i have been asked quite a few times this year for the information on how i made these hogwarts robes for me and my friends. i figured id put together a quick dress diary about them for you all. you can fid the whole thing over in this post at Wilcox Wizard Wares. hope you like it :0) (btw i didnt make the ravenclaw one michelle did hers heself and i made a hufflepuff one thats not in this pic also)

so here are some teaser pix as per ushe but head over here to see all the goodies in detail about what i got (first pic) and what i gave.

ok so im not attaching any music you will notice. thats because i am frusterated. none of my past MM's will play! what is the deal? i can upload them and they work for about a week and then nothin. it says "getting info from fileden" (who ive been using as my file hosting) but it never ACTUALLY gets it cause it wont play. thoughts, my computer friendly folk? does anyone know of a file hosting site that wont do this to me? because if not im not doing music mondays anymore. it takes too long to set up these posts to have them not work after a week. so anyone with any great ideas please share. i heart doing music mondays.
Step One
Make an LJ post that contains your list of holiday wishes for things you truly want.
Step Two
Skim through LJ and see who posted their own wish lists. Then -- and this is the most important part -- if you find a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make that person's wish comes true.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone else's holiday special too.
( Read my wish list )
Make an LJ post that contains your list of holiday wishes for things you truly want.
Step Two
Skim through LJ and see who posted their own wish lists. Then -- and this is the most important part -- if you find a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make that person's wish comes true.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone else's holiday special too.
( Read my wish list )
just a note to say...its 3am and i just got back from watching new moon. i will do a full review later including showing off the fan girl gear i made but for now all i have to say is EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEE!!!...Oh. My. GOD! SOOOOOOO GOOOD!
How about a little JT to get your morning started off right? oh yes, there is audience participation at the end. hahaha
heres where you can buy the album this song came off of. The song is called Senorita. Not only can he sing and rock the boogie he also seems like he would be a really cool guy to hang out with. doesnt he?
heres where you can buy the album this song came off of. The song is called Senorita. Not only can he sing and rock the boogie he also seems like he would be a really cool guy to hang out with. doesnt he?
just for fun :0). i was watching my tivo (speaking of hello lover. GOD I LOVE TIVO!) and i just love mcgee. hed be my NCIS Husband i think. hahaha i was just wondering what you thought?
Poll #1486250 good morning lover
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
Whic NCIS team member would you want to marry?
If you werent married to the person in question one..would you hook up with the same or different person for a one night stand?
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1 (12.5%)
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3 (37.5%)
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1 (12.5%)
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0 (0.0%)
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1 (12.5%)
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2 (25.0%)
as always i am looking for ways to make the world a better place through craft. i thought id share what one crafter is doing to give back.
( Read more and see pix of drool worthy yarns )
( Read more and see pix of drool worthy yarns )
ok we all know im team jacob i just thought this was too funny not to try out for a while. maybe ill give it to my cuz
idunajinx (who is E.C. OBSESSED) when im done with it. which shoudlnt take too long as i already feel like traitor to the pack.
hey everyone! its our first challenge for Wordless Wednesday! i have become recently obsessed with taking black and white pictures. well, less taking, and more changing really. i take them on my digital camera in color and switch them all to black and white to see how they look. it really really does change the look and feel of a picture. This challenge is to submit a photo in black and white for voting on by the participants of all the WW groups.
Rules:
- Photo must be submitted by January 15th
- Please take photos and upload them at the highest resolution you can for purposes of the prize.
- Photos can be submitted to the WW Livejournal Group, or on the WW Flicker Group
- Photos can be of any subject as long as its work safe (no naughty material people this is in the group rules)
- Photos must be taken by you (also in the group rules)
- You may enter as many photos as you like
- You MUST tag your entries "WW Black and White Challenge" so that i can find them when its time to gather. if you dont tag them you arent entered.
- Photos must be...um....black and white.
- Photos will be gathered from LJ and Flicker by January 25th and the voting will begin. (this means i have permission to copy or download any photos you enter in the challenge for purposes of the poll and prize so please dont lock them.)
- I will link the poll post here but the poll will be held on livejournal.
- Anyone and everyone will be able to vote.
