Obsessing about Disney World

I have mostly been working on prayer shawls since the weather got cooler.  I will try  to remember to take a photo of them.  But mostly I am obsessing about our upcoming trip to Disney World.  I am reading Mousejunkies and the Unofficial Guide in tandem, and intend to find my copy of Hidden Secrets of Disney World soon.

Mark and Joshua are mostly interested in seeing Aaron again, and are not so much into the Disney World part.  I have warned them that I intend to eat my way around the World Showcase - we are going during the International Food and Drink Festival.  And  I think planning our visit is part of the fun!  It will also be great to see Aaron again - we haven't seen him since February and Ace hasn't seen him since two years ago  now.

My first designer challenge

Well, I have just created my first design challenge and I am quite humbled.  It made me appreciate all the talent out there in digiland.  And the preview - how do they do it?  I did not include all my elements or papers and mine still looks so crowded.  I enjoyed the challenge and I loved making all the different papers.  I have no idea of how to arrange to have anyone download it, but here is the preview anyway:

Some of the elements are resized (the brads are much smaller and the lavender ribbon much larger) but it is done,  And "done is better than perfect!"

If you want to see some of the beautiful kits that were done for the challenge, the forum is here at Pixelscrapper.

Latest crafting

Finished a prayer shawl yesterday - ready to take to Women's Bible Study on Thursday.  Taking a small break before beginning the next one, although I have gotten the yarn ready to go.

On another creative front, my new stencils have arrived!  I am eager to get into my art journal and start playing with them - perhaps I will have time to get messy tomorrow.

Ravellenics 2012 Update

I went to the kickoff event over at the Woolpack store in Acton last Friday, so I am now officially part of their team doing my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern for the Event Modular.  It was a great evening and I am looking forward to going back.

My biggest problem right now is wanting to jump right in and start crocheting!  I want to complete my new crochet hook bag before Friday so that is one short term goal.  I am working on the hook strip and trying to decide if I will just stick with a large mesh pocket for other items or add a separate pocket.  Ah, the joys of designing as you go.

I also just started a circular lace pattern to have something "new" to work on.  No idea of what that will be but I am hoping it will work out to be a circular scarf.

My stash is getting wound thanks to my lovely new Amish Wood yarn swift.  It is also getting organized at the same time, at least the part downstairs, so I will be able to shop my stash soon.

Okay, my current project list should be:

Hexagon Gone Wrong, 5, event modular relay, Team Woolpack
V-stitch Dishcloth, event one skein, Team Boston (Wicked Pissahs)
Frog Pink Scarf, event frogging trampoline, Team Wellesley, if I can find it to frog it

EEK - I need one for Team Crochet!  Perhaps an excuse to do a Mile a Minute strip bag?  Must go check the stash!

Preparing for the Ravellenics!

I have now joined four teams so I need to come up with four projects!

My teams are:
Team Crochet
Team Pizzah (Team Boston)
Team Woolpack
Team Wendy Wellesley

So far I am in two events:
Frogging - that dreadful pink variegated scarf if I can find it
Modular Relay - a fun new pattern that I want to try for dish scrubbies

Not yet entered, but I want to try repeating my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern five times as a Modular Relay for Team Woolpack (where I bought the yarn.)

I also have yarn stash at least as old as last July because I can remember using some of it while they were here (I went a bit overboard ahem at a Sugar and Cream sale.)  Not to mention the yarn I just found that I don't even remember buying but based on its hiding place must hit the one year rule.  Alas, it may be too hot for July crocheting.

So what to do? What to do? I still want to finish my crochet hook bag (WIP) and my contemplative crochet piece is just getting interesting as well.  I haven't made any flowers lately even though I did join a great Ravelry group that is all about making them.  I just got some novelty yarn for scarf making which I am really loving.  (Luckily those are too expensive to get really overboard with.)

Okay, first things first:  take photos of all the WIP and the ideas.
Add them to my Ravelry projects list.
See if I can figure out how to add my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern.
Take a photo of the completed crochet bag while I am at it.
See if I can get that mobile Ravelry app on my cell phone.

Remember to take photos of all of this - then I can scrap them after the Olympics!  Ah, the joy of combining hobbies.

Art Journal blog to follow

While I was checking out the new art journal kit at Godigital, a collaboration between OOBS and Demurgia.  (She is now Art of Scrapbooking apparently.)  Sharon, the one I did not know, has a great blog here:

http://demiurgia-mylife.blogspot.com.au/

Since I want to check this out from all of my assorted computers, etc, I am putting the link here.

Art Journal page May 22, 2012

I wanted to do an art journal page.  When I opened Picasa, I saw several otherwise unrelated items in the Recently Added section that spoke to me.  I love the way they worked out together!
(In order by layers: Noisy Pancake Jan preview, JMay The Things You Do, LM Kaleidoscope, HS Reading Room, JKneipp Rising Collection)