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This is darling! I love graph paper! I'll be linking.
graphic notes
Gather Together: stack of graph paper (an art supply store may carry non-standard types of graph paper used in engineering/architecture) flash cards (1 for the cover + 1 for the back OR just 1 for the cover + a chipboard back cut to size) screw post or binder ring paper cutter...
That is almost more awesome than I can take. We truly live in amazing times.
when memes collide, we all win
Years from now, our kids are going to ask us about the Wolf Shirt and Keyboard Cat memes and wonder why in the world we cared about them so much. When that day comes, some of us will reach into our dressers, pull out this shirt, and tell our children, "We needed them, so we could have this."
Darling! I love the reversibleness. Is that a word? =) I'll be linking.
make it : 5-minute hairkerchief
hair can get in the way sometimes - which is why you'll find pony elastics on practically every doorknob in our house. but sometimes you need more - perhaps you're headed out for a bike ride, or there's just been one too many blobs of yogurt in the little one's locks, or you'd simply like to ...
Aww, I love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing, I'll be linking to this.
DIY: One-of-a-kind Trip Map gift
Have you taken the trip of a lifetime? Know someone who has? Remember that special time with a one-of-a-kind personal trip map! Relatives of mine just returned from a two week visit to Italy. To help them remember their journey, I created these personal maps. Maps are wonderful! They come i...
These are fabulous! I love the bird. I'll be linking.
DIY: FREE printable Bird recipe card
So good there is not even a crumb left! I have been cooking and baking a lot lately with some of my mother's tried and true recipes. My mom keeps giving me these cute little recipe cards that she has had for years, so I decided to make some of my own! Please enjoy these FREE PRINTABLE Bird Re...
Oh how pretty! Thanks so much for sharing, I'll be linking.
DIY: FREE printable Summer Gift Tags
**In honor of the bee that tried to sting me today** Print on cardstock and trim. Download SummerGiftTags here. COMMON SENSE RULE: PLEASE DO NOT COPY, REPRODUCE, MODIFY OR PROFIT FROM THIS DESIGN IN ANYWAY. {Cheating means we have to stop sharing. Please don't be that person.}
Aww, thanks SO much! This was the best surprise as I was clicking through all the blogs in my Reader! Totally made my day!
Blog Love: One Pretty Thing
With my package design background, my comfort zone is creating two and three dimensional paper projects. That was before I wandered onto Rachel Klein's site, One Pretty Thing. This site features beginner to advanced DIY projects from all over the internet using different types of materials for a...
I saw your graduation bubble favors on BlissfullyDomestic. I jsut had to stop by and say how much I loved them!
Lovin this...
These are so pretty, I love this idea! I'll be linking in my next Baby Shower Roundup.
DIY: Baby Shower Candy Favor boxes
I just finished these super cute boy themed baby shower favors. My mom was my helpful assistant on this project. We found a cute poem and ran with it. I could not find favor boxes that I liked, so being a package designer, I created a dieline and made little kraft boxes. This was an easy and ...
I am ridiculous excited about this.
my first episode of family guy airs on march 29
I guess the air date for the Star Trek episode of Family Guy was announced today, so the long wait for everyone who has been excited to see this (that includes me) is nearly at an end. My Google Alerts thing has been sending me e-mails about it all day, including this one from THR.com: A member...
I can't remember where I saw it but some blog had a list of "internet celebrities who use twitter." You were on the list and I added you from that. This was some time last week.
i'm not going to lie to you: there's a lot of awesome packed into this post
Hi there, I'm Wil, and I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Why is that? Well, allow me to present the following items to support this outrageous claim: Quite some time ago, I engaged in correspondence with one of the guys who makes woot go. One thing lead to another, and I ended up designing a T-...
Educated with the classics.
from the vault: the autumn moon lights my way
I reached into the vault and pulled this entry out today because a reader recently commented that it was one of her favorites, and what do you know, it's one of mine, too. When I wrote this, Ryan and Nolan were barely 16 and 14, in the middle of what Anne and I called "The Pod Person Phenomenon"...
That card is FABULOUS! And you've totally sold me on the heat pencil. I am a good little tracer.
Remember when they had those step-by-step drawing books? You would add a line step by step and at the end you would have a dump truck or a picture of He-Man or whatever? Well I skipped all the steps and just traced the final drawing and none of the other kids EVER CAUGHT ON. Hmm. Maybe I was held back and no one told me? Not so bright those kids. But it was nice to be thought of as the girl who could Follow Directions From The Drawing Book well. I guess now I'll be thought of as the girl who Cheated On Her Drawings in Fourth Grade. Oh well.
Embroidery Week :: Hamie the Hedgie and Hank too!
Hola Friends! Let's jump right in to day two of Embroidery Week! If you recall from last week, I talked about a heat transfer pencil (like this one HERE). MomChops saved me the shipping fee on a $1.99 item and went to the fabric store and got each of us one (thanks a TON Moms)! I could not...
