tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30684584406156445862024-03-12T18:56:37.685-07:00Bob Crochets' Craft DownTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-68958665274532608252019-04-04T15:31:00.000-07:002019-04-04T15:31:05.313-07:00Update on Mario Through the AgesOkay, pun intended here, but it's been <i>ages</i> since I've worked on this project. And even longer since I've posted anything about it. The last post I put up on here was May 29, 2018 which was my third week of working on this project. For grins and giggles, let's say that I started this project on May 4, 2018. That makes today day number 335 of this project. And frankly, I'm pretty okay with that because I'd say that I'm about 35-40% of the way done with this piece. I don't work very fast on my cross stitch, so 35-40% is just fine with me.<br />
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In this post I don't have a full-piece progress picture, but I should have one posted soon. It's silly because for me the biggest change that I'm noticing is that I've changed my needle minder out, but in reality the progress that's been made on this piece is enormous. I've almost finished four complete pages with just Mario aspects left to stitch (the hard parts, of course!) The filler parts I've been knocking out on my breaks at work which is the progress that's in the picture below.<br />
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More soon. In the meantime, enjoy!<br />
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-19162304264294302762019-03-31T11:36:00.000-07:002019-04-04T14:54:28.211-07:00Metallic Thread Experiment: The Booty!So, I feel like a bit of background is needed on this one in order for it to make absolutely any sense whatsoever. I follow a band called <a href="http://planetbooty.org/" target="_blank">Planet Booty</a> and I've been a really big fan since July of last year. So much so that I actually just finished seeing them five times this month during their Southwest tour with <a href="http://www.twrpband.com/" target="_blank">TWRP</a>. (It was a blast and if you ever get the chance to see either of them, you should.) But I digress.<br />
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Originally, I followed the pattern exactly, but the perler design didn't translate to cross stitch the same way, so I ended up tearing everything out and starting over with metallic silver thread. Now, I'd never used this stuff before and I likely never will again. It is an absolute PAIN to work with. It splits and it frays and it hates me despite all the tricks I looked up online and tried to make work for me. My piece ended up a mess, but I'm still happy that I made myself a Booty. I have one now and I never have to make another one again!<br />
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I probably wouldn't have it done today, though, if it weren't for Josh Cantero's birthday. He's one of the Planet Booty band members and an absolute sweetheart. If you get to meet him, I almost guarantee that you'll get a hug. My point, though, is that with today being his birthday, I finally got motivated to finish the Booty and post it online to say happy birthday. Since I can't draw and I can't paint and XC is one of my main creative outlets, that's how I decided to show my appreciation. He liked my post, so hopefully he actually liked it, but it's the thought that counts, right? Here's what the Booty turned out like along with a few pictures of Josh from PB's NYE concert. Let me know if you have any suggestions on using metallic thread. Any and all help would be appreciated for the future.<br />
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-2661081531867153702018-07-18T12:00:00.000-07:002018-07-18T12:00:04.504-07:00Crafting for a CauseUntil about two weeks ago, I'd never crocheted for charity before, but I came across a post on reddit that just broke my heart and I felt compelled to help out the person who posted. Her friend's mom was recently diagnosed with cancer for the <i>fourth</i> time. To try and give her some strength and love, the poster, u/tryingforadinosaur, asked the r/crochet community to send her granny squares so that she can make a blanket for her friend's mom.<br />
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Since I got all of Sharon's yarn stash in December, I haven't really known what to do with most of the yarn since there's only one or two skeins of each color. This project was perfect, though, because I didn't need much yarn for each square and it allowed me to destash some in the process.<br />
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In all honestly, I intended to take pictures of all the finished squares before I packaged them and sent them off to Utah, but somehow I forgot and here we are. My best guess is that I sent something like twenty or more squares off to u/tryingforadinosaur and I'm really proud of myself for being involved with this project. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm pounding my chest and yelling about it from the mountain tops, but I do feel good about the entire thing and I really hope that she gets enough squares to make her friend's blanket. It'd be great if she could send us pictures of it when she gets done, but I'm not sure that that will happen and thusly I'm not getting my hopes up. Either way, all is well and I was glad to be a part of the process.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-75751040928105030732018-07-17T13:13:00.000-07:002018-07-17T13:18:08.955-07:00The Scrapghan is Making a Come Back!I started going back to my knit and crochet group about a month ago and since then I've been crocheting nearly everyday (meaning that my cross stitches and cards have taken a back seat, but whatever.)<br />
