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Alison Blogs HereSemi-Dangerous When Thinking
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Last night, I made an overskirt with a pocket and a muffin cap to go with the Renaissance Faire costume. Carolyn does not want either. Audrey has an overskirt, and made herself a drawstring pouch for her outfit. I might braid myself a belt from some scraps and make a little pouch for cash, but [...]
So last night, I decided to take the sleeping pill before lying down, but my busy brain had other plans for me. The thoughts were tumbling all over each other. I tried concentrating on the hum of the A/C unit, but it was like trying to turn on a table fan to cover up the [...]
I forgot to mention in yesterday’s entry. . .you see, I’d gotten to the part where I was supposed to put the grommets into the vests for the RenFaire costumes. I hoped against hope that the grommets and grommet tool I’d gotten would work, despite the fact that they came from the craft store and [...]
Took two days of many hours bent over a hot sewing machine, but the girls and I are finally all ready for the Renaissance Faire. I may make a couple of hats, Audrey could use an overskirt, since a little backlighting and there’s a perfect view right through, but that won’t take long at all. [...]
Got up and did an hour long walk. I’ve been exploring different routes in our little warren of developments, trying to find different ways of walking for an hour so I don’t get bored. So far, I haven’t gotten bored, although I did get lost once. (It’s a hazard of living somewhere where the roads [...]
No pictures, because by the time I was done planting and watering, I was too beat to haul wood chips and make it look nice. You’ll see something soon, I promise. Mom and Dad are really avid rose gardeners now, with over 150 roses, most single specimens, on a lot that’s only 50 feet by [...]
OK, so when we got the trees taken down, I asked the tree guys to leave the chips for mulch. then they asked me if I wanted more, and I said yes. this was a good thing until I threw my back out, and I was left with scraggly gardens and a huge pile of [...]
These are plain, ordinary plastic switchplates. I found the images online, tweaked them with Photoshop, and printed them on the inkjet printer. After a few tries, I figured out that I needed to paint the switchplate and the back of the paper with Mod Podge, attach the image to the front of the switchplate, and [...]
Besides all the other stuff. While I was waiting for hubby to finish hanging shelves in Audrey’s room, and before I started making dinner, I threw this thang together: It’s three frames from IKEA. I bought a roll of fiberglass screen mesh from the hardware store, plus tiny hinges and 1/4″ staple gun staples. I [...]
