All work and no play..

Makes me tired... I posted about my sign job that the B/F hooked me up with. Well, it took me about 4.5 days. 1 sign turned into 2, and that was OK.  Plus, I managed to screw it up so I had to start over :( NOT cool. I wasn't making sign I was making big stencils. So I needed some heavy paper, I took a trip to my local craft store that starts with a "M", looked and looked an finally found a piece that I thought would work. A 22x30 piece of Strathmore Bristol 400. This paper is awesome, just heavy enough and smooth but not shiny, fairly easy to cut. It's not cheap $6.50 a sheet (yikes! right?) but it's on sale this week for 50% off. Plus, the cashier used my 50% off coupon on the paper so I got it for less then $2! Not sure what she did but I'm not complaining. So then I had to cut all the letters out, how freaking tedious that was! Anyone who knows me knows that that kind of stuff is right up my alley. I like putzy stuff! It gave me a headache the first day and I had to work last night so I stayed up till 1am working on it last night.. And in general I do not start/work on projects after 9pm so it was a possibilty that I'd hose it up a second time. I didn't really have a choice though because I had to work till 9:30 and since I screwed up the one stencil I had to get it started. I'm glad that they are done! The thing is that I used an Xacto knife to cut the letters out so I now have all these letter pieces, which I decided were pretty cool. I started arranging them and was totally entertained by it. I just thought it was so cool. I made a couple and took pictures.

See, aren't the cool.? Now maybe I can work on some sewing stuff. I think I have made a decision on what to do with my jelly roll so I'd like to start that, and I never got started on my other projects so maybe I'll get to them (fingers crossed).
One other thing I want you all to know about it the great Kona solids giveaway over at FairyFace Designs. If you haven't checked out Sarah's blog I urge you to check it out, it's great. This is for 5 (yeah, I said 5!) 1/2 meters of Kona solids. So go on over there and put your name in the hat to win!!
Hope everyone is having a craftastic week!

Random and not craft related..

So here's the thing, I really wanted to get some stuff done this week..so far I've done nothing. I did go get some interfacing, which I need to make a couple of things on my list. I'm counting that as a start. Other than that I only have random/ strange? things for today. First off, I saw some car commercial the other day bragging about how much head room the car has, this means nothing to me 'm 5'2". But some guy or gal (not sure) has a mo-hawk and I was thought to myself "I'd really love to cut off all of my hair so that I can have a mo-hawk".. Then I was sad when I realized that it was never going to happen. My hair is down to the middle of my back! That is something I should have done in like 6th or 7th grade. I had bad hair styles back then, one of which involved a perm. Would have been a better look to go for the mo-hawk.
As a side note, it's really hard to take a picture of your own back.. even with the self timer. I was going to show you all how long my hair is, but I managed to hose it up like 3 times. 3 strikes, I'm done!
Second, have you guys ever seen a Spanx catalog? I guess once you buy something from them they feel the need to send you the catalog..Lemme tell you, tall skinny models do NOT need to wear the Spanx.. really, they don't, they need to wear that padded stuff bicyclist wear...I would post pictures of the catalog but I don't know if I can do that.
I'm pretty sure there was something else, but I got distracted by a phone call from my B/F. He picked me up a job to make a stencil for his boss. Which makes me think of something else. Do other crafty people out there have a hard time looking at signs people make? Like for a garage sale or for sale, those kinds of signs? I have a terrible time with it. Now I don't expect people to make these wonderful signs for things but you can't make a sign with a pencil and some paper. It bothers me. I love to make signs. I even made one for my Mom to use at work. That was something that I did when I worked there, made signs to post around the place for whatever was going on. Kinda makes me miss working there..that and you know..the paycheck every week.
My B/F was pretty funny because he told his boss that he "didn't even have to ask" me if I wanted to do it. And then told him that I always complain about the signs people make. Guy probably thinks I'm a weirdo, but every once in a while I make treats (brownies or cookies) and he likes them, so I try to make up for whatever weirdness I may have :)
I guess that's all the random stuff I have for today. Maybe I'll actually get something done this weekend! Hope you all have a great weekend!

I always feel like...

Somebody's watching me... Its tree man! I just thought it was funny, the line and the pic and all..

Well, ya'll have to turn your head to the left, because my pic isn't situated right. This is my sign, and its only a stop sign but notice that it isn't on a pole, out side, which is the natural environment of a stop sign. Its in my basement. But I didn't put it there, its been there for a long time.

This is the soon to be garden, now its just a box filled with dirt, soon to be amended with compost (whoo hoo) then I can plant , provided I can find replacement seeds for my target seeds. Tree man will be watching over it, making sure that it grows like crazy. I'd like to have enough so that I can sell some stuff (veggies) out on the street, make a little yarn money. He's on the tree in the back ground. So what else.. well, Kevyn Burger will be having surgery tomorrow (send her good energy) and I just found out something so cool. I sent off an e-mail to the lovely people at Fifth Element, a local record shop operated by a local record label, Kevyn loves Atmosphere, he's a local hip-hop artist (NOT a rapper, there IS a difference) and all I was asking of the was to post some comments on her blog to send her some happiness, just something fun. But the response that I got was SO cool. They wanted her address so they could send her out a care package. I just thought that it was so cool way more than I was asking them to do. But ever since the b/f got me into the label and the artists I've liked them and I like to support the local stuff and I think its cool when they support people who support them. That's kinda wordy but I'm sure you all understand what I'm saying. There is one guy who I think works all day everyday because when ever we go there he is working, but he gives B/F a discount, how cool is that.. And its not like we/ he go (es) there all the time or anything. But anyways, I'm going to eat lunch and check out the paper. SO that's all for me, unless I think of something that can't wait. Have a safe weekend.

Friday!

Yippee its friday. I'm so glad- its a holiday weekend, that means I have a day off of work and I will get paid for it! And we are having lunch at work today, so free food, long weekend, and a paid day off. Thats pretty good around here. Plus, theres talk that we are gettin' some kind of bonus for being safe. Well, this week's Funky Photo is signs. And I have a story, but not a pic because I snoozed on it and didn't get the picture taken. There is a Mc'ds down the street from my work and I go past it a few times a week. And they have a sign on the road and they were advertising a new item and they were "cinnamen melts" and on the other side "cinnaman melts" maybe they used up all the o's for something else, but I thought it was funny. It stayed that way for about 2 weeks, no one ever fixed it. Maybe I was the only one who paid attention.. So I'm hoping to get out to the parks this weekend, its supposed to be nicer Sunday and Monday. I'm going to have to look for a sign or something, not that I'd be able to beat the "Pickle Dog" sign. I'm just trying to think of somewhere I could see something, maybe I'll have to make my own or something..I"ll figure it out.. Well, I think thats all for today I have some "work" to get done before we have lunch.. Then maybe I'll get to leave early and that would be so awesome. So everyone please be safe this weekend and don't drink and drive or any of that stupid crap.