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artsy fartsy
Jul. 26th, 2014 09:33 amI've been feeling all kinds of tendrils of creativity bubble up over the last couple of days. It feels really great. I'm still having some trouble with Mike but it's not ... We're not arguing or even irritated with each other. We're not giving each other the cold shoulder. We're very friendly with each other. It makes me feel, I dunno, lonely. I miss him.
Anyway. Here are some projects I've been thinking about:
-- Baking Today I'm making a bunch of pasties, for dinner and freezing some. Then I'm going to make some baklava for a Eid al-Fitr gift. And I'm throwing together a rhubarb crisp because it's supper easy.
-- Finishing the sand box. I still need to buy the sand (3 cubic yards of Lake Michigan beach sand) -- it'll cost $180, delivered. The box is 8'X16' and about 6' deep.
-- Finishing my garden sculpture: I've got almost all I need together. I still need garden cloth, farmer's cloth, and some bolts -- maybe $50? But the sandbox comes first.
-- Ella's quilt. I dunno, I've put this on a back burner because I haven't decided size, mostly. Should I just make something nice or make something really nice. I'd prefer really nice but a big, big voice tells me that it'd be silly to make something really nice for a kid to use. So here I sit, indecisive.
To be fair, I never finished Luke's Minecraft quilt, because that's when my sewing machine went kablooie. I should do that first, especially since it's half done and looks really cool.
-- Painting the living room floor:
Currently, under the toys and dog hair, we're got an old wood floor that's been painted white and most of that is half worn away. What I'd like to do is paint it a light green with flowers all over. Trying to figure out how to do that while we all live in the house is daunting, but it's doable.
This is the feel I'm going for, if that makes sense. Imagine them all together like a looking down on a garden -- maybe a light green base color? Suggestions welcome.
-- Building a Shoe Bench
Our entrance-way hall is cluttered by shoes are thrown along the wall. I'd like to make a bench that stores shoes underneath.
A smash-up of this and this:
With a flat wooden seat and branches supporting the sides and as dowels to hold the shoes.
I can get the wood free (scavenged) but will need to pay for the varnish/paint. So, maybe $20 for this project.
-- Writing. I dunno, I've just been thinking of stuff. Well, what I mean is that my head is full of writing stuff but I don't have the life-space to do any writing.
-- odd things like this transfer pictures/ink onto wood project. Isn't this cool?
Anyway. Here are some projects I've been thinking about:
-- Baking Today I'm making a bunch of pasties, for dinner and freezing some. Then I'm going to make some baklava for a Eid al-Fitr gift. And I'm throwing together a rhubarb crisp because it's supper easy.
-- Finishing the sand box. I still need to buy the sand (3 cubic yards of Lake Michigan beach sand) -- it'll cost $180, delivered. The box is 8'X16' and about 6' deep.
-- Finishing my garden sculpture: I've got almost all I need together. I still need garden cloth, farmer's cloth, and some bolts -- maybe $50? But the sandbox comes first.
-- Ella's quilt. I dunno, I've put this on a back burner because I haven't decided size, mostly. Should I just make something nice or make something really nice. I'd prefer really nice but a big, big voice tells me that it'd be silly to make something really nice for a kid to use. So here I sit, indecisive.
To be fair, I never finished Luke's Minecraft quilt, because that's when my sewing machine went kablooie. I should do that first, especially since it's half done and looks really cool.
-- Painting the living room floor:
Currently, under the toys and dog hair, we're got an old wood floor that's been painted white and most of that is half worn away. What I'd like to do is paint it a light green with flowers all over. Trying to figure out how to do that while we all live in the house is daunting, but it's doable.
This is the feel I'm going for, if that makes sense. Imagine them all together like a looking down on a garden -- maybe a light green base color? Suggestions welcome.
-- Building a Shoe Bench
Our entrance-way hall is cluttered by shoes are thrown along the wall. I'd like to make a bench that stores shoes underneath.
A smash-up of this and this:
With a flat wooden seat and branches supporting the sides and as dowels to hold the shoes.
I can get the wood free (scavenged) but will need to pay for the varnish/paint. So, maybe $20 for this project.
-- Writing. I dunno, I've just been thinking of stuff. Well, what I mean is that my head is full of writing stuff but I don't have the life-space to do any writing.
-- odd things like this transfer pictures/ink onto wood project. Isn't this cool?