[glingle glingle]
What a pain in the ass it was to put these bells on!
Of course, this is because I know nothing about how to use jump rings and pliers.
Forty fatbook pages for a post-Artfest swap. Kristie organized it among the folks in dorm 202 (which must've seemed completely insane to her once she recovered from all the Artfest sleep deprivation). Since we were at art school, so to speak, I used a picture of a Port Townsend building...
and painted my mother's baby picture using what I could remember from my first class. You remember, the class that gave me such a headache. But the fatbook theme was "Artfest," so why not try something you learned, nu?
The pages had to be 4" x 4". I decided to do something on a 4" x 6" canvas, so I'd for sure have part of the proportions right. Then I'd copy the main part and mount them on cardstock, with an embellishment.
I got the bell idea because of the school bell the baby is ringing... trying to use what I have, and I remembered I had these mini-bells from a bridal shower. Brilliant! And then came the struggle with the damn jump rings. Oy. But they're sent out, and Kristie was very patient waiting for my pages, bless her heart.
Should be interesting to see what everyone else has done. Julie is definitely in (looks like we had the same idea about the canvases, and the class technique) and I think Celeste is participating too. If she's been able to keep her eyes open, poor sleep-deprived new mother that she is.
Of course, this is because I know nothing about how to use jump rings and pliers.
Forty fatbook pages for a post-Artfest swap. Kristie organized it among the folks in dorm 202 (which must've seemed completely insane to her once she recovered from all the Artfest sleep deprivation). Since we were at art school, so to speak, I used a picture of a Port Townsend building...
and painted my mother's baby picture using what I could remember from my first class. You remember, the class that gave me such a headache. But the fatbook theme was "Artfest," so why not try something you learned, nu?The pages had to be 4" x 4". I decided to do something on a 4" x 6" canvas, so I'd for sure have part of the proportions right. Then I'd copy the main part and mount them on cardstock, with an embellishment.
I got the bell idea because of the school bell the baby is ringing... trying to use what I have, and I remembered I had these mini-bells from a bridal shower. Brilliant! And then came the struggle with the damn jump rings. Oy. But they're sent out, and Kristie was very patient waiting for my pages, bless her heart.Should be interesting to see what everyone else has done. Julie is definitely in (looks like we had the same idea about the canvases, and the class technique) and I think Celeste is participating too. If she's been able to keep her eyes open, poor sleep-deprived new mother that she is.
I need better TV
Yeah, I can't believe it either, Carter: I'm watching "I Survived a Japanese Gameshow." It's all your fault that "Eureka" doesn't start its new season until Tuesday.I'm about to run out of "Dr. Who" next week. Besides the storylines, I'm going to miss David Tennant's hair and smile. (No smile in this photo, but the hair looks good and look -- Martha Jones! She's my alter ego.)
All that hair makes me forget he's got a Nutcracker nose/chin combo. Sometimes I even wonder what it'd be like to kiss an alien with two hearts. (It's not cheating if he's a Time Lord.) But at least Captain Jack and the Torchwood team will appear in the finale. Ah, Captain Jack: very hot, very prone to flirting with you and your brother.At least "Stargate Atlantis" has started up again. The evil producers got rid of Sam and replaced her with... WOOLSEY. The asskickin' brainiac gets the boot, and the paper-pusher takes her place. Come on! He wasn't even a doctor on Star Trek: Voyager -- he was a hologram of a doctor! He can't lead a team off-world!
"Pushing Daisies" survived the writer's strike, but it doesn't come back until October first. (Good thing we don't watch much network TV anymore. It's mostly BBC America, SciFi, HBO On Demand and a few exceptions such as "My Name is Earl" and "ER.")
This should tell you something about my status as pregnant mother of a small boy who's rationing babysitter services: The closest we come to club-hopping is Saturday nights with "The Graham Norton Show." We watch other people drink and have clever conversation.
Wisdom for the ages
"Never, ever shoot a gun full of spite."
-- The Boy, after The Husband explained that one should never do things out of spite because the attempt often backfires.
The Boy learned that lesson the hard way today. He thought telling Daddy he didn't want to go to a birthday party would punish Daddy for disciplining The Boy.
Wow. The Boy really doesn't know who he's dealing with.
-- The Boy, after The Husband explained that one should never do things out of spite because the attempt often backfires.
The Boy learned that lesson the hard way today. He thought telling Daddy he didn't want to go to a birthday party would punish Daddy for disciplining The Boy.
Wow. The Boy really doesn't know who he's dealing with.