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Month: June 2010

  • Burning Man in Bellingen

    Hahaha… am I the only one who didn’t know that there’s going to be a Burning Man Festival in Bellingen?? That’s awesome. (Link courtesy of the Snook.)

  • Jamming

    Jamming
    Last weekend the Snook made up a batch of “Christmas Jam” using some frozen Davidson’s plums his Mom brought us from their tree. He likes jam making, and so far everything he’s made has been delicious. However – I just found out you can make jam in a crock pot! (Crock pots. Is there anything they can’t do?) A couple recipes: Crock Pot Strawberry Jam; Crock Pot Apricot Jam; Crock Pot Apple Butter.

  • Spoonflower

    Spoonflower
    Oh. My. God. I’d heard of Spoonflower before but, as I wasn’t really a sewer, I hadn’t had much cause to visit. I just checked it out again. You guys, it’s basically Threadless for fabric! You can upload your own design and get it printed, and you can also buy designs that other people have uploaded to sell. They’re having a contest at the moment to pick a favorite robot fabric. ROBOT FABRIC. Excuse me while I just go “Squeeee!” in the corner. (I could have a robot skirt. ROBOT SKIRT! ROBOT SKIRT!)

    Edited to add: Seamstresses! Which fabric do I need for a skirt? Will the quilting cotton work? Will it be too thin?

  • Threadless Sale

    Another Threadless sale is on! (Mom: This means another package is coming to your house.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @redambition @gilmae The hilarious part is that I got the Snook hooked on GG too. I think he wants to be Chuck Bass.

    @ScottRhodie Flashblock is the only thing that allows me to visit the SMH site. Highly recommended.

    @redambition @gilmae Not even the clothes? That guy can pull off a pink skirt and an ascot like nobody’s business.

    @KnitNTel Keep reading. Pic was posted. 🙂

    @kunaal84 HA! I didn’t even realise that. SHIRT. SHIRT. (Although he’s pretty good at pulling skirts off too. 😛 )

    @chrisgander A surprisingly good book, once you got past the first few chapters. Better than I expected.

    @knitterjp I’M COMING TONIGHT! And in my spiffy boots too! Should make it before you go. 🙂

    @venks79 Total delayed reaction there! 😛

    @Opheli8 My psyche pretty much stopped developing in 1996, so I’d say that’s pretty accurate. 🙂

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  • Shared today on Twitter

    @SallyPompom I can’t believe I put the date wrong on my blog. D’OH! I fixed it. 🙂

    Time for sewing class. Yay! Starting my first ever skirt. Yay!

    @sharre Nah, finishing class is next week. 🙂

    Skirt pieces are all cut out! http://twitpic.com/1v8hmw Also had lesson in pattern grading, as these hips needed some ROOM.

    Holy crap. You guys didn’t tell me that using the overlocker is such a RUSH. That thing is scary but fun.

    Decided to play dress-up. Instead of normal boring comfy female geek uniform, today I am sexy geek girl circa 2001. Snook liked it. 🙂

    @redambition Ha! Knew you wouldn’t believe me. Have to get

    @redambition Ha! Knew you wouldn’t believe me. Have to get somebody at work to take one. 🙂

    This is as good as Zoe could get: http://twitpic.com/1vdnu9. You can’t make out my black superhero boots. 🙂

    Should clarify: that is NOT the skirt I’m sewing. This one’s been hiding in my closet for far too long. The new (red) one debuts next week.

    @gilmae Janeane Garafalo was definitely influential in the development of my admittedly-miniscule fashion sense.

    @gilmae Lisa Loeb! Who guest-starred on an episode of Gossip Girl, which made me smile and cringe at the same time.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Chicagoans: any of you interested in meeting up on, say, August 4th? The Snook and I are trying to determine the best time to visit folks in the Windy City. (Also, anybody able to put us up that night? We fly out the next day…)

    The streak is over. 99m & 100m on the rower at Spudds today. Felt dead tired and my lungs were burning. Survived though.

  • Well that’s adorable.

    Well that’s adorable. This is my new favorite blog. Grace and her cake is the cutest, funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. IT’S THE MOST SCRUMPTIOUS CAKE EVER! I also particularly liked the baby hearing its mom for the first time thanks to a cochlear implant. Lovely way to start the day.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @lachlanhardy Me too! Mine just happen to mostly be knitters and fiber artists. And they love the iPhone. (Wait til the Ravelry app drops!)

    Sydney knitters: Don’t forget World Wide Knit in Public Day this Saturday! I’ll be at the Rocks event: http://bit.ly/dwREsy. Lots of prizes!

    Congrats to @kunaal84 on his promotion today. 🙂

    @missamanda Huh. There is not. But I could make one…

    WWKIP Day Sydney now has a Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117131991663447

    Why would a newspaper assault their readers with such horrible advertising? http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ So cheap and awful and tacky.

    @KnitNTel No events on the site in Brisbane just yet… Are you on Ravelry? Can’t see one in the Brisbane SnB group: http://bit.ly/a4DwnS

    RT @MisterShuffles: I had a fun day! There’s so many things I can scratch myself on! Did you a fun day?

    I was taking off my shoes, and I had the strangest feeling I was being watched… from beneath the bed. http://twitpic.com/1uza7y

    Matt Moran is such a dick. Does he ever actually work in the restaurant anymore? He’s on TV every other day! #masterchef

    Ooh, I hope Adam wins this one. He did really well! Most impressive performance from him so far. #masterchef

    Oh, is Adam gonna cry!? Awww, I’m so happy for him. Now I REALLY want him to win. #masterchef

    My Masterchef accomplishment for the night: Pasta with Sausage and Kale. http://twitpic.com/1uzqu3 IT WAS YUM.

    Twitter: any suggestions for a good (cheap) source for overseas travel insurance?

    @gilmae Bad experience? Somebody else I know used TID…

    @redambition It was Bieber, wasn’t it? I KNEW IT! Totes Bieber. 😛

    Cheers, everybody. We went with “insure4less.”

    @redambition Not Bieber. Hm… *gasp* CODY SIMPSON?

    @Alex_Manchester Just ANZ basic Visa. Looked on site; only Gold level has it. Good suggestion though!

    My new favorite blog: Well that’s adorable. http://wellthatsadorable.com An excellent way to start the day.

    What is going on in the city? Barely moving on George St.