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2008-12-11T14:32:00.001-08:00

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Tina408 Maker of Hats

2008-12-10T14:26:00.000-08:00

Here are some hats. Three adult and the rest are child and preemie hats. I make and donate preemie hats to a hospital. The children's hats are miscalculations. :)

My Blook- Humanzee

2008-12-08T23:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I started writing another to do list, getting ready to continue writing Humanzee then I decided, no, instead of writing a to do list, let me enact it.

I don't know what I'm doing. I've never written a book before. I don't have a perfect concept, and I don't know whether it'll ever get published.

So I'm encouraged. I have 4 important things in common with JR Rowling, Dean Koontz, Tolkein
and everyone else who ever Sat down to write their first book.

I wrote a few chapters a while back but got bogged down. I got lost and discouraged. I didn't know where I was going. New idea. I'm writing a short story. I'll but down the whole story, then I'll be able to move things around, and I'll have a complete idea down on paper. Not precisely A short Story. A short Story is a different art form with different exigencies. More like a summary. I'll post some of my real short stories here later.

The basic idea is that I'm just gonna sit down and write this thing.

I'll make a new blog so I can organize the blook chapter by chapter.

If writing this as a blob is too much of a hassle, I'll need to write it in word or whatever and then part it as a blook later.

New ETSY shop!

2008-12-08T18:43:00.000-08:00

I just started an Etsy shop! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6601346

Black Tie Cat Collar

2008-12-08T14:57:00.001-08:00

I used a small piece of silk Duppioni, two little pieces of white ribbon, one button and a piece of elastic

Cut the felt

Sew on the ribbon. This is for strength. These parts of the felt will be under stress and will stretch if they aren't stabilized. Hmm. You could use stabilizer instead of ribbon.

Cut out the silk.

Sew around the edges.

Slit the silk as shown and iron.

Sew and iron and make it look like this.

And then like this.

Fold over the top and iron. Then sew it to create a channel.

Pull the elastic through the channel.

Sew the ends of the elastic together.

Pull on the elastic to hide the seam inside the channel.

Whoops. Too much elastic. Tie off the elastic to make it shorter.

Hide the knot inside the channel.

Admire cat.

ausgezeichnet Bild

2008-12-08T00:08:00.000-08:00

Ich liebe die neblige und graue Strasse gegen die Buntere Lichts

Quick holiday cat collar

2008-12-07T21:50:00.000-08:00

Here's my process for making this felt holiday collar.

Cut out some felt. Um, collar size.

get ready to sew

Sew ribbon around edge. It's decorative and adds strength.

iron iron iron

and iron some more

now stitch. Folding the material down as shown makes the collar a little more 3-dimensional

iron.Notice that the flaps of the collar stick out a little.

Cover the seam with ribbon.

Iron.

Here I've used that iron-on glue stuff to stick a piece of Velcro to the back. The back of the silver beacon tag in the picture has a corresponding piece of Velcro.

Now thread the elastic "collar" part of the collar through the channel we've created.

tie it off.

Check the fit.

Hide the knot.

Bask in your cat's gratitude.

An Introduction to Healthy Life Extension

2008-12-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

Mental note: don't get old and decrepit.

An Introduction to Healthy Life Extension

Katzensprüche - Katzenportal - Infos über Katze

2008-12-06T15:44:00.000-08:00

Cat Quotes

auf Deutsch. Aber alle sind vertraut zum die Katzeverrucktseutschanfänger.

Katzensprüche - Katzenportal - Infos über Katze

Funny Stuff from Rinkjustice

2008-12-06T05:57:00.000-08:00

Shortest joke: "Pretentious? Moi?"

Big ASS storage!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gb9v4LI4o

The catnip has worn off.

2008-12-06T04:15:00.000-08:00

Good boy.

Black Collar Dress Collar for the "Cat About Town"

2008-12-06T03:46:00.001-08:00

Here Twitch models a prototype of a white silk Dupioni evening collar from our upcoming Winter Collection. This fashion collection draws from many sources of inspiration, including having too much time on my hands and a recent visit to Daiso where much felt was purchased.

Please excuse the fuzziness of the photography. In a clichéd attempt at authenticity, my model decided to get stoned OUT OF HlS MlND before our photo shoot. The 70's are over, Twitch.

The collar is stitched in a way that makes the "wings" stick out a little from the cat's body. This makes it look more like a real shirt collar.

The back is felt. This gives it body.

This picture shows how the length of the collar is adjustable. This is a prototype, hence the visible stitching. The center piece of Velcro is for my cats´ radio beacon. Cat owners with less advanced obsessive compulsive disorder can attach an ordinary ID tag to the button on the front.

With the Loc8tor I can find them anywhere in the complex. Aliens sound clips - Movie Sound Clips

Gaudy but functional

2008-12-05T18:04:00.000-08:00

Triple thickness felt and needle felting. Button and elastic loop closure. Safe, secure and a little tacky. A prototype. (Using up this orange material.)

A cute, personalized camera case

2008-12-05T17:35:00.000-08:00

Needlefelting, machine stitching for strength, ribbons and buttons and her name spelled in beads. Cute stuff. The small milky beads at the left are photosensitive and change color in daylight.

Epiphany. The healing rays of an electronical UV Stinkfinder also cause the subtle transformation

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Can you spot the problem below? Correct. I have a reddish, mouth-like opening and have failed to create felt teeth and tongue. Not to mention felt tonsils.

