This year my sister became an American.

The image is drawn but the text is embroidered.

I lost a couple rolls of film worth of pictures and I am infinitely worried. I sewed all Sunday long and managed to sew up my new favorite dress. On Friday, I made my new summer purse. Then on Saturday, I got my first sun burn of the summer. Tonight I'll watercolor. Pictures post tomorrow!

Hello there.

Long time no see, blog but I am back. Past three months have been kind of hectic with dreading school and hating work and being an emotional wreck. I'm back! I'm ready to DIY it up to the max. School is over in less than 40 hours and I am more stoked than ever. Here's a picture of a baby hat that was a byproduct of fair isle pattern I attempted to make (it was mailed to my only friend with a baby), a bowl full of ceramic earthworms that I made in class in order to overcome my fear of them, Chris putting yummies onto french toast almond butter "mini subs", a silly calendar of May I made while the kids were doing the same thing, a map full of silly words and a tree I decorated to celebrate spring. Oh in the picture with the hat, I sewed in the cuff with my favorite fabric in the entire world. I made two shirts with it already. Summer's here! I can tell because instead of pom poms, that tree has unripened plums!

Outfit post

This is my favorite outfit ever for now. I felt so good wearing it that I felt compelled to post a picture of it. I am wearing

Shoes- Keep
Leggings and Cardigan- American Apparel
Shirt- Rogan for Target
Skirt- Vintage
Scarf- NY streets
Necklace- Seattle antique shop skeleton key

HOUSES

FUNNY HOUSES ARE SO CUTE.
found at http://lodgewars.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_17.html

Fusing

I am ashamed that I haven't posted in so long, but I heard that March is the Month of Crafts so I shall make make make! I started the month by finishing up a pair of socks knitted with Noro sock yarn and fusing the hell out of beads upon beads. It's fun!

Upside down houses

I'm so into upside down structures, it is not even funny.

Also,

Happy Obama Day!

I've been obsessed with the Sampler making thing on American Girl website. Felicity is the best. I think these look so cute I can't handle it. Well Obama Day is so great I feel like my eyes are tearing up every time I think about it. I just heard Charlie Gibson talking about Sasha and Malia's coats and about how much fun Sasha probably had picking it out. This makes me so happy. Joe Biden's beautiful smile makes me happy. I'm so giggly and happy and excited and kind of nervous. They say there are 10 balls happening tonight in Obama's honor and he's expected to dance at each and every one of them. Hot.



I like them!





Some preview of my recent projects, including a professional African American man in honor of Obama.

New Year Crafts!

I doodled this lady in class when I was bored, and last night I carved linoleum of her face. It took 3 buffy episodes, but I think she's damn perfect.



My sister is modeling this headband I made. Cheap notions/weird appliques from SAS and vintage paisley trimming make perfect headbands. I've been wearing this a lot with my new poncho and the old Mexican boots from the ten dollar store.



My sister who is completely oblivious to all things craft bought this from Joann about a year ago. She still hasn't learned to use the sewing machine, so I made it for her. Why she wanted this tiny quilt, I do not know, but I think it's rather darling.

Merry Christmas!

This year, I celebrated Christmas by making homemade marshmallows with friends using Martha's recipe and carving my head off to make linoleum block printed Christmas cards. After Olvera St, I listened to Odetta and danced around the house then eating alphabet soup out of a bowl I made while watching Buffy. I also sewed velvet until my fingers were stained. The rest of the day was spent sitting around listening to Debussy with my family while eating in-n-out then watching Korean dramas all night.

Christmas eve ruled. I wish everyone a great happy merry Christmas!

Worry dolls

For Christmas, Justin took me to Olvera St. and bought me everything I wanted. I picked out a pair of leather sandals and a couple families of worry dolls. I think they are so darling and I love them so much. 

I want to make something out of them like a pin or something but I don't want to take them apart from one another. 

I'm free.

