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I love flamingoes :D

2008-07-13T14:49:00.001-07:00

flamingo sunglasses!
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I had a lovely weekend! I spent tons of time with my fam and got some much needed rest!

Friday I got to visit my dad at work! It was really neat seeing where he worked, the last time I had been there I was probably like 16 or something.

Saturday I went to the race tracks with my parents, sister and her boyfriend and lost a bunch of money. Well not that much but I most definitely didn't win any! :D

And sunday I got to go out to breakfast with my best friends and then shop for my brother's wedding shower with my mom! I tried on these very lovely sunglasses. :D yay!

Tonight is going to be fun, sewing and reading are on the list for me!!

new year, new blog

2008-01-01T13:42:00.000-08:00

come see me! I am moving in 9 more days, so I figured I will start writing in my new blog right now!!

www.LaurenSmash.blogspot.com

your smile was amazing, your apartment was tiny,

2007-12-31T09:53:00.000-08:00

your arms and your back were all bruised
sometimes you wore glasses
that you didn't like over eyes that were sparkly blue

Baby and I are spending as much time together as we can so we don't miss each other too much when I move. I will have to write her letters and send her treats cause I know Ryan isn't going to buy her any.

So, I start the beginning of my last week at work. I am really excited for my last day to be Friday and that means my trip is 10 days away. Wow. I have been listening to the Falcon over and over and over. I just like it. All the c.ds I like are Ryan's so I am trying to get my fill. I am going to have to drop like a million dollars on music when I get back to Ohio. I guess I could buy blank c.d.s and make copies...

Today is the last day of the year. I am at work. I am seriously looking forward to a new year with new possibilities and all that sort of stuff. I will have to think up some resolutions. Well, maybe not cause I don't want to not do them just cause I said I was gonna. I definitely want to knit a sweater. So far that is all I got.

I sewed a bunch last night. Including this bunny. I need to set up a better picture taking deal.

I hope you have a lovely new years and all that nonsense. Have a great day tomorrow!

Sunday,

2007-12-30T15:01:00.001-08:00

fabric I got in Santa Cruz
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Goodness. I am having a good sewing day, and feeling pretty productive.

I wanted to make pizza sticks for lunch and I didn't have any yeast so I am out of luck. I have to take the very less appetizing choice of a tomato basil morningstar veggie burger. That is a lot of adjectives for one sandwich. At least I have pizza sauce to put on it. I don't really like veggie burgers all that much. They are ok and serve their purpose but they aren't that good.

I got some new fabric in Santa Cruz at Harts fabrics. I have wanted that wood fabric for a million billion years and could never find it. I didn't buy enough. Mostly cause I don't have money falling out of my pockets but there was so much fabric there I hadn't seen before so I had to buy a little bit of the other stuff I wanted. I shouldn't have though, I should have bought 800 yards of the these 4 fabrics and then I wouldn't feel so hoarde-y about it. I want to make a quilt for me out of the wood grain. And I don't ever want to use the gnome fabric. It is too soft and lovely.

I am feeling pretty good today, I am enjoying the silence of my apartment and the hum of my sewing machine. I am also going to force myself to enjoy this veggie burger cause my stomach was growling and something has to go in there!

Tomorrow is the first day of the last 4 I work in San Francisco. I am feeling pretty good about that! Hopefully everyone won't be mean and crazy.

This is how I feel today...

2007-12-29T19:57:00.001-08:00

Lauren in the Ocean!
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I can't get past the feeling of being so self concious today.

I am feeling like I had a super fun week off, but I am a weird in between time right now, less than 2 weeks till i leave to go back to ohio, it is too far away to pack but too close to not think about. I am thinking about things constantly and it is good in a lot of ways and scary in others. I just want to be back, for a million reasons. It is still going to be sad to leave. I am ready though I feel like i am stuck in a weird place with everyone I know. I feel like i am saying the same things to them every day and driving them nuts and driving me nuts too. I am just so anxious to leave and start figuring stuff out.

