#38 Troll Face Embroidery

I think I have a good system now for crafting...Make shit when I'm angry! Haha! It's therapeutic, and creatively displays my hate in cute/funny forms. :) And hell, it'll probably make me more active.

This week's beef - everyone I deal with irl has been being all troll-like. Well, not everyone. Mostly just Boss #2. Such a dick for no reason.

Trolololol face!

Almost one year!

It's almost been one year since I started this blog! The project was posted on May 28th, 2010. Now, I did say that I wanted to reach 50 by that time this year, and it seems I haven't quite made it. I'm a little bummed that I haven't been as crafty as previous years, but I want to keep posting here and talking about crafts.

I have a lot of DIY wedding stuff planned out, but it still seems too early to start them. I might just anyways because I've got nothing but time at the moment, but it's a pain in the butt going out to Michael's all the time.

Anyways, here's what I want to DIY for the wedding:
Escort cards
Table numbers
Card box
Bunting decorations
Pinwheels to go with the candy favours
Bridesmaid gift bags
The invites... probably more but I can't think of it right now!

#37 Cream Eggs

I love Easter, but this year I've been totally lazy about Easter crafting. Instead, I caved in to my sweet tooth and just made some sweets. :) I used a tutorial on how to make homemade cream eggs from Instructables. Mine don't look as pretty because we tried to dip them instead of buying a mold. Yes, we. Will helped a lot with the dipping process because as we found out, that shit melts so fast and you need to keep it as hard as possible. They were in and out of the freezer a lot that afternoon!

Here they are!

#36 Heart Embroidery

Another easy embroidery that I whipped up on my one day off. Making something quick is so satisfying for the need of instant gratification. It always feels good to complete something, especially after a loooong week.

Here's the love :)




I'm also trying to build an etsy "portfolio" because I want to sell some embroideries or odds n' ends on the side to earn monies for the wedding. I may also put up for sale some old embroidery as well that I haven't done anything with, like my Dawn of the Dead piece.

#35 No Embroidery

This past week at my crap job has been, well, extra crappy. Normally I just get through it but Tuesday I wanted to scream "NOOOOO" at the world.

Simple project is simple!

And closer up.


It was really relaxing to embroider this to let out the frustration, especially while watching a marathon of a movie (Twin Towers, lol).

WIP Epic Pokemon: Month 2

I've officially been working on this piece for about 2 months now. Well...I guess more like 1.5 months, but technically with the amount of breaks, more like 3 weeks, haha!

Anywho, here's another progress shot. I've decided to move over and up each shot/page of pattern.

#34 Tissue Paper Flowers

More of the wedding craft kick!

I found this tutorial on crepe paper flowers, and fell in love. I eagerly set out to find this magical crepe paper...but the internet disappointed me. :( The sellers of crepe paper on the internet fall into 1 of 3 categories (if not all of the above) - 1) Only ship to the USA; 2) Only ship to schools or other mass users of crepe paper (ie craft stores...in the states...); or 3) Were more than I wanted to spend on paper (although beautiful). I did try some local craft stores, but paper sections are limited to scrapbooking supplies only in most places.

I improvised and tried it out with common gift wrapping tissue paper instead. It doesn't have the same realistic look, but I'm still quite happy with them. Onto the pictures!

And some detail


I want to make this for centerpieces at each table, along with maybe something else decorative (cross-stitch sayings? fancy table numbers?). I've made about 20 so far, but I calculated how many my supplies of tissue paper colours will make and it's up to three hundred flowers! That equals 16 flowers a table if we were to have 20 tables (5 people at each). I might want to make more for each, but that's the minimum to aim for at least. It'd be fun to get the BMs in on it and make flowery crafts together!