Posted by SewPixie on March 2nd, 2010 in Daily Life, Home Sweet Home, Shop
On the to-do list is still creating galleries of the different types of bags. However, there now a page for recent custom orders that have been completed so go take a look! I am finding that I like the media upload here on WordPress so that is making things pretty easy. I did have to fiddle with the CSS for the current theme so that the gallery tag wasn’t broken but all seems well now. Darn those floats!
In other news…I did manage to tidy up the Expedit shelves in the sewing room. This is in addition to getting the fabric pretty much under control a few weekends ago. That being said…I’ve been going fabric crazy again so I need to keep that in check! The fabric that I have decided not to keep needs to be dealt with also. For the nicer stuff I think I shall de-stash on Etsy then the rest either dontate or perhaps see if my sister wants some for the kids to play with. Last time I saw them little niece B was doing pretty good at a sewing machine.
The car is doing pretty well! I have mastered driving to the places that I used to go to on the scooter and have even made a few trips to Joanns’s for supplies. Next up is a further drive and going to the yarn shop. Oh! And I even went through the drive through at Taco Bell! Small victories. Now I just need to go about selling the scooter.
Other things new around the house are new solar lights in the front yard and a new couch in the living room. Gosh, there is actually seating in the house so now to just tidy up enough to invite people over to hang out.
Posted by SewPixie on February 25th, 2010 in Daily Life
Under the Shop page you will now see a link to the fabric collection. I took some quick shots of the bulk of the fabric closet last night for easy browsing of what I have ‘in stock’ for Blythe carry bags. My next task is going to be to upload more photos of past work on regular, pretty stripe, ultra, and deluxe bags.
Posted by SewPixie on February 14th, 2010 in Daily Life
So I took the plunge yesterday. No, I did not get married again. I bought a car. A car that I will drive. For most people that isn’t a big deal. They happily drive to this place and that without a care in the world. Oh, going to this location will take me through 5 left turns and onto the highway? No biggie. Now to me…different story. Most people who read this already know my whining about driving. I never quite got enough consistent practice so each time was like starting over. Finally at 27 I took a course and received my license. Later that week I drove myself to the library and then on the way home decided to get some gas. I promptly took the turn badly and crunched into the gas pump. I declared myself too stupid to drive and a stealer of oxygen.
More recently I’ve had some successful short drives with someone in the passenger seat. Friday night I took a rental car I had (since S had to leave early) to Walgreens by my house and back again. First solo trip to and from somewhere with no crashing…ever. I am nearly 34 and that was the 1st ever success by myself. I admit it, I cried in the driveway for about 15 minutes. Saturday morning the car had to go back so I got it there then C picked me up for an errand I needed to do. For a year or more I have been vowing that with my tax refund i would be getting a car. You know those things you declare and set a far off date for. They are never really going to come to pass and everyone will just forget. Well, it doesn’t work out that way sometimes. C is very persuasive and told me we were going to Honda for me to look at the car I had pretty much decided on. We went…I test drove a base model…I didn’t hurt anyone…the salesman didn’t wet himself due to my driving. So far so good. They check the used lot and lo and behold they just for in a low mileage Fit in last year’s model in the Sport edition. Only about 6k miles on it and with more features than the regular base model. And in a lovely silver color to boot. Best…certified used so the warranty is hella long and the price is that of the base model. We test drove that one and all was well. C and M (via text) help me out with making sure the offer is reasonable and I buy it! M was advocating the whole you leave the place and come back stuff but I know that if I didn’t do it that I would talk myself out of doing it ever. I am very skilled in talking myself out of things that go outside my comfort zone. C followed me home from the dealership (no, I did not take the freeway…babysteps!) and then later I took it to the grocery. This morning I took it to CVS. Did I need anything from CVS? Not really. But what I did need was an excuse to try a little trip. I still can’t believe I am one step closer to almost being a normal person.
Posted by SewPixie on January 20th, 2010 in Crafting 365, Daily Life
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about my crafty goals for now and the future. What better way to actually post on my blog than to list some of them out!
