About the Mob
Well, really it's a mob of one, but you get the idea. I'm just me, in Hotlanta, but through me there are many others (yes, we are numerous), and we have teh pointy sticks (fear them), and besides that, we make pretty things. Mostly.All Them Thangs
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Tag Archives: crafts
Papers!
While this may look like yet another hobby it is, in fact, ancillary to one of my main hobbies, which is medieval islamic bookbinding (hey – I do have some normal hobbies, like knitting and comic books). I’ve been working … Continue reading
Gift swap
One of the awesome things about the place I work is this rockin’ Secret Santa thing we do. It’s a cheapie sort of thing, money-wise, but the gifts are anything but cheap. This year I drew Allison’s name, and since … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, crafts, friends, gifts, lakshmi, work
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Crafty
[Adorable image from flickr user Alícia] I had another one of those deep thought moments, still about crafting, but more so about why crafting has really taken off lately (and this isn’t limited only to crafting – people have been … Continue reading
Floors!
I have the new floors. Of the wood. Well, okay, so they’re not totally new, but they’re not carpeted, and I’m sort of ecstatic about that. Wanna see? Like in the horribly blurry and not at all clear iPhone photo … Continue reading
More busy
The theme for me lately seems to be intense bursts of activity, followed by sitting around watching TV for a couple of days, and somewhere remembering to blog about said activity. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Fool’s War. … Continue reading
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Tagged artsci, costuming, crafts, garb, illuminations, india, sca, sewing
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Okay, I lied
There is something else. Stitch Lamp It’s a lamp that you decorate yourself, a la needlepoint. Normally I’d be skeptical but the example is so lovely that I am won over. I wonder how easy it would be to replicate … Continue reading
Buttons
There was a time when this blog was about knitting. There was a time, too, when I was actually doing more than a couple of rows of knitting a month. That time is no more. Now? Now we have buttons: … Continue reading
SO.
(If a pug could talk, I imagine it’d sound a lot like this fellow. Oh, Rigel. I adore you for you are so cranky. I generally prefer the crankiest characters, such as Ted Grant, my favorite Justice Society member.) SO! … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, dorks, farscape, food, indian, rigel, scifi, sewing, weekend, wrestling
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Soon to be garb…
But first, an edit for last post – the colorway is Prometheus Moth (thanks, Sandy!) The anniversary was lovely, and we both overate. We have been to Fanoos now, though, and it is lovely. I plan on repeating that experience … Continue reading
[SCA] Another recap
Yeah, I know I never got around to Thanksgiving. Well, suffice to say there was sari shopping and we found a chaat place local to my in-laws and then we didn’t do a lot because folks got sick. Anyhoo. Magna … Continue reading
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Tagged bookbinding, books, competitions, crafts, events, Magna Faire, persian, sca
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knitters = angry mob 