from the grave

At last, some accomplishments since the Bazaar. The first was a commissioned piece to commemorate the passing of a dear friend who liked to break into the stockpiles of Valentine Candy at his sitter's house.





The pattern (very cool, thanks HeartStrings geniuses) was for a perky-eared bunny so his lops are lopsided since I had to improvise. The head and body are made from one solid square of knitting pinned and sewn into limbs. This could have been a fun and delightsome project but I did while marathon-watching The Wire. Fuzzy cuddlebunnies are no match for the ruthless Marlo Stanfield.

NEXT I was feeling both restless and lazy and wanted just a fun no-brainer project. So I pulled out some Wal-Mart yarn (bought during a crazed last-minute project frenzy of which I'd ended up using 0%) and just went to town. This was also my first try at the popcorn stitch. Magically, it turned out to be one of the cutest things I've ever done. At work during lunch break my yogurt puffed as it was opening and splatted a little on the ghostie's head. As a result, I have named this one "Red Die number 40."

Nature!

It is neat:

I took these spiffy volleyball mushrooms on my way home from work yesterday. They reminded me of my sis.


These are the rose monsters, Catwoman and Barbarella



Go Earth! Go summer!

Behaive Bizzare pt. 3: 20,000 leagues

I enjoyed making this one since it doesn't look like itself until the very end. A gamble of a project indeed.


*sorry for the blur. he would NOT stop spinning.

for reference, it is an homage to one of these deep sea beauties:





Next, a rare glimpse at the elusive mic stand jellies.



Jellies can be quite lovely or very gross.

Behaive Bizzare pt. 2: mycology

Toxic, trippy, or tasty, mushrooms' whole game is to trick their way into your mouths. But these fibery fungi just want to be loved. And they don't release spores under your leaky tub. You have the power.





Alas, In my set-up frenzy I forgot to take pictures of my first wave of items. Thanks to technology, some last minute shots were taken on location.



"stuffed mushrooms" hahaha. haha. ha...

Behaive Bizzare pt. 1: balloons

The following pictures represent my entries for the Beehive Bazaar. This Provo pageant marks my lumbering debut into the cutthroat world of craft commerce.

As this is my first day at this bloggy business since 2003 please forgive any awkward settings and sizings.

Humble beginnings

trio

These are the first little creations I thought worthy of being preserved and digitized. They have managed to stay together, still floating around somewhere in the big green negaverse. The vision: little thingies packed in real life to-go's. Yes I can.

TaDa!

This is post the first. This is where I shall put projects, complete or in process or little germs of ideas. Without further ado,

pictures!