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Friday, April 6, 2012

Pay It Forward! (And a tablet computer finds a home...)

Hello, everyone!

Valiantly as I may try, it appears during-the-school-year is a hard time for me to sew and blog about it! So, I apologize for the radio silence, from here, and I'd like to note that it's likely to continue being quiet here until May, after finals are over!

But I *have* managed to get a little sewing done, to wit (click the pictures for bigger):

Tablet case

A tablet case! Yes, I finally, finally decided to buy a tablet computer -- long have I been tempted, but I resisted because I don't really need it. But! I'm going to be doing a big project over the summer and will get an extra stipend for it, plus I got tenure (finally!), so, Sid the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime has come home!

Tablet case

It's like an iPad, but running Android OS, which I'm finding I like quite a lot. Like my and my mom's Kindle cases, Sid's case is lined with flannel from one of my daughter's old receiving blankets. And the backside:

Tablet case--Backside

I used this tutorial at Sew Mama Sew, and you can see I didn't include the pocket. I like that tute a lot!

PLUS!

I received a lovely infinity cowl from Hollie at The Undercover Crafter, as part of a Pay It Forward:

Infinity cowl

Infinity cowl

Wonderful, isn't it? Thank you, so much, Hollie!

What's the idea behind a crafty Pay It Forward? It's simple! I have one year from when Hollie sent me my gift, and I will be making handmade gifts for three people who comment here. You won't know when you'll get it, but one day, you'll open your mailbox and you'll have something fun! Each recipient, in turn, would commit to then sending along handmade gifts to three more people, and lo, the cheer will spread everywhere!

So, I'll be using the random number generator to pick three lucky people -- please, only one comment per person! Anybody want to play?

Friday, January 7, 2011

Wee Favorites on Friday!

What a happy Friday morning!

I was tagged by A. J. Dub at Harriet Homemaker Strikes Again with a lovely--and my first-ever--blogger award!



It means 'favorite blog,' and is an award to highlight your favorite 'wee' blogs out there--the ones that we love that don't have huge numbers of followers. Thank you so much, A. J.!

And in turn I'd like to award this to:

  • LittleBook, whose Dutch pinwheels were what I fell in love with first, but her cat army is irresistable
  • Melanie, whose Dr. Seuss quilt is going to be gorgeous
  • Christie, who never fails to bring the happy to my blogroll
  • Tracie, who is a criminally-talented fine artist and muralist--if you can dream it, she can paint it!

If you wish to accept this tag, then you in turn should post about it! Don't forget to mention who tagged you, and spotlight 3-5 of your favorite 'wee' blogs (as in, the aim is to highlight blogs with fewer than 300 followers, so spread the love!), and let people know you tagged them.

Do go check them out, and spread the love!