I am SO excited about Embroidery Week! As of today I am *almost* caught up and I can jump back into some crafting. I've always wanted to learn more about embroidery (as in the RIGHT way to do it, not my beer-fuled woo-hoo look-I-stitched-a-dog-riding-a-hamburger-on-a-pillowcase (again) way.) So yah, bright on the resources and the awesome patterns that I will be linking up a storm to!
Embroidery Week :: Kick-off!
Hi everyone! Hank the Tree Stump here! Welcome to the first ever LollyChops Embroidery Week (Lolly told me I could do the intro but she's taking over from here)!! I am completely new to embroidery and figured you might as well hang out with me as I learn my way through the multitude of ...
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I can't wait for your book!
justice is served, edo-style!
I understand that SciFi Channel has just finished serving up a special kind of Justice. From our first season on TNG, it's full of growing pains, but it remains one of the most unintentionally hilarious we ever did, and if ever there was an episode worthy of a Riff Track, well, I think this one ...
I'm seeing it tonight. I'm so jealous I can't see it in 3D though. I've had a blast pouring over the set pictures online as well as a few making of videos. The knit gloves blew me away.
BTW, I think I've watched that video you posted with Data's paintings about 365,000 times now. "I like being strong!"
my other mother loves me
Yesterday, Anne convinced me to take a break from work so we could go see a matinee of Coraline, which was playing in 3D at a local theater. I love the book, and I love Nightmare Before Christmas, so it seemed like a no-brainer. But 3D? I wasn't so sure. I'm not a huge fan of 3D. It always feels...
Wow-what a creative gift! My husband would have loved it if I did this. It would almost make up for yelling, "lightening bolt, lightening bolt" when he goes for his dice. =) I wish I'd seen this at Christmas when I was doing my "gifts for geeks" Roundup. All the signatures are what totally make it though. Love what you wrote Wil.
one of the most awesome things i've ever autographed
When I was at the Phoenix Comicon, a girl came up to me on the first day and asked me if I'd sign this present she was making for her boyfriend: a papercraft d20. She was taking it around the con and getting a few people she thought he'd like to sign it for him, and I was on the list. I needed...
I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
your daily dose of surreality
I have no idea what the hell is going on here, but I love it: (via Reddit)
Oh I love that butterfly project! Yours is going to look great! As are the necklaces.
If I manage to make my bed in the morning, I consider myself accomplished for the day. I try to do it first thing in the morning so can rest for the remainder of the day and reflect back on all I managed to do.
<---Setting the bar low
...a report from the craft room front lines...
Next time I decide to give away so much stuff within such a short amount of time.. you guys need to pop me in the CrazyChops! Kay??? I am trying to get everything made for the giveaways I have had in the past two weeks and I am only about 1/4 of the way done! AHHHHH! It's not the paper tha...
I totally hear you regarding tabs. There are so many amazing things to look at on the blogs. At the end of the day when I've categorized everything I possibly could, I still have 50+ tabs open. Yeesh. I've made it one of my goals to go through them every night and leave nothing open. It's hard but it makes a world of difference.
I keep all my daily to-do's in a notebook. One page a day. The top half has everything I do every day: walk the dog, email, post, work out, etc. I recopy that list daily. The bottom half has things that are unique to each day. Today is Thursday, which means I clean all the bedrooms. I also have to do laundry, grocery shop and rake the yard. If I don't finish, I copy the tasks on to the next day and cross out each page as I go. Focusing on a new fresh page each day really helps me to stay current, not focused on what I should have done.
One thing at a time.
Hi, my name is Jena, and I'm a serial procrastinator. {Hi, Jena.} It's Jan 22nd and I still haven't taken my Christmas decorations down. Please help me. I find myself so riddled with various goals that never get accomplished: lists of things that never get checked off, books that don't ge...
“This movie needs 33% more skin-tight jumpsuits.”
Hilarious. I'd love to see the formula that generated 33%.
Geek in Review: Sci-Fi Guilty Pleasures: Schwarzenegger Edition
Oh man, I had more fun than should be legally allowed while working on this month's Geek in Review, Sci-Fi Guilty Pleasures: Schwarzenegger Edition: Long before he was the most dangerously incompetent governor California has ever had, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the biggest action superstar on th...
What an interesting read. I could totally see feeling that way after being involved in something as big as ST at such a young age. I'm excited for you to come together with everyone and feel like you're more on the same level. I imagine you'll have a blast now that you feel more relaxed and accomplished and you'll feel free to go even farther.
SOO excited about Family Guy!
in which wil talks to trekmovie dot com
I talked to Trekmovie.com about my trip to Phoenix Comicon this weekend. It's a pretty comprehensive interview, and they split it into two parts. Part one is up today: TrekMovie.com: Well you and Brent [Spiner] and Marina [Sirtis] have a joint appearance the Phoenix Comic Con, any thoughts abou...
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