Thursday, February 7, 2008

Craftbruary Update!

Yay! My camera has been found, and so I come bearing pictures.

Here is the green wall in the bedroom, as promised. It's not actually that yellow in real life, so I guess my flash ate it.
Other than that, I've been mainly focusing on my latch hook rug and wedding scrapbook so far. I think perhaps the writing desk may get done this weekend, provided it doesn't rain and isn't going to freeze overnight. I'm going to paint it outside - there's new carpeting, and it would be best to keep it that way.

Latch hook!

It is a cat in a basket of yarn. I included my feet in the picture so you can see that it really is rather massive and it is entirely possible that it will never be done, as I've been working on and off on it for a year now. Five rows turn out to be about an inch of actual pattern, so at least four inches will be done this month. I'm not cheating with the pattern being printed on either, as it is ever so slighty askew. :P

Here is my scrapbooking area - I've taken over the corner of the living room.


Actually all my scrapbooking supplies (as opposed to things to go in the scrapbook) are on the side of the coffee table not in the picture. Oddly, my husband has yet to get annoyed by the scrapbook taking over the living room.

Mostly I've been organizing things so far. I foresee the scrapbook going: planning, bachelorette/bachelor parties, rehearsal/rehearsal dinner, getting ready, ceremony, drinks, dinner, reception, morning after brunch. If there's room, the honeymoon will go in here too, but I suspect that will probably be its own book.

I did get the first page done:
Not the best I've ever done on drawing (I'm out of practice) and the calligraphy would probably have looked better in a different style, but overall I'm pretty pleased. And really I shouldn't take pictures of drawing but I am too lazy to use the scanner.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Craftbruary Goals!

So, a writing community I belong to has declared February to be Craftbruary! (What does that have to do with writing? you say, but to that I say bah! We need a break! A wonderful crafty, creative break!)

Here's the minimum I hope to get accomplished:
-sketch a person everyday
-finish my writing desk
-do five rows a week on my latch-hook
-make a dress maker's dummy
-sew cloth costume portions of Titania costume (shirt, coat, belts)

Pictures and so forth will go up here as I make progress.