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soooo…i actually got out of bed today! and took a shower! i know, i know, you guys are blown away. i had a few really crap days, i must say. i didn’t answer the phone, i didn’t do ANYTHING. i slept. and read a bit.

today, i put together the mobile and i plan to make more, but i will probably do a few things differently, like maybe adding a small weight to the bottom of each strand. here are some photos, although they aren’t so great. it is hard to take photos of something that big that moves.



the photos suck, but i am not really sure how to take em. it is rather large, it hang more than 4 feet long and a couple feet square. any idears? i used paper patterns with mod podge and varnish and copper wire. i love how the paper looks, especially in the sunlight. i think i might do more that are just a single row of descending size.

i tried to organize the carded vintage buttons and got overwhelmed. okay, first, i had an asthma attack from the crud that must be on em, so i went outside to sort em, then i got overwhelmed. my organizational problems make me think of all the different ways i could organize and then…forget it.

my sister in law has been pretty sick for the past month…longer, actually, so i decided to make her a wrap. she wears chocolate brown a lot, so i used some uncarded chocolate merino i had and carded it with this rose gold angelina i have (a fave) and then added a bit of pink sparkle to that which has a blue flash, i plied it and added some coppery novelty yarns, some from the lovely laine zin zin and then some sparse eyelash with sparkle i had in copper and a hot pink with blue and gold in it. i will post pics. i crocheted it, which ate a big bobbin full in about a foot of crochet. needless to say, i will need to card up much more. that was 2 giant batts worth, i am surprised at how gorgeous it knitted up. it seems like it would be plain, but i would love to have a wrap like that myself. in fact, if i am not really really really sick of spinning this yarn, i might just do that. although, i make myself something, i never wear it. anyway, i will get photos up. purdy. i was going to add sequins later, but it is really pretty as is.

otherwise…nothing. i have several softies to finish, as well as all of the birdie legs for softies i have been working on…basically just a wire frame with both legs connected and then papier mache over that. i am just not sure if they will balance it. i wish i could see one of the birds from ann wood or one of the other birdie makers to check out the legs. although, lots of them make legs that are attached to something. i think a softie bird that comes with its own perch and little box would rock. i would love to make boxes for all of them, but i am just to slow and anal about that stuff. i keep picking at it. i do have a few that should be done soon. i have orders to pack up to-morrow and then i can do some art stuff. oh, i will be listing more loose fiber to-morrow too! most of it sold! how cool is that? and i have loads more. and some gooooood batts! and i re-weighed them and realized that my scale was underweighing them by an ounce or so…
i am really tempted to keep that last one for myself. really.

off i go.
xo
n.