I had a great time with Danielle. She gets me in a small way that no one else that I know does and I think that is cool to get to meet people who have those things in common with you.

It is scary to go back to the place where I am from, where people already know me and have opinions about me and also don't know the person who I have become. I don't know if anyone is going to try and understand me as who I am now, I am sure they will. It is just a weird thing to think about. And trust me, I have tons of time to think. About horrible things happening, about super great things happening, about possibility of travel and fun and excitement. Everything I need right now. I am glad I can type this out right now because I really need to think this through in my head.

Don't get me wrong, this is the best plan I have had in awhile, I know it is the right decision, I am reminded of that more and more each day. I am just scared, mostly about silly things like, are people even going to want me around? But that kind of stuff is dumb, of course they will, its my family and my friends. And anyways, I have my business to work on too, and that is all so very exciting.

I am going to be positive about this, it is such a good thing for me. I need to keep telling those little voices in my heart and head to be nice and have confidence in myself. That is hard sometimes.

ahh thanks for letting me rant a little.

Santa Cruz is fun.

2007-12-29T17:51:00.001-08:00

Danielle and Bridget picking grapefruits
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I went to hang out with the ever fun Danielle from Danielleorama.com yesterday and it was lovely!

When I got there, I got to buy some fabric from a real fabric store that wasn't Joanns. It was fun. I could have wondered around this shop for a million hours and spent tons of money. Luckily I was gonna drink so I tried not to spend a bunch of money.

After we went there, we ended up getting some coffee and walking around all of the fancy shops in Santa Cruz. There were lots of strange people and cool clothes. I wish I had more money cause I would have bought a ton of dresses. After coffee we had a gross dinner of Indian food, and walked to the bar. They told me it was a bar that only had beer and wine and maybe margaritas. I totally don't drink beer so it was weird to me and we got some tiny bottles of liquor and did shots in the bathroom. It was totally fun.

We had lots of fun. I stayed overnight and Danielle and her husband were nice enough to let me, and we played a video game where I had to play the drums and I sucked at it. I think it was called rock band.

Today Danielle and I had some fancy breakfast and dished about plush artists. It is fun getting to sit and talk with someone who really knows what I am going through with my art and also who knows how people treat stuffed toys. It was also neat to see that someone else thought the same about a lot of things. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next, she has some crazy talent, and I am always impressed with what she comes up with :D

I had a great time and am glad I went down there before I moved!

This photo is from yesterday

2007-12-28T10:02:00.001-08:00

Self portrait thursday 12/27/2007
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I fell yesterday. It was in the city and it was raining really bad and I slipped with my great traction waffle sole vans and fell really hard. I didn't really hurt myself too bad but man does my elbow hurt right now. It sucks.

Yesterday was pretty much a bust crafting wise, I just wasn't feeling staying at my house. I drove around and listened to music and bought some polyfil.

Today is going to be fun though, I am driving out to Santa Cruz to hang out with Danielleorama!! I can't wait. We are gonna have lots of fun.

I might sew a little before I drive out there. It has been nice this week sewing and listing from HOME!! :D

The day after Christmas plus a book on tape equals crazy productivity.

2007-12-27T10:48:00.001-08:00

I made 6 things yesterday. that is pretty productive for me
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Oh goodness, I was sewing like a crazy person yesterday. I stopped only to watch the lovliness that is Pushing Daisies and also when I ran out of polyfil.

I have had a lovely holiday, I hope everyone else did as well. It was nice to spend some time with friends in the city, eating food and playing games. I had a lovely time.

Ryan got a book on tape from me for Christmas, as a trial run because he has a hard time reading and a lot of times I have had to read things to him and so I thought a book on tape might be a good answer for him. It turns out that it is good for me too when I am sewing! My mind has a tendency to wonder when I am doing things even driving but it turns out if I have most of my focus doing one thing that I can listen pretty well! I was excited. This will be good for when I move back and have my own place. I can have these fun little marathons more often!