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As a result of all this crocheting, I've been going through a lot of the scrap yarn that was given to me by a coworker before she retired. Truth be told, I'm still trying to get through it all to untangle and organize it, but I'm most of the way done and I've been crocheting up granny squares and granny's daughter squares (GDs) like a fiend. The extra scraps that are six inches long or more but aren't long enough to become GDs are then put into my scrap yarn container to be tied together later and added to my super scrapghan.<br />
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Off and on, I've been working on my scrapghan since January 2012. The project gets worked on when I'm actively crocheting, but until recently I haven't really been working on projects. With me going back to Sassy Stitchers, though, progress is imminent on this project. This last ball that I added made the blanket at least four inches longer and I'm over half way done with the entire thing, so I'm pretty happy with it all. Now if I can just get all my UFOs done and make space in my craft area for different things other than yarn, I will be very, very happy.<br />
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<span id="goog_1567862160"></span>Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-82334767257356256272018-07-16T11:02:00.000-07:002018-07-16T11:02:27.607-07:00New Die Cutter & Resulting Birthday CardsThis year is flying by and I have no idea where it's going. And while I'm not sure that I've really accomplished anything significant over the last several months, I have been crafting.<br />
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At the end of June, I got a Sizzix die cutting machine to use with my thin cuts and I've been absolutely having a blast with it. My first projects were to make birthday cards for my grandmother and my husband. Gran got unicorns and Hubby got adorable cacti (and both loved their cards!) Pictures are below. Stamps and thin cuts came from <a href="https://stamptildawn.closetomyheart.com/default.aspx">Close to My Heart</a> (great products!)<br />
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<br />Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-23184395329148638212018-05-29T16:47:00.001-07:002018-05-29T16:47:25.894-07:00MTTA: Week 3 ProgressAh! How have I already been working on this for three weeks! Time is flying and I have no idea where it's running off to. Things are really progressing on this piece which is really making me happy. The long weekend was good to me and I was able to get both Tanooki Mario and Frog Mario completed. (Frog Mario was a PITA, though. My god...)<br />
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I think last week I had set a goal to finish Baby Mario, as well, over the weekend, but by the time I'd finished Frog Mario I was grumpy and pretty tired of looking at cross stitch for the weekend. So, he didn't get done and I probably won't work on him for a few weeks. I'll do him later on down the road when I'm feeling more animated to work on something more difficult. For now, I'm going to do fill work to my heart's content or I know 100% that I'll burn out and put everything aside indefinitely.<br />
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My goals for this next week are to get the dirt section of this piece completed by the end of the week. It's similar to the water in that all the stitching is pretty uniform and for that reason I think it'll stitch up pretty quickly. I just need to find something good on Amazon or Netflix to watch, though, or things might get monotonous. We'll see. Whatever happens happens--I don't need to get super hard on myself for not meeting trifling goals.<br />
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Fun Fact: I have put the blunt end of an embroidery needle through my right thumb two times now!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-57793570824035459582018-05-25T15:02:00.000-07:002018-05-25T15:02:19.833-07:00MTTA: Week 2 Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(I know this is almost a week late, but I keep telling myself that I'm going to post pictures <u>every single week</u>, so here goes nothing!) <br />
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My husband keeps telling me that I'm flying through this project so far and in many ways I have to agree with him. Within the week, I'll be finished with all the water on this piece and in that time I'm also hoping to have at least the tanooki on the left done and potentially the seaweed, too. This upcoming weekend is Memorial Day, so I'm quite confident that I'll be able to get it done.<br />
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After finishing the three characters in the water, I'll be moving onto the dirt section of this piece. It looks like it's going to be another extremely section to complete, so I'm excited for the relaxation that stitching it is going to bring.<br />
