…was going out to window shop for a “new sewing machine(The Janome Memory Craft 6500)”:http://www.janome.com/product_show.php?id=439. This one can sew 1000 stitches per minute and even has a heart stitch, I think I’m in love!
March 9th, 2006 Spring Cleaning Sale
“As promised”:http://karissacove.com/journal/archives/2006/03/05/a-general-update, it’s time to clear out all my old stock — everything’s been marked down 30-50% off (except the zines), it’s a “Spring Cleaning Sale”:http://karissacove.com/shop/! Since I mentioned the upcoming sale earlier the week, most of my stock has sold out, but there’s still a few purses and iPod cases left.
Just so’s you know, this is the last of all of these products, and they won’t be available again (including my zines).
Really, I’m excited about what comes next, but one thing at a time, right?
March 7th, 2006 My Transformed Studio
You might “remember me writing”:http://karissacove.com/journal/archives/2006/02/01/rearranging about how I was overhauling and organizing my messy studio — I spend so much time up here, and being in all the clutter and confusion was really wearing on my psyche.
After a week of Sundays*, here’s the end result:
Most of the work was sorting through all my notions and old fabric scraps and deciding what to keep or toss. I’m sure all you crafty ladies know what it’s like to hang onto every clasp and clip and just about every other little odd + end, because “you never know when it could come in handy!” That was my dilemma x 100! Stuff Overload!
But once I tossed a bunch of stuff, and organized what was left, the space is just so much more usable and functional — in fact, now it’s my favourite room in the house!
* It didn’t actually take me a month to complete my studio, but by the end of it, it sure felt that long!
March 6th, 2006 Happy Origami!
I was on a used book shopping spree with “Kevin and Steve”:www.houseofirony.com and stumbled across a gem on the dusty shelves of the craft section called “Happy Origami”:http://art-smart.ci.manchester.ct.us/ar-happy-origami2.html by Tatsuo Miyawaka:
It was published in Japan in 1964, and not only is there a folding diagram showing you how to properly make each origami animal, there’s also a completed animal glued on the next page for you to remove and inspect if you so desire. Here’s an example, kids in animal hats at the disco:
Its charm is unbelievable! Each one of completed origami is actually in a two colour printed scene — It’s like every page is a little work of art!
You can see all the pages, (plus two other Tatsuo Miywaka books) on “this Elementary School website”:http://art-smart.ci.manchester.ct.us/how_to/how_to_index.html.
