I haven't posted much in the last few days so I thought I would share some of the things that I've made over the last few weeks that I haven't posted here.

A Fat Bottom Bag from the Happy Hooker Book. I used wool yarn and skipped the plastic handles:



The Rose necklace made with rose quartz and sterling silver:


Swirly Pin made with vintage buttons and recycled costume jewelry:



Wish Tree, inspired by this artwork:



A couple of pear cozies (burnt orange is wool, same a the fat bottom bag above. Blue is acrylic):



a pendant made with all vitange buttons:



crocheted neckwarmer in dark aqua, random stitches:



Denim and blue fabric circles with a pin back:



I swear that the buttons are the same color, but they don't look it in the photo. Scarfeltte is all done in herringbone half double crochet. Here's the set:

election day cannot come soon enough

True up always has really good fabrics and links to fabric-y stuff.

The bloggers visited the Houston Quilt Market and are now posting regular photos.

I love this entry - ever wonder where some of those cutesy Japanese Fabrics come from? Try Lecien!

A week from now we, in the US, will have a new president. That day cannot get here any faster. I just want this race to be over and done.

I'm tired and this election will decide where I live for the next 4 years. Do I stay here or get out because America is a lost cause? I don't know - we'll see at the end of the day November 4th.

America, change cannot come too soon.

I was laughing through my lunch hour looking at this site.

for your hilarity - visit "What not to crochet"




found via Extreme Craft.

My hubby is officially sucked into Fall Out 3 for the next few weeks. I will definitely be doing more crafting.

We got a call late last week from the game store that Little Big Planet would be ready to pick up for us on Saturday.

Woo Hoo!!

So here's the low down...

It's so much fun that I managed to stay up until almost 3 this morning playing. It's simple to play, extremely fun, and just makes me want to play more.

The levels get progressively hard as you go (duh - so does every game) but not so much you want to pull your hair out which is a constant problem for me. sometimes the level difficulty jump is too much for me to handle so I end up just putting the game down and never finishing it. Can you say "bio shock?"

The physics is amazing - things work like you would expect them too in real life. you can shove and pull and jump on just about everything and it is really fun to experiment with the objects in the world. I have not begun the level creation process myself.

husband and I played for many many hours yesterday. That in and of itself is very unusual - we usually only play fight games together and I normally end up swearing I'll never play a play fight game with him again (he kicks my ASS consistently).

Here's the creative part:

- Best opening credits for a game ever - you actually PLAY the credits.
- You customize your character
- You customize your home (Pod)
- EVERYTHING in the game looks hand made - the 3d materials are amazing.

I seriously want to make my own LBP play set for the apartment. I love it. If I had the cash I would have run to the craft store ad bought a ton of felt and started my playset.

the premise of the game is that all the cool stuff that people dream collects together to make a dream planet. I'll leave the full story for you to see when you play the game (or go play with google:) ).

Looking at Sac Boy, our main character, the first thing I said was was "oh he's knit. Damn, my suck knitting skills." Husband's 3D animator brain kicked in and responded "he's not knit, he's a sub division surface with a displacement map applied."

Hee Hee - see crafty and nerdy at the same time.

REALLY not liking this blog software - I need to upgrade my hosting plan so I can get word press at least. This posting method is making me nuts.

We took our bikes on the last trip to Tokyo. Husband got a ticket at one point because he couldn't read the signs :(

Oh well - it's still interesting to look at and I have the ticket hanging above my craft table.



I rediscovered the picture this morning while poking through my photos for inspiration. It makes me giggle every time I look at it.

He had to use one of the bike parking lots when he went to Nakano (disappointing unless you're a old toy collector). When he came back to the hotel, he told me the story of having to retrieve his bike. The lot attendants didn't speak any English and he barely spoke any Japanese. He had barely started his Japanese lessons and had a hard time remembering how to say "Big Black Bicycle." He was so tickled that he finally remembered and said it well enough for the attendants to figure out which bike he was talking about.

Here he is assembling his bike at the hotel:


His bike was certainly popular in Tokyo. I thought they were looking at my folding bike because it's the center of attention here in LA when we ride around. Everywhere we went he had a crowd around his bike. Here is our first encounter with some admiring locals outside Tokyu Hands:

I really really like these boots from Rocket Dog but they are out of my size. I fear going to the show store, in case they are actually available in my size. I should not spend any money on shoes!