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In all honesty, I'm quite curious as to how long this project is going to take me. Everything is going really fast so far and the only areas that I think will take me a lot of time are the Mario sprites. Even then, though, they're pretty small, so who knows. I'll continue to update as things progress!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-44530243511998153972018-05-14T21:47:00.004-07:002018-05-14T21:47:42.255-07:00MTTA - Week 1 Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw that this is my Week 1 progress photo for Mario Through the Ages, but in reality it's my Week 1+ photo because it's probably about 10 days of work overall and not 7. Not a big deal, though.<br />
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Right now I am working on finishing up all the water in this piece--and there's a lot of it. At the moment, I'm about half way through stitching all the water, which has me pretty pleased. The only thing is that I've almost worked my way through an entire skein of floss so far and I'm having a hard time locating another skein. I've never been through a whole skein on one project before, so it's a new experience for me and I'm sure that it'll continue to happen as I stitch my way through the hills and sky, too.<br />
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I plan on keeping track of how many skeins this entire project takes so that people who decide to follow this pattern in the future can more accurately plan what supplies they need to get everything done. I just hope that people will be able to find this post down the road and find any information that they need.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-1863757728998465472018-05-13T14:19:00.000-07:002018-05-13T14:19:00.100-07:00Needle Minders - I never knew they existed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Up until about two weeks ago, I'd never even heard of a needle minder. Now, I'm not sure how I got through HSHY without one.<br />
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Needle minders are a simple premise: they're fun little magnetic gizmo that you attach onto your aida and when you're not using your needles, it'll hold onto them and keep them from getting lost.<br />
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In the past, I've lost needles on the floor and not been able to find them. Husband almost got one in his foot one time, so he was very supportive of me getting a minder despite the fact that money is pretty tight right now.<br />
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When I broke down and decided to purchase one, it took me a little while to find a store that I liked. The store I ended up falling in love with was TheCreativePalace on Etsy. There are an absolute ton of designs that you can choose from on her store and they're reasonably priced (which obviously meant that I had to buy more than one...)<br />
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I ended up choosing a Zero from NBC, the Toki Doki inspired unicorn, and a nice big cupcake with lots of surface area in case I ever decide to try parking projects down the line. The little unicorn on the bottom left was a bonus gift that was included with my order and I can't wait to use it down the line. Oh, and everything got to my house from Idaho in just a few days. I was really impressed. So, yeah, go check out her shop. Her stuff is great!<br />
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Note: I have no affiliation with TheCreativePalace or Etsy except as an occasional customer. ☺Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-78494763456343906032018-05-05T14:51:00.000-07:002018-05-05T14:51:08.396-07:00MTTA Day 1/Week 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As of today, I can officially say that I have gridded aida for a project: Mario Through the Ages. It took me about an hour from start to finish, but I think that I could have had it done in as little as thirty minutes if I hadn't checked my work so much to see if I was making any mistakes. Regardless, I'm 100% sure that the investment was worth it.<br />
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For one, and most importantly, it'll help me make sure that I'm not making mistakes while I stitch. The other thing it'll help me do is track progress on MTTA as I work my way through it.<br />
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As of this picture, I've completed 32 stitches. My plan is to work bottom-left to top-right and hopefully be done with the entire project by June of next year.<br />
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Stay tuned each week for weekly progress pictures!Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-90255545335294590272018-05-03T13:17:00.003-07:002018-05-03T13:17:33.347-07:00New Project: Servotron's Mario Through the Ages<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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I told myself that I wouldn't start any new cross stitch projects until I finished up my 2017 Danganronpa SAL, but I just kept putting off finishing the thing because in my head I was remembering that the pattern took too much of my effort to actually focus on. Wrong... Last night I took it out to see how much actual work I had left on it and I ended up finishing the SAL off. I'm stoked because now I can start a new project, Mario Through the Ages, and focus on my other WIPs like my BIL's blanket.<br />
