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Went to Santa Barbara today. It was a lovely day, lovely drive. Wanted to do something fun before the semester (*my last*) started. It was right on time, because they were having a Farmer’s Market! Yay for organic, cheap produce! Here are some shots
I’m not quite sure what kind of bird that is, but it is HUGE!!!
Out on the street, by Stearns Wharf. Which, by the way, is NOTHING like the Santa Monica Pier.
And I finished this last night. I’m not too sure about it. I think I know what my problem is lately with my layouts, and I’m still working it out.
Can you see the bee? It just happened to fly into my shot – lucky!
I had this layout sitting around for a while, until the other night, right as I was going to bed, I envisioned what I was going to do.
I finally finished my layout of my 30th birthday party. I had a fancy picnic on a lovely, blisteringly hot, July day. I set up a blanket and my camera underneath a big tree and just let everyone take pictures. It was way fun!
I finally got my order from Snapfish and now I’m back into scrapbook mode. I started off with Celine’s Inspiration Tuesday. I’m not really used to sketches, I find that I get really stuck, but in the end I like (some parts of) this layout
The bottom’s a little weird boring. eh.
So here’s the slightly long story about Lea Salonga. Some of you may know me as a fan (see here and here). She came to the Alex for the Hurricane Ondoy Benefit. I was so excited I almost cried the day I found out. Come the day of the show, I’ve got my speech prepared, my Miss Saigon poster, sharpie in hand, ready to have the producer take me back. But no, the producer’s too busy. “Come back at intermission”, he says. So I come back, in time to see him leave, and who comes up, followed by her entourage? Miss Salonga herself! Only, I’m by myself, no one to introduce me, poster in hand, new sharpie (the other one fell into the toilet and got flushed away). She sees me staring at her. For like 5 minutes. I just stood there, not knowing what to do, what to say. My speech, you see, was going to be said in the privacy of her dressing room. So after an awkward moment (or ten) I go up and ask her to sign my poster. She says yes. and I say, “I just think you’re the greatest”. (I am the definition of wit) She says thanks and I run away in shame.
The End
Due to the fact that I have a lot of scrapbooking stuff (and also because funds were tight) I haven’t purchased any new items for a few months now. The other day I made this layout using only the bits and bobs that were floating around on my desk. I didn’t cut anything down – even the watercolor paper was already cut to the perfect size!
All I did was add paint and the numbers. So easy, I wish it was always like this 
I think I can go for a very long time without buying any scrapbook products, save for things like glue etc. It feels wonderful. I sold some things on ebay. And I’m giving away a lot of stuff to people with kids. I want to do without the clutter that having this many “hobbies” brings. I was so tired of the 50 million UFO’s, the storage on the floor, the shelves jammed packed with stuff I never used.My room is looking better and better everyday.
And hopefully, the last of many hats. This one for my mom (terrible picture, I know)
I’m selling a few, random scrapbooking supplies if anyone is interested! Click here
It’s amazing to me that you can take a huge rectangle of fabric, and turn it into a skirt or blouse. Or, you can turn it into two smaller rectangles.
It took all day, hence the night shot, but I made myself some new curtains. The end result?
Joy, happiness, beauty. I’m so pleased with them. And these are fully lined, pieces of art!
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for purchasing this beautiful fabric for me. Else I would be stuck with these for the next year.
And that’s no way to start 2010, is it?
(Yes, I really had these hanging in the window- they didn’t always look like this though)
Speaking of starts, have you made your new year resolutions yet? I made a resolutions mini, which I will share tomorrow!
..and the only prescription is more hats.
Apparently, that’s all anyone wants these days. I made two more hats for someone, then I made a hat for James’s little cousin, and now my mom wants a hat… Phew.
In the meantime, I am finally, finally, making stock for my etsy shop! I believe I talked about this some few millenia ago.
But maybe I want to show you what’s been keeping me away from my bloggity. Here are a few pictures of the costumes I designed and built for Pride and Prejudice (was it really last semester). I co-designed Elizabeth, Jane and Lydia (yes, in the play there are only 3 sisters, and that is not the only horrific bastardization that Helen Jerome took upon herself)
Lydia, Elizabeth, Jane
Lydia, Elizabeth, Jane
Colonel Fitzwilliam, Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Darcy – the proposal
E and Lady Catherine De Burgh – I so love that pinafore
The kiss – you can’t see the dress, but this picture is pretty amazing
Oh, and happy happy New Year!!!
This is a baby sweater I knitted for one of my dearest and oldest friends, Kathleen. She had a baby boy, Isaiah, a few months ago, and I finally got this thing done! It’s so cute, I wish I could make one for myself 
I love knitting small things. They go by so quickly and before you know it, you’re done!