I really was having a hard time getting back into sewing after the big holiday rush, but I think I got my groove back and it rules.

On the agenda today includes a trip to get some polyfil, some more sewing and some being lazy cause my week off is nearing a close. That does mean I am nearing the end of my time in California which is both a scary and exciting thing. I have lots to do before I leave.

we made Christmas cookies today!

2007-12-23T21:11:00.001-08:00

Mildred eating a dinosaur Christmas cookie
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Mildred came over to the East Bay to skate with Ryan and when they were done, they hung out here in Oakland. I was going to make cut out cookies anyways, so I made them help me and they were annoying. :D

Then I decorated them. I actually made trees, people and stars but Mildred cut his cookie out with the top of a can to be a circle. Then he didn't even use the Christmas-y sprinkles, he just used dinosaurs.

But just so you know, that is a Christmas dinosaur cookie.

I still have to finish up presents for my friends that we are hanging out with on Christmas, I only have tomorrow left, hopefully I can whip out what I need to.

I am also super excited cause I am going to hang out with Danielleorama on Friday! In Santa Cruz. So I will get to see the cool Santa Cruz stuff. :D

The way to my heart...

2007-12-22T15:48:00.001-08:00

The way to my heart...
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is lined with chocolates. Namely Godiva chocolates. My momma sent me a Christmas package. I already ate some. I *love* chocolate. mmmmmmmm.

Tonight I am going to make some dough for some cut out cookies and wrap some gifts for our little exchange on Tuesday.

I also have some gifts to finish up sewing wise. I am going to do that right now!! :D

Have a great Saturday guys!

Holy Geez, Christmas is Tuesday?!

2007-12-21T09:21:00.000-08:00

Wow it is really coming quick. Thankfully most of my gifts don't need to be done until my move because I am having Christmas with my family then.

Last night was good, I actually spent some quality time with my sewing machine. I was as suprised as you are. But my laziness was cut short by the fact that T.V. sucks since the writer strike. I hate reality T.V. so that pretty much leaves nothing to watch. I am glad though, I hate being lazy. It is just easy to fall into.

But, like I said, I got some work done. I made a bunny for a co-worker that has always been super great to me. She has been supportive and sweet about my work from the very beginning when I was making tiny felt cats. I like her a lot and unfortunately today is the last time I am going to see her before my move.

Also, since I am pretty sure she doesn't read my blog and if she does, I am sorry I ruined the suprise, I am working on a quilt for my soon to be sister-in-law, Jessy.

I used a bunch of my favorite fabrics from my stash including that spider web fabric that I wish I bought more of, and my super cute little wolf fabric from Superbuzzy.

I really need to get some more superbuzzy fabric, I love it so much. It comes fast and it is adorable. I don't know.

Tonight I have to go and get some polyfil for making some more toys. I can't make too many cause I have to cart them to Ohio and all but I need to work, it makes me feel sane. I do have a bunch of presents to finish up so there is always that to do.

So this weekend: sewing, baking, watching Christmas movies and cooking shows in the morning(one of my super favorite things to do is watch the food network holiday cooking programs even thought it is all meat and I am a vegetarian)

I am sad I will not be with my family this year, but I am trying to be positive. I hope everyone has a lovely holiday, I am probably going to write this weekend but we will see how I feel.

Happy Thursday

2007-12-20T09:39:00.000-08:00

So...I put my notice in at work yesterday. I threw my blanket out the window, so to speak. I am really moving back. Scary.

I have been rocking that shirt way too much lately. I like it though. I made it so there. I can't believe next week is Christmas. It straight up snuck up on me this year. At least my tree is done. Well I am going through some stuff so that is probably why I am not so motivated.

I have all of next week off so maybe I can get into my sewing. It is really proving to be a difficult thing. We watched Superbad last night. I thought it was funny but it was boy funny. I am too girly for that kind of shit. :D It was funny though, don't get me wrong. But typical boy trying to get laid and drunk high school stuff. It didn't hold my attention. I ended up talking to my best friend in the middle of it.(p.s. I hope you found some good stamps lady) I liked the gag reel at the end though, that was cool.