- Complete Crafting 365: So far so good!
- Knit a vest: I dunno…I just want a vest. ^_^
- Improve my spinning: Just joined a hand-dyed wool roving of the month club by Pancake and LuLu to help with that!
- Update my stash on Ravelry: It is way out of date!
- Destash some fabric: Really..there is bound to be stuff I will never use and can go to a better home.
- Organize my photos: I recently moved my pictures form the mac to the PC and at about 4k pictures a year there is some room for improvement there!
- Sew more for the shops: Also branch out a bit with designs…like a knitted carry bag!
Posted by SewPixie on September 10th, 2009 in Daily Life
…BlizzCon was awesome! The changes coming to WoW are just amazing and I am really impressed about how rich the story is that they have created over these many years. There were a couple of snags withthe convention but eh most things have at least one problem right?
Disneyland was pretty cool too. I think I’d like to go back in the Fall when they have the Lincoln attraction back up.
Hubert is 32 pounds today! 32 pounds gone since Memorial Day ain’t too shabby. I gained some while on vacation due to what I ate and boy could I feel it. I have a little bit left on this round and then I will be doing stablization until at least after I get back from BlytheCon next month.
Speaking of BlytheCon I finally picked up the materials for the speical bags I am making for the raffle. I’ll have to see how it goes this weekend since I’m a bit nervous now. Worst case I will select new material right?
Posted by SewPixie on August 14th, 2009 in Yarn
But first…a Hubert update. As of my last weigh in for this round Hubert is 27.2 pounds! That is 27.2 pounds lost since Memorial Day!!
Now on to the spinning! I stopped by TYF the other night and picked up a niddy noddy, an extra bobbin for the Joy, and some Pagewood Farms BFL in teal. So soft and so pretty! So far it is spinning up very nicely. I got through a few episodes of All Creatures Great and Small while doing the first single. The plan is a 2nd single and then a two-ply.
And here are a few more yarns that I’ve finished up in the past month or so. Next up is actually figuring out what weight the yarns are. At least now with the niddy noddy I know the length.
Posted by SewPixie on August 5th, 2009 in Daily Life
Well Hubert is finally just over what he was on my LIW (last injection weight) from my last round so I’m all caught up in 13 days. I am down just over 22 pounds so far. Hurrah.
In shop news, I have a bundle of Petite Blythe Carry Bags cut out. Also, I have a custom order for two little bags that hopefully will be quilted tonight. I know there should be photos, and I did take one this morning but time ran out before I had to leave for work.
Oh dear and I started to clean up the sewing studio. Lots of fabric that was forgotten about in little piles. That is now in one place to be gone through and folded properly. The good news is I found that I had bought some more jersey for the face covers so that is one thing off my shopping list.
Stock is low in the Etsy shop but there is plenty to see in the ArtFire shop so Blythe owners go take a looksee. shameless plug
On the homefront…bad kitty was at it again I think on the carpet. The litter boxes have been moved and the back room’s door is closed so we will see how that goes. If it continues then back to the vet we go to make certain it is behavior and not something else wrong.
Posted by SewPixie on July 29th, 2009 in Daily Life
…mehtinks no.
No photos again since I am at work sad to report. Oh let’s see, what has been going on?
Knitting Retreat: The faboo TYF retreat was the weekend of the 17th. My sister got to fly out from Indy to take part and a good time was had by all. I took the wheel and did some spinning and also worked on some projects. Oh yes, and there was a lot of singing. Not by me mind you..however there was a lovely ‘Malabrigo’ sung to the tune of ‘Ave Maria’.
Knitting: My February Lady Sweater is done and lovely. I am now sort of winging it with a cotton version in stockinette and without the lace. Instead, the plan is to have owl cables along the bottom hem. I love the Owls! sweater but don’t yet want to dive into the shaping I’ll have to do for it to fit me, so cardigans it is!
Hubert: So um…Hubert lost a few pounds during the break (meaning I gained some) but is getting back into action now. On day 6 of this round Hubert is where he was on day 16 of the last round. We’ll see how it goes.
