Monday, March 08, 2004
clarification
When I said I was doing crafty things again, I meant: "I am making marble magnets." I miss my craft supplies. They are all packed in a room waiting for the move that hovers mirage-like somewhere in the future, and I told myself I would just leave them alone until we're in the new place. I am in withdrawal.
I did break into them and steal an old Italian Sing-a-Long record to mess around with this weekend. But that was bad and evil and I repent. I've already been punished — the room the craft supplies are in right now has been taken over by mice (I hate this house) and I had a creepy feeling the entire time I was in there, as if I were in a giant hamster cage and the hamsters were readying themselves to pounce on me and devour my flesh. (We're moving the boxes of stuff into a different non-hamster-smelling room, but we haven't gotten to the craft stuff yet. My books were my priority; half of my paperbacks were nibbled apart for use as nesting material!)
It's really getting bad, though: I bought some sheets of glittery felt yesterday. Does felt come in sheets? The last time I used this stuff was in K-5 when I made my mom a picture frame for Christmas; I can't stand working with it because it feels like I'm snagging it with my fingernails or it's sticking to my skin every time I touch it. I love felt, basically, only when other people make things out of it. But it was cheap! And glittery! And it's not something I already had, because I can't buy something I already have, that would be wasteful, right?
I also bought a pack of blank bookmarks. It's just pre-cut cardstock. Yes, I could easily get cardstock cut at work, but I was trying to stop myself from buying too much felt, and it worked.
So now the craft supplies I can work with until we move are: three sheets of glittery felt (pink, black, white); two sheets of regular felt ("lemon mist," hehe, red); 36 blank white bookmarks; glue; marbles; magnets; magazines; a stash of colored knock-off brand Sharpies. I'm actually pretty excited about this, even though I don't sound very enthusiastic. There are so many things I'm planning to do with this stuff already! I love the way spring makes things happen.
I did break into them and steal an old Italian Sing-a-Long record to mess around with this weekend. But that was bad and evil and I repent. I've already been punished — the room the craft supplies are in right now has been taken over by mice (I hate this house) and I had a creepy feeling the entire time I was in there, as if I were in a giant hamster cage and the hamsters were readying themselves to pounce on me and devour my flesh. (We're moving the boxes of stuff into a different non-hamster-smelling room, but we haven't gotten to the craft stuff yet. My books were my priority; half of my paperbacks were nibbled apart for use as nesting material!)
It's really getting bad, though: I bought some sheets of glittery felt yesterday. Does felt come in sheets? The last time I used this stuff was in K-5 when I made my mom a picture frame for Christmas; I can't stand working with it because it feels like I'm snagging it with my fingernails or it's sticking to my skin every time I touch it. I love felt, basically, only when other people make things out of it. But it was cheap! And glittery! And it's not something I already had, because I can't buy something I already have, that would be wasteful, right?
I also bought a pack of blank bookmarks. It's just pre-cut cardstock. Yes, I could easily get cardstock cut at work, but I was trying to stop myself from buying too much felt, and it worked.
So now the craft supplies I can work with until we move are: three sheets of glittery felt (pink, black, white); two sheets of regular felt ("lemon mist," hehe, red); 36 blank white bookmarks; glue; marbles; magnets; magazines; a stash of colored knock-off brand Sharpies. I'm actually pretty excited about this, even though I don't sound very enthusiastic. There are so many things I'm planning to do with this stuff already! I love the way spring makes things happen.
