Beware the mummy Carolyn!
Posted in Carolyn, Photography, Sewing | Tagged Friday Photos, Halloween, mummy
I finished up Carolyn’s Mummy costume today! (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.) The hardest part of this entire costume was the mask. Luckily Carolyn had today off from school for teacher conferences – I needed her to model this pretty frequently. This time, instead of only sewing strips from the bottom up, I also [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
I worked on the mummy mask today. This is turning out to be a longer project than I planned – the downside of being a bit of a perfectionist, I suppose! (Part 1, Part 2.) This is going to be a mummy mask when it grows up: a super cheap hat ($1) from Target! I [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
Continued from yesterday… Not so many pictures today – it’s too dark and dreary out to get any decent photos – but I (mostly) finished the shirt. To do the sleeves, I had to pick out the seam with my trusty seam ripper. Then I sewed the strips on flat, starting near the cuffs. (I [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
Carolyn wants to be a mummy for Halloween. However, we went looking for a mummy costume and were really disappointed in what we saw. They either looked goofy or, at one store we visited we were horrified to find an inappropriately “adult” mummy targeted towards 4-10 year old girls. Yes. A mummy with a bare [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
As today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, here are my “spoils of war” from the Fiber Festival: Let’s see…clockwise-ish from top left: * Patterns from various vendors. * A “headache pillow” made from lavender & flax seed from Cherry Hill Quilters. * Blue/green fiber is 4 oz. of Polworth from Fuzzy Bunny. * [...]
Posted in General, Knitting, Spinning
(More details can be found on their respective Ravelry pages: Tulips for Carolyn and Tulips for Anna.)
Posted in Anna, Carolyn, Knitting, Photography | Tagged Friday Photos
Today we had an apple tasting, made homemade applesauce, and painted…or tried to…with cut up apples. First, I dug the various varieties of apples out of our fridge: I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of summer gold, and based on how incredibly tart they were I suspect the man at the farmer’s market just picked [...]
Posted in Food, Kid's Crafts, Summer Fun | Tagged apples
It’s September 1st! How did that happen?!? Just a few short days until school starts, and I’ll have to decide whether to continue doing themed projects during the school year – I have two enthusiastic votes for “yes”, but I’m not sure, realistically, how much time we’ll have once the big girl is in school [...]
Posted in Kid's Crafts, Summer Fun | Tagged apples
I found a slightly-expired jar of applesauce while I was cleaning out my pantry last weekend. And then I found a recipe for Apple Cinnamon Dough (scroll down on that page). The kids had fun helping me measure and mix – there was a cloud of cinnamon floating about our heads the entire time. The [...]
Posted in Kid's Crafts, Summer Fun | Tagged apples