Tonight I have some crazy stuff I have to do that I am probably not going to get done cause my Christmas tree needs me to sit next to it while I read Lord of the Flies. Did I tell you that I bought that book? Is it good? Don't most people read it in middle school? It was only $5 and I figured that I never read it so I might as well. I wonder if I will like it cause I think that is a straight up boy book too. I liked A Clockwork Orange(the book version. I hated the movie) and that is a boy book. But I didn't really like Catcher in the Rye. So I guess we will see. All I want to do is read. All. Day. Long.

I think this weekend I am going to do some baking just because it is Christmas time. I don't know what my friends want me to bring to our party. Ryan is talking about wanting to see that Johnny Depp movie on Christmas Day. I might be up for that. I hear it is a musical and I love Helena Bonham Carter. I think it will be cool.

I am also trying to think about how I could drive up to Portland for a day or so next week to check it out. I would love that.

Have a great day!

Straight up.

2007-12-19T09:49:00.000-08:00

Why do I keep saying this. It is a disease. I can't stop myself. I am finding ways to put it into every sentence. I am weird. The only Straight up I can think of is from Paula Abdul. Please help me.

Last night was nice, all by myself drinking white russians and looking at the Christmas tree. It is a really awesome way to spend an evening. Even if you drunk dial your best friend to giggle about stuff. I am just glad she was on her lunch break at work...

So, I don't think I told you guys, but I am straight up moving back to Ohio in a few weeks. I am very excited. I am going to have to change my blog name. To something cool like Willowick Lauren or something like that. I swear I have not been drinking this morning. I am just silly right now.

I have a song going through my head right now and it is sort of depressing but I love it. Oh course, its a Broadways song. It goes like this:

if i had a wish i'd do away with capitalist society
i'd build a world where smiles and love are worth more than money
and if this world blew up i'd finally get a decent night's sleep

and every night i pray for sweet dreams and an h-bomb

but my bomb didn't fall today
looked at the sky and prayed for metal rain

Sweet, huh? Well part of it is :D

I can't wait to move back. It seems too far away still though. I hope you have a good day. I am hoping to sew tonight. I have had a hard time getting back into it since my show. I don't know. I think it has something to do with vanilla vodka and kahlua and soymilk. It is my favorite right now. I did manage to finish the book "water for elephants" it ended nice enough. I don't know if I would recommend it to anyone else. It was sorta boring in a lot of parts. I think I liked the Golden Compass more. I eat books. I read them so fast it is sort of a waste of money. I love them so much though.

Please send me sewing vibes again. I really need to get some stuff done!! :D

and I wonder...if this crazy world, thinks I'm the one

2007-12-17T09:27:00.000-08:00

who's crazy, I'm not crazy! just frustrated!

ahhh I told you. The broadways are running my mind right now for some reason. they are right though.

How was your weekend? Mine was overwhelming in every way it possibly could be. I had an awesome show, Bazaar Bizarre is rad and there were *so* many people there! I really couldn't believe it. I made some money, I met some cool people, I ate some really good greek food. All in all it rocked my world. Then I rented the Big Lebowski Saturday and it was good. The dude is rad. I was gonna have white russians and watch the movie but I didn't end up feeling like going to the store.

Sunday I did almost nothing. I was on the internet in front of my space heater watching horrible holiday movies. Ryan went skating with David so I was alone with my dog and bad t.v. When he got back we went to Lowe's and bought some stuff with a gift card. We were stuck in really horrible traffic for about a million years cause a Raiders game just let out. It was crazy.

Then we got our fancy tree and decorated it while drinking white russians and listening to the same rat pack christmas album 3 times because it was the only one we have. I am having a serious problem getting into the christmas spirit this year. The tree helps a little.

