new embroidery crafts!

just a few pics of some of the stuff i have made recently.

some cards are not pictured below (accidentally sealed the envelopes before taking pictures...)

cards for all the bayston family!

 

 

baby present for bex at c3

 

birthday present for tsouni. 

we meet again blog

things have settled in down here in austin. since the last few blogs a lot has happened. i finished sewing the quilt.


my newest craft project has been embroidery. over christmas i bought a nice instruction book from sublime stitching. made these cards last week.

card in progress.


the finished project (minus the custom initials. don't want to give away who i sent it to before they get it!). i will tell you it is going out west.


this card will be sent overseas.


this card was sent to the west coast


sxsw 2010 occurred.
a lot of people came in from out of town; jenny b and katherine p stayed at my place.


there were about 10 people from colorado who came down in one van.


i was lucky enough to be able to meet up with ricardo after not seeing him for two years! couldn't believe it had been that long.


by the end of the week i think jenny and i saw somewhere around 30 bands in four days. not a bad turn around! including the melbourne based band the crayon fields.


another highlight band was the morning benders, saw them twice.

the week ended with a huge bbq in honor of jenny, chris, and amos's birthdays. started at 4:30 in the afternoon and continued through the night until 2 am. here is a group shot! hard to believe you can have so many people wonderful people in one place.


amos was recording in the studio so he was running a bit late, which meant he wasn't there to blow out the candles. jenny and chris were sad.


jenny ate amos's name and amos ate jenny's nns.


a band from philadelphia called the hermit thrushes showed up around midnight. here is a picture of me and andrew doing a high five handshake.


jenny was more responsible than i was and took a lot of pictures/videos during sx. once she puts them up online i will re-post some of them here!

work has been going well. still working as a temp at the agency, but thanks to marc and anna i have also started working a few hours a week as a receptionist at c3. this is still a new adjustment, i will have more to share after working there a bit longer. i am in charge of four phone lines, it is a bit intimidating, but i think i am handling it alright so far.

craft day with shannon.

shannon and i decided to make this box. here are some pictures of our project!

painting the wood.


boxes for the back of the painting.


another view of the boxes.


shannon nailed in the wrong spot.


working hard? or hardly working?


shannon's finished box. mulan.


inside of my box.


my finished box. hilary.


gorilla glue and paint will stain your hands.


we could have been sisters.

craft update!

i started the quilt. it is taking a long time, but i have finally made some progress.

8 hours with a rotary cutter...


laid out the pattern.


only 11 more rows to go!

crafts

I have decided I need more crafts in my life. I have been trying to learn how to use my grandmother's sewing machine, but have encountered some problems. I think I need some professional help, until I can afford the expensive sewing classes I have decided I will try to lean how to embroider. I bought this book by Austin local Jenny Hart from Domy (neato local bookshop). I am also going to make this quilt (well a slight variation, as I will only be using various shades of green). Purl Bee is a great site and has so many creative ideas.

i got my texas driver's license...

... i guess that means the move is official!

things in austin have been super so far. i am a super nanny with a nanny agency called mom's best friend, which basically means i passed the background check and participated in two training sessions. things are a bit slow at the moment, but hopefully it will all pick up in the next few weeks. the house is coming together (we still need to get a coffee table). i really like my room, probably one of the best i have had in awhile. i would post a picture, but i seem to have lost my camera in the move. i will have to hunt it down this weekend.

i have met a few people since moving down here, but that will pick up in january as i will be going back to school. i was accepted as a non-degree seeking student which means i will be going back for a post-bac in speech pathology. hopefully i will do well enough to get into the graduate program in about a year and a half. this means i will probably be settled here in austin for about 4 or 5 years, which will be a good thing.

went to a monster exhibit at domy books with shannon and stewart yesterday. while talking to the guy who worked there i found out that jenny hart will be putting on a show in the spring. very exciting stuff!

this is just a short update for those of you who still check the blog regularly. i need to get back into the habit of updating it on a regular basis.

halloween

halloween in austin was a good time! sarah had to work later than she thought... a lot later, so by the time she came home and we got dressed it was almost 11. we went to a house party her friends told us about.

zombie girl scout and rag doll from HELL!!!!!


sarah with luke (who didnt dress up at all...)


can i have some flesh cookies please?


luke let me drive his 1957 dodge! i have to get one of these.