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[Dec. 2nd, 2009|06:28 pm] |
Cute Berry.
She's been sneezing all day and keeps itching her nose. I really hope she's not coming down with something! She was out of water and wasn't even yelling at me to get her some more. When I noticed I did get her more and refreshed her food and she did drink and she even ate a little bit. Then I brought her two carrots and she ate those up. A little slower than usual, but still seemed to enjoy them, and then I saw her playing with her toys a bit. So hopefully she's not getting sick. Her last vet appointment cost us so much! And I don't want to see her not feeling well again. It was too sad the last time.
I can't wait until bedtime tonight. I am SO tired from not being able to sleep last night. I better be able to sleep tonight! We got Funny People in the mail from Netflix and I've been really excited to see it, but I don't know if I'll be able to focus on it tonight. Maybe I'll just watch Glee and save the movie for another time. |
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| Boston… |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|03:13 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1485 
I am ready for Boston’s Bazaar Bizarre this Sunday! I have a few goodies to finish, and a bit more packing to do-but I am feeling good about what I have. I think it is always nice before a show to spread it all out for tagging and take stock of what I have done. Anything leftover will be added to my Etsy shop when I return home. |
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[Dec. 1st, 2009|05:20 pm] |
Here's some food I made for Thanksgiving dinner!
Butternut squash with browned butter and thyme.
My attempt at pumpkin pie.
I burned the pie (though not as bad as I first thought)
and my finger (worse than I thought.. it still hurts)!
( 2+ )
On Thursday we had a last minute invite to Brock's brother's for dinner and then after that we already had plans to go to my sister's for dinner. That's what I made the squash and pie for, though no one there really likes squash.. But we do and we loved it! Also, someone else brought a pumpkin pie that looked better than mine (not a hard task, haha) so mine didn't get cut into, but that was fine because then we got to bring it home and enjoy it here. :) Saturday was Thanksgiving with my family at my grandma's house. I made a corn casserole for dinner there, but I was in a great hurry that day, so no pictures of that! Sadly, Brock ended up really sick that day so he didn't get to go. Also, I was sort of mad at him the entire day, due to a misunderstanding, but all was worked out and the day ended well. :) |
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[Dec. 1st, 2009|03:34 pm] |
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Hello all! I haven't been around much at all. It was a busy Thanksgiving and then I was very distracted and thoughtful, these past few days especially. Rethinking life and how I want to live it and what I should be accomplishing with it. I'm still pretty distracted. But I thought I should come back and write a little something and I am going to start going through some of my photos and playing catch up with everything. I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and is doing great in general! xoxox. |
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| winners! |
[Dec. 1st, 2009|04:13 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1481 winners, please email me your address to mypapercraneATearthlink.net
book-145 Tela :My favorite cookie is a no bake cookie. I remeber making them as a kid. So easy to make and oooh so good. I make them now for my own kids who in turn love them!
cards-109 Daisy :almond are my favorite and drop cookies too! but it allways tastes the best made by yourself
cards-9 Sandypie :My favs are my MIL’s sugar cookies or my own chocolate chip.
cards-103 Helen: we don’t really do cookies so much here in the UK but I have a very nice chocolate chip one that I sometimes make
If I don’t hear from you, I will send you each an email later today! Congrats! |
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| lights! |
[Dec. 1st, 2009|02:30 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1477 
So we are slowly but surely getting things ready for Christmas around here. It is not nearly as decorated as I would like, but I have been sewing like crazy for Boston’s Bizarre Bazaar this weekend, so the decorating will ensue once we return.
We did put up the white tree, and so far things with that have been going well. The cat was interested at first, but never tried to climb it. And now that the snowy village is up, that is all she cares about. I am sure once we have the “real” tree it will be a different story, but for now she has taken to laying in the middle of the snowy village as much as she possible can. I am considering filling a basket with faux snow for her to lay in and changing the village to something less soft and welcoming :) She knocks down so much when she gets up there, shes like a godzilla in the poor tiny village.
We haven’t got our outside lights up yet, but I did manage to hang little wreaths on all the windows. I found them half off, and had the ribbon. I like them quite a lot! I’m off to do more sewing and order packing, and I will be back in a few hours with the giveaway winners. |
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[Nov. 30th, 2009|04:40 pm] |
i used to be funny.
but not so much anymore.
i would like to become a chef.
this line is longer than the others. |
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[Nov. 27th, 2009|05:19 pm] |
I'm having free US shipping until Monday. |
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[Nov. 25th, 2009|08:36 pm] |
Here's my kid.
Wesley bought this crazy eraser at the book fair and decided it made a better mustache.
I went to see New Moon with my friend on Sunday night. The show was sold out (all the showings for New Moon were that day) so the theater was packed with lots of crazy people. I had the enjoyment of sitting next to an older lady who never read the books OR even saw Twilight and got to hear her conversations throughout the entire movie with the younger lady she was with, who was explaining every little thing to her. I mostly enjoyed her commenting on how dreamcatchers really do stop bad dreams and how Taylor Lautner's teeth are too white, as are Kristen Stewart's, but you can totally tell they have different dentists. It's true, she said all of that.
