Posts Tagged ‘nerd’

For my birthday I decided to be crazy-go-nuts on my own birthday cake and really push my boundaries as a novice baker. I figured since the only one to disappoint is myself, no harm in trying something that can fail horribly, right? And ya know what, I didn’t do too bad:

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I love Etsy. Whenever I get bored, I’m usually window shopping there. So much creativity in one place! Also a lot of really crappy stuff, but I’ll leave the commentary on those items to Regretsy (another site I spend a lot of time on when I’m bored). This week while looking [...]

I’ve made a foray into amigurumi recently. I have an idea for a huge project for after I finish working on The Gearheart, but I’ve gotta design some amigurumi for it. It’s a lot harder than it looks! I have made a head (whoopty doo, it’s just a ball) and I’ve been [...]

Have I mentioned that I have some really freakin’ cool new friends since I moved to Huntsville? This is what my newest crafty bud, Misty Granade, finished last night:
Bask in the awesomeness with me! You should also go to her and her husband’s blog. They are hilarious and have great kid stories, [...]

I finally get to show everyone the groom’s cake I made!!!! It’s been a super secret project so the groom wouldn’t find out, but now that he’s been officially de-bachelored, I can unveil it.

The groom is one of my best friends on the planet and I’ve known him since high school. The Bride [...]

I finally finished the guitar strap!

This was definitely the most fun cross stitch I have ever done. Alex said he wanted “retro-fabulous” colors, and these are the ones he chose. I was a little skeptical at first, but it turned out great! And of course he loves it.
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You may remember a picture of my DS in yesterday’s post about making a lightbox. Well, today I gave her a makeover:

Here’s a different shot that’s more girly. I love that lightbox.
My original plan was much different, but due to materials and my own ignorance, I ended up with this. [...]

So the cross stitching is going swimmingly well. This is the 2nd project I’ve done and it already looks better than the first try.

I’m already working on project #3 and I have like 10 more ideas in the wings. This stuff is WAY more fun that I ever imagined.
Thanks once again to Sprite [...]