Pretty Cool (if I do say so myself!)

Really enjoying having nothing to do and all day to do it. The OMG-It's So-Hot weather has abated, gets down to 70 overnight and highs maybe low 90s at most. Gorgeous, balmy mornings and evenings. But late morning and early afternoon, I go into the RV, turn on the AC, and open up CRAFT CENTRAL.

Here's a pendant I made with Sculpey clay. I bake them in the convection oven. It's my casita! Look at the photo at the top of my blog:

It's only i inch wide, complete with purple railings and cortinas! As well as leaning palapa roof...

This one is baked, but unfinished. Manana... My mean cat Rocky...



I'm sewing again. Lost some weight this summer, and nothing fits. I've discovered I can take clothes I don't wear, and combine tops and bottoms to make DRESSES I probably won't wear!



The top one was a denim sleeveless blouse and a lined summer skirt. I hate skirts, probably because I no longer have a waist, per se. I like unstructured dresses that hang from my shoulders.

The white one was a size 3 long pleated skirt from a thrift store. The waist was actually 20 inches, but something made me cough up $1 for it. Who has a 20 inch waist? (Actually, all these "parts" are from thrift stores) And the tropical print was the part I cut off when I shortened another dress. It may be a nightgown now, too shapeless to wear in public. Maybe a "wandering in the yard" dress?

The last one was one of those long, gauzy, broomstick skirts. I just sewed it to a pale green embroidered linen tanktop. But then I had to line the skirt, because you could see right through it. It's lined with a filmy curtain, from which I cut off the lace header to use in another project some day...

This is mi favorito! It was an ankle-length Mom-Jumper, $1 at a segunda. I made it just above knee-length, then painted wildflowers on the pocket with fabric paint. Added a lime green T shirt. Really cute, and way too young for me, but I'll wear it anyway. It gots pockets!



So that's what I've been doing. Plus, my husband and I have begun playing online poker TOGETHER, just play money. It's way fun! He's on the PC, I'm on the laptop, we register for the same tournament (usually a 45 man) and I refuse to tell him when he should fold.  Pretty sure it's illegal to do that, but it's only play money, so maybe not? We almost always end up at the final table together, but I'm only "in the money" about 1/2 the time. Ron's much better, close to 90 %.

Today I'm still in my jammies at 3:30 PM. Too late to get dressed now, huh?