A Home of Their Own

Here’s episode two of Kailey and Boris, I’d meant to have it up about a week ago, but things happen sometimes.

In this one, Kailey and Boris get a house, so naturally this lead to them needing furniture.  I had a little trouble at first, but with some old ribbon and thread spools and cardboard scraps along with the usual supplies, it came along nicely.

I love the fabric covered frames on the walls, I’m thinking of making some for myself.  The little bowls on the tables are made from curled strips of paper and glue, I’d like to make some of them too.

When you do watch (please do), some of you may notice the sunny face above the table.  It’s part of a broken pencil sharpener I saved.  You may also notice it moves a little, it kept falling down during filming, oops. 

Now here’s episode 2!

The photos in the film were provided by FreeDigitalPhotos.net.  Yay!

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Jobbing 101

It’s been awhile since I posted, I’ve been job hunting (groan).  Not an area I’m skilled at by the way.  I’ve been thinking, why don’t public high schools offer education in job hunting skill.  The idea of school mainly is to gave kids the knowledge they will need to succeed in life.  That would include skills like resume writing, right.  I never learned that in class.  And I know my high school did have a career center for things like that, but as far as I could tell it was never open when I could go.  Seriously, it only seem to be open during class time, when I was suppose to be in class “learning”.  The only time I ever saw the inside of the career center was when one of my teachers took the class over because representatives from the military were there.  I wanted to “be all that I can be”, but not in that sense.  It’s probably my silly belief that it should be of a high priority for our nation’s youth to be prepared to support themselves when they finish their education.   After all, no matter where you come from and where you’re going, you likely will have fill out an employment application at least once in your life. 

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Mission Complete

Yay, I finished the list!  I got to work over the weekend and now it’s all done. 

For the butterflies, I used perler beads and made them into magnets.  I goofed up on the first one I made and it got a little too melted.  I also accidently got some beads stuck to my iron, but I got them off alright.

 

I messed up on the first oven mitt as well, but try, try again.   I think this one came out well, or at least okay.  As long as it will protect you from scorching yourself, it’s fine right?  I love the shape of it and I want to make tons more in other colors.

 

The cell phone sleeping bag isn’t perfect, but I love it.  I decided to keep it for myself, doesn’t my phone look all warm and snuggly.  It’s roomy enough to stash other necessities inside too.

 

 

The headbands weren’t as easy as I thought they’d be because I had trouble with the closure. 

And the pink and black one took extra time to assemble, but they were worth the effort.

 

 

Now these bottle cap pins were a lot of fun to make.  Lots of gluing, painting, beads and glitter went into them.  It did take forever for them to dry, but again it was still so much fun.

 

 

Now the finished list:

• Ribbon headbands
• Jean waistband cuffs
• Jewelry with crescent moons and stars
• Tote bag with umbrella appliqués
• Something square
• Watermelon shaped oven mitts, maybe with matching accessories
• Cell phone sleeping bag
• Change purse key chains
• Monster plush key chains
• Strawberry pins and magnets
• Painted binder clips
• bottle cap pins
• zipper charms
• butterflies

Ah, isn’t it great to see a completed list.  But, now what am I going to do next.  Hmmm.

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Singing in the …..

It’s been awhile, I’ve just been busy on a few projects including some personal ones that left me too sore to type (hint: it involves moving furniture).  I have a few small surprises planned for the future.  The good news is we’ve actually gotten some rain.  Excuse the photo, I took it from the window at the library, but aren’t those rain clouds beautiful.  Clearly I love rain, just not the lightening, got some of that too.  Here’s some more beautiful weather up ahead.

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Christmas in September?

I guess I’m getting a little ahead of myself, you see I keep finding myself thinking about Christmas lately.  I’ll be doing laundry or something and start humming a few carols and I unpacked all the sweaters.  I’ve been watching holiday specials like every night.  Last year I recorded a bunch on TV, so there’s plenty to choose from.  My favorites are A Shrek Christmas, Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, and both the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the live action one with Jim Carey.  It could be worse, I haven’t really thought about my Christmas crafts and presents yet or started on them.  I think it’s a tad too early for that, besides I’m stilling thinking about what to make for Halloween.  I still can’t decide on a costume, I was considering Sailor Moon or one of the other scouts, but that might be a bit odd.  Plus my niece would probably want one too and her costume is already decided on.  Maybe it’d make a nice Christmas present for her.  Uh-oh, I’m thinking about presents now.

Photo courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net.  Check them out, it’s so cool.

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Fuzzy Wuzzy and Solid

 

A bit ago, I was walking along Main St., and I noticed one of the statues.  I know there are tons of them along the street, but I particularly like this one.

 

 

 

Mainly because of this little guy.  I thought the baby bear was just so cute, so I had to take a picture.

 

 

 

 

Judging by the price tag here, a photo is the only thing I could afford.  Yikes!

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