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My next project (which you'll see me refer to as MTTA from here on out) is another big one, bigger than Home Sweet Home Yoshi. When all is said and done, MTTA will be 72 inches<span class="Y0NH2b CLPzrc"> square, which is huge. Truth be told, it's going to take some major time to finish, but on the weekends I'd really like to get two 18x18 squares done. It'll be a lot of work, but since this pattern has a lot of solid color blocks, I'm thinking that I'll be able to work on it pretty quickly after I grid my aida and really start digging into it.</span><br />
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Honestly, my Cricut is probably going to lead the way for me as I progress through this journey. It'll cut pretty much anything that I can possibly dream up and I have a feeling that once I get the ball rolling on everything that I'll be able to churn out two to three pages or more per week.<br />
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This is what I designed for the book's front page so far. As I get pages done, I'll make sure to post them here. Let me know if you have any suggestions!<br />
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I stopped counting how much time I'd invested into the project, but I know that it's probably close to 200+ hours and there are a total of 21,600 stitches in the completed piece. It took my a while to figure out how best to handle all the framing work, but after about an hour of trial and error, I feel like the final product turned out very well.<br />
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I'm hoping to get a better picture of Yoshi as soon as he's in the new house, but for now the picture below will have to suffice. I can't believe that it's finally done, but I am so grateful and excited to have completed this project. It's really boosted my confidence as a cross stitcher and has helped motivate me to move onto bigger and better projects like Mario Through the Ages and Epic Pokemon Gen One.<br />
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It's really blurry, but here's the latest progress picture for Yoshi. I'm feeling a bit under the weather right now, so it's given me a good chance to work on projects, but I have no clue how I'm going to get work done on this bad boy today. I've been running a fever off and on all day at work and despite repeated attempts by my boss to send me home, I refuse to give in and use up my sick leave.<br />
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If I can muster, my goal is to get the sky complete all the way to the S in SWEET this afternoon. I'll be over at the condo for a while to let the painter in, so I should be able to stitch there while it's quiet, but I think it might be in my best interest to crawl into bed instead. We'll see. For now, I'm just trying to get through the work day.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-11009560493008021882016-08-29T13:51:00.001-07:002016-08-29T13:51:53.577-07:00House Demo & ReflectionWe got the keys to our condo on Thursday and ever since it's been nose-to-the-grindstone renovation work so that we can move in as soon as possible. Work on Yoshi has come to a complete standstill. And as much as I'd like to finish up this amazing project, my hands are just jacked right now.<br />
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On Friday, I took off all the switch plates, vent covers, etc. along with some prep work for the following day. All day Saturday, we dealt with baseboard. We tore it out; I nailed all the new stuff in; and then I caulked the entire master bedroom for the rest of the evening. Yesterday, I installed all of the remaining baseboard in the office area, tore out a door frame, and caulked everywhere in the house that needed it until I ran out of steam. I'm exhausted and my hands have taken a serious beating, too.<br />
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Renovations have pushed Yoshi back yet again, but the condo is really starting to feel like home. Aside from paint, we're almost completely done with renovations, though, and as soon as my hands can take it (and are clean enough to actually work on a cross stitch project), I really want to finish up Yoshi. In the mean time, here's a progress picture of where we're at.<br />
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And while I didn't have the most productive day in the craft room, I did manage to find foam core, mat board, and a frame for this little guy after work yesterday. It's small, but it'll allow me to get Yoshi framed as soon as I'm done with him and that way I can have him move-in ready!<br />
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Speaking of which, the notary didn't deliver our paperwork back to our idiot escrow office on Friday, so our closing date has been pushed back <i><u><b>again</b></u></i>. I scheduled an appointment for the internet to be installed on Saturday, so things better get done quick, you know? Egh...<br />
