I recently made a seed stitch neck warmer. It's a really great cashmere/merino wool blend and it's so soft.

I always make a mix and burn a bunch of copies of for my friends and relatives around Christmas time. I trace the insert of a cd folded out on a sheet of paper. Within that space I collage it with whatever scraps I've torn out of magazines and old books. Then I make copies, fold it, tape it at the top and bottom and voila! A paper cd sleeve. Afterward I pasted the original in my journal/sketch/scrapbook. Here's a scan of it...

( cut assunder )

here are the rest of my shirts that i found in a box in my basement. i forgot about a lot of them!



( bye bye stuff )

I needed two more gift bags for Christmas gifts, but then remembered that I have some white bags from 'Stamping Up'. So I got busy with my Cricut cutter and came up with these. Have a look.
( bags here )

I'm looking for some advice, ideas, inspiration. I just purchased a medium-sized black sketchbook that looks like this:

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And I wanted to decorate it. Any ideas? I'm going to use this book to write all my goals for the upcoming year and then use it to document what I actually accomplish. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

ETA: Show me your journals/sketchbooks if you'd like!

I wanted to post them as I finished them, but I was so stressed towards the end that I was BARELY finishing in time to present them for out annual Christmas Eve dinner. So now that all the Madness is over, here are all the paintings I did as gifts this year...



( Open Sesame! )

Five;
- Bagel with light cream cheese.
I love bagels, but it's only fifth on the list because I'm too lazy and impatient to make them.  :c  Though, when I am in the mood for some cookin', bagels all the waaaaaaay.
A little note about bagels?  Last time I tried making one, which was last week, I ended up scraping my fingers on a cheese shredder.

Four;
- Perogies
The potato and chedder kind = Love.  Jessica and I ate a whole bag over the course of two weeks.  MMM.

Three;
- Sandwiches!
I love me some sandwiches.  Like, ooooooohmygosh.  I like peanut butter and jam, and cheese and mayo, and lettuce and mayo, andandand, grilled cheese.  Loveloveloooooove !

Two;
- Zucchini
Jessica and I could eat zucchini and perogies and cheese sandwiches for ever.  Typically, we eat it with ranch dip.  NOMNOMNOM.

One;
- I don't know what else there is.  HMMM.
SOUP.
HOLY JESUS I LOVE ME SOME SOUP.  OHHHHHHYES.

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STATUS [28 Dec 09]: Ordered!

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STATUS [27 Dec 09]: Ordered!

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Anyone know where I can get a black corset and/or knee-high black boots? I can't order online because (a) no paypal account and no credit card and (b) I've never worn a corset before so I want to make sure it fits properly. I don't mind buying secondhand if anyone knows of someone willing to sell.

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I found some really awesome silver foil damask wallpaper on sale today and wanted to use it as a wallpaper for a wall I didn't paint. Any ideas on how to attach it to a wall?

I can't use wallpaper paste as it is an apartment. I was thinking maybe staple gun? Because the pieces would have to be hung in panels, I was thinking of putting some silver ribon over the seams ...and the staples (which would only be stapled at the seams).

Do you think that would work/look nice? Or do you think it would look cheap? I would hang framed pictures up over it to break it up. Any other ideas on ways to attach it to my walls.

MAYBE spray adhesive, but I live in a city with high humidity 90% of the year, so it might not work very well.

Any ideas are welcome! Thanks!