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I have totally indulged in ordering a starter kit to make flowers out of nylon. I feel so girly.

I think part of the reason I like these crafty things is that my eyes hurt after staring at a monitor so long at work, so I don't really want to focus on one all evening long at home.

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I think you are awesome.

Which reminds me, I have made target wordcount on this !@$@(%(@# chapter, which means I am free, free, free to do embroidery!

Yay for embroidery! :D

Haha, there's something so wonderful about reaching a self-imposed goal! Do you cross-stitch?

I do! Not very well, because I just started up two mos. ago 20 years after my mom taught me the basic stitches. Most of which I've forgotten. But still! :-)

Ha, that's what I did with knitting! I used to cross-stitch but decided there was too much STUFF involved with a baby around the house so now I knit. I keep meaning to take it up again.

You're scaring me! Girly stuff ... eeek!

(Actually, those remind me of the plastic film flowers I made in the late 1960s ... .)

Someone at the Renfest sells these for $12 a flower 9_9

*blink*

*blink*

Suddenly this hobby seems much more attractive...

They made them as "magic wands" with your average dowel rod shoved up the middle, painted green, and the flower attached with green florist tape. The flower had a few mylar streamers coming from the middle and a short string of gold beads. There were various designs, all overpriced.

Hmmmmm.....

I...am totally tempted to get one of those kits. Thankfully, purple is out of stock, so I can dodge that bullet for a while. What color did you order?

Pink. :D

My iPod case is pink, my phone is pink, my wallet is pink, and the ID holder on my keychain is pink. I am afraid I may have to turn in my tomboy card. (But I have no pink *clothes*!)

Heehee! My purse, iPod and phone are all shiny, shiny blue. Wallet is shiny purple. And I actually have several pink shirts, and a pink hoodie. But I still don't consider myself girly. ^_^;

I've been knitting while listening to my ipod recently. Getting away from the computer screen is really really nice.

I think that may be part of why I just don't seem to do well at digital art. It's too hard to force myself into the chair after hours of screen. Playing with toys, er, I mean pens and paper, is easier.

I used to make flowers out of calico cloth instead of nylon. It was part of school art project. Really hard! But the flowers were gorgeous.

I need to get a few more designs done for the buttons in the next week, so I can order them and have them here by July 9th, which means, unfortunately, staring-at-screen time, but then I can focus on kanzashi and, possibly, these. XD

I strongly recommend the following:

Elegant Ribbonwork (http://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Ribbonwork-Heirloom-Projects-Occasions/dp/0896893103).

Ladies' Fancy Work (http://www.hairwork.com/books_for_sale/ladies_fancy_work.htm).

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Silk-Ribbon-Embroidery-Bible-Illustrated/dp/0896891690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244635041&sr=8-1).

A bunch of different ways to make flowers in super-girly ways.

Pssst...make tiny fairy/butterfly wings with that same technique, tart 'em up with ribbons and flowers and beads and stuff, slap on some elastic or ribbon to tie them on with, similar to the fairy wings you see for kiddy Halloween costumes, and I bet the Crazy Doll People would SNAP THEM RIGHT UP. ;)

Ooooooooh! XD

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