I hope everyone's weekend was good. I am hoping to clean up my space today, it is pretty much wrecked from the show prep. I could not bring myself to fix it yesterday I was so done. I also have to go grocery shopping. Crazy.

BAZ BIZ SF is my friend :D

2007-12-15T19:24:00.001-08:00

LaurenSmash by her booth
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I had fun today!!! Made some money, hung out with crafty peeps. Smiled a lot. Now I am going to have some pizza and watch some Christmas movies. :D

thanks for the good wishes guys!

i missed the sunrise, could barely open my eyes

2007-12-14T09:40:00.000-08:00

I like the Broadways. They are good music. Man. I had a good time last night. I sewed and listened to music and jumped around and enjoyed myself all around. I *actually* got some work done, I was going for 5 toys but I got 4 done

one koala:

2 elephants a white one

and a teal one

and even a dog. I named it Soda.

and 2 more cut out

which really is awesome to me. I can sew those up tonight and maybe make a couple of pouches. I like that feeling. I have a lot to do tonight though and it makes me nervous. I am seriously going to be cataloging and tagging all night long. Hopefully there is a Christmas movie on t.v. or something.

I am stuck with the worst movie of all time from Netflix and I think they sent me a curse that I will forever forget to return it so I will be stuck with it for all of eternity, never to get a good movie again. Wow that was dramatic. I am feeling a little dramatic today. I think it is the stress from tomorrow's show.

Wish me luck!

omg...i am running out of time

2007-12-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

why do I always do this to myself? Rushing at the last minute. Cause I like it I think! Saturday is going to be so fun. I get such a rush when I am at shows. In the beginning I always think people are going to hate my stuff. I only got 2 things done last night and that was in part because I had to go pick up polyfil from the fabric store and veggies from Trader Joes. I like it there by the way, it is inexpensive and the food is good. But back to my sewing, I finished up an elephant

and a small bird.

My goal is to have at least 5 of the stuff I like the best. I don't know if that is going to happen. I will have to make another robot, another puppy, 2 more elephants, I think like 2 or 3 bunnies, and maybe some koalas. I think maybe one koala will get done. I will see how I feel tonight because that is when I am going to have to squeeze in the sewing. I have to be better tonight than yesterday because yesterday I just watched Pushing Daisies and other stuff to distract me from the fact that I had a bunch of sewing to get done :D. I also wanted to make some more stickers, I might be able to work on those at work today. I wanted more gingerbread men too, but they take too long for me to think I can actually get that done.

Christmas is in like 12 more days. Whoa. I am sooooo not in the spirit this year. I think we are going over to Ert's house again like we did for Thanksgiving. It will be tons of fun, it always is. :D I think I am getting a tree this weekend and then maybe I will feel a little more christmas spirit-y. It was nice when I was home cause everyone had Christmas lights up and trees up. Not that much out here. Weird. I keep feeling guilty cause the presents I am working on are not done. I will get to them Sunday when I actually don't have to worry about my show.

I need some coffee.

ahhhh!

2007-12-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

Holy geez. I can't believe my show is in 3 days. I am so unprepared. I have to hit the craft store tonight and really try and focus. I ended up getting out of work way too late last night to get polyfil and I am completely out so that sucks. Work is driving me crazy in a million different ways and the golden gate bridge is looking like a great thing to jump off of right now :D Not really but it sounds good. You will see though, tonight I am going straight to the craft store and then I am sitting at my sewing machine and not getting up until I sew through my finger from falling asleep at the wheel(what? there is a wheel on my sewing machine)

I also watched the world's worst movie last night. I think Netflix was playing a joke on me because I forgot to put more things on my list. Therefore I ended up with the extremely predictible and dry boring horrible "greenfingers" with Clive Owen. I ended up wanting to shut it off. I don't know just not my cup of tea I guess.

I am stir crazy right now. I don't feel like I can sit still. I can't eat. That is the worst thing for me. When I am stressed like this, I have to force myself to eat because I don't feel hungry at all. It is driving me nuts.

