okaaay

Here's the new hair. I do think it will take some getting used to. As you can see it looks pretty similar to the before shot. The cotton candy pink was *really* pale. Still rather blond in the front, red in the long strands. Hmmm...



Anybody been to a grocery store called Fresh & Easy? I noticed one in Eagle Rock? There were hardly any shoppers, (which I loved! I like Trader Joe's, but it is always so crowded. I hate fighting to get through an aisle.) it was in a big lovely warehouse space, had great prices and really cool selection. It was as though Trader Joe's and Vons had a baby.


Speaking of babies, they even had parking for parents with kids. I wasn't sure if this was lame or cool. Big spaces in the front (alongside the handicap parking) would probably be really helpful for folks with strollers, but, I don't know. It made people with strollers seem like VIP's, and as a non-stroller person, I didn't like that. I guess I'm stroller-ist. I do like people with strollers, hi Bre & Daisy, and I'd bet these parking spaces would be really helpful for them. Would it? Is this a good idea? Does it make you feel better about the progressive grocery store, Fresh & Easy?

Okay, off to keep packing and decide what to do with my hair.

Morning Dress, Afternoon Dress

It's Tuesday. We are starting off on an adventure. Going to interview and film drifters from San Jose. Wow. I read that last sentence and think, 'Like in the Grapes of Wrath?' No, not vagabond drifter, more like guys who go crazy with their cars a la Fast & Furious, Tokyo Drift. I may or may not be updating the next few days, but I hope to get plenty of pictorial evidence.


Also, my look had remained rather static since I went dark brunette in October. The photo to the left is how we looked this morning, however. I was a blonde redhead. As of this afternoon it has gone quite cotton candy. Four months is a long time for me to go without altering my hair in some way, and to go shocking pink now.... I'm not sure about it. I'm telling myself it is for Valentine's Day. We'll see how long I keep it up. I didn't like the brown, but it was easy enough and my natural hair color didn't look that different as it grew out. But it was fun this morning to play with it and do all the color processing.





But have you seen!! The baby trees in our backyard have gotten their leaves! Now they are not just sticks stuck in the yard, but are becoming actual trees! Our little garden is quite happy here with all the sunshine. It always amazes me that anything up and grows on its own. But here it is, leaves and everything in February, just like Tree People said!

quilter's blog

Went looking at Vincent De Paul's today for knit sweaters. You would think, with all this sewing content that this was a quilting blog or something. I better be careful, or I might get kicked off ravelry.

I have been sewing a lot lately, first on the curtains, and then more (the gingham and sewing machine were still out, what would you do?) My big prediction: knitting was the latest big craft craze (Remember when stamping was everything? ...When there was a scrapbooking store in ever strip mall?) and crochet has been its tagalong cousin. No offense. But sewing is coming to be the next big thing. Kind of a big startup investment if you don't already have a machine, I think. But if you can quickly cut a pattern and fabric, you can get that cool designer look in your own favorite fabric! You can't get the look for less, though. Crafts are definitely not any cheaper to do than buying a pre-made thing. Unless you go second hand. Maybe I should go out to all the thrift stores and nab the vintage sewing books. Don't steal my idea!

Curtains all done!

Here we have the third and last of my "Bedroom Curtain" shorts. The second panel took less time, probably because I knew what I was going for this time around, and used several pre-cut quilt squares. It was a treat going through the big bag of gingham, wondering about what projects my Granny had also created from the fabric. There were pieces cut nice and square, but many other scraps had circular shapes to them. Some looked like shoulder shapes, and I know she has made quilts with non-triangle/square patterns to them. I have one that is done up in big, bold fabric flowers!

By the way, I did do pasta for dinner last night. Lots of chopped tomatoes, thinly sliced garlic to start it off and a few sprigs of thyme.

I quilted away today to podcasts from Lime & Violet, Alison Lee's Craftcast and then switched to watching Jodoworsky's 'Fando and Lis' You would think with such an ecclectic set of influences it would have shown in the fabrics I sewed up. Maybe it's all still in my head, stewing until it's terminus.





*Note to say I'm sorry for the airplane going through the background of the video. I do live in the city, after all.

Finished Curtain #1

Here is a video for the finished gingham curtain. It is a little bit see-through, so I may add a back panel of thicker fabric. I was really looking forward to a really pretty, brightly lit quilt top. Maybe I should take up art installation elsewhere. I know hubby does not like see through curtains. I guess they do rather spoil the effect.

It's also about 7:30 here, and I am ready for some dinner. So it's off to the store for me. Granny was saying that they were going to have pasta, sounds good to me! I already have noodles and other ingredients. Just need tomatoes and sauce! I'm thinking thick spaghetti noodles, red sauce with plenty of garlic, spices and cheese, and a bag of Trader Joe's seafood blend. Yum!

New content, new ideas

So we've moved, been working on cleaning up the new place, and making it ours. We finally had a party (the Superbowl made a great excuse) and invited some people over, in what I hope will be a more regular event. I'd like to do dinners or movies or something... long philosophical evenings? And do those every other week or so.

Another thing I would like to do is work out a bit of online community and creativity. I could get hired on a show, or I could collaborate create my own! Ha! I've been feeling frustrated that all I've had to do lately was clean house and sew curtains, and I know that the busier one is; the less time they have, the more they can get done. With my current open schedule, I'm not getting anything done. So here's to having no time, and getting lots done. Ha!

What follows is a quick minute and a half video of some of my current projects. It's an experiment. I know how I feel about it, but tell me what you think. (Hi Mom!)