Twofer again September 15, 2008

Well I had something else to say today and since the earlier post was really originally from Sept 11 I guess I can justify this. First off I want to send out my thoughts and prayers for well being to all who have suffered through hurricane Ike. I would be devastated by that kind of loss. We got a mere 6 inches of rain here but it was plenty for us to stomach. That said I was thinking yesterday of all the crafters down there in that mess and how they probably had to save the most important things only and sadly I know in the case of a forced evacuation I would not be able to convince my husband that my entire craft room was a priority so I am feeling your loss guys. It made me tear up thinking about how bad that would be and I thought. And thought some more. What if I gathered people around me to dig through their crafty bits and send a bit in the direction of displaced crafters? I know it may not be much, but I was thinking that we’ve all got these stashes of stuff. I know I am not the only one who has a whole room for my hoard and when I wandered over to one of my regular reads and saw that true to my thoughts her house was wiped out I began to feel very ansty. I don’t have a huge readership here. My big days are 41 visits and there are only like 2 or 3 of those so in order to get some feedback I would have to ask for your help in this endeavor.

What I am thinking is that I want to wait until people are getting a chance to get back to their homes and begin to regroup and then I want to get some info on the crafters who have been the hardest hit. Then comes the part where I need your help again dear readers. I would like to ask for people to dig through their stashes and find some goodies to send to these people who have lost everything. I know there will be people out there who do the necessities because they are necessities to live but what I understand is that without my craftroom I’m only half alive and I know there are others out there who feel the same way so these things that are luxeries to the insurance companies are necessities for some. I am not so great at getting this stuff on paper and I could use some help. I am not organized so I don’t know whether I would want to have the stuff sent here to send out our whether I would set this up like a swap where each person has someone specific to send to. If I had it all sent here I’d have to do some sort of sign up fee to cover shipping not because I don’t want to pay it but because I just don’t have the extra money to do that myself. Again looking for suggestions on that front. Please pass this on folks and give me suggestions. Email me at hellesbelles86 (at) yahoo (dot) com or the address in the sidebar. Either way I will get it as long as my email doesn’t go all evil on me. I just can’t sit by and do nothing, you know?

Strange Contemplations April 7, 2008

Ok this post may fall a bit under TMI, but for reasons unknown I found myself contemplating the toilet paper this morning and realized that it really has a very pretty butterfly pattern on it. (we use Angel Soft) I had to marvel yet again at a country where even the butt wipes are beautiful. Sorry but I felt I had to share that no matter how risque it may sound.
In other news, I’m getting ready to work some more on my swap item when I get off the computer and I found out who my partner would be today. I’m really looking forward to this whole deal and of course I ran right over to my partner’s blog. I smiled when I saw she was the same zodiac year as I am and I really love her items.
Yesterday was gorgeous and we had a barbecue for Jarell’s birthday. (He caught up with me today and is now 22) We had a lot of fun and it was a nice $40 get together thanks to stuff we already had on hand. This is a good thing as he spent most of his last paycheck bailing his brother out for the umteen millionth time. Actually our house was bought on one of those bail outs. Somehow J5 seems to get into debt quicker than you can say, “would you like fries with that?” and my darling dearest helps him despite the fact that he is public enemy number one in this household. Sorry if that sounds cranky but I have never genuinely hated anyone. Until I met J5. I am by most accounts a very sweet person. Inside my head I believe differently but I worked as a suprervisor at a small retail store and my cashiers often told me they were amazed at how nice I always was to people when from my point of view I had been the meanest of mean. (go figure– no one ever takes me serious when I’m mad) I guess this is probably a good thing since I like to be thought of as nice, but its weird to sometimes.

My new swap April 4, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday (or at least I think I did) I’m going to be starting my own swap. So here’s the unveiling so to speak. As I mentioned the other day I was absolutely enamored of Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium when I watched it and when I stumbled across Gypsy Mermaid’s page yesterday and saw here swap the information culminated in me deciding to do one of my own. Hence the Wonder Emporium Swap. As I was watching the movie I was fascinated by several things. So I have several options for you.

Option 1: There is a boy in the movie who has a huge and diverse collection hats and wears a different one each day. So for your first option you can make a unique hat of any materials you come up with. It can be full sized and wearable, flat and made out of paper or anywhere in between– your choices are endless and this could be a lot of fun.

Option 2: There is a magic book in the store that when opened to a particular page brings up the toy you are looking for. Your challenge would be to make your own big book to emulate the stores catalog.

Option 3: Mr. Magorium hires an accountant to get his affairs in order before he leaves the store to Mahoney his faithful assistant. However, throughout the movie everyone calls Henry the accountant “The mutant.” This was just too cute in my opinion. So the third option is to make your own “mutant.” It can be as human or mutated as you want.

If you haven’t already seen the movie, now would be a good time to watch it. Its really cute and will give you a better idea of the themes I came up with. I’ll be taking entries starting on tax day 4/15/08. You can sign up by sending me an email at littlesongbird17@yahoo.com or leave me a comment here.

Just a quick note April 4, 2008

I just thought I’d make a quick note about a swap I’m going to be doing from Gypsy Mermaid life that is gonna be a whole ton of fun. She’s also inspired me to do my own swap but more on that later. I also wanted to alert you to an incredibly, ridiculously talented artist who just happens to also be my little brother. You can check out his art on his myspace and I highly recommend it. The pic this links to happens to be one of my fav’s but you can look at them all. He does “grafitti” art and monsters. Apparently he got all the drawing talent from our parents because he can envision AND create. Go figure. Anyway, nuff said fer tonight.
I’m outty