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Project 15 (paper): Made Christmas gift tags. Like them so much I might try to coordinate all the wrapping and miscellany to match. Woodland forest Christmas anyone?
Edited to add: If anyone wants a printable sheet full of these, just use the contact link ^^^ up there and send me your email. I'll send it!
Project 14 (fabric): The 6-minute fleece cowl. Does it really take only 6 minutes you ask? I don’t know, I didn’t time it. (Warning: world’s longest sentence coming.) I only take a 45-minute lunch from work, and in that time, I walked out to the North-40 where my car was parked, drove home (takes 5 minutes), checked on my daughter who was home sick-ish, logged onto my computer, checked my email (ie: deleted 300 pieces of junk), decided if I could just find the fleece I bought last year and never used I could make a fleece cowl, looked for the fleece (“FIND ALL TEH FLEECES!”), found it, kind of guestimatted how big to cut the fleece, cut it, sewed one up completely wrong and ended up with a really skinny hand muff, cut another piece of fleece, sewed the first seam, wound the bobbin that ALWAYS runs out when I’m in a hurry, wound another bobbin because the first one cracked (this has only happened twice in my life and today was the second time), rethreaded the machine, turned it inside out, sewed the second seam, tried it on, found my camera, found the camera card that was missing, took about 12 shots in the mirror (uttering “no, crazy eyes” or “what is up with your lips” after each one), settled on one pic, decided to hit the bathroom before heading back to work, kissed daughter goodbye, felt her forehead, told her she was warm, drove back to work, realized because I took a later lunch than everyone else I had to park in the North-40 again, and finally, walked back into work. All in 45 minutes, so I’m guessing the actual sewing part took about SIX MINUTES.
Project 13 (string): Crocheted hexagon, swirl pot holder. It's doubled so it's thick and, you know, actually useful. And machine washable.
Project 12 (pen, electronic): I love rubber stamps. I've made several (2 full business cards, a super large address, arrows and ampersands and asterisks (oh my!) used for crafting and now this one for stamping cards. I like the utilitarian idea of a multi-purpose stamp. I think it comes across as kind of funny, since I wouldn't really send such an automated greeting to someone I loved. It's sarcastic, like me. The empty rectangles are areas to write in other options if I want. This is an electronic image of the stamp I sent out for production (made to look "stamped" here for "authenticity"), since it takes a couple weeks to get it back. This one I sent to simplystamps.com. Will let you know how the quality is when I get it back.
Project 11 (pen, electronic): My pal Steph had a birthday this weekend. She had asked earlier for a "Welcome sign with birds" for her entry way. This is what I came up with. It's big, 16x20, and totally suits her awesome house. Had it printed at Costco and framed it myself. Love how it turned out and, more importantly, she loved it!
