Lazy crafter=busy student

Hello Again!
It has been a while since my last post and frankly that is because I have not done much crafting or cooking, but I have done plenty of procrastinating. It is interesting that procrastination really seems to get me in the areas of homework and excercise. When I have a job I am much better at excercise and doing my tasks, often ahead of time. I think it is a student mentality.

As far as crafting goes, I bought some shrinky-dinks and I am currently looking for the right size and good enough quality silver charm bracelet chain so I can make custom charm bracelets for my friends. I love crafting but I don't really stay on one craft at a time. Lately I have put down my knitting and embroidery, and been perusing the internet for craft ideas. I have found some really cute ideas on etsy.com. All of my ideas I find I save into a folder on my desktop called "crafts". In some cases I label the picture or file with the name of the person for which I intend to make the craft. I am hoping this comes in handy, most likely around Christmas time, when I need to start giving gifts.

Another favorite thing that I started is saving the funniest online comics and articles in a separate folder so I can 'remix' them into craft projects and personal cards later. I am also starting an 'art' folder to store photos of beautiful art, especially those that I found were personally touching. I am hoping this will help me decorate when I get my own place. I hate when I know exactly the look or the idea of art that I want and I cannot seem to find, despite my endless and relentless google searches. So this should help me avoid that problem.

It is nice to feel organized even in these small ways because, while school is really busy now, I know eventually and hopefully after graduation in August I will be able to craft after work. Now if I can just get an excercise regimen that I don't dread :).
Sorry that there aren't any amazing pictures this time, but I wanted to share my ideas!
Sincerely,
The Dame

OH YA I DID

First Off
I loved Michelle Obama's dresses for the inauguration. People are disgusting how they look to criticize every little thing. It was appropriate, it looked warm and she looked happy. More importantly, the content of Obama's speech was amazing, accurate and insightful.

On another totally separate note I made it on the customer gallery for sublime stitching! The founder only puts up her favorites so it is pretty cool that i made it up there!
GO look
http://www.sublimestitching.com/node/2593
Love ya!
the dame

New Crafts for a New Year!

So I have been waiting on posting pictures of some of my crafts because they were Christmas presents and I always have a bad feeling about someone accidentally discovering what they may be receiving for Christmas. Overall though, the Holidays went off without a hitch ( Read: No giant family fight). I made a TON of things, mostly due to my lack of money. So I will be posting and talking about them over the next couple of weeks.
To start, lets look at the Our Lady of Guadalupe embroidery that I did on some aprons.

Here, you can see the differences in the color palate. The one on the left is the first Mary that I made. You can tell, because I did it the hard way. It took forever to make her look so smooth and finished. I filled in all the parts, whereas on the second Mary I went for stitching that showed movement in the fabric and some more vibrant colors. I made a third Mary, but I must have forgotten to take pictures of it! Besides the time that this project took, it was very inexpensive. I think I paid $3.00 each for the white canvas aprons, from a chef supply company that I found online, and then my mom had the embroidery floss already. It was fun to choose the colors, and mix it up a little bit. Of course my Aunt's and Mom love the aprons. As good Catholics, we love to strong female figures such as Mary and we also love to make fun of our religion so this is a beautiful, crafty, and Dainty mixture of the two!

That's all for now!
xoxo
The Dame

Hilarity

this is worth a post for sure
I love this kid!

Happy Holidays!

It's a Circus!!!

Today Britney Spears' new CD Circus came out. I am pretty impressed. I was reading reviews which mention that it sounds like a 'recycled version of the last CD' and while I disagree she did reuse the song Radar. I think it sounds really good, albeit some parts are super synthesized. The song My Baby really demonstrates Britney's vocal talents, which I think is due to the content of the song, as it is obviously about her children. My favorite song of the album as of now is Unusual You which discusses the expectation that people will fail to follow through and the unreliability of relationships and love. I know that Britney did not write all the songs but the songs that I love most are the ones that I think she felt more emotionally connected to the lyrics.
Thanks

The Dame

The Best Summary of how I feel right now

So much to do and very little time to do it. The countdown begins... will the dainty dame make the grades or get cut?
But on the horizon, there is hope called "winter break", I can't see it yet, but i'm waiting.

xoxo
the dame

Recipes and such

A little synopsis about how my day went.
Yep this grad school thing is wreaking havoc on my life and my psyche.
I'm not a quitter- so they will have to kick me out.

On a lighter note- I made a delicious salad for dinner because I am a fatty and food makes me feel better almost always.

Salad:
1 Small head of romaine lettuce- WASH IT!
2 small pears- peel, quarter and slice
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons of crumbled gorgonzola cheese
1 pound of mushrooms, WASH IT! then slice. Saute in a pan with a slice of butter and a teensie bit of garlic. Cook until some start to be crispy. Then take off of burner- there should not be liquid left in the pan and let cool.
Add all ingredients in a bowl and add Girard's Champagne dressing.
Dress lightly because this dressing is strong and the water from the lettuce and pears will carry the flavor.
The mushrooms are also delicious in a baked potato, the other thing I made myself for dinner.
DELICIOUS.
love,
The Dame