Well! I don't think I've ever made bread before. Recently I've wanted to, but my hands are too sore for all that kneading. Lo, I come across a recipe for no-knead bread that you store in the fridge and just pull off a hunk to rest, then bake, when you want it.

So... I gave it a try.




Could have been worse!

( Steps and recipe )

My very first autumn themed wrap. :D








( Other pictures and other projects )

SLEEPY!!

Today was pretty busy and so I didn't end up doing some of the things I thought I might with the stationary. Instead I did housework and then gardened and wrote out some cards for friends and family. I also doctored up my favorite plush, Stuffy, who was kind of sick looking and flat.

Toward the end of the night, I realized I hadn't really done anything for my work, so I decided I should do -something-. I kind of banged out a 'onesie' with felt details, ala Lou and Lee style because I love their felt designs. As I was putting it together though, I realised I didn't really know how much a baby would stretch out the cotton and therefore how much extra felt to cut for the give. I think that my design would seriously have to hit the drawing board a few more times. I also tried to put ruffles on the butt, but suffice it to say I think that elastic ruffles would be MUCH better. I can't imagine putting on lace details that weren't gathered and then trying to shove a diaper in there. I don't know a lot about baby figures, but I know those diapers have to be jammed into those bodysuits somehow and they need all the stretch they can get.

Of course, it may have also worked out better if I'd used one of my higher quality jumpsuits rather than one of the cheap cotton ones, but I didn't want to mess up a good quality one while practicing.

( Pics from the day under the cut )
... Well, I'm tired now. Day five technically completed. I'm seriously exhausted. :D Take care, all.

I finished my first powder pot and I'm glad that it still screws on right and that it looks nice and puffy, but I'm not super happy that the color looks so sickly. I don't know what went wrong. It looked nice when I was holding up pieces in the fabric store. Maybe it's the fluorescent lighting at my house. Maybe it's that I went with the darker brown or that I went with the white rather than cream. Maybe it's where I put the pearls higher instead of lower. Maybe the colors clash with beige face powder and the beige would be more flattered by the blue colors I picked out (Oh, I'm so racist against beige!) I really don't know. XD

I think the first one was good practice at least, even if I'll probably end up cutting it off the lid and trying again. The best news of the whole project is that once the powder becomes empty, you can get a new powder and twist the 'pretty' lid on and keep using it. n.n That's not as good for business cause it means once you sell one to a customer, you probably won't sell another... XD But oh well.


( Powder pot under the cut )

Anyway, for a prototype, it could have been much worse, I think! What do you think? x...x