naturally

shockingly, i have been remiss in showing you my projects for craft stylish over the past month. april's theme was crafty by nature, and there were so many fab ideas for reducing, re-using, and re-styling you'll just have to take a look! my own contributions included two more t-shirt re-do's (one involving no sewing at all!), a hanging crochet planter for a terrarium, a hand-stitched eyeglass case, and a recycled twine doormat.

also, wendy, the winner of the contest used one of my tutorials for her entry! i met wendy last year at the alabama chanin workshop. her prize was a Yudu screen printer and she is one lucky girl... way to go wendy!

more socks

i know these are very plain-jane (knitwise, anyway) and they're not even toe-up, but i started them on the 12-hour train ride i took to go home to cleveland for the holidays, and i finally finished them a couple weeks ago. i love how space-dyed yarns make weird patterns as you go; i have even seen them make spontaneous argyles! i think knitters call it 'pooling' and generally don't like it, but i feel the opposite...

yellow wednesday

now, why was yellow so easy, bright and fun to find on this grey january day? not like that gloomy purple! this is an interesting project, since i am not in my own home (which no longer exists!) so it's not even a reflection of my taste at all. here are some more really nice examples of all of these colors...

purple tuesday

purple tuesday wasn't easy (the fact that it's actually wednesday, *cough-cough*, notwithstanding). i think in the spring there is a lot of purple out in the world, but in january, not so much. it was a struggle, and i'm certainly not in love with any of these photographs. i'm not even certain some of them are purple. but i tried.

oops: blue monday

ok, so last week i was reading one of my regular blogs, curious bird, and leya said that she was going to do a color week starting on monday. the idea is that each day of the week is assigned a color, and you go out and take photos of whatever you can find that fits. what a fun idea! i've never participated in anything like this, and i thought it would be a perfect way to get me started taking photos and noticing details on this amazing farm that i now (temporarily) reside upon. now, fast-forward to yesterday, when i suddenly realized with a start that i had signed up to do this and, yes, it was already tuesday! and it was already dark. so, tail between my legs, this morning i dutifully went about making up for my three-days-lateness so here you have it: my rendition of Blue Monday...

framed

every time i go home to ohio, i love looking at all of the family photos my mom has on the wall along the stairs. i have boxes and boxes of my own photos that i've been meaning to sort through, so that i can create my own photo wall. maybe it will finally happen this year?

good dish

when i first moved into my apartment, almost 5 years ago, i couldn't find a set of dishes that i liked. so i got a cheap set of red melamine dishes to be my temporary ones until i found ones that were 'just right'. well, since then i've seen plenty of beautiful dishes, but none that i could afford. but several months ago i read about a new food-safe ceramic paint that can be 'fired' in a home oven, and was inspired to paint my own damn set! i got these plain ones at IKEA and doodled some simple shapes on them, no two alike. and i love them!


in other news, i'm determined to finish this sweater that i started 2 winters ago. it's a pattern from Interweave Crochet (Fall 2005 i think?) and i believe the yarn is Colinette Point 5, but i'm not positive because i got it at a sample sale.

gertie wanted in on the photo shoot, as usual...