I got a very nice note from Lollychops after I commented on her blog this weekend. I don't think I've posted her site before, but she has some really cute stuff to download and print on her site.

Yesterday, Husband and I went to one of our favorite neighborhoods here in LA, Little Tokyo.

We visited Kinokuniya book store to pick upa magazine subscription and had lunch at Koraku Ramen. (although ignore the review I'm linking too - the shop they recommend is not as good as Koraku).

I picked up some new sketch books. I thought I'd give graph paper a tray a la Tula Pink.



The yellow one has more of a water color paper feel to it. Since I tend to draw with whatever writing implement is handy - I thought it would be a good idea to get heavier paper.

A few months ago, during the summer, on one visit to the mall in Little Tokyo they appeared to be having some water trouble.

Here's the gusher:


And here's the almost store flood:

I haven't posted much in the last few days so I thought I would share some of the things that I've made over the last few weeks that I haven't posted here.

A Fat Bottom Bag from the Happy Hooker Book. I used wool yarn and skipped the plastic handles:



The Rose necklace made with rose quartz and sterling silver:


Swirly Pin made with vintage buttons and recycled costume jewelry:



Wish Tree, inspired by this artwork:



A couple of pear cozies (burnt orange is wool, same a the fat bottom bag above. Blue is acrylic):



a pendant made with all vitange buttons:



crocheted neckwarmer in dark aqua, random stitches:



Denim and blue fabric circles with a pin back:



I swear that the buttons are the same color, but they don't look it in the photo. Scarfeltte is all done in herringbone half double crochet. Here's the set:

election day cannot come soon enough

True up always has really good fabrics and links to fabric-y stuff.

The bloggers visited the Houston Quilt Market and are now posting regular photos.

I love this entry - ever wonder where some of those cutesy Japanese Fabrics come from? Try Lecien!

A week from now we, in the US, will have a new president. That day cannot get here any faster. I just want this race to be over and done.

I'm tired and this election will decide where I live for the next 4 years. Do I stay here or get out because America is a lost cause? I don't know - we'll see at the end of the day November 4th.

America, change cannot come too soon.

I was laughing through my lunch hour looking at this site.

for your hilarity - visit "What not to crochet"




found via Extreme Craft.

My hubby is officially sucked into Fall Out 3 for the next few weeks. I will definitely be doing more crafting.

We got a call late last week from the game store that Little Big Planet would be ready to pick up for us on Saturday.

Woo Hoo!!

So here's the low down...

It's so much fun that I managed to stay up until almost 3 this morning playing. It's simple to play, extremely fun, and just makes me want to play more.

The levels get progressively hard as you go (duh - so does every game) but not so much you want to pull your hair out which is a constant problem for me. sometimes the level difficulty jump is too much for me to handle so I end up just putting the game down and never finishing it. Can you say "bio shock?"

The physics is amazing - things work like you would expect them too in real life. you can shove and pull and jump on just about everything and it is really fun to experiment with the objects in the world. I have not begun the level creation process myself.

husband and I played for many many hours yesterday. That in and of itself is very unusual - we usually only play fight games together and I normally end up swearing I'll never play a play fight game with him again (he kicks my ASS consistently).

Here's the creative part:

- Best opening credits for a game ever - you actually PLAY the credits.
- You customize your character
- You customize your home (Pod)
- EVERYTHING in the game looks hand made - the 3d materials are amazing.

I seriously want to make my own LBP play set for the apartment. I love it. If I had the cash I would have run to the craft store ad bought a ton of felt and started my playset.

the premise of the game is that all the cool stuff that people dream collects together to make a dream planet. I'll leave the full story for you to see when you play the game (or go play with google:) ).

Looking at Sac Boy, our main character, the first thing I said was was "oh he's knit. Damn, my suck knitting skills." Husband's 3D animator brain kicked in and responded "he's not knit, he's a sub division surface with a displacement map applied."

Hee Hee - see crafty and nerdy at the same time.

REALLY not liking this blog software - I need to upgrade my hosting plan so I can get word press at least. This posting method is making me nuts.