i have a confession......

and an epiphany

so there is a monthly bday swap going on, and since my bday is th 13th i joined. and watch ppl get claimed left, right, and sideways. but not me. so i had a moment of 'poor me, no one likes me'. then i got over my pity party and decided since i like giving pressies as much as i like getting them, my bday pressie to myself is that im going to claim as many ppl as i can and not worry bout whether or not i get claimed at all. ive made my first claim already, got to do some shopping and get it in th mail by th 19th.


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kinda updating....kinda updating....

so i kno i promised a list of movies watched and items created, but my schedule has been so wonky it wasnt lining up properly. plus everything im making right now is for swaps and i dont want to ruin th suprise for my partners. so ive watched lots of movies (and discovered Dexter on dvd!) and gotten quite a few projects done. 8 of th 13 for one swap, and 4 on th other swap. plus a few things for me too, and ive tried a few new techniques, some that worked, some that had to be tweaked :-D

so im busy creating! once th swaps are finished i will be able to update my 365 in 2011 list, its gonna make a huge jump!


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so, last count was 349. then i posted a few more things bringing it to 359. and ive got a bunch to add now

- 4 things for my swap partner, one she knos about is a skirt, th rest are secrets :-)
- 5 pair of pants, 2 were supposed to be tests but i kinda like them so they are getting added to th wardrobe. and i finished th patchwork pants!! wore them out and got TONS of compliments!!
- 5 more hoop pieces, im quickly becoming addicted!! now just gotta get another commission so i can get some more hoops!
- 40 bottlecap thingies, i did th opening song for The L Word in bottle caps, now have to figure out how im gonna mount it.
- 1 new hat, this one is a mini top hat that i discoball-ified, gorgeous blue rhinestones this time.
- 1 test of a shirt pattern, gonna have to tweak it just a bit but ive got 5 pieces of fabric (some i have had for almost 10 yes!!!) just waiting to get cut and sewn!!

and that brings th grand total to.......... 395!!!!! woohoo!! ive passed my goal!! i honestly wasnt sure when i started that i would make it (although th bottlecaps and my mini discoballs helped alot!!) and trust im not stopping now! th next goal is 700. and with th to-do list i have, plus th fact that Tedibear is bout to be gone alot, that goal will be passed in no time!!


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ive been a busy little beaver

lately! in the last few days ive made 3 pr of pants (have th 4th cut out and will make tomorow), cut out a skirt, made 2 pr of socks, 2 shopping bags out of tank tops, finished th blackout curtain for th bedroom, and cut a bizillion 6in squares to make my patchwork pants. thats 6 projects, and9 things to add to th list of things ive done this yr. not sure what that takes th total to, i'll check later.

and i got a commission from my ad on craigslist!!! woohoo!!


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trying this out

ok, lets see if the works, here is a pic of my first attempt at embroidery

My Harold Hoopla is mostly done!!

so after admiring th awesome hooplas on crafster i decided to pick up another craft to try my hand at. its not as amazing as some ive seen, but for my first attempt im pretty damn proud of it!!

i used an iron-on for th design, its all done in stem and backstitch. i need to get a hoop big enough for it, plus i need some black floss to finish it, but its mostly done :-D

i suck cause i cant copy and paste th photobucket url, im cant even get th url with th app i use for net access, but i have just put a pic on photobucket, my username there is rainbowsewist. as soon as i can get to a real computer i will post a link. im sorry i suck ;-P


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blah blah blah 5-31-11

none of these are complete enough, or long enough for their own post so im consolidating.......

today on th bus Tedibear was asked if we were sisters........ we looked at each other and both said 'hey mister, we're sisters' and cracked up. so of course ive had 'la vie bohem' stuck in my head since then. :-P

im being taken advantage of by a very dear friend and its putting a major strain on our relationship. im allowing it cause i really love this person and dont want them out of my life. unfortunately, everyday the mistreatment continues makes it easier for me to walk away.

im trying my hand at basic embroidery (yeah cause i need more craft stuff cluttering up th house and driving Tedibear crazy!!! lol) it looks cute so far.....

i still think i will like needlepunch more, but i need diff/better fabric

im thinking bout putting an ad on craigslist for piecework sewing, i gotta buy more craft supplies!! ;-P

im mega nervous that my swap partner will hate what im making her........

i think thats it for now, gonna try and turn in early-ish tonite, i iz a tizrd puppy!!


