Tifffany's Ramblings

Friday, November 25, 2005

Argh! I'm a bad blogger, cause I'm so busy!

Last weekend I had a 3 day weekend. Saturday I went out to Aurora farms but didn't buy anything (save for some Pumpkin fudge, mmm) and then stopped at an Alpaca farm! The little guys were so cute! I bought some sportweight yarn made from a fellow I saw while there, and the lady inquired as to my making some things for her shop. Still waiting to hear back from her...

Sunday I had a date (*gasp*!) for lunch. It went fine. Then in the evening I went to see Saw II, which I really enjoyed! I am such a horror junkie.

Monday I just kind bummed around, workong on some x-mas presents. I started Mancala Mia, a request from a friend. Hopefully I should be able to get it done before the holidays - tho who knows with my busy schedule.

Thanksgiving was a good time. Despite feeling a bit yucky I managed to make it to 2 aunts houses and ate way too many desserts. Working today (no shopping for me, booo) but taking a half day tomorrow and heading to Pittsburgh to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with my friend. We're also going to go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a few weeks. Wooohooo!

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Oy!



'Nuff said

Too busy to post. Later y'all

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Making Christmas... and Thanksgiving... and Halloween!

Well I had a weekend consumed with holiday craftiness, and a few more things to show. First up is a plastic canvas (gasp!) witch I made when I was but a wee lass. My grandma used to buy kits for me to work on at her house, and this was oneof them. It was a large project for me at the time. And I still love it. Here she is:


Next up is another bit of craftiness for work. Like last month when we had pumpkins to decorate, this month we were instructed to make a "trace your hand" turkey. And be creative in decoating it. Well mine decided he was way too badass to be cooked up and eaten:

Note the mohawk, "Hooligan" t-shirt, studded leather collar, and beak piercing.Hee!

And last, but not least, some Christmas craftiness. I made some snowman bags for Christmas gifts. I used a 2 layer stamp on some cardstock for the snowmen then embellished with some 3-D stickers and puffy paint snow. Finnish it off by securing it to some white bags with silver brads, and you have these:
And what goes in them? Well, each year I make a "generic" X-mas gift that I need somewhere between 12 and 15 of (depending on how I edit my list). This year the lucky number is 13 and I decided on handmade soap and handknit and/or crocheted washcloths. The aunts on my mom's side will get some bath and body soap additionally, since there are only 2 of them whereas 10 sets for my dad's side. Here is what a typical set looks like:

Of course, the washcloths are all different patterns. And the ribbons around the soap denote the colors, while there are several scents. Some of them include mixed berries, melon, cranberry, strawberry, and sea breeze. I can't remember them all right now. They are all different shaped celticy knots too...so I think they will be a nice genderless gift.