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It's been a while, but Spring has sprung and I've been enjoying the warm sun and the melting snow! Spring seems to be here for a while at least. The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and I'm planning my garden for the summer. I've got lots of seeds and seed starting stuff. I'm starting my usual marigolds and celosia and coleus for the rock garden. Ive got lots of allysium for the flower bed by the porch, These flowers are Lucky's (the cat) favourite and he loves to lay in the middle of them and sleep in the sun. I'm quite sure that we will get more snow, but for now it's nice to take long walks in the warm early spring sun.
I put aside the denim jacket for a while. The bulky seams on the collar and shouilders were driving me crazy so I decided to take a break and picked it up again yesterday. I graded the facing and collar and under-stitched and it's now behaving itself. I can start the top stitching on the collar and lapels now and then do the sleeve vent. I think I'll do the sleeve vent in leather. It can be worked in a single layer with no turning under, so there will be less bulk. I hope. Putting it away let me get a way from the frustrating part which was mostly completed. Now I can work on the non-bulky stuff.
I'm also thinking about entering a jewelry contest. The theme is "jungle" and the piece needs one stitched element and it needs green. I'm thinking orchids, bromeliads, and other jungle flora, maybe with a small stitched critter. I don't want lions and tigers and zebras, and I don't want palm leaves. Maybe a liana vine with ants? Or maybe something far less literal? For the Starry Night challenge I did the "heart full of stars" necklace. Maybe I should use a large natural stone in green and smaller ones...I think I have my idea! Cool!
I got a whole bunch of crystal beads from Bead Bazaar in pale lilacs, pinks, green, mauve...I feel the need to make a simple "breath of spring" piece with these crystals and some fine gold chains. I've also got a bit of fabric that's in a similar color scheme so I am also thinking "Elaborate beaded and chain embellished dress." I can't help notice some old 1920's styles and thinking that there are ways to make them modern and far less old, and thinking that there needs to be a way to work beads and chains in the 1920's and modern and get it to work all together.
Best Google Search That Found My Blog EVAR: mushrooms in my litterbox edible? DOOOOOD! If you have mushrooms growing in your litterbox your first thought should NOT be "are they edible?" You might want to look at some cleaning websites first.
Speaking of webstuff, I have a new hobby. I am collecting, downloading and installing fonts. For some reason fonts have been tickling the old fancy and I've been searching for as many as possible. I have some from a Lovecraft site, I have a bunch that look like kid's printing and writing, I have graffiti and urban... Once i learned how to properly install fonts so they work in my drawing and painting programs I've been having some fun. I might have a new Cthulhu inspired banner for the blog.
I'll try to get a couple pictures of the jacket on my dress stand and also a picture of my new beads. Later!
