Felted iPod case WIP

I figured I should post the 'in progress' photos before the finished product. So here are the pieces of the iPod case I was making for my mom's belated birthday present! Penguins? Yes.

Mamma penguin + intense iPod schematics. I did a lot of work trying to plan out how to construct the case itself. How it turned out was less spectacular than what I had planned, but on well!!


Mamma and Baby penguin!!

Some baby penguin love!

Stay tuned for the completed case!

Plaaaants + Butt Dance.

So yes, I have become a plant freak. Here are some photos I took late January of my (comparably small to now) plant collection!!

Dwarf Sunflowers!! They are amazing. They also grow like weeds. Which is also amazing.

My windowsill set up of Mason jars! Also: the gorgeous view of the house across from us. Not.

Books books, lovely books!

Last night I just finished reading this tasty little mystery by Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It was recommended to me when I was working at Cafe Books by a coworker! This book is just quirky enough for me to love it. The character of Flavia de Luce is an 11 year old chemist, enthralled with the art of poisons and chemical compounds. She's clever and sneaky, but can she solve the murder of Buckshaw and prove her father's innocence?

Anyways, this is a super fantastic book for anyone who's looking for a fairly quick read filled with old fashioned alchemy and the rich writing style that Alan Bradley has. The next book, The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag is due out this March!!

Check out the Flavia de Luce fanclub!

In other news, I'm just sewing away at my mother's belated birthday present. Close to being done, it has been a frustrating one. I just hope the end result turns out better than I expect! Pictures to be posted shortly.

Christmas Gifties!

So I thought I'd post a bunch of the Christmas felties I made, at long last. This year I decided to do a theme, after much deliberation, I decided on marine animals. Each ornament came with a card with a little inked sketch of the animal plus a list of facts (from Wikipedia, no less!).

One, unfortunately, seems to have gotten lost in the mail, so I'll be making another one to replace it before long. But most of them turned out pretty fine and I did make a lot of them!! I'll also be posting some gardening pictures a little later on. I do love to garden (well, as much as I can garden in a town house, anyways). And I just landed a job at a local gardening center! Oh happy day!

Enjoy!

Dad's Birthday Card!!

I've had the concept for the front for a while, and it didn't really turn out the way I'd imagined it to. I can't draw bicycles very well, as you can clearly see. I should have layered the front a little more, raising the bike frame so it could overlap the buttons and not just look like two buttons with scribbles behind it!

 

  

Toasty!

Hi all, meet Toasty Marshmallow! I made him last night! He's a little taller than my first marshmallow, but he's made out of really nice felt (super plush!). There's dry pearl tapioca in his lower half, so he sits really nice. See him up for sale on my Etsy site!

See more pictures after the jump!

Happy January everyone!

I hope everyone had a superawesome Christmas and New Years. I sure did!

Already I've done tons of new things this January, and have a whole list of things to do!

I've started gardening (indoors, because I don't really have an outdoors). But Already I have some sprouting action going on with dwarf sunflowers, chives, brandywine tomatoes and await the rest with eager anticipation! I bought a pile of flower seeds the other day and hope to get to planting those this weekend. I also decided to pick up a biology minor, which is awesome! It's already a ton of work, but I think the opportunities down the road are going to be amazing. I'm volunteering at the Aquarium again, but this time it's with a different program, now I'm teaching kids about salmon, and learning TONS myself!

Things I have yet to do include, building an indoor worm compost for my town house, starting a garden on my patio and shooting on film (at last!). I think I'll be able to pay off my Bolex's by the end of the month so I can get right on that! Hopefully I can show case some of my experimental stuff on here.