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Dear Blog,
Today was a pretty good day.
I made these earrings by cutting up a cd, putting it in the microwave for a few seconds, then baking the crackly bits in the oven for a few minutes. Drilled holes when they cooled down.
Also, my brother and I made a subversive gingerbread house for Cale’s birthday:
<– Happy house eats happy gingerbread man. Has third eye.
<–Ben was in charge of the candy kill side.
<– My side may be a little more traditional…
<– Yep.
Also, the amaryllis is getting huge!
AND I made my first sale on etsy today! Huzzah!
AND I started an alternate blog, to keep going with this thing-a-day stuff. I suspect it’ll be like a cross between thing-a-day and a photo journal. Whatever form it takes, it’ll be: colorful, illustrated, full of flash photography and a little bit tacky.
If you liked what I did this month, come check it out 
http://molliefabric.wordpress.com
I’ve had a great time “getting to know you” through your crafts, you guys, and I do hope to keep in touch with some of you, and keep up with the wonderful things you are making!
Such an amazing body of work here, really.
Cheers to all, see you next year!
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February 25th
I made a decoration for my car! I found this clear cd packaged with a bunch of recordable/rewriteable cds I bought. I’m not sure why they felt compelled to include a clear cd, but I decided I might as well do something creative with it. I used sharpies, elastic wire, stickers, and a quote from On the Road< by Jack Kerouac.
Dangling against my wall.
So you can see it better, against paper.
“…because the only people that interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yearn or say a commonplace thing… but burn, burn, burn like roman candles across the night.” - Jack Kerouac
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Tonight I made a Valentine’s Mix CD:
- Just What I Needed - The Cars
- Mushaboom - Feist
- This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
- Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
- I’m The Man Who Loves You - Wilco
- You’re The Ocean - Teitur
- Strange And Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell On You) - Aqualung
- Lover’s Spit - Broken Social Scene
- Love And Some Verses
- Somethig In The Way She Moves - James Taylor
- You On My Mind In My Sleep - Richard Ashcroft
- High - The Cure
- Brand New Colony - The Postal Service
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Day Eight:
I made this CD for myself…Some songs that I like to sing along to…
- Goods - Mates of State
- Train from Kansas City - Neko Case
- The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
- Portions for Foxes - Riloy Kiley
- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
- American Pie - Don McLean
- American Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
- Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
- Bowling Green - Neko Case
- Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
- A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Etta James and Louie Armstrong
- Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
- Peach, Plum, Pear - Joanna Newsom
- Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
- I Wish I Was The Moon - Neko Case
- Brand New Colony - The Postal Service
Day Nine: I made 2 strikes in the first two frames…Bowling at the Port Authority.
Day Ten: I made Organic Hat #3 - Striped and Day Eleven: I’ll be finished with this bag tonight…
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I took a class this weekend on how to make a solar car for the Junior Solar Sprint! It is basically the new soapbox derby race and teams of students work together to make solar cars and then race them against each other. I’m a teacher for the project, so I got to spend a day trying out the ideas, concepts and exacto knives! This is what I came up with with my partner.
These are the gears and motor. I learned about gear ratios. I learned that I dont’ know how they work. But I will!
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February 05th 8:54 :33 am by
dmarie
So, my days are filled with non-stop running and by the time I have a chance to post my TAD, I am horizontal in bed..so, this is my catch up post. Not that any of these are necessarily horribly creative, but, such is my life these days.
TAD #2 - CLEANING AND SEALING THE COUNTERTOPS
This was Saturday and I felt like crap. I had attempted to do a little too much the day before and I was having aches in places that I shouldn’t have. So, my big thing was to clean off all of the tools, adhesives, pieces/parts and so on that were cluttering up my onyx countertop. I cleaned it really well and then sealed it.
TAD#3 - MAKING A CLOSET WHERE ONE DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE
Sunday was a whole new task. I had to figure out how to install a somewhat decent looking rod to hang my clothes in my new closet. The problem is, the wall is on a roofline and most pre-made closet things you buy are made to go in square, not slanted spaces. So, after spending a good deal of time in the hardware section, I came up with a solution using hitching rings, 1×4’s & a nice chrome closet bar. It’s amazing how much time this took to install. I still need to stain the 1×4’s, but I am very happy with the final product.
TAD #4- THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Last night the task was to figure out how to set up the new TV with the legacy receiver, DVD, CD and make it all work with the in-ceiling speakers.
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Oh man, I keep getting distracted from doing things by fun people and events. Finished a mix for a friend, and I’m hoping the playlist and cover design could count for 2 different “things”. I know it’s cheating…but it’s better than giving up!
recycled materials: stickers from an old planner, bicycle map
