Archive for July, 2009
“A Chandelier in Pieces”
In exciting news, I’m going to see “The Phantom of the Opera” tonight! So of course, I’m listening to the soundtrack all day and have the volume turned way up to get the full effect. I’ve seen Phantom twice before: once on Valentine’s Day (don’t I have a romantic husband?), and once when [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on July 31st, 2009 tagged design work, just life | 3 Comments »
Christmas Ornaments and other things
Y’all are great for help in the inspiration department! I can already feel my mojo starting to come back. In fact, I did some rough sketches of….dragons. Hmmm, I’ll have to work on the Christmas Ornaments. I am getting my stitching done, though:
Note: that design won’t be out until October – [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on July 15th, 2009 tagged design work, stitching | Comment now »
Looking for design inspiration
As I approach finishing the 12th Advent Ornament, it is time to start my brain on thinking of what the next twelve ornaments should be. Most of the time, I just let ideas rumble in my brain until they decide to come out, but I’d like to get a jump on keeping this series [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on July 13th, 2009 tagged contest, design work | 3 Comments »
Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty
It isn’t actually putty, and I didn’t find it in my armpit one midsummer morning, but it is a lump of green resin:
It turns out that when you try to mix resins in a high temperature it sets more rapidly. I was going along my merry way, pouring the resin into a set of [...]