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de nouvelles choses! Lots of new things!

FML WordPress won’t upload images! DX I will try to get these visible

Edit: I can’t upload directly from the post, but I CAN through the media browser! Huzzah! Drinks all around! Well, not for the computer, or for me, so… for the cats? Not sure that’s a sound idea, although I have no doubt it would be highly amusing. The roomies, whose cats these are,  might not approve XD

 

New collages! You saw the one I did for maman: very basic, since it was a model for her 3rd grade class.  Of course, I decided to make mine more complicated XD  I make a scene, then add words (as in the first two images; see below for the words). Or I make words, then craft a scene upon which to apply them (the third image).

SHORT STORY: Teaching the most significant cybernetic cart total control of the radio introduces them all to luxury, the last son of the time, memory and circumstance of the whole earth.  In a quarter-century cataclysm, the fast rabbit, master of self experiment, does it again. THE END*

RAMBLING MONOLOGUE ON ART AND DISCOVERY: Sometimes, after a whirlwind, some fall in love with bold moves, treasures, craving an easy technique. No great explorer wants to be guided. The way to true art springs naturally, reaching beyond who you are, skimming above favorite views, solutions, and ideas, learning how to grow.  So much uncovering creates inspiring opportunities over and over. The grand experiment comes alive, freeing carefree flights. Don’t stop heading beyond the best kept secrets of roads that seem endless. Whether you view this unforgettable spot as oasis or wilderness, explore the twisting trails and discover the hundreds of whimsical details. Find sweet, vanished jewels of superb, restless design. Travel openly and with a wide focus. Act hoping for the best future, sharing another glimpse of the last beautiful, important, special, good thing bigger than the earth.

Baby cowboy boots! So a friend from work is having a baby boy, and I wanted to make something cosy and warm for winter… but the only knitted bootie patterns I have are Mary Janes and other feminine designs, so I went online… and found these adorable toddler-sized cowboy boots!  I’ve modified the pattern somewhat (made the toe piece longer, combined the sides to eliminate that seam, taken off all the straps and such), and I’m super happy with the result (fleece).  Maybe I’ll make some for my roomie’s niece 😀 But first, I need to make another bootie (I only made one as a test)!

 

Grown-up cowboy boots! I found these at the Ark, an excellent local resale shop where you can find many things, including, this time, a kneeling chair (I sit in it as I type), and… cowboy boot galoshes!  I kind of hate(d) the floral print…  I showed them to a friend, who said, “that’s my favorite! You’re going to paint over them?!”  My reply? “They’re not me, darling! Do you look at me and see pansies?” (By the way, in case you weren’t sure… that was a rhetorical question. You know, the kind where I stare at you and wait for confirmation of my opinion, no matter what you actually think?)  So the galoshes, which are very waterproof (I tested them by walking through a 2″ deep puddle) are fated to be floral no more!  I’ve sanded all of one and taped off everything but the trim, and now I’m deciding how I want to paint them and what color(s)!  My initial dilemma was between turquoise and scarlet… but now I’m considering black, with white and red accents. Must find a picture I like to base the design off of!

 

Edit from the future of this post: I’ve gone with a solid red for the base! Oddly enough, when I flex the rubber hard enough, little hairline cracks appear with a faint cracking sound, showing the underside through, but these disappear when I let the rubber go, and I’ve tried scraping at the paint with my nail to no effect, so I have hopes that they will survive. Ideally, given lacquer or sealant of some sort, they will stay somewhat intact!

   

I’m still figuring out my inspiration… but it’s getting wet, and I may just go with red for now and then modify them later! ;P

*Please note: I typed the rabbit story staring avidly at the poem (taped high up on my wall) the entire time, did not touch the backspace key, and misspelled 9 words out of 46. That’s… hmm… 80%, so a low “B” in keyboard science. Huzzah!  The errors: Theaching vbernetic inroucvhces lucury curcumstance wuatrerpcentur ravvit experment coes