Heptoctopus

What do you call a seven legged octopus? HEPTOCTOPUS!!! How do you make an octopus giggle 10 times?… You give him ten-ticles!

Anyway this adorable octopus was made for my roommate for Christmas from seafoam green Caron yarn.

Written By a Kid is Amazing

I might not have blogged in a while about all my crafting... THE MAKING HAS CONSUMED MY LIFE... in short I am crocheting an afghan, two hats, a pair of tank slippers, and oh yeah knitting a pair of socks.  All while studying for finals.  Fun. Times.

ANYWAY LOOK AT GREAT STUDY BREAK FUN THINGS FROM GeekandSundry!!  I've been recommending Written By a Kid to all of my friends, surprisingly for schoolwork...  One of my friends is writing her senior honors thesis on how new media like tumblr, facebook, youtube, etc are affecting literacy and how to incorporate that into the classroom.  Another one of my friends is doing her final project on children's books and how they can be adapted for the internet.  Super cool right?  Anyway Written By a Kid is one of my favorite youtubes and it has kids telling their own stories while the fantastic crew animates them into reality!!  Not only is it super cute, its also a great way to get kids involved in literature and the creative process!  So Subscribe to geekandsundry here:  http://bit.ly/SyeWy8

And watch my favorite episode starring the wonderfully awesome Joss Whedon with a cameo from the wonderful Felicia Day!!!

Metro-Tastic!

Babies babies everywhere!  o.O  Basically my sister knows a lot of people popping out kids, which means baby presents!  Since all of the women were from NYC these MetroCards were specially commissioned!  Since they double as rattles, they might be considered a little large.  And by might I mean they are about 5" x 3" and way to big for a little kid to wave around.  However they are the perfect size for parents to wiggle in front of their child's eyes and for the dog to play with.  Really, it's a question of who can defend it better, a puppy or a baby?

These Metro Cards are fairly accurate and they've been personalized to have the child's name stitched onto the back of the crocheted card!

Professor Bear

This panda bear is rocking the top hat and looking super posh and classy; the only thing he's missing is a monocle!  The story behind this little guy is that the employee of the week gets to take him home and add something to it so that over time he acts a collage of everyone's good work.  Personality is a big part of this too, his name is Cheeseburger.  Personality is a big part of this.  The top hat is one I've used before, but this time I didn't add the extra rows (so it doesn't look like an Amish hat) and I added a little cardboard circle to the top of the hat to give it a little extra definition.  Also the little white stripe is actually from a pompom oh which I've snipped off a little--an excellent decision!

A Quilting Summer 2012

Over the summer, I spent a lot of time getting my quilt blocks all cut up and ready to go.  I even started sewing the blocks together!  Basically I lucked out and had an entire room to myself with enough space for a design wall, sewing machine, and a little ironing station... pretty sweet digs.

Previously in the blog, I've posted pictures of my quilt in progress with a target theme going on.  Well, this might have been what the pattern called for in the book, in actuality with my hand dyed fabrics this pattern just did not pan out aesthetically.  In the end, I packed it all up and sent it home for a couple of weeks just to my thoughts settle.  Thankfully my quilter's get-a-way is mid September so I could reorganize all of the blocks on my design wall with all of the support and opinions of about 30 quilters ranging between 40-90years old give or take.  So I was the youngest by far, which is hilarious because this is my third time going to the get-a-way!

Anyway, out at this 3 day Quilters' Get-A-Way in the middle of nowhere (aka no internet or cell reception), we quilted day and night.  A couple of the younger crowd and I worked from 8am to 3am every day; it was intense.  Thus, my newly organized quilt was born!!  Dadadadaaaaa!

A Nerdy Summer 2012

Summers hanging around watching Daniel Jackson rescue humans from the Goa'uld, Jeremy Renner dropping it like it's hot in the Avengers, Bane kicking ass and blowing up football fields, and Spiderman being a snarky scientist... basically superheros being awesome in anything that ever existed  Yes, this sounds like an excellent use of my time!

I started a craft exchange with one of my friends.  I crocheted her Iron Man winter gear...

...and she painted me Doctor Who Shoes!

We also went to the midnight showing of Batman 3: The Dark Night Rises in style with our home made matching t-shirts... huzzah for sharpies, poster paint, and spare white t-shirts... all of which we found in our rooms before the show.

Last but not least I whipped up a little 3in Charizard on commission.  HE IS SO CUTE!

I also took the liberty of experimenting with Ultra-balls!  My customer loved it, and that's all I have to say at the moment!

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A PSU Summer 2012

You might ask, "How did you spend your summer?"  And I would have to say quilting with Primeval, Crocheting with Burn Notice, and Duct Tape Corset making with Leverage.  Yes, crafting and TV the most relaxing and wonderful combination in the world.  Of course I was also working two part time jobs but who cares about that right now?  ...Exactly

So here's my summer projects!

Scarf #1:  Never Let Your Boss Know... unless you don't mind making and giving!  Luckily that's the fun part for me :)  My Boss Lady told me to make her whatever I wanted.  And clearly since it was the middle of summer, I made her a scarf.  #totalsense

Scarf #2:  Catching the Trend... Let's just say that after I made my boss a scarf, my coworker wanted one too!  But he wanted one in the traditional Nittany Lion fashion.  And so was born my first scarf with a fringe... very rad!