Around the House: Things are still messy but on the road to improvement. My cleaning style is to do things in bursts, frequently changing which room I am cleaning. Little by little the work gets done. A favorite is to mad clean or do a task during commercials.
Posted by SewPixie on July 5th, 2009 in Daily Life
Yeah I’m late. Ppttt
What have I been up to (besides being poked in the chest by a 3 year old and asked what was in my shirt…no really it happened yesterday)? Well, cooking a lot more lately as shown by how often I need to load the dishwasher. Stabilization on my weight plan is going well. I have found that there is some hidden sugar and or starch in steak n veggies n salad at Outback. Not too worry though, I’m still at just over 2 pounds over my LIW (last injection weight). It has been very interesting to see how little things affect my weight and learn what my personal limits are. Oh and there is a stevia sweetened soda called Zevia. Doesn’t taste bad and woot woot zero glycemic index so much better for me than my Pepsi obsession. My general long-range plan is not to eliminate the foods I dearly love. That’s no way to live (for me) and I’d be really sad to never have a baked potato again. Instead, where I can substitute foods that work better for my body I will (for example cauliflower pizza crust) which in my mind leaves room for indulgences. So I guess I just took the long way to say ‘balance’ huh. shrug I ordered supplies for my next hCG round the other day so Hubert should be on the move again in late July. Wheee! In the mean time, I’m going to get back on the treadmill and maybe back to the gym for some healthy exercise.
On the computer front the new PC is doing well. The MacMini has not beat it up yet and the MacBook is a work computer so I don’t think it really cares. Yes, I do anthropomorphize things all the time thankyouverymuch. My old hard drive is in there as a 2nd drive (so pleased that I actually thought to get a SATA drive all those years ago) and it had been nice that I can get at some of the apps on there like Dreamweaver. I have Sims 3 installed as well as Spore and Wow. Since I am going to BlizzCon in August with C & M and D it would only be fitting to have actually logged onto Wow huh. They helped me out and my main character, PallasAthene finally got to level 60. Zack & Kelly had a LAN Party for the 4th and there I was able to get to 61. I still have little idea about what I’m doing. I just press my little buttons and hope for the best. Sometimes I am more girly-girl that geeky-girl. LOL. Besides games, I have been trying to sort out my GTD system. Started out using Notebook on my Mac, which is nice, but a bit tricky in that I want to be able to get at it from anywhere. A paper notebook would be perfect, but I tend to doodle and it is more difficult to search quickly once there is enough data in it. Couple that with my desire to use the web hosting that I pay for (use it for more than just a blog and email that is) and the result is wanting something hosted by me. By go-to thing is database backend with a php or other frontend application. However, I’ve found lots of people just using text files for their GTD and I like the way in which I can code things in such a way that I can just grep the files to query for what I want and also have the freedom to type more freeform things. So now I’m looking at writing some simple PHP pages to grep out things like next action lists by context and such. Also, I learning a little bit about Applescript and the Automator so I can schedule my MacMini to go get all my GTD files on my site and back them up each morning. Nifty!
In the sewing world I have been working on bags. Sent one out priority mail to a town just a few hours away and the dang thing didn’t get there on time. UGH! Really ticked about that and as soon and I confirm it really did miss the mark on when it was to get there I am so refunding that shipping money. Yeah note to self, never ever use the freaking work mail drop again. Oh yes…bags bags bags. I noticed that last summer I also went into a sort of online malaise. Something seasonal with me? Or perhaps I don’t balance out my energy well and just run myself into the ground. No clue. There are a good dozen or more bags being worked on now. Okay notright now, I did wake up really late today (got to bed about 5am) and after typing this long arse post will get right back to sewing.
Guess that is most of it. The house is a wreck and dolly bags don’t make themselves so I best get to it. Ta-ta!
Posted by SewPixie on July 2nd, 2009 in Daily Life
…I ought to figure out how I put the post tags on the posts instead of just in the cloud on the side. Hmm…shouldn’t bee too hard.
Also, I finally got a WordPress iPhone app so I can blog on the go. Wheee.
