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Finally! There has been a blip of sorts that has prevented me from posting sinceSunday and now it appears to be fixed....hmmm....how bout a belated week in review?

I'll be back tomorrow for regualrly scheduled posts!

Photobooth Friday: creepy

I don't have much more to add about htis strip, you can click on it to read a wee bit if ya like. Finals are sucking me dry and the lull of the internet is keeping me from my studies. Just one more fix....more boothers to the right and as always, don't forget to take a gander at our fearless leader's post and the photobooth friday flickr group.

Procrastination Creation!

So, the five things bird swap was due to be mailed on June 2. I had oodles and oodles of ideas running the gammut from embroidery to quilting to collage pieces but I simply could not decide! Then I got this idea. A hummingbird egg of an idea culled from something I made when I was playing with Nervousness and I went to my kitchen and got some supplies. I stood there looking at what I had and thought, this won't work so I went online to see if I could order something better and I found a lot of somethings but they were all on poorly designed websites and they did not accept paypal. Drats! What to do? What to do...

I decide to sit on the idea and let the world inspire me and then the Queen of Coffee an I were at Marukai where I found exactly what I was looking for in two different styles and they were only $1.50 each! Whoo-hoo! I swooped, I sntached, I soared! And when I got home I put it off...I had to mail my birdies in two days. I decided Friday I would start.

Friday arrives and I am woken up by the linnets' song around 5am. I pop out of bed and do three loads of laundry, hit the market and do something else, I forget what. Eventually I get to my birdie project and it was one of those ideas you have the looks oh so much better in you head! Aack! Now what was I going to do?

I walk around the tiny casa and do little bits of other projects. I decide finally on what to make and though I am not thrilled, it will do. It was almost the same idea but using a different vessel. I finish up after a frantic mad crafting frenzy and now I need to package it all up but how? How can I make it look all purdy-like? Then, as if a mockingbird pecked me in the head I get it! I will use what I bought for the original idea as the packaging! I try it, it works and now I need to prettify it...I search high and low in the tiny casa and uncover a box of vintage lace so pretty you would weep if you happenend upon it, which is exactlty what I did! I then wrapped each one up in a plain brown bag and sent them off to the bird master...do you think they are acceptable?

Oh and in case you are dying to know, the secret ingredient is unbleached tea bags! Click here for a close-up...

Happy Wednesday!

There's something quite magical about the main square in Chinatown. I've been here oodles of times and yet I always take pictures ofthe same things and they always come out a litle different. It hasn't changed much over the past few years but it is so different from when I was a kid. It is semi-thriving, it could do better but lookie how pretty all the lanterns look! I love coming to Chinatown.

Tinker was a blast yesterday. Holly, the current Toddlart chica is awesome and a hard act to follow I tell ya! This week we are creating moonscapes with clay, glue and glitter. I'm going to take pictures tomorrow!

This semester is coming to a close and I have three finals on Monday! Acck! I have a rough draft of my memoir due today and I'm not relly into the groove of it. I have too many stories to tell and the one I chose is boring to me. Oh well. Live and learn. I'll probably change it all at the last minute anyway. The mister's birthday is this weekend and I have to study, study, study. Sigh. Soon, it will be over and then I will be a Tinkerin' away!

Felt Club XL Summer is coming up! If you're in town it is a must see! I will be shopping there this time around!

The Week in Review: May 28-June 3

Boy howdy! Was this a busy week! Yowza! I think I will break it down day by day...

Monday: Mr. a-go-go & I woke up uber early and trekked out to Malibu where we had breakfast on the beach. We then hit the valley hoping to experience Dagla's for lunch but they were closed but we did get a chance to try Hugo's famous tacos. Pretty good.

Tuesday: Thrifty Tuesday with Jenny where I scored oodles of great vintage books and some tablecloths. Then I worked on my memior for english class. I also felt a sore throat coming on so I drank oodles and oodles of green tea with cayenne...all better, mostly!

Wednesday: School. Almost didn't make it but I did and then I did some damage at Target where I once again discover that Customer Service is a thing of the past. Grrr. I also lost my debit card but didn't discover that until Thursday. Oh and I realized (more like I got a phone call...eeps!) I totally blanked on Tinker because I wrote down the wrong dates. they had me on for this week and I had me on for next. Yikes!

Thursday: Gab-happy shopping day with the coffee queen. We traveled almost 30 miles just so we could go to a Japanese "dollar" store. Yes, we are dorks. We also drank coffee, ate fabulously cheap teriyaki and only got lost once!

Friday: Laundry, laundry and more laundry! I also hit the market and did up a handful of projects for scrumdilly-o! Phew!

Saturday: We lazed about at home. I did homework and the mister worked in the garden. We took a break to go hang out with granny and she was doing pretty well. She still has the room to herself which is nice. He last roomamte passed away and that was cinfusing for her. Sigh.

Sunday: Our neighborhood street fair was happening so we parked it at home. I crafted in fits and did homework the rest of the time. The mister put in a new drip irrigation system. We lunched out in the garden and watched the antics of the bees longer than any adult should, but I like bees. For dinner we took a gander at the fair and picked up a sub sandwich from Palermo. We split the sandwich and had a salad from the garden and it was nice. During my homework break I watched Wonderfalls. Yay!

See? Busy! This week is my last week of school before finals. Tinker tomorrow because I totally blanked. Soooo sorry Holly! I'm off to finish my Poetry Anthology and then it's bank time to get a new debit card! Happy June folks! Keep cool if you're hot and warm if you're cold!

Photobooth Friday: Invisible

Yikes! I'm invisible or at least my nifty new tiara is. This strip was taken last week at Pull My Daisy along with a bunch of others that came out way too bright. I kinda like when the machine gets all wonky but the nifty gal at the shop and I'm sorry but i can;t remember your name, put the magic key in the booth and let us take a few "redo" shots. I want a booth with a magic key!

Today, before 11am...I had washed three loads of laundry, swept the floors, cleaned the kitty box, hit the market, canceled my missing check card and finished three and a half projects for scrumdilly-do! Whoo-hoo! What an accomplishment. I am sooo tired now. I still have to finish my Poetry Anthology for my children's literature class and I need to write 2 pages at least for my memoir for English class. I also have to do some major etsy packaging and of course all those crafty bits I haven't finished need finishing. There are still ten things on my to-do list so I had better skeedaddle! Happy Donut Day folks!

Check out more Photobooth Friday fun to the right and don't forget the flickr pool and Ms. Hula's page!