Tuesday, October 27, 2009

what a way to start the weekend...

so, friday was a teacher work day... always nice, but now even better that bug goes to my school... she and i get to spend all day together. :) so while some of the other teachers were in meetings, bug got to have the whole playground to herself. she loves the swings.

then during our lunch we stopped by the "old prople thrift store" (it's attached to a retirement village), where i scored this cute apron and some ribbon and ricrac and bug got a doll... ALL FOR $1.24... HECK YEAH!!!


(this pic of the ribbon and ricrac is now the background on my phone!)
once we got home the wonderful king(ofalldrunks) took us out for dinner. as we were wandering around the streets of our little downtown afterwards we saw this neat idea (could probably be executed a bit better, but the idea is there!). it's one of the fake pumpkins, painted black with a crow on a perch inside... WITH LOTS OF RHINESTONES. :) pretty neat, may have to round up the parts to this and make one this week.

Friday, October 23, 2009

cause i know y'all love it...

a list of some of the ridiculously silly names of students i teach... some are odd and some are just spelled funny... who names their kids these names?

zane, yahaira, lyndie, jonte, ani-halla, ke' layna, qui' janna, zakariya, lathan, britton, deven, javon, caden, lennise, anamari, nereida, jemalisse, kyndle, maleya, volker, kalieb, areana, tacoma, keyshawnee, moises, trever, jax, callum, jozee, chaaya, alexsys, shelsie, kamara, verdaijiah, shuntanese, baltazar, justan, harley, ivymar, koji, yulizabeth, chazel, jomaly, perla, wandaliz, edmundo, takeisha, zein, lasabre, ja niah, abijah, takota, raekwon, baleriana, davine, yenisel, skiler, alexus, elexis, juanito, camdon, rocel, dravian, ernestina, johan, glerisbed, zacchaues, kyara, maximillian, yashierlys, timias, noura, ralesha, deigan, csierra, sylene, ja'vonte, areli, mi asia, destyne, marquis, ileana, naresh, hesli, karyelys, bryson, aquasya, shamar, damaris, tavion, mikenzi, maui, fujika, kyndra, joalys, cseimora, makel, dieusson, herman lee, jazme'n, thaer, aziah, kyondae, fransheska, idallias, magali, cittally, prescious, ayat, keitha, tawana, raeanna, yairaberth, mikkarius, fedana, isidro, macinzi, herlinda, starlah, dalen, talesha, jasmary, yoannie, karon, keelan, ario, morena, aleesha, kaili, rumairo, wilberto, endy, keyerra, khaleyl, susarai, shaquon, mikael, sherdain, lanasya, leticia, tybilrius, xavianna, leron, merfil, jerick, and sybell.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

a little felt owl pattern, just for you...

because i had never really tried making a pattern for anyone but myself to use, i figured i'd give it a try... and this lil guy seemed like a good place to start... super quick and easy... here goes...



and this is is my completed owl plushie made from that exact pattern... hope you enjoy it. :) lemme know if you use it! i'd love to see examples...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

some lil projects i've been working on...


i made this lil quitie for an art quilt swap i was hosting on swap-bot... i was really happy with how it turned out and a bit sad that i had to mail it off! oh well, so it goes...
the first pic here is a close up of a felt applique with some embroidery (somehow even when i have embroidery thread with me i usually end up just doing it with normal thread... meh.).




this one is of the overall quilt, it was about 9x9 or so... (i think!)

heehee, these cuties were for a halloween themed softie swap! frankie and pinky. they are on their way (with a mutant bunny!) to the netherlands!! i'm so jealous!





a couple of food with faces plushies, an orange slice and some candy corn.

my pic of the completed ruby doll from the pattern over at one red robin has somehow disappeared i'll post it as soon as i find it again!anyways, she has already made her way to her new home where she seems loved... :)(http://oneredrobin.com/ruby-doll-patterns-and-instructions/ (that's where the pattern can be found)

this is a pic of her in progress... (on my super rad purse, hahahaha!)



and a lil colored pencil drawing of a bride of frankenstein...





(advance apology for crappy cell phone pic)

meet loretta... yes, she is indeed the girl on the moon from the high life bottles (the miller witch to some). she is my newest tattoo as of sunday night, as always done by the amazing jorge at trinity tattoo (407-659-0000). my boyfriend also got her (technically the mirror image of her), i was a bit worried about the matching tattoo type curses you hear about... but he pointed out "it's not like we got names or anything." we already have drunken bottle rocket shooting monkeys, so not like this could be any worse right? ;)

grrrr...


ok, not that i'm saying i am perfect or anything. i would never even hint at any such thing. i know my blatant disregard for capitalization probably drives some to the brink. i do it intentionally, aesthetically lowercase letters are more appealing to me. one thing i cannot handle is poor grammar... especially when it is by a teacher. a car that i tend to park next to now and then at work (a school), has this proudly displayed on the front bumper. REALLY? this is the best you can do? let's ignore the puctuation error (pretty sure sentences starting with "who" should end in a question mark...) and just focus on the word "mommy's"... so... does the "can't" belong to the "mommy"? ugh. i know that part of teaching elementary grammar is to emphasize that adding an apostrophe s makes things posessive, not plural. anyways, just venting... i am sure this post is riddled with grammatical errors and for that i apologize. believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you. ;)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS??

ok, i hate to share because it lessens my chances of winning, but this is just so damn cool!! Brains vs. coffee is doing a great halloween giveaway... http://www.brainsvscoffee.com/ghoul-fridays-october-giveaway i have to admit, as amazing as all the swag is, i really have my eye on one of those cute lil punkins that are an added bonus!! anyways... go check it out... spread the word!!