Artistic difficulties

[wiseheart]

I've worked on the central motif of the birthday cake page today. It proved a lot more fussy than expected, as the felt I chose for the cake body was fairly soft (though also on the slightly thicker side; I chose it for the colour concept), and so it had to be stabilized by several stitched lines to keep the zipper I embedded functional. Then I had to remove the decoration I'd already sewn on because the outcome was too kitschy. Not fun!

But at least the cake itself is almost done now. I need to sew it onto the page base, add the Velcro for the candles and do the bunting above, but that is roughly a day's work. Two days, tops. Afterwards, I have to stitch it together with the front cover and seam the whole thing, which is tedious and boring, but that won't happen until next week, I'm afraid. Or the week after, as next week is supposed to be very busy.

We had laundry day today, and I cooked Topfenknödel mit Tütensuppe, because I'm a lazy git. For the rest of the afternoon I was reading fanfic - my own. I've finished An Autumn Fair in Halabor and will probably continue with its sister story, The Shoemaker's Daughter, which hasn't been updated for 5 years. I'd like to think that re-reading it would inspire me to continue, but I don't really hope so. Too bad, it is the very basics of all my Halabor stories, many of them long finished, but this one frequently comes to a screeching halt. I might have more luck with Sea Flower, as Tolkienfic goes, although the most realistic approach would be Kindred Spirits. Which is a vastly different fandom, but at least half the last chapter and the epilogue is written, so I might us the momentum of the next picowrimo session to get it out of my hair.

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

I like that you used the word cook in the same sentence as Tütensuppe. It is cooking, right!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Of course it is! You need to heat water for it, after all!

[beauty-forashes.livejournal.com]

because I'm a lazy git.

Naw, that's more than I cooked today! I worked outside for so long I'm tired, so it's plain old sandwiches tonight. :)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a lot of work.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Luck with your crafting and writing!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

My own fanfic writing has wound down to a stop at present. That said, I have previously stopped for several years, then picked it up again, so there's hope yet for poor Tittlepin.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I spent the day in bed, really happy that I did not have to drag my lazy bones out of the house. I’m a lazy, lazy git.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I did Fireman Tütensuppe for Oskar, and it's hard work to not let it burn, so it must be some sort of cooking!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I am all for sandwiches, myself. It's Mum who's set on cooked meals. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it is. But also fun... once it's finished. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I can use it on both accounts.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

This is about the longest dry spell I've had in my entire life! Not even the picowrimo sessions could really help, which is a first.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Being a lazy git is good for the soul from time to time.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't care what the food snobs say; Tütensuppe is practical, some of it is even good, so why should I slave all morning, chopping veggies and the likes when I can have it in 10 minutes, tops?