La Toilette Feline

2008-12-05T17:07:00.000-08:00

The water dish for the true feline connoisseur The idea is to put a stick an upside-down bottle of water into the "tank." Then the "bowl" is self-filling.

And now down to business:

The Cat Genie. Self cleaning - you hook it up to your toilet. My cats loved it right away. I was still setting it up and they were trying to use it.

The Cat Genie is awesome. The cat pollutes, the Genie scoops, fills itself with water, agitates, rinses and blow dries itself. It rarely has problems, but when it does, they are big ones. Think "poop soup." Yeah, you old Litterfree veterans know what I'm talking about. There's nothing like cleaning out a Poop Slurpee at 3 am while your cat blithely fertilizes your bedspread because his toilet is out of commission.

Thus, we have a luxurious alternative. Who wouldn't love to eliminate his or her bodily wastes upon the glimmering crystal gems of two Scoop Free self-cleaning litter trays?

The one on the right is covered, for those shy, contemplative calls of nature. The one on the left is al fresco for the happy-go-lucky powderings of the nose.

Cecilia Cotton - Origami

2008-12-05T12:11:00.000-08:00

Cool Origami polyhedron-ish thingies

Cecilia Cotton - Origami

25 Thoughtful Quotes From Carl Jung

2008-12-04T23:04:00.000-08:00

Very philosophical. Onecould profitably spend25 hours considering these25 quotes.

25 Thoughtful Quotes From Carl Jung

How To Be a Miserable Writer

2008-12-04T15:54:00.000-08:00

1. Focus on whether or not you'll ever get published

2. Instead of focusing on making the best book you can

3. Talk to family and friends about your writing and get disappointed by their reactions

4. Stick with what you know.

5. Don't set up a routine

6. Only write when you feel like it.

7. Think that you need inspiration.

8. Don't bother unless you're guarantied success.

9. Focus on details like fonts and page margins and setting up folders.

10. Don't spend any more time on your art than is absolutely necessary.

11. Remember, you can always write tomorrow instead of today.

12. Use "writers block" as an excuse.

13. Compare yourself to others.

14. Get discouraged because you aren't a big success yet.

Lovely Leaf Lace Scarf - the purl bee

2008-12-04T11:59:00.000-08:00

Lovely Leaf Lace Scarf - the purl bee

A lovely scarf pattern to try for my next scarf.

The Nature of Emotions

2008-12-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

The Nature of Emotions

Emotion wheel. Interesting perspective on how emotions inter connect. I think l'd replace "anticipation" with "vigilance" and replace "vigilance" with "obsession".

Cute camera cases

2008-12-03T23:46:00.000-08:00

zwei niedliche Dinge für halten und schützen die teuer und Verbrechtliche elektronische Schätze. Leider, the Rosarot ist ein bischen zu klein.

Cute little camera cases, but the pink one is a but too small on top. 'try again tomorrow. And maybe mix in the Hounds tooth material with the pink. 'Try to make it steampunk cute.

Cute cat collars

2008-12-03T23:21:00.000-08:00

These prototypes are nearly ready to go.

They feature breakaway elastic collar for safety and adjustable Velcro closures for convenient sizing. Twitch's white felt collar picks up too much fur. I'll be using silk Duppioni for those from now on.

An elastic loop attaches the cats tags to the button on the front using two lanyard knots to keep them secure.

These collars were especially made to accommodate an electronic radio beacon. It's hidden behind the collar. The collar is a stylish way to keep your $50 beacon from getting dunked in the water bowl. http://www.loc8tor.com/products.asp

what makes something difficult?

2008-12-03T22:03:00.001-08:00

Jetzt habe ich zwei Projects. Ich lerne Deutsche und ich schreibe meinen zuerst Roman. Es heisst die Beide sind schwer. Ich frage mich, was bedeutet das Wort schwer?

what makes something difficult?

1. You aren't sure how to do it. If your doing something that hasn't been done before (i.e. your being creative), then you're in this situation. In fact, there will often be some uncertainty about how to do something, unless yours learning a basic skill in a disciplined environment. Like the firing range at boot camp. No getting creative there, one hopes. Creating a project outline or chart that plots out what needs to be done can help here.

2. Effort and time are not guarantees of success. I didn't call college (B.S. Math) or law school hard. Pain in the neck, maybe, but not hard. That's because I knew that if I put in the time and effort (and money) and followed direction, success was assured. not so with writing a book. Or is it? Well, here's an interesting epiphany. Nothing will guarantee that a major publisher will take it, of course. That decision is made by other people, not me. However, if I put in the time and effort I am guaranteed to create a books can be proud of. Awesome, I think I just made that Project a little less hard.

3. A habit is not yet established. Nothing gets things done better and easier than establishing a habit. Habits get people through a lifetime of employment. Heaven knows if we had to make a decision about whether and when to go to work each morning, we'd never go in. Like the guru on the mountaintop said, the secret to learning to meditate (or doing anything else) is Root-een. That is. routine.

5 easy pieces to piecing together your purpose in life | Lyved

2008-12-03T22:03:00.000-08:00

Very cool article. 5 easy pieces to piecing together your purpose in life Lyved

Some ideas on the purpose of life: 1. Live the way you want (be free) 2. Be happy (have fun and don't be sad) 3. Help other (use your talent to uplift and entertain and make people a little less lonely) 4) Leave the could a better place than how you found it. (Don't be a jerk and do something useful for a living).

That was a sort-of summary of the page with my interpretation in parenthesis.

My addition: Develop your brain and body as much as possible.