Today I woke up with an incredibly bad headache that would NOT go away. It sucked because I needed to clean Berry's cage and bake two pies. I ended up only making one pie, and burned it at that. Of course. I also burned my finger! It really hurts. Really. My headache finally eased up a bit, but only about an hour ago. I'll take it! |
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[Nov. 24th, 2009|12:03 pm] |
I'm surprised we were able to get him to sit still long enough to get the hat on. ha.
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| Upcoming Show |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|02:41 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1402 
Luvable-Hugable
Gallery Hanahou
Dec. 3rd-Jan 9th 12-6pm
611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC
The popular NY holiday plush show is returning to gallery hanahou with oodles of handmade plushes for you and yours! Spread warm holiday cheer with adorable, strange, and funny unique plush toys made by more than 50 top plush artists from around the world.
The plushes will be even cuter and more affordable at this year’s 3rd annual “Luv-able and Hug-able,” with the special theme of “Medium and Mini!”: toys that are either just the right size for hugging or small enough to fit in your pocket, swing from a keychain, or be worn on a pin.
Many favorite artists from the past two years are returning with cuter-than-ever plushes, and gallery hanahou is thrilled to present plushes from a bunch of hug-able new artists too! As in previous years, the gallery will also exhibit plushes by Japanese artists whose original works are rarely available in the US – this year, that also includes designer toy giants Devil Robots and noriya takeyama!
Plushes will be available for immediate take-home, so come early to the December 3rd opening to nab your favorites! Items in the show will also be available online via galleryhanahou.com starting the week following the opening
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| The Pilgrim’s Progress |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|02:02 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1455 
Today is Pilgrim + Native American costume day at school. B is some what a costume fanatic, so any excuse to dress up for school is right up his alley. We bought a pair of black pants, a black turtleneck, and a white dress shirt at Goodwill. We also purchased some black fabric, stiff interfacing, black elastic, and a small bit of gold felt.
The hat was the biggest pain to sew, and I realize now it is much more of a top hat–then pilgrim’s hat. But it works ;) I broke several needles sewing that puppy…the interfacing was really thick! The turtle neck + dress shirt became his pilgrim shirt with just a few cuts and stitches. The pants were shortened and elastic added. He wore his soccer socks, and I made little elastic slips on with “buckles” to go over his shoes. I made the belt around his hat removable so he can use the hat for different costumes. All in all it wasn’t too time consuming and B is pretty thrilled with it all.
Next up in costumes is a new Santa Suit and beard from him. He has already dug out the one I made him last year, and the sleeves are too short, its getting all pilly, and there are so many things I would change—like instead of the jacket being a real open/close sort of thing I would make it a pull over that looks like it would open and close, but doesn’t. |
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| pumpkinhead |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|09:39 pm] |
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http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=1451 
I have been making a couple little doll brooches every now and again. I made this pumpkin-head one to wear on Thanksgiving. I didn’t want to do a turkey and had found some mini corn cobs that were going to go with it, but they are plastic and kept falling off (even with a few different glues) so I went with little orange flowers instead. The pumpkin was a mini papery pumpkin to which I added a face and glued on a little nose.
I made the one underneath for St. Lucia’s Day. I love the whole idea of the crown of candles, so lovely. Such fun to make too.
Lastly is a photo of the Christmas sweater I had talked about before. We are planning a crazy Christmas sweater party. Lower key then our Halloween party which kept our house super crowded…but hopefully just as fun. There is going to be gingerbread house decorating, cookie swapping, Christmas carols, egg nog, and of course crazy Christmas sweater wearing. |
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| Every Young Girl Should Have a Hot Pink Plush Cthulhu! |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|10:01 am] |
Uh, yesterday, I was inspired. I had a bunch of left over hot pink fleece from baby blankets I'm making - so I wanted to make a toy for Lily. A hot pink fluffy Cthulhu seemed to be the most logical choice!
( Side and back profile under the cut )
I actually had a lot of fun designing and making this. Once the initial pattern was drafted - it was surprisingly easy to make! |
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| Blogspot Blasphemy! |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|09:12 pm] |
I know it feels odd posting my blogspot in here and I promise I will stay here till the end of livejournal days.
However, I have decided to start a new blog on blogspot. It will be much less personal than the one on here. I plan on posting about the things I like art, photo, jewelry, clothing, etc..where to buy things etc and maybe a little more about my life living in New York.
I am also looking for young artists and designers to feature on my blog, I was thinking a good place to start would be here with you guys. So, if you would like me to feature you or would like to tell me something you are working on, or if you have a website or blogspot/other blog of your own i would like to hear from you.
wrayserna.blogspot.com/
I only have one post up but I have many more to come.
add me if you like. I love you all like a internet family!
-Wray
oh ya and here are some pics of pretty things i like.
I found an amazing vintage shop when I was in Denver visiting Andrews family and found vintage lingerie..now I am lingerie obsessed.
this is my favorite fall dress, its silk and from the 40's mmm
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