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Here are some photos I took in DC. My camera's getting worse every time I try to use it, and maybe I am too. National Portrait Gallery, from the floor. Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Museum. Wild Bill, Presidents' exhibit of the National Portrait Gallery. Close up of a silk installation piece at Renwick. It's kind of dumb that I don't remember who the artist is. Perty houses. Virginia has the best welcome sign. But their interstate only goes up to 65. Tiled wall bordering a park in Stacy's neighborhood. Prettiest dessert I ever did have! (Red Rocks) Awesome concrete-writing fail. It looks like it says "fuck everything", but it actually says "luck everything". Rawr! 4 days is not enough. This was my second trip to DC. Not pictured is the Thao and Mirah show we went to for Stacy's birthday. Divine!

Hello all! This has been some absence, huh? Well, I've been busy going a few different places and cleaning up my craft space. There are about 12 different projects that I've started just cluttering up my table so before starting anything new, I'm working on getting rid of that stuff. Also, I'm working on finding a job (which is not what I want to spend my time on, but so it goes..) as well. Below are some photos of things I've been working on: Was: Pillow Case Is: Dress! Close up of paisley pattern. I love the warm colors! Here's a pouch I sewed today. It's only been in cut-out pieces for like, 6 months. Yesterday I finished a skirt that had been in pieces since I lived at my other house in Murfreesboro (almost a year!) Yikes, I'm a little behind. In other news, I finally deleted my myspace account yesterday. I forgot all about that! I wonder if I still have a livejournal/xanga/deadjournal out there somewhere. (Yes, I had an account with all of tho...

Well, it's been an interesting and eventful weekend/week! On Friday the 18th, we had our Etsy Craft Party in honor of Etsy's (sixth?) birthday. It turned out great. We met a lot of people with many different interests and talents. I repeat: it turned out great. Here are some pictures my roommate Sara and I took of the event. We received a box of party supplies from Etsy because our event was one of the top 50 on Meetup.com. (18th to be exact.) This box had some really cool stuff in it, which we were able to share with our guests. We got a silk-screening kit, a ton of glass paints, and various etsy and Pabst themed handouts. Here I am freaking out about the kit we got. Glass paint pens in my TheCraftateria jar I started but did not finish. Hopefully I'll have a better picture of the soon-to-be finished jar. Cookie decorating supplies. I made a banner for our porch from fabric scraps. It will hang there forever. This is the result of the silk screening. It seems like no one...

Well, you probably have noticed my absence from this blog, despite having all the free time in the world. This is due to (among other things) the craft party that my roommates and I are hosting as The Craftateria. I'm pretty excited for everything to get underway, but also a little stressed. Yesterday, we found this write-up in the Nashville Scene , which is awesome! (However I'm a little afraid way more people will show up than anticipated!) I can't believe we made the Scene!! Crazy! I'll be sure to take tons of pictures, but it may be a few days before I can upload because I'm driving to DC tomorrow!

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Quick update to announce more random treasury love ! Also, I'm working on a custom shirt (larger size) of the same design for this girl . (FYI, she makes some pretty badass jewelry.) Lately I've been working on the above custom shirt and a couple special edition black robots. One is for a friend and the other will probably end up on etsy. I'm hosting an etsy party at our house on June 18th and I'm thinking about making something cute to wear. After all, it's an etsy party. How can I not wear something I've made? Remember that purple flowered fabric I have? I think I should use that, but I'm still not sure what to make. Leaning towards a simple dress to showcase the fabric, but I don't know.

Minor update.. I finished the robots!

While perusing facebook this morning, I happened upon the Etsy Craft Party and signed Nashville up! If you're in the area on June 18th, please RSVP!

Well, it's back to the daily grind after a pretty spectacular weekend. Here's just a quick update since I just found out about this: My etsy shop with my roommate was featured in a Treasury! It's nearly over, but here's some linkage ! More later with photos!! (But not of the pants. They turned out fine, but in my haste, I didn't take pictures.) PS, I can't get that song out of my head, so here. Suffer with me.

Hello all! Quick update before I head out for the evening.. A fellow blogger Angie gave me the below Sunshine Award, which I think is pretty cool! I am passing it on to 7 other bloggers that I enjoy reading. Rules for accepting award: 1. Put the logo on your blog within your post. 2. Pass the award on to 7 bloggers. 3. Link to the nominees within your post. 4. Let them know they received this award by commenting on their blog. 5. Share the love and the link to the person from whom you received this award. I am passing this on to: April Rachel Oops I Craft My Pants Fabulously Funky Lisa Embroidery As Art A Whim of Mine On another note, I began Wedding Pants for a friend today. So far, so good, though I'm somewhat nervous about them. Mainly the bound pockets. I plan to tackle them tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to get some good photos. Wish me luck, I may need it!

hello! Being newly jobless seems to work sort of well for me. I have been pretty busy lately with some sewing projects and a few random art projects. So far, I've been spending about 5 hours a day working in our workspace. I'm finding that staying busy and trying to keep a regular work/sleep schedule is helpful. It's such a weird feeling to not have to be anywhere! Below are some pictures of what I've been up to lately.A couple friends of mine are getting married in a little over a week. The Bride asked me to alter her dress, which is a vintage taffeta beauty. I have no idea what era it is from, but I'm going to blindly guess the 50's. It's lovely. I changed the neckline from a high V-neck to a scoop and altered the underarms so that there were less..stains. I'm pretty proud of it, I hope she likes what I've done. I'm also making the pants that the Groom will be wearing. From scratch. I should be cutting these out today and hopefully won't ha...

