this season’s latest fashion

Posted under reads, uber pro(jects) aka crafties, Munch munch crunch crunch by mel

today i made a really great bag. i thought it would be a really quick, easy project…well, i was kind of but not really wrong. here’s the deal. it was only 3 pattern pieces. all were 4 sided with no curves. the materials i used were all cotton which tends to be the most simple to work with.

here’s why i was wrong: it took me all of weezer’s blue album just to cut out all the pieces. yes, 3 pattern pieces, but i had to cut out 2 of each for the facing, lining, and interfacing.

and look: sewing is dangerous!

after cutting out the pieces, i had to iron on the interfacing to every part of the facing. it took me the entire eisley combinations cd

after that, it only took me Garbage’s pink cd and alanis morissette’s jagged little pill to complete it.  speaking of alanis, i had a flashback to high school while i was listening to her cd.  mrs. saxton, the english teacher, was teaching us about irony.  she asked if we knew what it meant.  i raised my hand and, when called on, said “well, it’s like rai y ain on your wedding day.  it’s a free riiiiide when you’ve already paid.  it’s the good advice that you just didn’t take.  and, who would have thought?  it figures…”  she just said that i was right and continued on with the lecture while my classmates and i laughed our bums off.  i’m awesome.

i decided to wake up this guy: to show him

this is what he thought of my purse:

after i got it off his head:

so all in all a decent experience. just a lot of flipping cutting!

i was listening to the new rilo kiley cd and saw picture of jenny lewis. i started cracking up because 1, i love her so much and 2, we have the same dress! woot!

i found mine in a thrift store years ago and hemmed it to the length it is now. before it was almost floor length.

munch!

dinner was a new recipe. capellini with tomato, arugula, and kalamata and delicious fruit salad for desert

i sliced my left index finger open for this salad!

Books:

i started reading the importance of being earnest today. i can’t wait to finish it. i normally don’t go for period comedies because humor changes so much, but this is truly hilarious!
also, i highly recommend gothic, ten original dark tales and all hallows’ eve for the hopefully soon to arrive fall. vivian vande velde is such an amazingly creepy and fresh author.
two other books i read every fall are something wicked this way comes and the halloween tree both by ray bradbury-the-great.

tank girl is a fabulous movie by the way.