a day in the life of sleepyeve

I’m doing a quick blog update while the boys are out shopping for nerdy computer parts (by boys, I mean Christian and our friend Kevin who is visiting from L.A.)

I baked my cinnamon bread last night.  Yum again.  Cross one off the list.

I had crocheted a few things that were not on my list before I created my actual list, and wanted to mention them here:

Moonfruit – for a contest that moonfruit.com was having:

Cheetos Giant Cheese Puffs for a Co-worker as a thank-you gift for my free iPhone case (Giant cheese puffs are an inside joke):

A slice of bacon for my manager who gave me a WWBD (What Would Bacon Do?) Spinning wheel from Kentucky:

2 Cupcake Scarves that friends of a friend wanted to buy (they look indentical, I know):

And finally, sushi (maguro, to get specific) that I made for Kevin (our friend in town):

(JK – I hope this wasn’t disappointing.  Glad I already had this one cranked out to show you!)

I’m currently working on some bookmarks, but also trying to re-read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince before the movie comes out Wednesday, so I might be a little slow in my crafting this weekend/coming week.  We’ll see.

I’ve been sitting in the office/craft corner for 15 minutes debating about which craft project to start up next.  I just finished making 2 cupcake scarves for some friends of a friend (first time selling stuff I’ve made and it’s kinda weird, but whatever).  Now that those are done, I have a bazillion other things I want to make – just not sure where to start…

Here’s my list:

• Crochet sushi
• Crochet turkey drumstick
• Crochet pear
• Crochet ice cream sandwich
• Crochet ice cream cone
• Crochet chocolate chip cookies
• Crochet strawberries
• Crochet bunny rabbit
• Crochet roses
• Crochet Sack Boy
• Crochet mini-monkey
• Crochet blanket (that’s a huge project)
• Make Cute Stuff tote
• Make Cute Stuff sack
• Bake bread (to be done on 7/8)
• Sculpt Fimo cupcakes for glazing
• Sculpt Fimo ice cream
• Make bookmarks
• Finish scrapbooking the rest of 2008 (I left off in March 2008 – another huge project)
• Make Iron Man blankets (2)
• Make pocketed skirt (haven’t decided on red or blue yet)
• Make bubble skirt

I’m sure there’s more to add to the list.  Those are just the first few things I was able to come up with immediately.  Each project has a purpose and several have more flexible timelines than others. 

Marathon crafting – here I come!

I stopped by many booths at WonderCon in SF today. Lots of cute and creative things up on display and for sale. Cute fleece hats and creature ears were popular this year. I was intrigued by one booth that was selling pairs of furry clip-on cat ears for $10. They were all hand-made by the lady running the booth and her mother. I really wanted a pair… wasn’t sure what I’d do with it, but they were really cute. I decided to study the ears and make my own. Just so happens I have fur, felt, and a pair of hair clips in stock at home. So I made these guys:

Cute, no? I might even be brave enough to wear them to the Con tomorrow