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Anyway, more to come very soon. If I can get the tan area finished by tomorrow, I think I can have the whole thing done by Friday. Fingers crossed, as usual.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-26563599542035835852016-08-22T12:31:00.001-07:002016-08-22T13:14:23.648-07:00"I Quit", Ikea, and Other MusingsI rage-quit cross stitching yesterday. It's definitely a temporary thing, but I'm really burnt on it for the moment. I have been putting every spare ounce of energy I have into finishing Yoshi and when I finally decided to give myself a break and work on a different project, I found out a few minutes into it that I had made an everlasting screw up toward the beginning. There was no way of fixing it, and thus I threw it in the trash. (Honestly, it felt sort of refreshing, but it was the first time I'd ever junked a cross stitch piece, so it felt pretty foreign.)<br />
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So, after relieving myself of the gift that never gave, I decided to start another project--again an image of a present--that I'd wanted to complete as a Christmas gift. I, however, miscounted and had to completely start over twice. Needless to say, I was pissed, so I threw that one out, too. And now I have no other projects in my queue that I intend to work on for quite some time.<br />
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My guess is that an enormous haul at IKEA may have done me in yesterday. Fiance and I decided to get the vast majority of our furniture shopping done before moving in to our new home, but we didn't realize the consequences of buying things without a place to store them, so not only were we frazzled by our shopping trip, but we ended up being flummoxed by what to do with everything once we got back to his parents' house.<br />
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Everything ended up in our gaming area/my crafting spot...<br />
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See that bin in the left-hand corner with all the boxes of thread in it? That's where I like to sit and stitch when there is natural light available to me. IKEA has taken over the family room and until everything is assembled and put into it's proper place at the new house, I think I'm going the be a cross stitch retiree/quitter.<br />
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That should only be about seven to ten days, though, if we work quickly. Fiance and I are set to close on our condo tomorrow, so we should be able to go in and do all of our upgrades starting this week. Today I'm actually headed over to pick out paint and set up our internet package, so we're progressing, but it seems to be at the expense of my free time.<br />
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In all reality, I will likely begin working on Yoshi again tonight. It's not a hard project and all I have left is fill work, but right now there's just no joy in the process for me. It's a race against time to get HSHY done before we move in--I still need to learn how to frame the thing--and since we're moving in super duper soon, things will be tight, but I think that getting it done will be a huge boost to my morale and sanity. <br />
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There is always a silver lining to things, though, and the result of my misadventures is that I'm going to teach myself to grid my fabrics for <a href="http://www.spritestitch.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=403" target="_blank">my next big project</a>. I plan on practicing on a smaller project first, but I have a feeling that the practice will make things easier over time. Fingers crossed, right?Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-67423472640701922452016-08-19T16:21:00.001-07:002016-08-19T16:21:29.660-07:00I Admit It, I'm Totally BehindI have been up to so much since I last posted...and managed to procrastinate on so much more.<br />
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First and foremost, I gave up on trying to track how much time I've invested into Home Sweet Home Yoshi. It's been over five days, so I might as well, just admit that I've invested an enormous amount of time into it--and that's okay. My goal is to actually get it finished by the end of this month, if not sooner. I really don't have that much left and the vast majority of it is fill work, so the stitching is easy and I'm able to tune into other things like Netflix while I work. This is where I'm at as of yesterday night. Pretty cool, huh?<br />
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The fiance is ecstatic about it. We finally bought our first place--yes, bought--and he is really excited to have it hung up somewhere prominent. For him, I think that it's a milestone that we have our own space and we're able to decorate it with our own things that are based off of our own interests. As I've probably said before, we're pretty big on video games and video game culture, so for us, having a four foot by one foot pokemon cross stitch on the wall really isn't that weird. In fact, it's a medium-term goal that we'd both love to see come into fruition.<br />
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More to come, though! I really, really want to get this project done and then get moving on Christmas.<br />
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I have been a semi-bad crafter, but I have to admit that even though much of my crafting has been on pause for the last few months, my stress relieving activities have not been.<br />
