the week in review: april 23-29

This was a nice week mehtinks. A little bit busy a little bit not. I didn't get a chance to take many pictures during the week and well, honestly the ones I did take weren't so nifty. So I'll tell ya about what you don't see up there and you can click here to read more about what you DO see, okee dokee?

Monday: School, school and more school. I watched The Godfather in film class and we pored through children's picture book for style, line, color, etc. in my kid's lit class.

Tuesday: I spent way too much time online reading blogs but I did manage to finish my profile about this amazing woman and if you wanna read it, let me know, I might post it. Maybe. After that I hit The Kitchen with Susan, Cathy and the fabulous gals behind Reform School for dinner. A whole lotta Mac & cheese. After dinner we hat cake and coffee at The Alcove where I got to talk to another fabulous artist, aka Stacy. The girls then hit Bigfoot Lodge for drinks and Jenny's cupcakes. I went home to edit my paper.

Wednesday: Turned in the famous paper and hit the campus for a writing assignment. We had to pick a spot to profile. I was sitting there writing away in a nice and quiet spot with a whole lotta room when this chickie decides to sit down not five feet from me, next to me even and eat her nachos whilst hollering into her cell phone about how she is eating nachos for lunch. Lovely.

Thursday: I got to witness an amazing storytime and art session at the ever fabulous Tinker where I hope to be punching the clock soon. Whoo-hoo! After that I hit good old Trader Joe's came home and crafted a bit. scrumdilly-do was being neglected.

Friday: The mister played hooky from work and we took his mom to The Getty Villa where I made him pose for all sorts of photos. Check out my flickr page for more getty fun. Friday night was Susan's last Friday before she moved to Portland so we had an impromptu Naked Lady Party. I made mojitos and shortbread and Susan played show and tell as we unloaded her of oodles of stuff.

See? Busy but not so uregently busy. Saturday we went on a bike ride and then hung out with Granny. Mr. A-go-go spent a lot of time in the garden where he discovered this horrible thing and I craft craft crafted away. We watched a lot of The Electric Company and managed to eat an entire bag of peanut butter filled pretzels from Joe's. They is some yummy pretzels! Yesterday the witch-lady and I went to see The Grindhouse at The Vista and I crafted a bit more. Like you all really needed to know that. Heehee. Happy Monday folks! Tomorrow is May Day, give some flowers to a friend, family member, neighbor or stranger.

photobooth friday: i like a gershwin tune revisited

I think I posted a similar picture from the same day but since I'm feeling forgetful today, this is what you get. Click on the picture to get the story otherwise sit and gazer at the mister's creepy spacey eyes.

We just got back from the Getty Villa. They have quite a collection of ancient classical art. I was mesmerized by the giant stone Sirens. I had no idea they were sometimes depicted as bird women.

Gotta go. time to bake shortbread and make mojitos for the Naked Lady Party we're attempting for Susan's last Friday. Adios!

More boothers to your right and here!

Making the bed

There's nothing like a brand spanking new quilt to get you to make the bed. It presents for a better picture, makes the room look a little less messy and is just oh so inviting. This picture makes me want to roll all over the quilt which I do, often. It's done! Ain't it purdy? Mr.A-go-go is just the most dandy man I know. So much talent and creativity sits there under the surface. He is generally pretty quiet and when I first met him I thought he was too straight laced for me but boy howdy, was I wrong! I wish I could put into words the conversations we have. They are pretty much nonsensical and I laugh all too often. Words cannot describe. So, back to the quilt. The fabric is a hodgepodge of what I had on hand, what people sent me and a couple of pieces from vintage clothes I once wore. To round it out I picked up a couple of half yards of Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy from last spring. The batting came from a GIANT roll we scored from Mr.A-go-go's work and while it is not cotton it is recycled and it was free so there. The quilt is machine quilted in a geometric box style whatever that means and we backed the whole shabang with a brown sheet. Mr.A-go-go made ties for the whole thing using alternating polkadot fabric. It is a quilt topped duvet cover and I'm in lurve with it! Next up I will attempt some sort of patchwork shenanagin. I'm reading The Quilts of Gee's Bend which I have looked at in the past but now the stories make me all swooney for their history. Gotta skeedaddle, I'm off to Tinker soon. Wish me luck!

why I'm addicted....

to swapping.

