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Archive for February, 2010
Tiny Lamp
Feb 19th
This guy’s a little tired of everyone always yanking his chain!
He can only hope that someone will hook him up to a “clap on” system someday.
Shelbi was the first to suggest a Tiny Lamp in the comments back in July of last year, so she gets a free pattern!
In the Tent with Anna Sui
Feb 18th
I stumbled into a chance to go to the Anna Sui Fall 2010 show at Bryant Park yesterday! It was fun to be in one of the tents with all the fashion industry insiders. (Myself, I was wearing jeans and a sweater with cat hair on it.)
I only had my phone camera with me, so I took home some blurry shots of glowing models. This is the best one, from the end of the show.
The show itself was really fun – I’ve never worn Anna Sui before, but almost everything on the runway had me thinking “I would totally wear that.” There was a lot of knitwear mixed in the collection, and I found a photo of my favorite piece on Style.com (where you can see photos of the full show).
I so want that pinky purple mountain sweater set!
Two Factories Available
Feb 17th
Update: The yellow Cheeseburgers into TVs factory has been sold and is no longer available.
I should mention that these two Tiny Things Conversion Factories are available for purchase!
Trees into Lions:
Cheeseburgers into TVs:
These are original knitted pieces that I made for the third annual “Luv-able & Hug-able” plush show that took place in December at gallery hanahou.
The price has been reduced to $200 each. Email me at info@mochimochiland.com if you’re interested!
Oh, and if I may do a quick brag: my third Tiny Thing Conversion Factory (which sold at the show) made it into Flickr’s Explore feature and has been viewed more than 11,000 times!
Springtime Cross-Stitch Peek
Feb 16th
My next cross-stitch design is in the works right now! Here’s a peek at what a small section of the chart is looking like.
Maybe you can tell what the subject matter is?
I’m still pretty amazed that I figured out how to create this kind of chart—with plenty of help, of course!
Boston Cream Why?
Feb 15th
My husband John loves cake, so I thought I’d bake him a cake for Valentine’s Day. Seeing as how I’m a pretty inexperienced baker, why wouldn’t I just choose the first complex recipe that I came across? So there it was on Design Sponge the other day, a recipe for a beautiful Boston cream pie—accompanied by pretty photos, of course!
So I tried, and… kind of failed.
As you can see, my “chocolate glaze” was more like a chocolate syrup when I poured it on top, but I rolled with it anyway. I think it was a matter of substituting an ingredient or two, and maybe also an issue of temperature. (And boy does it look extra creepy sitting in the fridge in this photo!)
Anyway, it was eaten, and enjoyed, so I guess I kind of succeeded in the end, too. What will happen on day two of the cake remains to be seen, though.
