CaliforniaMemory: baby doll

Taken sometime in 2005. Stocker Street. That's my sister Angela. We both worked on the make-up and I sewed the top.

At this point in my life I was a waitress at a deli in Glendale. I loved my job and was happy to have my sister over. Working on songs, doing shoots and loving California. I was 24.

Pincushion Challege: June/July SUMMERTIME

I know it's kindda late, but it was too cute to pass up. These pincushion flip-flops were fun to make. I crocheted the straps on there. The "flip" is for needles, and the "flop" is for pins. Can't wait for the next one.

Rainy days and Wednesdays

Brrrr. It is raining, raining, raining over here. Spent the afternoon trying to make candy with Angel. We have been experimenting with the strawberry juice from the processed strawberry. Experiment it was for first we took forever to let it get to the Hard Crack stage (and Angel was holding on the candy thermometer the whole time cause we couldn't clip it anywhere). When we finally got to the stage, it happened so fast that the whole thing burned in a second!

We ended up with a black hard candy that was really bitter. Nice going.

And we shall try again tomorrow on that matter.

I spent most of last night making my pincushion for the Pincushion Challenge: Summer. I didn't make it to the deadline but I will post a photo tomorrow anyway. I love this challenge because I love pincushions! Or anything fiber-filled for that matter. Oh yes. Hehehe.

Tonight I shall start on the apron for Tie One On. The July/August theme is Local Pride. Hmmmm. Bukidnon will be my town and I shall use some of the left-over brown cloth from my sisters' wedding. And probably fill it up with embroidery of sugarcane, corn, cattle, rice, vegetables, horses, goats, carabaos and trim it with the traditional Talaandig motif. Or maybe...ah whatever comes out!

Intavas cool

It's harvest time back in the farm and I am learning the obstacles of vegetable marketing. But so far so good and we have been pretty blessed with the cabbage harvest.

Been doing pre-marketing now on our fancy crops, and praying that there will be a market. I frankly giggled like a little girl when I saw our fancy potatoes:

Yummy colors...we gotta fill our plates with color!!! Ahhh someday I shall be able to walk thru the doors of my dream "trippideli market", the market of fantasy vegetables. Imagine, a market that only sells uncommon varieties in color-coded pricing. And NO PLASTIC BAGS. We would very much appreciate you bringing your market bag, or we will sell one for a really affordable price. And the bags will be pretty. And colorful. And just plain trippy!

Ohhhh someday.

SaturdayFlickrBlythe

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Originally uploaded by t E a R y~ㆀ

Sigh.
Director: Tim Burton
Production Design: Mark Ryden
Starring: The Blythe Girls
When will they.

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sherbet
Originally uploaded by love&free

the dress makes me so happy and fluffy.

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Originally uploaded by ::Garrot::

So crisp and darling these ones. I am always amazed by the genius little big girls that play with the equally mesmerizing Blythe.

What a way to get back on the inspiration road! I am so happy to have a fast internet connection once again and enjoy all the wonderful colors brought to us by Flickr.

I cannot wait for next Saturday again.

Third World from the Sun

Greetings from the Philippines. I have been back since December 26, and life has been a whirlwind of sorts.

The most notable thing about the move would probably be that all my crafty stuff got left in California. The sewing machine almost made it home with me, but had to be taken out at the airport cause my luggage was really way to heavy. A very sad decision. I am currently using my sisters' sewing machine.

But the creations have not stopped and now that I have more or less set up some sort of working space again, it is time to get back on the blogging too. And what a different crafting environment I am now in so this will be quite an exiciting time.
I cannot wait.