Random Post of Stuff

[tygati]

So for Mikey's birthday dinner, I made Hamburger Pie. It tasted good. I did not set the house on fire. I consider this a victory. ^____^

From the sound of things, postcards are beginning to arrive at their destinations. Cobecat got hers first (unsurprising, since she only lives 2 hours from me) but I was rather surprised that the next one to arrive was Texas. o.O; Huh. But hearing the reactions is lots of fun. ^____^ Especially the "thank goodness you put them in envelopes" reactions. *snicker* Oh, and yes, the bonus postcard is intentional. :) Gotta have something to trade with, ne? ^.~

One of the cool things I've gotten in the mail lately is these utterly adorable little bead creatures from rappleart3. There's a fox (I'd name him Vinni, but Vinni's gold), a frog (Ribbit or Prince, hmm...), a skunk (One of my favorite childhood plushies was a skunk - now I'm having notions of slashing an anthro-skunk every time I look at it), a damselfly (not a dragonfly, as I kept calling it), a dragon that she designed herself just for me (*_*), and Naefindan in mer-form! ^_____^

And I took a different picture earlier, of some of my favorite necklaces. Rappleart was helping out her aunt making necklaces for ball-jointed dolls and we were talking about the pretty things. ^_^ It's kinda funny, the BJD craze has mostly bypassed me, but there are some really pretty ones out there, including this elf one that just makes me drool. *___* Elfie ears... I just have to remind myself that no way in hell can I afford that. x.x Meh.

Comments

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Good question. ^^;

*snerk* Someone else who does beads? There's a collection of you building!

[qui-te.livejournal.com]

I don't do *that* kind of beading. I do the 2-d square-stitch 'beaded tapestries' type. If that's a type at all...

Plus I haven't done it for a while, and my thumb still objects slightly to me starting up again...

maybe I should check out making critters. I'm sure it'd be much less ultimately painful.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

*confused look* Beaded tapetries?

[qui-te.livejournal.com]

Have you seen stuff from a bead-loom? it's like that, only I do picture-stuff. My icon/avatar/picture-thing is actually an old pattern I used. But they take hundreds and thousands of beads, and the technique I use has me sewing through each bead three times... which is why my thumb hates me. (hated, really, it's been better since I stopped)

[tygati.livejournal.com]

o.o Wow. I've never seen something like that before, but it sounds massively impressive. ^^; Your poor thumb. *pets it*

Rappleart makes bead-animals sound really easy, especially in comparison. ^^;;;

[qui-te.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've seen patterns for bead critters. They are more difficult in technique, but you don't need quite as much patience for it...

And there are easier ways to make the stuff I make (bead loom, anyone?), but I've never been all that keen on easier...

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Heh. Patience is something I have little of, despite what my writing binges might suggest. ^^;

*lol* I see, so it's your own fault. *sage nod*

[silrini.livejournal.com]

I bead. Occasionally. When I feel like it. I have a beaded lizard I made a long time ago...this makes me want to go dig out all my beading things...

*snicker* The only thing I ever set on fire was the corner of a towel. And mom wasn't even mad! Also, I got my postcards. THANK YOU!! <333

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Yay for more beading persons!

I... set a towel on fire too... >.>;