One Crafty Fox

[shanmonster]

I'm having a pretty good weekend all by my lonesome. I went thrift shopping today to get some wool sweaters and some tshirts to cannibalize for craft projects, and also ended up with a little extra. I got a beautiful Japanese crystal platter. I used to have a turkey platter, but it didn't make it to Ontario when I moved here. This platter is much prettier than the one that disappeared, anyhow. I also got a crock pot. I have never owned one, but have wanted one for decades. I sure do like thrift shops. They make obtaining such items very inexpensive.

Other than that, I got a few tshirts and sweaters. I also bought something incredibly hideous: 3 matryoshka dolls with basketball players painted on them. I cannot believe these things were ever marketed. They are a special kind of ugly. I'm going to repaint them and turn them into something much more attractive.

I couldn't resist, and I bought a cute little lime green jacket for myself, too. Sally Anne's was having a big sale today, and I have come to really like this shade.

There has been some interest in the tshirt yarn I made, so I got more tshirts to make yarn out of. I'm going to take it all down to Rare Funk. Rare Funk specializes in locally made clothing/jewellery/crafts and nifty vintage items. It's big on recycling, and is quite possibly the coolest shop in town (definitely the one with the most funk), so if you're around and haven't checked them out yet, what the heck are you waiting for?

So, ongoing craft projects include (but are never limited to):
- tshirt yarn
- knitting a scarf
- making a dance costume for an animated corpse dance
- developing an animated corpse dance for performance next month
- painting matryoshka dolls
- learning to use the crock pot
- making a skull-trimmed circle skirt
- revamping baby clothes
- refinishing a wooden side table I found on the side of the road
- finishing the epic painting on a vase
- getting one porcelain kung fu warrior to hold the severed bleeding head of another

I'm sure I'm missing a few, but these are the ones I can think of readily. My studio is a terrible mess, so we can add cleaning the room to that list of projects.

Tomorrow morning, I plan on taking part in a movie shoot. I'm gonna be a bystander. To what? I'm not sure. But I'll be sure to dress warmly, because I think it'll be cool, and I'm sure there will be a lot of waiting. Maybe I'll bring Marvin with me for the downtime.

Link time? Yup.

Simple Paper Re-Making: I miss making paper. I don't have a screen and deckle, though.

Fashion designer Adam Saaks rips up T-shirts in Graz, Austria: This is what a skilled fashion designer can do with plain old tshirts on the fly. Very cool.

Hungarian Goulash: This recipe looks so good! I want to make this.

Curtain up for the world's first Klingon opera: I'm disappointed they use helmets instead of prosthetics and makeup.

Bomb Squad Blows Up Toy Pony, Terrifying Nearby Grade School: HAHAAHHHAAHAHAH!

Make a Cozy Throw: One of the projects I want to do with sweaters.

Gold, Frankenknits and Myrrh: Another project I want to do with sweaters.

Loom Knitting: Tutorials on how to use Knifty Knitters (I have a full contingent).

Underwater Base Jumping: Ah, the lung capacity! It astounds me.

Ballsy Suspect Hid Cash On Self: "In a revelation that will spawn a slew of jokes about the size of one fraud suspect’s balls, a Florida man arrested Friday was found with more than $1500 tied to his scrotum with a shoelace."

We're going to need a bigger bowl! Fisherman catches massive 30lb 'goldfish'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1309880/Fisherman-Raphael-Biagini-catches-massive-30lbs-goldfish.html#ixzz0zGPIAXQo: Do you remember the story of Otto the Goldfish? I do. Poor Otto.

Good dancing may be sign of male health, scientists say: I will agree that a guy who dances well gains sexy points over a guy who cannot.

I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly: "The ethical case against eating animal produce once seemed clear. But a new book is an abattoir for dodgy arguments."

Whiskey Made from Urine of Type-two Diabetics: Goes down smooth.

Comments

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

That goulash recipe will be a million times better and much more authentically Hungarian if you add the paprika when you add the garlic, so it gets sauteed.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Good to know! Thanks.

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[harukoraharu.livejournal.com]

I read the Guardian most days but still managed to miss that CIF article by George. Thanks! It's bound to annoy some vegan friends even though most that I know are not very health. I would find it hard to have a balanced diet, particularly as like you I've recently been adding weights to my gym workouts.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought it was a very interesting article. It's not every day you see someone change their beliefs like that. Nice scientific reasoning.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I inherited 30+ 50s and 60s sweaters from a friend this summer. I think they haven't been out of the storage bag she put them in since she wore them last--sometime in 60s! Some are wearable, some are not. I am so using that sweater-throw idea for the ones that are stained or moth-holed. Thank you, thank you for posting that link.

Have you seen this crockpot cooking blog?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Sweetness and pie!

And I will check that link out more, for sure.

[uber-wench.livejournal.com]

The goulash recipe was excellent! I just made it tonight. Yum.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh, good to hear!