I’ll Tell You What

I was almost convinced (by the military industrial complex?  by mean girls?  by the devil?) that I shouldn’t like Jimmy Kimmel, but he keeps making sophomoric humor funny and less sophomoric.  To wit, this Movie:  The Movie.  I laughed out loud several times.  Maybe you will, too.  Officially Team Jimmy.  (Which is not mutually exclusive to being a member of Team Matt [Damon].)

Click to view. You'll have to watch a pretty okay commercial first, though.

Finito… and nervous

UPDATE:  The finished piece is the LAST photo, not the first photo.  Several people expressed concern after looking at the first photo, thinking it was the finished product.

I just sent something out into the world and I hope the world (or at least the client) likes it.  I have butterflies in my stomach over this one, which is weird.  It’s been a long time since someone new hired me to make something.  New is always nerve-wracking.  You want to get it right and there’s no precedent for what the client likes or how they like to work.  I’m a big believer in over-delivering and under-promising, but not knowing where the midpoint is this time, I’m not sure how I did.

Anyway, here’s the story of some crocheted coral.  It started out like this:

Skeletor-al Coral

I KNOW, so you don’t have to tell me.  I gotta start using my camera and not my Blackberry.  That’s paper-wrapped floral wire with white pima cotton wrapped around it, too.

I just sent it out with these two cushions–one for the bottom of the box, and one to put on top of the coral to keep it safe on the journey to NYC.  Those cushions? Hand-sewn from upholstery fabric I had in the stash.

Yes, I am a crazy person.

The nice folks at Hazel sold me some beautiful paper and ribbon which I used to wrap the box (so I could put the whole thing in another box for shipping.  See above re: crazy person):

Pretty, huh?

Oh, and this is what the coral looked like:

Nervous!

Pinterscope, February 28, 2012

The answer to this question is, nope.

Llamas. What's a gal to do?

The Book is Better

I don’t go to the movies often because I think it’s just too much money for a couple hours of potential entertainment.  I like books.  (And Netflix and Hulu.)  I didn’t know The Descendants was a book until the Oscars, though, so thanks for that.  I read it over the weekend, in between blowing my nose and praying for release from the flu/allergy/scourge that had beset me.

I can’t imagine the movie is better than the book.  It was awesome.

Click to hear the author read a passage. It got me.

Pinterscope, February 27, 2012

Seeing as how I’m pretty sick, my words taste like Halls cough drops.

Sick

For real.  Going to rest a bit, do one errand, and then rest some more.  I really need this to be a one-day thing, as I’m jumping  back on the Bikram bandwagon this week!

Science

I remember loving chemistry in high school and hating it in undergrad.  The latter was due in large part to it only being offered at 8:00am.  I can’t think of too many things I’d love at 8:00am (sleep excluded).

There’s something about making things and being in an environment that is based on experimentation, though, that I kind of miss now.  Saw this on Buzzfeed today, and surprised myself by remembering something about chemistry — when the narrator started talking about molar solutions, I remembered the 6.023 number.  I didn’t remember what to do with that number, but it was there, nonetheless.

Here’s the video, click to play:

I miss those little swirly magnets, too.

Dunzo

Finished coral.  Going to set up sewing station tomorrow to sew a pillow for the transport box.  This was fun, but kind of hard.  I’m thinking of taking a day off next week, so I can hang out around the city, window shop, have a nice lunch out (thank heavens for cowardly winter) and do stuff like this:

It's been a while since I've been to the museum, how about you?

Making Coral

It’s getting to be a slog today — LOTS of ends-weaving-in and I’m hampered by a hangnail that has it in for me.  But, I’m getting it done, and it’s looking great.  Goal is to finish it up today, sew a cushion for it tomorrow and package it nicely for FedExing on Monday.  Pics at completion!

Pinterscope, February 25, 2012

Appropriate for the weekend, I think.