A-Z

I'm working on making something more out of  my A-Z blog posts.  Here is some background if you don't know what I'm talking about.

My last summer of college I lived in a 5 bedroom house and all of my roommates were gone for most of the summer.  I got pretty lonely and bored.  I decided to do a series of something to keep me motivated and give myself a goal for the summer.  All previous summers I had always picked up a new hobby.  That summer I decided to crochet finger puppets; one for every letter in the alphabet.  I then took pictures of them around town and made up little personalities for them.  It was really fun.  I'm trying to expand on that a little bit.  I'm not sure what exact road I'm going to take, but I have something in the works....

Here are links to the posts if you are curious...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

For Good

Ever thought of crafting for good?  You can always find out about how you can share your talents with under resourced people on craftster.org.  They have a board called crafting for good not evil.  On this board I found this really cute campaign to get 132 dolls to an orphanage in Haiti. (HERE)  Just something to bring a little joy to these young kids' lives in a torn country.  This "I Sew Cute" girl on craftster really did make some cute dolls.  There is still time for you to participate.  They are asking that they are post marked by November 1, 2010.

To find out more about this charity please go here to see the original post.

I started a new job last week and have been working a little more than I'm used to... but that's good. Work is really good.

I've had my fair share of play too, don't worry.

Here is what I've been up to.

I made this scarf for a swap and mailed it off yesterday.... bye bye tree green beauty. It was going to a Canadian so I thought it was still applicable.

I also sent this flowering tree pillow along with the swap package yesterday.

This is the big item I sent to Canada... it is a market bag. It's huge! You could fit all of the days groceries in there and leave plenty of room for some fresh flowers to go on you dining room table. The fabric is from urban outfitters! I love it.

I made this headband in about 2 minutes, probably less. I made it after working 2 days at my new job and realizing I had to step up my trendiness factor...so i started to go the hipster route. My boyfriend thinks I'm ridiculous but I thought it was cute. What do boys now about headbands anyway?

The A-Z Spirit Lives On

My A-Z finger puppet project may be finished but they live on through inspiration.

Here are some of their friends...


Mel loves video games.


Nik. Nik and Mel are dating right now.


This is Evangelina. She has a huge crush on Gus. (Thanks to Hollistercobabe at Craftster.org)

It's been fun. I'm ready to move on to something NEW!

Anyone have an idea for my next project?

For All things must come to an end

Zachary

Zachary is a nudist.

Yolanda clubs

Yolanda clubs. Yolanda tends to make a dancing fool of herself.

Yolanda volunteers at the local nursing home. Her favorite time to volunteer is during Monday Night Bingo.


Yolanda attends St. Mary's Catholic Church. Yolanda is very religious.

Xavier

Xavier is a student studying performing arts. He is currently in a play titled Sparta.


Xavier's part is Soldier #3. If Soldier #2 gets sick, Xavier gets to say his line.



Xavier loves the stage! He loves everything about theatre including his costume. If Soldier #2 gets sick, he also gets upgraded to a sword.

Tabitha

Tabatha's deep blue eyes aren't filled with tears. Her blue tear is just makeup, her favorite accessory.


Tabitha's favorite band is Dashboard Confessional. She likes to wear black and would have dyed her hair black as well, but she loves her natural highlights.


This is Tabitha's myspace profile picture. She writes sorrowful blogs about how much her life sucks.


Tabitha is actually a cheerleader and she LOVES it. She just likes emo music and the identity that goes with it.

Spencer

Spencer is too cool for school. He just decided he would drop out of the 4th grade and become a rock star.


Spencer's profile with his guitar.


Ever since Spencer got a mohawk 3 weeks ago he started acting like a rock star. He wears low rise tight pants and a skinny tie everyday.


Spencer was too cool to let me follow him around for the day with my camera. He just let me take serious, straight faced photos against the wall.

Rain

Rain was born, raised and currently lives in trees. She respects nature.

Rain has never set foot on the ground. Her boyfriend Nehemiah comes to visit her when he is off duty.


Rain has learned to climb to the tips off branches to study and nurture new specimens.


Rain has learned how to jump from tree to tree to get where she needs to be.


This is just an awesome picture I took of Rain demonstrating her jumping skills.

Oliver

Oliver's favorite room in the house is the kitchen.

He wears a gold chain just like his favorite snack, Rold Gold.

Oliver wears black because once somebody told him it was slimming. He just got a new nickname. It was tubby now it is black snowman...B-Snow for short.

Oliver (B-Snow) wakes up every morning and watches the Today Show. Oliver's favorite part is when they announce 100-year-old birthdays on the Smucker's label. mmmmm soo sweet.


Oliver (B-Snow) tries to keep it healthy, he only drinks diet coke and, of course, caffeine free.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah is a veteran turned ninja.

He has mad skills of stealth.

Nehemiah practices meditation and yet knows how to kill a man with his bare hands.

Nehemiah just broke this log with his head.

Nehemiah is watching out for you.

Launa

Launa is a hula dancer from Hawaii.


Launa doesn't dance at pig roasts, only vegetarian luaus. She is vegetarian herself.


Launa volunteers with animal rescue. This is her loving on a wildcat.

Ignacio

Ignacio also goes by Iggy. He loves horticulture.


Iggy loves to grow all kinds of plants and trees and is interested in biology.



Iggy has never wanted to be Superman, or Batman. Iggy has always wanted to be Iggy-Bee.


Iggy-Bee would be a Super Bee who saved the world through pollination and supplying oxygen to all!


After a long days of work and play Ignacio takes off his costume and likes to take naps on top of his floral comforter. It isn't feminine bedding; it is professional.