I hope all is well with you. Please give me good sewing vibes cause I hella need them.

Have a lovely day kids.

Holy Best Weekend Ever!

2007-12-11T12:31:00.000-08:00

So, I totally went to Ohio this weekend and let me tell you, it made me wonder why I ever left. I wish I got more pictures but I like to think that I didn't because I was having such a good time I forgot to take it out. So I stole only two pictures from my best friend of such a great weekend.

Friday was nice, I flew in and was ready to go by 7pm. My family and I got some dinner, and hung out. We even put up their Christmas tree and watched A Christmas Story. It was awesome. I love them so much.

Then Saturday morning, I went for a dress fitting for my brother's wedding which is in September. It was actually really fun and I got to hang out with my mom and my brother's fiance. I also got to hang out with my grandparents because my dad threw himself a cute little birthday party. My brother was there and so was his cute dog. It was so much fun to hang out with my family.

After the party, I got ready for my night out with Missy. I was super stoked cause we haven't gone out for a long time cause she was pregnant before I left. It was nice, we went to Cork's wine bar. We had the cheese platter and drank a bunch of wine. At 5:30pm. Then we went to Marc's cause she said she needed some stuff and we walked around the closeouts aisle. If you are from Ohio and are familiar with Marc's you will know that I had fun searching through all of the junk. It is sort of like Big Lots but cleaner. Well a little cleaner. I almost had to fight one of the employees cause she was mean and so Missy got me out of there. We went back to her house and she had a suprise party for me! It was crazy cause I can get really shy when I don't know people and there were some peeps I didn't know so I hid in the kitchen for a little bit. Then I got to hang out and it was fun and I drank a lot and got to see some people I haven't seen in a long time. Hella fun.

And little Nunny was there and he drank up all of the punch.

I got to know some people that are super awesome too. So that was great and I felt pretty good about myself.

I have the best friends ever.

Sunday it was rainy and cold and we went out to breakfast with my aunt and her kids and my mom's mom. It was nice. After that we went to see a play of White Christmas. It was awesome. I like to watch people who can dance. And the costumes were all very 50's-ish which is my very favorite anyways. And they had some rad t-strap maryjanes on that I loved and want very much.

SO all in all my trip was awesome and I can't think of any way it could have been better except maybe that it was warm :D It was definitely weird leaving 63 degree weather and landing in 34 degree weather. It was even 50 degrees when I got back last night which was a weird change.

Today is weird, it feels like I have been gone forever not just 4 days. I am trying to transition back to being here, I miss my family lots already and my friends.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and such! On my plate tonight is a trip to the fabric store for a bunch of stuff, I have a show on Saturday. I am going to try my hardest to make 3 things each night until the show. I am going to die of a heart attack I think.

One more day till Cleveland!

2007-12-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

Wow! It is finally only one day away till I get to see my mama! and my other family and my best friend, and my best friend-in-law and the best friend baby editons and some other cool people and such. I am very excited.

Last night was boring, I decided to take it off to read in my book. I was having a hard time concentrating due to excitement. I think I will have a better time tomorrow waiting for/on the plane. I have to make sure my batteries are charged for my camera and for my fancy c.d. player. I don't want to run out of music mid flight. I will be bummed.

Yesterday was an awesome mail day for me! I got my bracelet thing from Bayou Salvage on etsy. It is *so* cute in person. I love that it has a vintage measuring tape on it. That is my favorite part and why I bought it.

My hair is shiny. I like that.

I was also lucky enough to snatch up a gingerbread ornament from MyPaperCrane. I love Heidi she is the nice-est and her plush are always beautiful and sweet. I can't wait to hang him. :D

So needless to say I was excited for all of my treasures yesterday. Now all I do is count down the minutes till I am with my favoritest people in the world. :D

Have a super Thursday kids! I will try and post tomorrow but chances are I will not talk to you guys till next week!

I am strange I think.