I have created another evil monster. A pretty fantastic and creative monster but evil none the less. This pretty assortment is from the first five things swap from the flickr group I started. I love to swap but seem to get a bit burned when I try swap-bot (unless of course it is for coloriffic swap-o-rama). I rarely get something made with effort and then rarely get any notice of receipt from the people I send to and I'm sorry, I am a child of divorce and I need a pat on the back for all my hard work. Okee doke? The idea behind the five things swap was a carry over from my Nervousness.org days. (I know I owe people projects from there but I can't seem to straighten out what and to whom. If you stumble across this and I [lobster-girl] owe you something, shout it out and I will create! I will!) I love making thngs and I love receiving handmade things so why not create a group swap, small scale and themed so that like minded crafty people will want to play. The pink swap turned up some super nifty pretties! I made kooky kitschy collages with lots of polkdots. I received a knitted pouch, patchworked tissue cozie, felt flower pin, marble magnets and an adorable egg carton sewing kit from Ana of Pink Sugar. If you find a need to craft and swap, hop on over to five things and join us! My next projects will be for the birds. A birdie and a chicken swap. What am I going to make? I have no idea...sigh.

Last night was spent with some amazingly crafty and creative ladies for Susan's almost last day before she moves back to Portland. I'm gonna miss you chickie! We ate a lotta mac and cheese, consumed a fair amount of wine and dove into an amazing chocolate raspberry cake at The Alcove. After that I headed home and the ladies continued on to The Bigfoot Lodge where I am hoping mass amounts of Jenny's famous S'mores cupcakes were consumed. Hope y'all had a good time, I'll see ya Friday.

Well folks, it is back to my paper, THE paper which isn't exactly what the assignment called for but I'm pretty happy with it. Wish me luck and have a great Wednesday!

plans schmans

Today started out well. I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed and planned to get right on that pesky paper for my English class but hen I stopped over on flcikr and well, you know how that goes. I decided to create a collection and turn one simple set into many many sets and next thing I knew it was two hours later! Zoinks!

Check out these nifty wee burros I picked up from Craftpaca on etsy. Ain't they the sweetest? I adore them and now of course want to do some gocco-ing but for now I must log off and write, write, write. Tomorrow I turn in the pesky paper, hit the bookstore for some research and then snack on yummy sweets with the bluejay who I miss more than I can say. Thursday I am hanging out at Tinker to see if I fit in and Friday I guess will be a day for catch up. I have much I wish to accomplish craftwise. Happy Tuesday peoples!

The Week in Review: April 16-22

A busy busy week of dong everything that wasn't on my list! zoinks! I of course am the states best procrastnator and still have oodles of homework to do which means I need to check out of here much earlier than usual. sigh. I just can't get the hang of this student stuff. Today is the ick day of school. I'm there from noon-9:30pm. Double zoinks! So much work to do...."Head, STOP spinning!"

The Dapper boy came to hang out with us for the weekend. We went ot a doger game and spend oodles of coinage on too salt hotdogs. At least I can say I've had a Dodger dog. I now feel like a true Los Angeleno. ctually, more like a sick angeleno. The amount of marketing and advertising at the game made my head spin. Crazy! Saturday was the birthday party for the Bushee Boy who will be three this week. It was a blast and lasted forever! I even helped a friend design and whip up a moo business card! And....I got some cashola thrown my way. Dork! Yesterday we went to hang out with granny. Her roommate went home and she was very attached to her. Granny isn't doing too well these days. Her spirits are sagging and her age is catching up with her. It is heartbreaking. We try our best to make her smile and I suppose that helps but still. Sad. It was a sad wek all around with the other sad news that happened here in the states.

This week I MUST, MUST, MUST write my paper. It is due on Tuesday and I need to start my film class paper also. Sigh. There is a going away shindig for Susan which will be fun but sad because she's leaving L.a. and I have a maybe job "interview" thingie later this week. I also have to find a new dentist, clean, craft and do all that school stuff I've been meaning to do. Hope y'all have a great and color-filled week!