365, day 3

I suck and didn't post a pic yesterday. So for today, you get two. Up first is a picture I uploaded using some fancy filter. It's of some orchids I got for Christmas.
Next up is a "spot what's wrong with this picture" picture.

Project 365 Day 1.

I should have posted this yesterday, but I was lazy.  I've decided to do two things this year.

1)  Project 365, which is a daily photograph of something, anything, that catches your eye.
2)  A Happy Things jar--a jar where you put a scrap of paper with a Happy Thing that happened.  Then at the end of the year, you can review all the Happy Things for the year.

Here is the Project 365 post for January 1, 2013:  Punky reads a thread on Ravelry.

Breakfast!

I found a doughnut pan at Goodwill for a buck or so.
I sprayed six cups with non-stick spray and broke eggs into them, and baked.
Plopped them into a plate and topped with a bit of cheddar and heated in the oven to melt.
Onto an English muffin and into a zip bag. Voila, breakfast for a week.

New Craft Project

I found a book on altering shoes, and it looked like fun.
So, having had awesome success glittering up a pair of flats, I bought the book and dug out a favorite, beat up pair of leather clogs or mules or whatever you want to call them, some scrapbook paper in gray-brown prints, the modpodge and some black and dark-brown glitter.




Here you can see everything where I shoved it out of the way to fix dinner.
Now, they need piping around the soles to cover the stitching, and for me to put the ends through the buckles when they're completely dry.

Dyeing!

I bought a Tulip dyeing kit the other day, and some cheap white t-shirts, and a couple of white cotton scarves.  I also had two silk scarves meant for dyeing.  I made an unholy mess in my kitchen, but I had fun!


Became this:

This is the other scarf--shades of blue, green and yellow-green.
T-shirts:

And the two silk scarves, done with a different type of dye:

The second one amuses me, because it started out as brown and dark teal and ended up turquoise and purple-ish. You just never know! Well, *I* never know...someone who actually studies these techniques and dyes might...

AH MAH GAH

Vacation is coming!  I've made our reservations for a cabin in TN, I've made Benny's reservations for a week at the spa (vet), and I've booked my time off.  Need to make husband-person get his time off booked, then I shall be on to my Lists.

Print maps, pack food and treats for Benny, get Robbie to watch other critters, what to pack!  Woo!  And all sorts of other Lists.

For Vi:

The whole newer flower-bed

Desert Rose

Tabebuia tree seedlings
 
Begonias
 
Knock-out roses
 
Blue Butterfly Flower (Clerodendrum ugandense)
 
Mexican Petunia
 
Plumbago