malloryray.com

Sew crafty!

So I got back my inspiration to craft and sew yesterday! I bought some grosgrain ribbon and started to make hair bows in black and white. I added pearls to some of them too. I think they’re pretty damn cute! I have to back out and buy a thinner black ribbon though, so some of my projects are on hold. Rob suggested I try making some pink ones, but the pink ribbon just wasn’t the right shade of baby pink.

Anyway, JoAnn seems to rarely have fabric I want, so I have to turn to searching online for specialty fabrics. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find strawberries on a plain black background? Pretty hard! It’s also hard to find fabrics in elegant floral and toile patterns. I found this one site that sells some very beautiful discount fabrics. Right now they’re doing a promotion where the fabric with the most votes keeps getting cheaper by the second. You have to register to vote on the fabrics, but it’s a really great promotion and there’s a large selection from fashion fabrics to home dec fabrics and upholstery fabrics. This strawberry fabric is out of my price range, but if I could afford it, I’d re-upholster the leopard print chair my sister gave me.

This displays the current fabric that’s got the top votes.

On an unrelated note, I want to dye my hair again. Kelse told me to dye it RED again, but I don’t want it to be that RED right now. I would rather dye it a deep auburn. The only problem with that is that deep auburn on the box turns to deep purple in my hair. I think I look better with darker hair, it makes my eyes pop more than lighter hair.

Oh, and I’ve started learning PHP. Damned math! I can do calculus and advanced geometry but basic algebra? It’s like hitting myself in the head with a brick.