Only the Worthy May Pass

 

The most common comment I've gotten from sending out 5 of these has to do with whether the 'right' people get the reference. My family is weird.

Leftovers

 

 

I have a ton of endcuts and scraps from various projects I'm trying to figure out something interesting to use them in.

 

 

I came across a bunting with cherry blossoms and tried to make my own. I glued the scrap pile to book pages (leftovers from other projects) and then made a template out of cardboard of a cherry blossom. This was after failing at origami versions. 

 

To glue the pages: One sheet book page, one sheet scrap paper. Paint either with a watery pva -archival glue which doesn't crack when dry. Slap the two together and lovingly cover in wax paper to dry under weight. When not quite dry remove.

 

 

 

They were ok but not great so I looked around online and found a die that did a much better job. Because the pva wasn't completely dry I was able to curl up the petals a little bit. After dried it stayed that way.

 

 

So now I have a ton of flowers. I don't know that I'll do a bunting, I kind of have that space covered with kid drawings from family. But this is definitely a good idea for leftovers.

Making Pirate Maps With Kids

I went through my usual technique of making a map with a sheet of copy paper. They were pretty scared to crumple it up but did it after watching me drawing on the paper.

 

 

The girl drew an overabundance of whirlpools and sharks. Her map is a dangerous place to live. She also suggested a monster castle so now I will add them to future maps.

 

 

Death is everywhere!

 

The boy suggested a sea turtle which I will also be adding to future maps. He colored in the water after he was done drawing everything in.

 

This is his skull and crossbones. So cute!

I will miss you...

 

 

This was my post graduation project. I donated it to the work holiday party and someone got to take it home. It's done with Tunisian crochet and still the largest thing I've made using that type of crochet.

Panic Work

I kinda had a panic attack I wouldn't get everything done in time. Part of the problem is I am a bit of a perfectionist and making little books for nieces and nephews has to be right. This is what I have for the work raffle and holiday party. I just had to buy picture frames and embroidery hoops.

Donations

Work is having a Christmas party raffle and I'm donating a bunch of weird stuff I have. There's a lot more than I realized so I wonder if in between a new 4gig thumb drive they'll announce my 2 headed cow. That would be awesome. I'm mounting the merit badges with a short description of what they are for, I have enough for 3 8x10 frames. That's not even the entire amount I made and planned to make. Nobody gets the boobies one, that one stays with me.

 

 

Ideas for the Christmas Story

Here's what I've got so far:

Famous last words
Cannibal/carnivorous flowers in a death match
A Rube Goldberg butt slapper
Monster puppies
Eating so much candy and then blasting yourself out of a cannon over a playground so you explode.
Ways I will die.

I think I have a few elements I want in the story, depending on how it comes out but I haven't figured out a setting.