Today was the last day of school until January 5. It's a bummer I'm taking winter session but I'm gonna do it! I guess I might not go to Chicago tomorrow, it's still up in the air and I don't really care. To celebrate my freedom, I took a self portrait on my beloved Land camera and finally got to use my self timer. It's insanely hectic running around trying to make sure I set everything up right. I had to do this 5 times, but I really like the result. The colors kept on coming out skeezy because the film was old. I forgot that I bought this film 2 summers ago and that's why the film was being unforgiving. I just ran around, googled, adjusted until I ran out of film. 

It's my homage to Mexican haciendas. 

One day, I will have a working scanner. Until then, this will do. I also just got a bunch of 55 film and a handmade wooden pinhole camera. I'm gonna make so much.

Earwarmers.

I saw this thing at Urban Outfitters and I thought that I could make it. So I did! I knit it with white cotton yarn with a pink mohair. It's wonderfully fluffy and so nice. Today I wore it out for the first time, and I kept on getting "Why isn't it a beanie?" comments but I like the 20'sness of it.  

The flower looks like this. Kind of oversized but lovely.

That's the original I looked at while knitting.

Early 2008

These are really old, but I really like the shrinky banner pins, and vintage wooden button rings, and loomed flowers I made with yarn from this estate sale. I wish I could craft more. I don't have the time, but more tragic thing is that I stepped on my flower loom, so I can't make flowers anymore.

Modge Collage

For my art class, I had to make a collage using all the design elements, blah blah, about yourself blah blah. I stayed up all night cutting cigarette boxes and decoupaging the hell out of everything. All the things on the collage were found in my room, just laying around, and I think that means I have too much crap. I guess it was worth it because it was really well received and I think it looks pretty badass. My art teacher man said "that looks like art" and tried to make me call myself an artist. I don't really want to seem like an ass and call myself an artist or a photographer, because that just sounds lame. I think I'm still only 20 to declare anything like that. I am just gonna be me and work it and see what happen. Modge Podge ruined my nails, but I did enjoy peeling the dried layer of stickies off my fingers while watching Buffy.

Yellow house and birthday party.

I worked for Justin's grandma for his uncle's birthday party. I taped a bunch of decorations everywhere and it looked hilarious. This marks the end of my blogging binge. My new nickname for myself is Blogging Molly.

Oh, I am taking a RT to Chicago in 3 weeks. Sweet.

My favorite things of November

My dear boy is in a new band.



This truck has airbrushed artwork of the same truck getting chased by a cop car and a helicopter by a shell station. Bomb.



I bought wool and a drop spindle at Felt Club, which was a beautiful event by the way. I made yarn for the first time ever and it turned out crazy thick and funny looking but it is yarn afterall.



Chris Torres and I went to Intelligencia after trying to go to MOCA for the 3rd time. I finally got to go last weekend, and the Louise Bourgeois show was so fantastic. She had fabric sculptures and fabric collages. It was just amazing. Well, CT and I had fun one day, and that's when the picture was taken.



Raku in class! I rakued a bowl that my dad stole from me. I've got much better at the wheel and throwing or whatever, and made a set of mugs for my family. It's for Christmas!



The knitted blanket Justin bought for me has become one of my favorite blankies ever. It stretches and completly wraps my entire body, and it feels so awesome. I guess Justin likes it too.



I made it a goal to visit a museum every weekend of November. Out of 5 weekends, I went 3 to a museum three weekends. I went to MOCA where we ended up in Little Tokyo having delicious ramen, LACMA twice, once on a Monday, and the Norton Simon. This burger was purchased at LACMA, and it was delicious. Boigas and art. My favorite!

RIPE

I was in this group show this month. The theme was RIPE, so what's more appropriate than my favorite polaroids!

Dia de los Muertos

Justin's grandma had a beautiful dinner party for Justin's mom's birthday and the day of the day. We ate limey soup out of a bowl that looked like a gourd, and frosted and glittered sugar skulls. I love it when my dear boy and I craft together, but it's extra funny and cute when little kids are involved.