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Snowy crafty update! Above are a couple of photos I took of previously completed projects as well as one I'm working on now. The skull and bird are part of the embroidery installation I'm working on. Can I even call it an "installation" if I don't currently have a place to show it? I've got a couple more ideas I haven't started stitching and some I haven't even drawn yet. Pretty soon, I'm going to run into problems finding the supplies I need at Hobby Lobby. Tiny embroidery hoops are surprisingly rare. The other photo is an applique I'm working on for a swap. It will hopefully be a zippered pouch soon. Seeing as Nashville was pretty incapacitated over the weekend by the 4" of snow/ice, my roommate Sara and I were overly productive. Below are two pairs of earrings I made for TheCraftateria. I really fell in love with making earrings for some reason (despite almost never wearing any), so you'll probably see more of that coming in the fu...

So here it is mid-winter in beautiful Tennessee. I'm over it. We don't get snow, we get rain and mush. Occasionally we get ice on our unsalted backroads. It's gross and mean. My skin, hair, and nails are so dry that no (however copious) amount of lotion or product is going to fix this. It's lame and I'm sick of it. And: Glee is not back on until April. April ? I've decided to start thinking about Spring so I'll be good and ready for March 20th, the official first day of the season. This includes first and foremost: the ever appropriate cleaning. Our house has not gotten as untidy as I would have expected for three ADD crafters like ourselves, but it does deserve a good wipe down. I'm probably going to be putting some supplies for sale on our etsy site in order to declutter. In other news, I got a cat, who's awesome. Her name is Samwich, or Sammy. This crappy photo is courtesy of my blackberry! This is what I've been up to lately. There...

Update #2. In a week. (holy shit.) I've been really obsessed with embroidery lately. Pictured above is a coffee-cup cozy thing for a girl I know. My roommates and I are starting an etsy together: TheCraftateria . It's still pretty empty right now, but we've got someone who's going to help us out with it. (Someone with actual photography skills, I can't wait!) So uh..stay tuned. PS - I wish basement cat would help me with my hobbies. So bad.