2007-12-05T09:25:00.000-08:00

So I am totally rocking the c.d. player right now. I have sort of owned it and when people look at me strange I give them a look like yeah whatevs I like the mid nineties what about it? It is fun. I do hate the skipping though. It sucks. I don't know what my problem is though cause 1. the thing skips. and 2. the sound sucks. But hey, I am totally all about retro/vintage charm so that is my deal I guess.

I was walking to work(carefully mind you, trying to bounce as little as possible) and listening to Alkaline Trio when I realized *why* I really like that band. It is because of their large use of similies. I have always been a fan of similies. Ever since the third grade I think when I was introduced to this fabulous world. Here are a couple of my favorite Alkaline Trio similies:

Like a plane crash that never hits the ground, I fall in love with you, I'm nose over tail for you.

and

Like the sound of sirens to a house on fire, you're saving me.

I like them. I also think that I should be able to kick or push anyone I want whenever I want in any situation that I am in. If you are annoying me or in my way or step on me, I should be able to have that luxury. It would make me a little happier in this world.

Last night was filled with cutting out toys and sewing stuff up. I watched a little of the Rudolph claymation special but that snowman in the beginning annoys me. What does he know anyways? I like the misfit toys, I have some of those myself and they do need love...

I made a new koala, she turned out just like I wanted her to and it made me smile.

here is a little closer on her flower. it is just fleece and a little sparkly pom pom.

Also, a little dog. These colors are so loud together and it rocks.

I named him July cause it is my favorite month and I think it would be a cool name.

and a small elephant.

I love gingham. It reminds me of July cause of picnics and stuff.

I hope your hump day is going well. It is for me cause it is kinda like Thursday cause I have Friday off. Yay.

Tonight I have only enough polyfil for one toy, then I figured I would make some pouches or something. Maybe wrap those presents I keep talking about. Have a great day!

2007-12-04T09:22:00.000-08:00

So last night was a late night in the city for me, so I bought some shoes. I really needed some new shoes, and I like these ones so I bought them.

I also got a coat for when I go home. I am not sure it is going to do much for me. It doesn't seem that warm. I am going to have to think warm thoughts. I have not been in the actual cold for 2 years. I do miss it. I miss snow this year. I didn't think that was possible. But it was! Weird.

When I finally got home, I got to sewing. I got a new elephant done

He is pretty small.

I also got a robot finished up too,

Tonight my agenda is to sew and wrap present. Sound exciting? Well it is so there. I am glad it is Tuesday, I hope today goes by fast!

4 more wake ups!

2007-12-03T09:19:00.000-08:00

I had a pretty productive weekend. A lot of organizing and a haircut. That is always a fun time. I will say that I found *nothing* to buy on Haight st. I am starting to think that it is just me and my style. I'm not cool anymore. Well I never really was. I am thinking about whipping up a shirt for myself but I will see what this week looks like for me. I am trying to get some sewing done. I did get a few things done.

This robot, who looks very snowy:

and a new little doggy:

So I'm starting to get ready for my trip. And I am really getting excited too :D

Since I am old I bought a c.d. player for the plane ride. Hahahaha. It was only $10 and I 1. can't afford an ipod right now and 2. don't have my own computer and Ryan's is screwed up so we can't upload songs to it. so there you have it. This child of the 80's/90's will be flying in style. Hopefully the turbulence won't make the c.d. skip. And I will say that I actually had a thought about buying a cassette tape player just for fun but it was $30 and I don't have any tapes. :D

I also splurged and bought the book "The Golden Compass" The movie preview intrigued me and I always like to read the book if a movie was a book first. I am *super* excited to read it and even made myself a bookmark for it. I didn't know it was the first story in a trilogy. I wonder if they will go to far in the movie and incorporate the other books. I almost bought the trilogy cause it was available in one big book, but it looked to heavy. I love to read. If I was ever on a desert island, I would only need some really good books, some hairspray and a good comb(see yesterday's post :D)

Happy Monday, have a great week, I am hoping it goes fast so I can go see my mama!