Posts by author:

caryn ann

Lady Grey Coat, Still Going After All These Years

April 13, 2012

The Lady Grey Coat is still a project in progress and is now suffering from all of the woes of my love-hate relationship with sewing. It will be done within a few weeks, I am at all of these final, yet time-consuming, finishing steps, and realizing and bemoaning all of the things that went wrong [...]

Read the full article →

Project Effie Trinket

April 12, 2012

Like so many, I am seriously enthralled by The Hunger Games.  Of course I think the books far superior, but the movies excelled in bringing some rich and memorable imagery to bear.  While Jennifer Lawrence was much better as Katniss than I had thought she would be, my unexpected favourite is the inimitable Effie Trinket.  [...]

Read the full article →

Sometimes I just wonder

March 12, 2012

Sseriously, sometimes I wonder why I even sew. Things never come out the way they were imagined after pouring hours and hours into them. Case in point, this pattern (Simplicity 3906) for a dog ramp. If it said unsuitable for obvious one-way prints, I didn’t see it. Ding number one. The way they think you [...]

Read the full article →

UFO: Picking back up on making the Lady Grey Coat

January 31, 2012

Is this the third time I have restarted this project? Well I just realized my fabric is plaid (yes, I can be an idiot) and I gave no thought at all to matching plaid lines. Screw it. It will be what it will be. I am thoroughly enjoying putting to use the tailoring techniques learned [...]

Read the full article →

Why is printing online coupons such a royal pain in the ass?

January 16, 2012

I love to coupon. LOVE it. But I swear, they couldn’t make printing online coupons any more complicated if they tried. It reminds me of the days of RealPlayer before Apple came along and straightened out how to make music EASY. It is so flipping stupid that I am livid actually. Even after installing their [...]

Read the full article →

Demented.. DEMENTED??

December 4, 2011

I was at physical therapy the other day due to a cervical neck disc bulge, aka a pain in my neck, and picked up the latest Lucky Magazine in the waiting room. In the advice column, it was asked whether one’s toenail polish should match one’s nail polish. The consultant said that absolutely not, unless [...]

Read the full article →

Etsy … bah

December 2, 2011

E tsy is a rip-off for small sellers. If you sell small-ticket items, Etsy’s listing fees are a complete rip-off. Twenty cents a pop for three months may sound like a good deal, that is unless you are selling vintage patterns, some of which sell for $2.00 each, and don’t sell quickly. Etsy seriously needs [...]

Read the full article →

Escapist Drug Number One: Scrapbooking

November 26, 2011

I have finally started scrapbooking again. I had done a little digital scrapbooking, and while that was fun, and MUCH cheaper, it doesn’t have the same appeal of having an actual book to hold and show off. So I decided to send off the digital files to be printed on 12×12 pages so that I [...]

Read the full article →

Project Runway: Oliver is auff’d to the world of flat-chested women and pre-pubescent boys

September 24, 2011

Project Runway. How I hate/love thee and thy progeny. And I really hate to criticize the contestants because really, I know nothing about them. Reality shows are edited for the drama and controversy to drive ratings and this approach doesn’t always show the real human beings in a fair light. And I emphasize “real human [...]

Read the full article →

Gecko Fingers

July 28, 2011

Yes, yes, another gadget. The purpose? To soak off acrylic or artificial nails or…. for some bizarre finger bondage fetish involving strangling the tips of one’s fingers. I walked around the house entertaining myself by pretending to stick to glass doors like a gecko. Anything to distract myself from the feeling that all the blood [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →