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So I put the new eyeballs on my bird and you know what my kids said? Ewww! Freaky, MOM! Those eyes are huge! They're bug eyes! Well, as much as I tried to convince them that they eyes were the most beautiful thing on this Earth next to Webkinz they weren't having it. And truth be told I wasn't crazy about how they protruded away from the head in certain areas. Note to self- maybe plan this in earlier , like when shaping the head! Knowing the perfectionist inside of me I knew it wouldn't suffice. I'd see nothing else on that bird but where the eyeballs didn't quite touch the head and it would be like an itch I couldn't ignore. So here's the bird with eyelids! Birds have eyelids, Don't they? Well this one does! I ran it past my panel of judges and I got one- "Awesome, Mom, really cool!" And one "Still freaky, Mom!". I'm going with it, though. Time to move on. Today I ordered frit. In our little downtown...

Ok, I'm going to make this quick! I'm in the middle of my first ever architectural rendering and there is a real client waiting for this masterpiece so I have to figure out how to turn this trainwreck around. (That means that so far things are not going well.) And, yes, I did hesitate before I used that title for this post. Insert my mother's voice saying " Christine ! That's sacreligious!" But what the heck, its all in jest! Right? So that makes the sacreligious part O.K., right? Right? Anyhow- I made eyes for the bird and they were super easy!!!! Want to know how? Ok! Almost anything I could ever imagine (and that's a lot) can be made of items purchased from my local art store, grocery store or one of my favorite places- the hardwares store. I like to walk down the aisles and look at all the weird parts and pieces they imagine I might need and instead, imagine all the other things they could be! Actually, most of this came from ...

I started right away to repair the broken bird. I was very dedicated and I have to say I'm pleased to report everything A-ok, in the end. Well, maybe not my broken rump but there's only so much that can be done about that- without surgery or worse- exercise. I thought I'd pick up a brush and apply some color to big little lady's gown but there must still be some thinking to do because instead I found myself working on her eylids- which turned into lower lids and nose and forhead and eyes. And here she is ready to speak to me (and you) and say something so very important. She is- just look at those eyes! I'm a little afraid she's going to say "Hey! Why'd ya make my nose so big?" But I am prepared to tell her its just perfect. Those cheeks! Those lips! I can't wait to have her develop even more. But wait I will, its been another hellish week at work. I don't know what the economy has been in your part of the world but he...

Why, everything of course. I'm a dyslexic thinker. Right now I'm thinking I spelled that wrong but last time I used spell check it froze my computer. Not because my spelling is so bad that the work was too hard but because I have D I A L .....UP........oh, sorry, I fell asleep there for a minute. Seriously, thanks to dial up I get a lot of crafting done. How? Well, I wander off and work while I'm waiting for the page to load. I really have to work on getting cable. Speaking of 'working on' (cuz that would be a hubby decision, I'm not messing with his 'channels') did anyone see the commercial for desparate housewives where Eva Longoria's husband walks in and she says 'Hi honey, ready for some lunch?" and he says "I just opened the credit card bill" and she quickly replies "Did I say lunch? I meant SEX!" Who ever wrote that line sure put a smile on my this woman's face! But let's talk about my big fin...

"Yesterday I mentioned lipstick and I think some of you started salivating at the thought. See, I've always been quite the connoisseur of all things lip related. It comes from a deeply ingrained truth from ..." That's all the blog reader would show but I was captivated....a deeply ingrained truth.....Hmmmm, I've got some of those... and definatley some of those are tied to lipstick. For instance, it was a deeply ingrained truth to me that my mother thought if you ran a brush through your hair and applied a quick layer of very bright lipstick that you were presentation ready. I have so many images of her....rushing out the door,in her wrinkle free polyester pants and cotton tee shirt- screaming at my father to get in the car- they were late..., we were always late for everything, but we could never leave until my father had his coffee in his travel mug, warmend up and ready to go. He had his routine that had to happen before we could leave the drive. Long sl...

I was supposed to be showing you a picture like this..... ...because I spent last week concentrating hard on getting small details to a point where I could finally paint the damn bird. Things like creating a nice edge between the cut area (belly) and the body. Oh, yeah, I told you how I overwound the first music box mechanism and searched all over for a new one right at Christmas then wondered how I would ever get her off of one and onto the other, right? Well I did all that but then worried about it happening again so rather than just gluing the ballerina/music mechanism and ornament in I figured out a way to make it removable. Yeah- it was a real brain buster and let me tell you my house is a wreck/bills are unpaid/everything has been neglected. So I got through all of this finagle-ing petrified the whole time that I would break something and it would be unrepairable. Literally- at one point I was using gas grill lighter to melt plastic to create a "plate". I...

On Christmas Eve I met up with gal pal Chinamommy. We are always excited to exchange gifts because we know if we like it the other person will too. We try very hard not to spend a lot of money but rather get something that speaks to the other's personality and unique (very unique) style. I think Chinamommy did a fabulous job- don't you? Look at the ultra cool little wallet she found for me. I'm going to visit this site www.naturallife.net to see what other goodies this company makes. Do you like me in this pic? She called it my blinky eyed look. I corrected her and told her its a tick- my whole dang family will be at my house tomorrow- this is how it affects me. I bought her an Amy Butler sewing kit. She's excited to finally get sewing. I told her don't worry- there are patterns in there and I thought you could do something clever with them if the sewing bit doesn't happen. Earlier this year I went crazy over industrial chic jewelry and decided she...