- Voting will end on January 30th and the winner will be announced on the 31st
Prize:
- The fabulous Prize for the winner will be an 8X10 print of their picture in their choice of a black or white frame with a black or white mat. all acid free and safe for photos of course. i will be matting and framing these not a professional shop but i will use materials that will keep your winning photo safe.
thats what Yonder Mountian String Band calls their halloween show. get it? cause they are BLUEgrass? This show was in lawrence, kansas at Liberty Hall. it was two day show and so we stayed in lawrence even though its not very far away from kansas city. We stayed at a historic hotel called The Eldridge that is allegedly haunted. i experienced no hauntings while there. phew.( there are all sorts of goodies behind this cut )
Oh My LORD Kallys Costume! AWWWWWWWW. yup she was a pumpkin this year and while she tollerated it she wasnt very happy about it. although after i laught histerically and took about a million pix, i left the costume on her to see what she would do and she wore it (only glancing up distainfully at me a few times) for about 30 minutes. then she said "ive had enough of this hat" and tossed it off. if that look doesnt say "why wont you just die?" then i dont know what does. hahahaha
( see the pix )
( see the pix )
HOW ABOUT A VOTE ON THE LOOK OF THE NEW BLOG. WHICH ONE DO YOU GUYS LIKE BETTER? OBVIOUSLY ILL CHANGE THE BANNER TO BE MY BANNER BUT I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THAT RIGHT THIS SECOND. JUST GETTING AN INITIAL READ. REMEMBER THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF ME AND MY BUSINESS. WHICH DO YOU THINK WILL SHOW OFF MY PRODUCTS BETTER?
Poll #1480805 help me update my blog
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19
which do you like better
i am trying to par down on the tags i use on my blogger blog. im cleaning it up a bit so that it will be a better representation of my etsy business as well as my general interests. i have combined a bunch of stuff like crochet and knitting are now one tag etc etc. heres the question.
i have linus as a tag and im working on a few other things for my cousins charity and ive donated to different art auctions for various causes etc. i dont want to list each cause separatley in the tags becuase they dont have very many posts a piece and it seems like a waste ya know? but i DO want people to know which orginizations i like and support. so i was wondering is it rude or does it look hoity toity of me to list them all under one tag called "charities"? like oohhh im so great look at me i donate stuff. i mean you all know me and know i wouldnt be like that at all but i dont want to come off that way to people that dont know me very well or just happen upon my blog. or is there a better word you think i could use? or do you think i should put buttons in the sidebar like i do with my swap groups and then just list the post under whatever craft it is?
like now if i make a quilt for linus it gets a "linus connection" tag and a "quilting" tag. so if i used the buttons id just list the linus blanket under "quilting" tag and let them find their way to the button
i dont know....here go look at my other blog and see what you think. i am also going to change my headder to the color scheme of my etsy store which is here you can see the headder. all my stationary matches that right now too. and im switching the wide page format so im gonna have alot of work ahead of me reformatting all my posts to look nice in the new wider layout. ugh why have i been such a bloggy blogger. why do i talk soooooooo much? hahahaha.
i have linus as a tag and im working on a few other things for my cousins charity and ive donated to different art auctions for various causes etc. i dont want to list each cause separatley in the tags becuase they dont have very many posts a piece and it seems like a waste ya know? but i DO want people to know which orginizations i like and support. so i was wondering is it rude or does it look hoity toity of me to list them all under one tag called "charities"? like oohhh im so great look at me i donate stuff. i mean you all know me and know i wouldnt be like that at all but i dont want to come off that way to people that dont know me very well or just happen upon my blog. or is there a better word you think i could use? or do you think i should put buttons in the sidebar like i do with my swap groups and then just list the post under whatever craft it is?
like now if i make a quilt for linus it gets a "linus connection" tag and a "quilting" tag. so if i used the buttons id just list the linus blanket under "quilting" tag and let them find their way to the button
i dont know....here go look at my other blog and see what you think. i am also going to change my headder to the color scheme of my etsy store which is here you can see the headder. all my stationary matches that right now too. and im switching the wide page format so im gonna have alot of work ahead of me reformatting all my posts to look nice in the new wider layout. ugh why have i been such a bloggy blogger. why do i talk soooooooo much? hahahaha.
#1) WEATHER- it is raining...yeah...you are surprised i know....been raining everyday since i got here. *eye roll* the wierd thing is that its POURING and stoppping so abrubtly and repeatedly. its like PPPPPSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH (thats rain bucketing down) for like 30 seconds. and then...silence for like 2 minutes. and then PPPSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH again. wierd. been doing it all day.( and the rest of the things )halloween is nigh people! it is NIIIIIIIIGH! omgomgomgomgomgomg! ok pren...just breathe....wheres that paper bag?
alright now that ive calmed down a smidge hows about an update on some halloweenishness? The Chad and i went to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. yes. a real patch! there were no sightings of The Great Pumpkin which was a shame because it was a very sincere pumpkin patch indeed.( Read more )
