Idle Hands

Because I've not written on here in so long, I believe I will try to foster the impression that I've been knitting, sewing, crafting, in short, creating non-stop since my last post.  Please, think that.  Don't for a minute think that the sweater - my first - took me a mere 3 years to complete (though if you did think that you should also know that it was packed away for a good portion of this time).  In truth, I have been trying to get my hands busy again and the below pics show a few of the projects I've recently worked on.  I was the most relieved by the completion of the sweater, most excited about doing the screen printing but, oddly, most satisfied by the making of those small plastic, glitter-iffic wings.  These were fashioned one morning a couple of weeks back when a small someone wistfully mentioned - yet again - her desire to "some day" be reunited with a small, cheap, blue plastic fairy that she found and then lost over 3 years ago.  She said something to the effect of, "I know!  "We" could make wings for my other dolls!"  Um, no.  "We" cannot.  I'm not sure where "we" would begin and I don't really want to start a glittery mess and blahblahbadparentingblahblah.  Somehow, though, she caught me at a good time - perhaps I was avoiding cleaning the kitchen or balancing on our budget - and so we cut up an old plastic box that had once held flip flops, found some elastic cord and - voila(ish)! - some pretty good stand-ins!  Like most things I make, these (everything below, really), are best viewed from a distance and with kind eyes (or one closed).  No matter.  I'm just happy not to be doing the devils work.