Crochet Blanket and Halloween Recap

My buddy Meredith got married last week and for a gift, I decided to crochet the happy couple a purple blanket to snuggle up under. I tried a new stitch, and I love the results. Even my pro-knitting / anti-crochet co-worker loved it, saying, "that looks like a knitting pattern!"

What do you think?

In other news, Halloween has come and gone. And while I was sad about not being in Milwaukee to throw our annual Halloween dance party, I got to enjoy the holiday in my new town, with my new co-workers...

I dressed as the Sun-Maid Raisin lady! All of the fake grapes were found sitting around my grandma's house :) I altered a t-shirt to match the one in the logo, and I made the bonnet in about 20 minutes after watching  this handy youtube tutorial:

My manager, Jim, dressed as Porter Wagoner, and did a mighty fine job on creating his costume. Check out the shotgun going up the leg, and the cactus on the sleeve! 

My co-worker, Asuza (the pink monkey), and two of her friends win for my favorite costume of the year though. I kind of want to steal one of those costumes :)

So that was my Halloween! How was yours? What did you dress up as? I'm going to ask questions to promote commenting! Is anybody reading? I promise to write more posts in the future :)

Animal paintings for a baby cousin.

So my cousin Kelly is having a baby and asked me to make some paintings for the baby room, which has a jungle theme. Here are four out of the five paintings. The fifth is a Lion. I didn't like the way it turned out as much as these others, so you don't get to see it!

Dream Journal #2 - The Long Hair

Dream Journal #1 - Remember this one, Chat-bot?

I love Emily Carroll's dream journals, so I wanted to try my hand at drawing some to.

Here is #1, a dream from last night...

Emily's are slightly better... You should really go check them out. 

Linoleum printing with my sis

Last week my sister and I did some printing at her house. It was Amy's first time and we had a lot of fun!

Here she is, working away:

 

I actually just did some drawing and showed Amy the ropes that night, and then came home and made my own from one of my sketches:

Our subjects were Amy's pets, Louie and Rufus:

And here they are:

Metal Folding Chair Makeover...

These metal folding chairs were left by a roommate when we were moving out of our old place, so Sam and I snatched them up, thinking they might be useful. We found some cool fabric at a vintage shop and got some spray paint to match.

Before...

... And After

It was a fun, cheap quickie project that took about 5 hours at most. There are four chairs, two of each design.

Twitter Sticky Note Challenge #75

From @tank_s: What is your favorite herb or spice?

Twitter Sticky Note Challenge #74

From @tank_s: draw your favorite thing about yourself....

Sticky Note Challenge #74

From me: Draw a dead famous person you wish you could meet.

I want Mark Twain to come back from the dead to tell me a story.

Sticky Note Challenge #73

From @tank_s: Draw what you're most looking forward to about spring.

I am most looking forward to Julie's big comeback!!!