Lately I’ve been trying to challenge myself to try things that I wouldn’t usually do. Last weekend I had a couple of beers and belted out Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl in front of half a dozen coworkers, which possibly counts as an challenging experience for both myself AND my listening audience. Anyway, this weekend I am doing something equally unlikely but less abusive to others: I am going back to my local crafting superstore and .. crafting stuff.
The last time I went to this chain, years ago, I swore that I’d never go back. Everyone was angry, employees were scarce, and I watched two grown women beat each other about the head for the right to buy the last sprig of silk cherry blossoms. It was like The Road Warrior, only instead of a chronic gasoline shortage the world was no longer able to produce glitter glue and taffeta wire ribbon.
I admit too that as with pretty much everything else I encounter, I’m something of a craft snob. What is ‘scrapbooking’, per se? I don’t really get it. I had an acquaintance ask me once if I was “into stamping”, and I found myself equally mystified. So you.. stamp things? With a stamp? Huh. Well okay then.
So anyway, tomorrow I brave the angry craft store patrons and pick up some stuff for a new project. It should be rather nifty when it’s done and I’ll post photos once I get it started.
This Weighted Companion Cube pattern is cute! So cute I have this urge to incinerate it immediately. Or, you could always just dig out your toys and make insane Lego creations. However, in all my craft searches today, nothing — and I mean nothing — beats these Shaun of the Dead knitted dolls. They actually make me want to learn to knit, and that’s saying something.
PS: Here is the website I mentioned a while back where you can make your own cross stitch pattern.
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