etsy update

new copper enamel cuties and knitted goodies are up!
..go check it out :)

owls

owls
Originally uploaded by stummesdingshop.

i've been doodle-ing my ass off

catscratch

catscratch
Originally uploaded by stummesdingshop.

ok so i had to have fun with photoshop while i uploaded the canteen bag image.. haha! who let the cat out of the bag!! haha.. i'm lame....

feltedpurse

feltedpurse
Originally uploaded by stummesdingshop.

i just finished my first felted bag! i started it about a week ago.. i'm super proud because the pattern was a bit challenging but.. whoo-hoo, i did it! it's a little smaller than i hoped it would be but i'm still satisfied. this was my first attempt at machine felting and i found it much more enjoyable than sweating over a steaming bathtub for ages wearing out every bit of strength left in me. i used the pattern from interweave knits called canteen bag.. how fun!

tagged!

I’ve been tagged!
Four jobs you have had in your life:
ohh geez.. i've had 25 million
1. photo lab
2. bakery.. yummm
3. silkscreening shop.. sounds fun but wasn't.. boo
4. dental technician.. presently..4.5 years.. whoo-hoo.. a record!
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. american movie
2. anchor man
3. amelie
4. fire walk with me
Four places you have lived:
The only places I’ve lived are:
1. Rochester,NY
2. Pittsburgh, PA.. one month count ?.. it sucked.
Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. Forensic files
2. hauntings
3. that 70's show
4. sylvia browne on montel
Four places you have been on vacation:
1. vegas
2. san fransisco
3. new york.. does sleeping in the back of a car or on the sidewalk
in a rainstorm in brooklyn count as vacation..yuk!
4. GRACELAND!!!
Four websites I visit daily:
1.myspace.. i need to find better things to do
2.a plethora of blogs
3.blogs
4.blogs
Four of my favourite foods:
1. sweets like creme brulee and chocolate milkshakes
2. rice and beans
3. grilled cheese and tomato on rye
4. tofu made many ways
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. montreal
2. in a beautiful loft in a nice city
3. france.. hrmm.. maybe
4. TOKYO!!
Four bloggers I am tagging:
Queen lime green
nico
jessica
heidi

you’re it!

new years post card swap

i've been working on postcards for my first swap! the swap was organized by my little mochi.
photoshop has become quite addicting and brain draining but here is what i've ended up with!

hand quilting with cats

i love this book its great! i started a quilt on january 2nd and i'm nearly done. my original plan was to make the pie in the sky
but i was completely intimidated by the pieces when i went to cut the fabric so i just began stripping.. eek!

here are the helpful boys on my strip quilt.. i was in the process of moving the hoop so i can continue quilting.. hand quilting gets old after awhile!
..... i think they knew that their pictures would end up on the internet and thats why i got all these wonderful fancy poses!

quote of the day

" i need chocolate and Sylvia Browne.. NOW!"
.. complete girl time did indeed include chocolate and sylvia browne as well as a manicure and pedicure that was completely destroyed and all gunked up by the end of montel.. damn.

i made it.. i made it!!

my first sock made it into the 05 file yippee!
I used the pattern thuja
from the new knitty. i'm gonna go start the other foot before i forget how.
Happy New Year!

.. thuja now has sister left foot.. or sister right foot.. whichever you prefer..
socks are done man.