It's been a busy couple of weeks on this end m'dears.
My show, The Wonder, opened this week and so far it's getting some positive feedback. Woo hoo! Now if only I could catch up on sleep!
I've been working pretty diligently on many different projects. I made this the other day for a friend and her daughter:
I also made this over the weekend while my mom came to visit: She lounged on the couch watching movies while I sewed and sewed and sewed. I still need to touch it up in certain areas, but considering it took less than two days to put together I can't complain with how it turned out. :)
Anyhoo, I'm about to start working on a chuppa for a friend's wedding, prep for some auditions coming up, house sit for some friends this weekend and finish crocheting the gun from Blade Runner.
My dear friends Jim & Jo came for a visit this weekend. They live across the pond in England. The last time I saw them was over a year ago when they came to visit Chicago during a seven week long vacation to the States. They jet-setted from the west coast to the east coast and we got to spend about four days together, roaming the city, over eating, going to museums, seeing plays, and drinking snakebites (which I found out during their most recent trip are illegal in the UK!). This visit wasn't all the different. :) We had a lazy day here and there, but we managed to keep ourselves busy with the Wicker Park Fest where we saw my friend Marcie's band Silverghost play, we shopped, swapped new music, talked about getting tattoos, they sat in on the first dress rehearsal for my show, The Wonder and countless pictures were taken.
Just before they left (at 4am this moring) Jim went out into the night and left a little something behind in the streets of northern Chicago... I'm so happy to have something new to look at one the way to the train in the morning. :)
I drove home to Detroit to see my mom and surprise my friends. I was somewhat successful. I got to see about half of them, but it was great to be home (even if it was only for two days)!
For the past year or so I've wanted a terrarium. I was debating on whether to buy one from Etsy, but I couldn't get it together to purchase one. Then there was a Threadbanger episode where they showed how to put together your own terrarium and I KNEW I'd have to make one! This proved a little more challenging then I originally thought simply because I was having trouble locating some of the ingredients, like Activated Carbon (which now I know you can find at PetCo!). Once I gathered all the pieces I found this lovely glass jar at Marshells. Who knew Marshells had a plethora of glass jars with lids/tops to choose from?! And Voila!
Here's to hoping I don't kill it! :) Happy Post Fourth of July Folks! *M*
First, I finished the latest Winchester rifle fillet crochet last night.
Second, my friend Beth was featured on Urban Outfitters' blog the other day! Urban Outfitters Blog. Check out her shop on Etsy!
Third, Ginny from My Favorite Color is Shiny posted this video yesterday, which actually made me cry a little. I guess I just needed the inspiration today. :)
And last, but not least, I found this the other day:
I started working on some crocheted patches to cover the holes in my green hoodie.
It's such a good hoodie. I don't have the heart to get rid of it. But I do have the means to spruce it up a bit! :)
In other news, today has been much better than yesterday. I'm trying not to use this blog to vent my frustrations, but every now and then there has to be an exception. :) Thanks for putting up with my rant, reader. You kids are all right.
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