Black Eyed Suzie

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Ghost in the Shell

I may be a beginner at some things...

but I've got a black belt in shopping. My most recent purchase? This perfect little velvet frock to wear mourning and night.


Also, to prepare for what's IN this decade, I picked up this fabulous handbook, published in the late 1950's, to make sure I'm one step ahead of the rest. Is buying an IN and OUT book so OUT you're IN? I'll just have to wait and see. Also, if you have no idea what film I am referencing in the title of this blog post, you are definitely OUT.

book images courtesy of my favorite color is shiny

Happy Blue (Moon) Year

Tonight, like many single gals, the moon will be blue. So raise your wine bottle (if it's only you drinking why waste a glass?) nice and high as we celebrate the death and mourn the birth of yet another crappy year.

Pom Tree

Word spread fast of my moonlight craft sessions and 1/2 of my favorite couple, Matthew Shorts, asked me to make a holiday pom table centerpiece for him and Andres. At first, I thought I could make some clever candle holders, but when I remembered that women with candles have replaced women with cats as the new "sad thing," I decided on a miniature pom tree instead. (Disclaimer: Burning one Volcano candle at all times, does NOT a candle person make)

I began with a styrofoam cone from the craft store. I made sure to line the base of it with some felt. Next, from the base of the tree to about a 3/4 to the top I used medium sized poms.

Then, I finished the top off with some teeny tiny balls, which are a lot more difficult to manage than their larger brothers, go figure.

On a side note: I went to Whole Foods, which is conveniently nearby the craft store, and picked up some flowers. These little blossoms reminded me of green pom poms. Quite dandy.

Back to the project, so I assumed, at first, that I would top off the tree with one big ball. I tried it out...

but it felt way too clowny.

Instead, I decided to make a free-form star out of cardboard and dream-catcher weave it up with some shiny white yarn. I finished it off with some vintage buttons and random cameos as ornaments. This tree turned out so precious that I'm making a larger one for little ol' me.

Panda Mine Don't You Cry

Don't wreath me this way

As previously mentioned, gal pal Raena asked me to make her a wreath. This not only gave me a sense of purpose on those cold eventless nights, but satisfied my pocketbook and holiday gift budget as well. After looking at it more, I felt it was missing a little something. I always like the objects I make to have some sort of narrative attached to it, so I decided to add a mama bird perched on the bow, and the other three now played the part as her baby snow owls.