapest skein i've found was $13.95 for about 90 yards....I've found a place out in the middle of Queens where they have $1 skeins, but it will call for some serious time to ride the train out there and it's in the ghetto...so I have to check that out when i'm feeling ambitious. or just order yarn online.
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