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5-25-11 update

ok last count was 256.......

- 2 plaid candle holders for a gift
- 85 grannys daughter squares!! (lots of time on th bus ;-P)
- 1 pair of 'spankie'-ish shorts to wear under skirts (took apart a pair that was dying to make th pattern, adapted it a smidge to have longer legs)
- 1 pair of pants based off another pair i had, that was a fail tho. used a woven instead of a knit and they were too small. luckily i can reuse th fab!!
- 2 tops cut out (need white thread for th serger before i can sew those up)
- 1 49square patchwork pillow, another gift

oh my goodness, that puts me at 349!!! i am almost there!!! so very close!!


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weird factiod

in 20 + years of sewing i have yet to sew through my finger, something that seems to happen more than you would think. BUT, i have impaled myself with th seam ripper more times than i can count!!!

weird i kno. but im admitting it here and now ;-P


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wisty goodness

oh. my. goodness. if im lost, im probably surfing the wist site!! i signed up cause i was considering doing swaps on crafster, and once we get internet at th house i am totally in trouble cause i will be overloading their servers with things i want to save!! as of right now i can only re-wist things other ppl have wisted. but it is a great way to keep track of things i love or want or want to try making! have i mentioned its awesome and i love it?? lol


ps, i did sign up for my first swap, bout to go contact my partner! im so nervous!! but excited too! i hope im not too weird for her!!


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and th winner is........

Marsha!!

she won a set of fridge magnets for suggesting a theme. i'll get in touch with you soon hon. for those of you that didnt win, you can still purchase them. 75¢ each or 5 for $4, there are also theme packs for $10 and $20 that have 20 and 30 magnets each. let me kno what you are interested in.


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way past update time!!

oh goodness i could have sworn i updated before now!! last count was 123.......

-12 felted dryer balls
- 75 fridge magnets (i even gave some away!)
-15 grannys daughter squares (but i think im doing them wrong, gotta check on that)
- a small needlepunch sampler (got th wrong kind of fabric tho, gotta fix that soon)
-3 pieces for th start of my hoopla wall (they are iron on designs that i painted with fabric paint and rhinestones)
-25 pebble magnets
- 2 more decopauged candle holders

and a few more things prepped ;-P im really proud of myself, ive been a busy lil beaver!!! this brings my grand total to................256!!!!! i think i will probably way excede my goal for the year!! woohoo! go me!! lol


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i should probably.......

provide a way for yall to see my pics instead of just teasing huh? its photobucket, and my name there is rainbowsewist. thats also my twitter name if your interested......

and this is my 50th post!! woohoo!

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a giveaway of sorts

so i put this on my fb, so those of you that suggested stuff there dont have to comment here. but im looking for help here guys..... im asking for suggestions for words for fridge magnets. general themes work too, just no words over 8 letters. everyone that makes a suggestion will go into a drawing for a set of magnets! so suggest away and good luck!

i did it!! well kinda.....

so i figured out a way to show pics of th stuff im making!! i set up a photobucket account. so now i can send th pics there from my phone! :-D ive got a pic of my pink discoball fedora for now, will work on getting th rest of my stuff shot and uploaded tomorrow. woohoo im so proud of myself right now!! stay tuned for more updates!


