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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:07 pm
by Gravity Defier
Success!
I'll say. :) I love that first one.

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:11 am
by Petra456
My tomato, and my puppy! (so what if she's not actually my puppy, I love her!)

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:59 pm
by steph
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The outfit I made for Kinley for the Highland's Festival this weekend. I know it's not authentic, but it's super cute! I bought the plain pink onesie and leggings and everything else was my idea, design and execution. She's going to look amazingly adorable in it!

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:21 pm
by Eaquae Legit
So, at last, I had the chance to take some photos.

This is the veil I made for my sister in law.

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Close up you can see the beading. The beads gave a great weight and feel to it, and they are so very sparkly!

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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:19 am
by steph
That's awesome, Ali! A lot of intricate work!

Here is Kinley wearing her costume at the Highland's Festival, and me wearing my matching appliqued shirt. (Don't mind me, though. We were camping and I did not look my best!)

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I included that last picture, just because you could see Brian wearing a kilt!!

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:02 pm
by Gravity Defier
Kinley had to have gotten comments looking like that; that's adorable!

Also, I love your boots, only yours seem to have a heel on them. I haven't had a good pair of boots in years and I miss having them as an option but I like mine to be flat bottomed, like combat boots without being combat boots, and those are very hard to find for women. At least everywhere I've looked.

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:02 pm
by Petra456
Also, I love your boots, only yours seem to have a heel on them. I haven't had a good pair of boots in years and I miss having them as an option but I like mine to be flat bottomed, like combat boots without being combat boots, and those are very hard to find for women. At least everywhere I've looked.
Flat bottom boots are everywhere here! I've had my eye on a couple pairs at work. I don't mind heals for shorts days, but there is no way I could work in a pair with heels.

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:21 pm
by Gravity Defier
I've seen other flat boots that I like well enough -I'm still jones-ing after a pair like the furthest to the right- but like Steph's with no heel?

Granted, I spend next to no time in stores these days but every time I check, the closest I can find all have a heel, which would limit the usefulness since I do so much walking and never quite caught on to the whole "beauty is pain" mantra.

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:26 pm
by Petra456
These are the ones i'm debating over at work. They always sell so fast.

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:56 pm
by Rei
Heee, kilts are so awesome :D

As for boots, what I don't really get is the "scrunch" design. It's not overly hard to find tall boots out here without a heel out here, though. Most will have one, but it's not hard to find ones without.

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:36 pm
by Eaquae Legit
Such an adorable outfit, Steph! Does your family have Scottish roots, or are you just a big Highland Games fan? And Brian's outfit was great, too, especially since he didn't just toss on a kilt and call it a day - he has a matching hat and tie, too!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:45 pm
by Luet
This Saturday I am going to try to sell my earpins and crocheted stuff (from my etsy stores) at a book & tag sale at my local library. It's my first time trying to sell anything in person but even if I sell one thing, it will pay for renting the space. I'm really excited!

Also, as part of my new hobby of Letterboxing, I have taken up rubber stamp carving. The first one is a signature stamp featuring our trail name (Beardie Chimp). The second is one that I made of the mockingjay from The Hunger Games.

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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:14 pm
by Young Val
Nomi, you carved those?! They're wonderful!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:19 pm
by Luet
Thank you! It has been quite a learning process but I really enjoy it. I always wanted to whittle wood and this is pretty close to it. :) I haven't created any images from scratch because I'm really not good at drawing but I find a picture and then transfer it to the carving medium and go from there. The Beardie Chimp stamp is one that we will be using a lot, so I actually mounted it onto a block of wood and everything. It looks really professional!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:35 pm
by Gravity Defier
Seriously cool, Nomi. If you ever find yourself in the mood to take pictures of the process, I know someone who would be interested in seeing. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:38 pm
by Luet
Sure! Next stamp I do, I'll try to remember.

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:42 pm
by steph
Kinley had to have gotten comments looking like that; that's adorable!

Also, I love your boots, only yours seem to have a heel on them. I haven't had a good pair of boots in years and I miss having them as an option but I like mine to be flat bottomed, like combat boots without being combat boots, and those are very hard to find for women. At least everywhere I've looked.
Comments ALL DAY LONG! People just couldn't resist her! You would have lost count.