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Life has definitely thrown me some curve balls over the last year and particularly over the last six months, but journaling has really been my rock and my physical foundation on bad days, so I've been channeling quite a bit of my extra energies toward it as a result.<br />
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On April 1, 2016, a coworker and I decided that we wanted to start a Journal Jar. If you're not familiar with the concept, a journal jar contains guided journal prompts that are randomly selected each day for participants to reflect on and write about. Today marks Day 28 and after four weeks of habitual writing, we finally managed to get the front of the Journal Jar decorated. My coworker supplied the mandala from her favorite coloring book and her incredible set of colored pencils for me to borrow and as of 9:00 o'clock this morning, our Jar is no longer plain and simple. (And we can actually display it now since the not-so-safe-for-work label that's underneath the mandala can no longer be seen.)<br />
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Eventually, we'd like to do more with the Journal Jar and make it more whimsical with ribbons, quotes, and other assorted craft items, but for now the blue-green zen of the mandala works wonderfully. And--my four favorite ghosts from Haunted Mansion are on watch to make sure all stays fine and dandy. How could I ever ask for more?<br />
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P.S. If you are interested in creating your own Journal Jar or prompted journal experience, please keep an eye out for my new blog which is coming soon. The new blog will contain daily journal prompts for you to work on as well as information about starting your own journaling group and physical Jar.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-11578651891361534882015-09-19T19:36:00.000-07:002015-09-22T18:14:35.376-07:00The Fantastic Flamingo, Part One<p dir="ltr">When my boss transitioned out of her presidential position last semester, I made it my goal to create a special gift for her. Unfortunately, I did not manage to finish it before she left and the incoming ASP took her position.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Over summer, I have barely done any crafting. This poor 5x7, adorable flamingo has been sitting in in the trunk of my car along with my cross stitch supplies for months. My world has been changing so much that this poor little guy has just been ignored, and that's not right.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> My goal is to complete this flamingo and present it to my old boss on Boss Day which is on October 16th. That way, I can frame Little Flamingo, wrap him up, and hide him in my old boss's mailbox for her to find.  I have no clue if I'll get it done in time, but fingers crossed!</p>
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It seems like my posts for Home Sweet Home Yoshi are finally catching up to my actual progress. It seems somewhat impossible since I've been playing catch up for so long, but here are WIPs 055 and 056 in all their glory. My goal is to finish posting older WIP pictures for this project and then begin working on this project again, finishing it before the end of the year.</div>
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Total Stitches as of September 18, 2014: 10,854/21,600<br />
Total Time as of September 18, 2014: 3 Days 10 Hours 54 Minutes</div>
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-6137897792142220212015-04-10T08:00:00.001-07:002015-04-11T11:41:54.874-07:00I'm Sick!Hi, all! I have been super duper sick this last week, so BCCD is a bit behind (and under the weather) at the moment! I expect to have it back up in running within the week, though. Thanks for hanging in there with me!<br />
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BobTylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068458440615644586.post-7369291009909709042015-04-08T08:00:00.000-07:002015-04-08T08:00:03.469-07:0010,000 Memories: A WIP UpdateMy 10,000 Memories blanket is by far my favorite blanket that I've ever worked on, but has relied heavily on other projects' leftover yarn to be completed. With the completion of SO's Giant Granny Square Blanket, though, I finally have some more yarn to crochet up into "granny's daughters" or one-round granny squares. This is what I have so far since starting work back up on this afghan. Hopefully there will be plenty more to come in upcoming days, too. Because these are such small pieces to work up, I can often bring them along to classes and work when I have down time.<br />
I know that it doesn't look like much, but these squares mark progress toward my goal of eventually finishing 10,000 Memories, the blanket that I hope to keep as my heirloom piece for future generations. And the closer I get to finishing it, the closer I am to working on other projects in the future!<br />
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To date, I am over thirty rows into this afghan. The pattern may be found <a href="http://bobcrochets.blogspot.com/2015/04/pattern-10000-memories-afghan.html" target="_blank">here</a> (or on the Patterns page) and is free to use for non-commercial purposes only. Please contact me if you have any questions.Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915834475397521206noreply@blogger.com2