Pinks and Purples.

Hopefully I'll be able to finish all my little owls once I get done my last week of finals next week. For now, it's back to work.

Sunshine from a roadside stand.

September

Hard to believe the summer is over. In a way I'm glad; all the traffic can go back home.

We went for a walk yesterday - leaving my camera and his tablet at home. We averaged a 20 minute mile and walked to the artesian well and back; 3.6 miles. It felt good - I love a nice long walk at a good pace. If I had brought my camera it would have taken us 3 hours. ;)

On the way back to the car, I gathered a few signs of autumn: Ginkgo leaves, persimmons, magnolia pods, and a feather. We also saw deer, squirrels, skinks, and a turtle since we were out fairly early.

Cats & Finds

Alex ordered both these for me off of ebay - the owl wasn't the first, second OR third one I wanted (they all went for $30+) but I think I like it. He is cute.






Kobol has been a little demon lately, albeit a ridiculously cute one. She's been dragging a My Little Pony around with her everywhere. And the other night, she knocked his new sneakers in the box off a shelf, tore up the paper, and settled down with My Little Pony which she nestled into a shoe!

Odds and Ends.

What I've been doing in my Not Free Time:



Making more owls. There are even more in progress right now. I'm insane.



Baking cookies. Diets be damned. In my defense, though, I did a total of 10.5 miles at work a week ago, and then last weekend we did a 3.6 mile walk in Estell Manor Park.

Also, my embroidery thread collection from when I was younger has come in handy with my owls:






The weather has been lovely - hitting the low sixties at night, and barely breaking 80 during the days. I'm totally ready for Autumn - and especially ready for all the summer traffic to leave. Summer session is half over - and I have so much work to get done - I just finished midterms (A's thankyouverymuch) and have some major projects for Print Production to complete, as well as papers and exams for History of Graphic Design. I registered for my two courses next quarter - Tuesday afternoon and NIGHT. Ugh! I'm taking Conceptual Imagery and Typography II - two core classes I need to get done so I can continue on.

Fun with Felt, part II

I love this little guy. I made him based on the previous owl, but modified him to be a bit bigger and at the last minute, decided to give him wings. Which look rather like penguin flippers. But he's still precious. I used a lightweight gray corduroy and soft gray felt. The eyes are buttons I found at Jo-Anns - they're perfect.







Next up is either a raccoon or a mauve corduroy owl. That is, once I finish my research paper and my second project and my Print Production homework and....

Fun with felt.

Based on mr. monkeysuit's adorable felt cupcakes I attempted to craft my own in her style. It's nothing compared to the fantastic ones she makes, but my mom liked it! The body is too long - and I'd like to try to bevel it slightly so it resembles the shape of cupcake wrappers.






I also made a cute little owl based on the pattern in Doodle Stitching book I bought a while back. I love it! I also made a second one, this time out of corduroy and gave him wings - pictures forth coming.