Crafty Kitty

I did indeed have a busy weekend of running around and while I didn't get as much crafting in as I would have liked to, I did get a lot of supplies and started on a few projects.

On Friday night, the boy and our co-worker went to go see Howl's Moving Castle. Since I've never really seen any anime before the boy made me watch some before we went. It was actually a really good movie. However, anime doesn't really stick to plots too well, so I was certainly confused about a few things. The boy explained to me that it is perfectly normal to walk away from an anime movie not knowing what the fuck went on. But I really liked Calcifer, the little fire dude, and I so want to make a little Calcifer plush out of some felt.

Saturday morning I had a bunch of errands I planned on running and I managed to get them all in. I woke up, worked out and then went to Target, which was surprisingly busy at 10:30 on a Saturday. I attributed it to the fact that it was kind of gray and hazy out and it looked like it was going to rain at any minute (although it didn't until much later in the day, but we'll get back to that).

After Target I went to the JoAnn Superstore which is just a huge mistake on my part because I usually end up spending way too much time and money in there. I didn't do too badly this time around. I got yarn to make baby booties for Stucco's new baby and I promised my Mom I would make her co-worker some baby booties and a baby hat (but the co-worker is not due until August, thank God, so I've got time). I also got embroidery hoops and some fabric ink so I can make my Fear & Loathing t-shirt.

I also stopped off at Lakeside Fiber to get some yarn to make the newsboy hat for Deanna, Melissa and Christen. I also got yarn to finish my mother's shawl that I've been working on since the beginning of April. I'm about 85% done with it. I was supposed to have it done a month and a half ago for Mother's Day. I am such a bad daughter. That's my goal for this next holiday weekend. Get the friggin' shawl done! Then I can REALLY move on to other things without feeling guilty.

When I got home, I popped in some Everwood episodes and knit the baby booties from SnBN for Stucco. Since he's a network engineer, I got little computer buttons and I think they turned out pretty cute. Here they are:

After I finished up the booties I called the boy and we ventured off to the zoo, where the boy learned I am easily amused. Seriously, the animals were funny, and I kept laughing - at everything. And best of all, the zoo in Madison is free. The only thing they were missing were elephants. And sadly, all the bears were not around except for the black bear. Who was pacing and seemed like he wanted to eat me (or maybe I just made that up).

Since it was right before dinner and the boy and I didn't want to go back to our houses, we moseyed on down to State St. The boy wanted to get some nerdy posters for his computer room. We did not find any. We went to Ragstock and I got the coolest pink and blue vintage blazer. The boy doesn't think I will wear it. But I will, oh I will. Then the boy convinced me to go to the Essen Haus and I was up for it because he bribed me with beer. Except he didn't really know KNOW where it was and we were walking far and I was getting tired AND more hungry with each step and we all know when I get tired and hungry I get CRANKY. The boy also learned the way to get me less cranky is to get beer in me right away.

After dinner, we stopped at Coldstone and just as we sat done on a bench to enjoy our delcious custard treats, it started to rain. We headed under an awning and then it poured. And poured, and poured, and poured. We waited forever for it to let up. And then it didn't. We even tried to distract ourselves from the rain by kissing, and while that was very nice, the creepy old store owner who was watching us wasn't making me very comfortable. We ran down to the seedy pub where we proceeded to play two of the most horrible pool games I have ever played in my entire life. I am so much more of a darts kind of girl. And then we went home. And had some fun. Ahem.

Sunday was a, "I'll say I'm going work on my mother's shawl but instead I'll watch Gilmore Girls and drink vodka and then end up sewing a wallet because I really don't want to work on my mother's shawl" kind of day. So yeah. I made a really cool wallet Sunday night out of some recycled cordury and some cute calico from Joann's. I used this tutorial from Craftster.org. It was super easy and fun to make and I am definitely going to make one for all my friends.

Here's the wallet:









Phew. What a weekend!