I'm not sure it ever occurred to me that measuring spoons could be beautiful. Then, when I was wandering around Etsy yesterday, I found these. I *love* the Japanese cherry blossom design!
Sadly, I can't justify $57 USD (including shipping) for a set of measuring spoons. The price probably isn't outrageous when you consider that they're handmade, but still, they're just measuring spoons.
That's probably why no one else makes beautiful measuring spoons... few people are willing to pay decent money for "just measuring spoons".
I admire that the artist made them. I will keep the link, on the chance that one day I'll feel that I have extra money. Hmmm... it's only three hours of tutoring, and it's nice to have something beautiful to make up for the tedium...
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Ugh
Several weeks ago, I had a miserable cold that kept me in bed for five days.
Today I feel the same as on the eve of getting that cold. :(
I've been taking extra vitamin C since that last cold... I don't think it's helped. :(
Today I feel the same as on the eve of getting that cold. :(
I've been taking extra vitamin C since that last cold... I don't think it's helped. :(
Flowers
The flowers from the shop next door are pricier than the grocery store, but they're a lot more convenient... and they're pretty too. :)
These are for my grandma. She likes carnations, because they're inexpensive, plentiful, and last long. Being from the flower shop, rather than the grocery store, they should last even longer. :)
If my place were less of a disaster zone, I'd be tempted to buy one for myself. (I think one with a stem of greenery in my pretty blue bud vase would look lovely.)
Hmmm... perhaps I should clean my kitchen table, so that I can do that!
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Baaaaabeeeee!
I got to hold a 12 week old baby at knit night tonight. :) There's nothing like holding a baby. :)
Monday, May 02, 2011
Shocking Election!
Holy bleep! There are some surprising numbers on the screen tonight.
I like that the NDP is up, I *hate* that the conservatives have a majority.
My riding, a long-time NDP riding, has the incumbent down about 100 votes at the moment!!!
I like that the NDP is up, I *hate* that the conservatives have a majority.
My riding, a long-time NDP riding, has the incumbent down about 100 votes at the moment!!!
Sunday, May 01, 2011
I am slowly going crazy...
It is very definitely day. Snow is travelling horizontally, from west to east. Although it is day, I'm not sure it is May. It looks more like December. (There aren't the huge snowbanks that we'd have if it were January.) However, I can't tell if it's last December, or next December.
I finished the design, printed it, and assembled it. I was about to start tracing, when I realized I was famished. I decided to stop for... is cereal eaten at 7 am breakfast even if you haven't slept in 21 hours?
I decided to leave pills for second breakfast, which I assume will happen after some sleep. (Please let there be sleep!)
Okay, off to trace, then to apply resist.
I finished the design, printed it, and assembled it. I was about to start tracing, when I realized I was famished. I decided to stop for... is cereal eaten at 7 am breakfast even if you haven't slept in 21 hours?
I decided to leave pills for second breakfast, which I assume will happen after some sleep. (Please let there be sleep!)
Okay, off to trace, then to apply resist.
Current State Of The Design
The part on the left is the design I'm working on. The part on the right is the painting I did previously. (The two are a pair.) I still need to finish the heron's wing and chest feathers.
The black rectangle is just so that I can easily see the lines I'm drawing when I hide the reference photo.
Okay, back to work for real this time. (5:38 AM!)
Beds Are For Sleeping? Really?
So tired!
(Yes, the clock does say 5:07, and that's AM, not PM.)
Sometimes I question my sanity. Like when I'm up at 5:07 AM, preparing for a demo. Or when it's May 1, and it's snowing outside, and a few days ago I was wishing my window ACs were installed. (Yes, snow is falling. West of here, highways are closed. It's ridiculous!)
Tomorrow (today?) is a *long* day. Pick up at 12:20, demo at 1:00, running credit cards for purchases 2:00 - 4:00, take-down 4:00 until complete... then figuring out what I can cook for dinner (pots and pans are all dirty again) and doing laundry... minimum two loads (bedding), but it's looking like more than four to get it all done. (How does an art show produce *laundry*?!?!) Monday I start back to work, and it would probably be a good idea to have clean laundry.
I suspect I'll be buying lunches next week. (Of course, that requires that I obtain cash.)
*sigh*... back to work. I can't rest yet. There's a bit more of the design to complete, then printing, assembling, tracing, and applying resist. *whimper*
I hope I get to have *some* sleep, to punctuate "today" before "tomorrow".
(Yes, the clock does say 5:07, and that's AM, not PM.)
Sometimes I question my sanity. Like when I'm up at 5:07 AM, preparing for a demo. Or when it's May 1, and it's snowing outside, and a few days ago I was wishing my window ACs were installed. (Yes, snow is falling. West of here, highways are closed. It's ridiculous!)
Tomorrow (today?) is a *long* day. Pick up at 12:20, demo at 1:00, running credit cards for purchases 2:00 - 4:00, take-down 4:00 until complete... then figuring out what I can cook for dinner (pots and pans are all dirty again) and doing laundry... minimum two loads (bedding), but it's looking like more than four to get it all done. (How does an art show produce *laundry*?!?!) Monday I start back to work, and it would probably be a good idea to have clean laundry.
I suspect I'll be buying lunches next week. (Of course, that requires that I obtain cash.)
*sigh*... back to work. I can't rest yet. There's a bit more of the design to complete, then printing, assembling, tracing, and applying resist. *whimper*
I hope I get to have *some* sleep, to punctuate "today" before "tomorrow".
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