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well that didnt work....

yeah i said i was gonna post everyday, and didnt. :-P i suck i kno. this is one of th reasons i dont do new years resolutions, i always have th best intentions (they make such great paving material!).... follow thru? not so much. actually thats not true, that should be timely follow thru, cause i do get things done, it just takes me a bit sometimes. procrastinators of th world unite!! ...... tomorrow! ;-P

ive been kinda productive this week tho, got th items from my last post done, prepped 50 new fridge magnets, tried my hand at granny daughter squares (fun for scraps, prob gonna try for a blankie out of these), got th supplies for a few more projects on my list, got to hang with th Mime and touch base with old friends. oh and got 2 orders for discoball hats!! woohoo!!

back to work


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crafty utopia ~ 365 in 2011 4/20

well i only got 30 mins to shop at hobby lobby on monday, but i actually managed to get most of th stuff i wanted!! it helped that Tedibear and th Mime went and got stuff off th list while i was getting some fabric cut! lol!!

so i was up to 106 things made....
- got 12 round bean bags mostly made, still have to hand sew 8 of them closed, but 4 are totally done!
- 2 mod pauged candle holders - layers of 1in tissue paper circles
- a crocheted washcloth for Tedibear and a handtowel sized one for me from leftover cotton yarn
- and started on th green rhinestone fedora, im counting it cause im almost done with it :-P

so that takes th grand total up to....... drum roll please.......... 123 things!!! woohoo!! go me!!

back to crafting!


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th actual list!! :-)

so heres th list i just put on craftster

- wool dryer balls, how i hadnt discovered these before is beyond me!! hopefully i can find th wool in a rainbow, and if my set works im totally making more for present day gifts!
- a cd mosaic disco ball! found th tute on spazztastic crafts i think. basically u cut up a bunch of cds and glue them to a styrofoam ball! Tedibear says i can only do one this month but if it works im so making more!!!
- discoballify more fedoras! green is next on th list, then i plan on making myself one a month til i run out of rhinestones!
- patchwork pants from th bag-o-scraps i got last month
- round beanbags for Th Boy. used a cd for th shape, and some bluebonnet fabric that was in th scrap bag, got thoes cut out tonite, gonna sew them up tomorrow.
- aquire some maternity and baby patterns. not for me, for th DIL!! yeppers imma gonna get a granbaby!!!
- find the fabric for a beanbag chair for Th Boy
-FINALLY finish th rainbow blankie for Tedibear
- scrappy fabric flowers, got some cut out just need to sew together

these werent on th craftster list but i want to try and fit them in
- more bottlecap fridge magnets
- bottlecap tealight candles, in rainbow as favors for friends at pride this year
- attempt resin jewelry, im at least gonna get th supplies during my shopping spree!
- at least get th bottles painted for my halloween display, ive got a ton of beer bottles that i saved from a party last month and Tedibear washed them all and removed th labels for me, yeah, im spoiled, im lucky i kno!!
- finish th piece for th yarnbombing i have planned

i think thats it for this month, now ive got to make my shopping list for next week!! i cant wait!!


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want to do's for april

so i joined craftster, and they have a 50 in 2011 craftalong going on, so i joined that to help keep me on track for my 365 in 2011 goal. i was kinda nervous jumping in cause most of them have been posting since th begining of th year, i kinda feel like th new kid in school, but they are a friendly group so im sure there is nothing to worry bout! i went thru th whole thread before i posted (over 3000 posts!!!) and i got LOTS of new ideas for things i wanna try!! and since im finally getting my settlement check from my wreck (that happened in 07!!!) i get to go shopping for new supplies next week!! Tedibear has been so cute, i asked if i could get somethings and she keeps saying 'its ur money hon, u can do whatever u want' (th wreck happened before we met), i think she still hasnt fully accepted that im an our money type of gurl, not a ur money and my money type. although i am totally getting a lil bit in ones for my allowance!!! lol! see, anytime we have cash, if there are any ones then i get them as my allowance that i can spend however i want no questions asked, but that way we also always have emergency gas monies if we run out before payday ;-P

and ive totally gone off on a few tagents so i will have to do another post with the actual list of things i want to do this month.... its next


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kinda 365 but not really......

not yet at least. we got th last disc of Lost season 3 today, so i prepped a few things but i didnt actually finish them so they dont count yet. ;-P

im also working on getting my wip and plan to do lists in order. ive been cruising thru craftsters boards and getting all kinds of new ideas!! got some good ones for some present day gifts! i cant wait!! but for tonight im going to try and get to bed early (3 instead of 5 like its been lately) but i wanted to check in here first, another one of the goals is to post every day, even when i have nothing important to say ;-)

nite nite


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