"Woohoo, four day weekend!" - Homer Simpson Well due to some unforeseen circumstances (mainly, I was fired.), I will be updating here a lot more often. To anyone interested, I was fired from my job for applying for a new job. I got a severance package and I'm no longer working where I didn't want to be. It will probably be awful later but right now, it's not so bad. I just won a Polaroid Cool Cam on shopgoodwill.com , and if I can ever find some film, I'll get to use it! If anyone has any suggestions for a cheap place to by Polaroid film, I'd love to hear them. Not much new has happened in the way of crafts lately, I've just been catching up on some projects that have I've been behind in. I'll be working on a pair of pants for a friend's wedding and some new projects shortly, which I'm really excited about. My roommates and I are selling stuff at a convention in October so I'll be periodically preparing for that by making stuffed ...

Hello! Long time, no see. I only have a minute to post this : the lustiest thing in the world. It's a sewing machine that custom matches thread to whatever fabric is being sewn. Of course this is probably just some engineer's pipe dream right now, but it's a fantastic idea. As that lady says in Napoleon Dynamite, "I want that." fin

Short update before I hit the hay: More collages.

Starting a garden.

I bet you thought I abandoned this idea, but alas, I just had a busy weekend. The past two days were filled with much crafting (pictures later), a great show with Rachel , parties with home brewed beer and fire pits (yes!), and being an extra in a friend's movie. The last was my favorite, I think. I've never done anything like that before, and it was a really great diversion from my regular activities. Spring Optimism #5 - Patio seating. Spring Optimism #6 - GLEE returns to the airwaves April 13. Spring Optimism #7 - Seeing everyone around you come out of their winter shells.

Source. It's been a while since I felt like I needed a break from my weekend, which is my current sentiment. Roommate's birthday was Thursday, so we went out to dinner at the beautiful Margot in east Nashville, followed by drinks at Red Door. Twas an evening to remember, and I hope someone did. Friday night Boyfriend played with his band Vermicious K'nids at my favorite east Nashville bar, 5 spot . I found a new band to love called Elsinore , from Illinois. I'll be checking them out in the near future. Finally, last night (Saturday), K'nids played at some house show at an Alice in Wonderland themed party. That recap brings us to now, Sunday evening. I's exhausted! Below are some photos of things I did/finished this weekend. I may party a lot, but at least I am productive..sort of. Stuffed giraffe for my cousin's upcoming infant.. I'm probably going to try to mail it tomorrow.. if I can convince myself to not keep it. Glass beaded bracelets for etsy. P...

So I've been toying around with etsy a bit today (surprise?) and I finally figured out how to make a Treasury list! Excuse the shameless self promotion.. Take a look here !

Well, this will be a short update since I'm at work. Last night at Mercy Lounge, my boyfriend's band, The Non-Commissioned Officers, won a battle of the bands and will be playing at Bonnaroo this year. Excitement ensues! This may be the year I brave Bonnaroo after all. You can find their music at this website . They originally formed as the soundtrack for a movie called Make-Out With Violence, which was just picked up by a distributor and will hopefully be going to DVD at some point in the future. It's a zombie love story, and I don't have to tell you that it is quite awesome. Hopefully I'll have a makey crafty update tomorrow.

-Dadbot I just bought this for an upcoming baby shower. Adorable!! Not much else is new, as you can imagine in one day. I did make something for Boyfriend for a belated Valentine's day gift, which I'll post a pic of once I've given it to him. Hint: I'm getting a lot better at using the x-acto knife. As a general rule, I'm not good with sharp edges. I'm hopelessly clumsy. Hopefully after the other baby shower gift I'm working on and the 9 swaps I'm supposed to make something for, I'm hoping to get back on track with making (and actually posting) things for TheCraftateria . Does anyone else have trouble with posting items on etsy? I have trouble talking about the things I make. In any case, I've been working on some graphics for some cutesy sticker sheets that I'd like to sell and use for packaging if I ever sell anything again, so maybe you'll see that in the near future. :)

FYI: I should not have gotten up today. The streets are a disgusting icy mess. I got passed by a large SUV on probably the curviest/hilliest road in Nashville, the jerk. In lighter news, I had a really nice weekend and managed to finish the dress from hell. (See previous post.) And, it's only 34 days until Spring! And, I'm making spinach lasagna for dinner! I've got a couple of new projects up my sleeve (two of which are for baby showers this coming weekend) so stay tuned. Stay warm, don't drive anywhere, sleep in.

-Jeff Buckley Happy Valentine's Day. Do you remember that guy who ate an entire plane over a span of 40 years for the Guinness Book of World Records? I was reminded of him this morning when I looked at my everything bagel and noticed a tiny piece of the purple sparkly sheer fabric currently being used on a dress stuck to the cream cheese. This fabric is everywhe re in my house. It's in the bathroom, it's in my bedroom, it's in the kitchen. Once I saw Sammy track some of it onto my bed. And now I have to think that I've probably inadvertently eaten enough of this awful stuff in a week to create a second dress . Observe. Below are some photos of said dress. This dress has been a pretty painless project with a couple small exceptions. First, the turnaround time requested was just stupid short. I got this project on 2/5 and need to drop it off tomorrow, 2/14. Un cool. Second, I did the sleeves the wrong color, to my nauseated surprise. Just read the instructions wrong,...