My Own Little World, is What I Deserve...

Cause I am the only child there is.
I'm king of it all, the bell of the ball,
I promise I've always been like this.
-Guster

Yeah, I know, I've been ridiculously quiet lately, school's getting to me! Sorry for being a selfish tard and not sharing any of my shiny new creations with you. To make up for it, I've got a crap -load of stuff for you that I've been accumulating for a while now! Not as many photos as I'd like, because despite the fact that I got my good laptop back, its deciding not to connect to the internet tonight (?). So anyway...

Dos and I went to a show this weekend! We had a few interesting goes, but in typical Dos fashion, we didn't place in 3 out of 4 classes and placed 1st in the 4th one! We also had quite a bit of success in our flat classes, as we didn't try to bite, kick or leap on anyone else!Craft wise, I've been working on a friend's Christmas (I know, I know its obscenely late) present for a while now and I've finally come up with something I like! Combining a long-armed robot and a kitty doll, I created this little fella, Moto, out of some odd colored pieces of felt I didn't really want!

Isn't he a cutie pie?! I just love the stitching on his face, although it was kind of a disaster seeing as I've never embroidered before! EEKS! I filled him up with stiff poly fill and beads, so his belly's squishy and his arms are bendable!

My second creation (not for my friend's birthday) was something I just decided to make because I had the time, felt and sequin/beads to do it.....*drumroll...
The DOUGHNUT:

Isn't it just darling?! I need to work on my bead-sewing skills, but other than that, I like how it turned out! It really makes me want to eat one, like, so badly I have to restrain myself from licking it! I love the pink frosting!

Finally, I bring you the newest additions to the Right Lead Canter photography division: meaning that Argus's film came! YAY! I also ended up ordering some 120 for Diana, and maybe if Argus is good, he can share some too. I've just got to wait for a sunny day to use it because I accidentally got 100 speed instead of 200 or 400. Oopsies.
Well, that's all I got for you today! Hopefully I can post more this week after I get all my tests done tomorrow!

The Pitter Patter of Bunny Feet!

I made my first Toy Society drop today!!!!
I left little Lola Bunny in one of my favorite cafes!
I dont have a good picture of her, but I do have this:Sorry for such the short post today! AP Euro reading calls! More tomorrow!

Expanding Family

Excuse the low-quality computer shot, but I just had to introduce you all to the newest member of our family: The Argus Super 75! Funny story as to how he showed up....While rummaging through the prop rooms looking for china during theater company meeting today I came across a box of old cameras. They weren't just prop cameras, but a few Brownies and this little fella! Our stage director said I could take him home and get him working again if I wanted, and so here he is! He's in pretty good condition, a few scratches and bonks here and there, but it seems to me he's in good shape! A twin-lens reflex, he's got 3 different aperture settings and a pretty sweet distance readout on the lens for focusing. He takes 620 film, which I ordered some of today on Ebay! Its remarkably hard to come by, partially due to the fact that Kodak discontinued it in 1995. Turns out, you can turn 120 into 620 by simply filing down the ends of the film spool, but I figured it'd be smart to stick to the actual 620, at least until I can prove it works! I did end up ordering some 120 also, for Diana of course!
Diana and Argus seem to be hitting it off pretty well...sorry for the rather boring entry today, I'm too paranoid hoping for a snow day and trying to fix my sewing machine to bother. Hah!

Do a snow dance!!!

Powder Snow and Frozen Toes

I'm back! Did ya'll miss me as much as I thought you would? Haha!
Skiing was fantastic, although Vail didn't have as much snow as usual and the Bowels and Blue Sky were closed until our last day. We still managed to have a fantastic time and I checked a few more black diamonds off my to-do list.
I also picked up a couple things while I was out there (aside from the obligatory snowboarder-bashing tee-shirts):


Isnt he sweet?! His name's Sleepy Bunny and he's made by the British plushie company Jellycat! When I saw him sleeping on the shelf, I knew I just had to take him home! Now he sleeps on my bed with my horsey plushie friends! At the same shop, I also picked up this little beauty: Isn't it the cutest? A little mushroom pin cushion with a hidden tape measure! I only want to put my prettiest pins in it!

So I'll venture to say my trip was fairly productive in terms of both shredding it up and picking up some cute things! I also got a ton of great pictures with my Diana! I'll scan them as soon as I get my laptop back (which should be soon, according to the computer people!)

When I went to drop off my film on Saturday, I had an hour to wander around and did a bit of putsing at *sigh* you guessed it, Walmart. Believe it or not, I found this absolutely adorable sewing box! Seeing as I not only didn't have my own, but I also needed something to store all my fat quarters of fabric in. Voila!Isn't that fabric just yummy?! I love it! Now all I have to do is build up my own repertoire of pins and such so I dont have to steal my mother's all the time. More importantly, I finally found the perfect project for me to work on! Its one of those random acts of kindness gigs that I've been thinking of trying called The Toy Society, check it out! More will be posted once I start!