I love my boots! My feet did hurt by mid-day, since they do have a heel. I found them about 9 years ago on sale for 30 bucks! I need to create more opportunities to wear them. When you're a SAHM, there aren't many occasions!
Such an adorable outfit, Steph! Does your family have Scottish roots, or are you just a big Highland Games fan? And Brian's outfit was great, too, especially since he didn't just toss on a kilt and call it a day - he has a matching hat and tie, too!
Thanks! My family is mostly English and Danish with a little bit of all the British Isles thrown in. My maternal grandparent's last name is Irish. Brian's family is mostly German, French and English, but recently discovered that he has some Scottish and Irish roots while working on his family history. (In fact, he discovered 2 ancestors with the middle name of Kinley and we didn't know that when we chose it back in march!)

Mostly, we've just been meaning to go to the Festival every year (it's apparently the largest Highland Games in the country) and Brian hasn't successfully taken the time off of work before. This year we planned ahead and had a great weekend!

I thought Brian looked pretty darn good in his kilt outfit! It inspired my mom to make kilts for the boys. She picked up some skirts at the thrift store and is redoing them into kilts. I'm not sure what they're going to wear them for, but they're going to be adorable!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:12 pm
by Rei
Kilts are perfectly acceptable everyday wear.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:51 am
by Eaquae Legit
I'm excited to be starting on my Halloween/V-Con costume! There's not a lot to it, but there's a certain amount of hand-stitching.

Anyone have any suggestions for one of those little mini top hat thingies?

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:18 am
by Young Val
Allie, I saw this linked to on a blog I read the other day: http://offbeatbride.com/2010/09/mini-top-hat-tutorial

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:05 am
by Jayelle
Oooh, oooh, my co-worker recently made a mini top-hat out of a cereal box and a pillow case- and it looked amazing. I'll try to get the instructions she used.

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:29 pm
by zeroguy
our trail name
I'm not sure if I just haven't been paying attention but... what?

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:45 am
by Luet
Here is the original thread I wrote about the hobby of Letterboxing. The "trail name" is just a name you make up to use while letterboxing in place of your real name. You write it in the logbooks when you find them and stamp in, to show that you have been there.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:59 pm
by Eaquae Legit
I'm pondering if I have enough stock to make getting a table at the church craft fair worthwhile. I know there are so many dang tea cozies and floral-printed things at the average bazaar, so it might be nice to have something a bit different. The main problem would be booking days off.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:36 pm
by Rei
I have been lazy in pursuing the creation of awesome X P cuff links. Even though I now have everything I need to make them. My next day off, methinks.

Also, I lost a button from my moleskin vest, so I may turn the remaining buttons into a set of cuff links as well, as I need to get new buttons for the vest now (as well as a few spares to stitch in the lining so this can't happen again for a very long time).

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:44 am
by Eaquae Legit
We finally got some photos back!

The veil I made on the beautiful, beautiful bride:

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Turns out I can't sell it, because my other SiL wants to use it someday.

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:53 am
by Luet
Gorgeous!

I got a call from the historical society of my town last night. They are having a gift sale in December and want me to put my earpins and crocheted stuff in it. I don't have to be there (which is good cause I'll be in CA) and they take 25%. I only have a month and a half to get a lot of stuff made!

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 4:30 pm
by Rei
Oooh! Very awesome!

So today I was about to start work on a doublet, something I've wanted to make for years. And I came across a free pattern a few years ago, which was great. And a few weeks ago I got fabric. And today, as I was pinning pieces of the pattern to the fabric, we realised that it was for a size far larger than I. We went to the fabric store and couldn't find any patterns at all to replace the one I had.

So tonight I will be attempting to follow internet directions to make a pattern for a doublet.

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:35 am
by Luet
Okay, a few more stamps that I carved:

A red-tailed hawk, striped maple (also known as a goose-foot maple) and my favorite weed/flower, the chicory:
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And in memory of the great Mr. Rogers:
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:32 pm
by Petrie
Those came out great, Nomi. I know I should like the Mr. Rogers stamp the best -because that is super impressive and awesome- but I am most drawn to the chicory.

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:18 pm
by Eaquae Legit
I love the chicory, too! :mrgreen:

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:08 am
by Luet
Yeah, I love that one too. It *is* my favorite flower.

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:17 am
by starlooker
I really love the hawk!

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:51 am
by Rei
The other day I made cuff-links from typewriter keys. My dad helped me with cutting them and drilling a hole in the post, but the rest was my manufacture. Perhaps in the morning, if I remember, I will take a picture of them.

When I get new buttons for my vest (as it lost a button recently, alas), I'm going to turn the remaining four buttons into cuff-links as well.

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:23 pm
by Syphon the Sun
I saw this today:

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I want one.