Heavy crafting today

[wiseheart]

I needed to make up for the time I spent watching Trooping the Colour yesterday, so I was at it all morning and part of the afternoon. It was repetitive and even tiring after a while, but I made good progress on the two identical songbooks.

- 14 out of 16 page bases are equipped with basic background elements, such as trees, grassy stripes, clouds and suns. Which, considering that I first had to make the templates myself and then cut out everything by hand, wasn't a small feat, if I say so myself. Of course, I still have to sew on everything, as the parts are only taped on, but still, I'm getting the overall image what the books will look like. The colours are a bit psychedelic here and there as, of course, one never gets the exact kind of felt one would need, but they'll have to do.

- I managed to find my teddy template and alter it so that it would look more like a proper bear. So, bears are cut out as well. Fleas and mosquitoes left to do, plus a small house for each book, as well as many other details. But the thing is taking shape.

I allowed myself a short break, watching Money for Nothing, which Mum and I both enjoy. Even though sometimes the "rescued" items looked better in their original (rather battered) shape than after the "facelift", IMO. I'm surprised how many people are willing to buy such... odd items.

Not much else was there on the telly to watch, so I played a bit of Solitaire on my geriatric laptop, solved some crossword puzzles and am about to read some fanfic. Yeah, I know it's a shame that fanfic is about the only thing I read in these days (save for stuff for research), but with such a limited attention span I need to read things I actually enjoy. Or not, as the case may be, in which case I can simply hit the Back button. A wonderful invention, the Back button. I wish more people would make use of it, instead of giving the authors grief because they don't agree with his/her view of a particular fandom.

Comments

[cora]

Yeah, I know it's a shame that fanfic is about the only thing I read in these days (save for stuff for research)

Reading is still reading :) Fanfiction counts. Fanfiction was actually where I picked up the word "sycophant" and "intransigent." Both from Swan Queen Once Upon a Time fan fiction. As I have gotten older, I've used less and less of my "big fancy SAT" vocabulary words (which I have always enjoyed) because they're just...surplus words that unfortunately not everyone in the professional world knows/uses and I have to write for my audience.

Instead, I get to use words like "efficacy" to baffle them instead (I haven't found an accurate or effective synonym single word for that yet).

[wiseheart]

Words are a beautiful thing. I love writing in different languages because they work so unique ways - every single one has its own charm.

[cora]

I freaking love words. I love how language evolves around culture, too. Cultures add words into their lexicon as they become needed to describe a phenomenon. I love how each language has it's own unique set of "naughty words" based on the culture's taboos.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

The back button? Who the hell needs a back button! People are spoiling for a fight these days!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Not me! I'm the "leben und leben lassen" kind of person.

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

The back button! Yes, more people should use it rather than complaining.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I agree with you re the 'back' button. That sounds like a very impressive amount of work on your books. In my small town I have just one shop that sells felt squares. They have a selection that varies between two and six colours. You would die here. :D

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I probably would anyway. I'm a thoroughly urban creature, used to the big city, even though I am fortunate enough to live in a somewhat more quiet district.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that would require rudimentary intelligence.