As I mentioned in my goals for 2008, I want to redesign my blog. However, I don’t want to try to conform my look to fit inside an existing template. I’d rather create my look and make a template to fit my look. This means I need to learn a thing or two about WordPress. To help me, I checked out WordPress for Dummies. What’s my plan? Read enough of this book to get any [...]

Just as I begin to feel Spring in the air, I finish my Cable & Bobble Mittens to match my hat. Verdict? I like them. At first I thought they’d be too big. I have small hands. I believe the pattern is written for the average adult hand. I was saved by a Freudian slip. I started the cuff with US 5 needles. I planned switching to US 6 after the cuff, and well… I [...]

For the past four years, I’ve wanted an iMac. Unfortunately for me, the timing wasn’t every right. Well today the timing was right. Yep you got it. Ross gave me a new 20″ iMac. Isn’t she beautiful? I’m glad I waited. Not only did I get an iMac with an Intel process. I have the latest OS, and the latest software from both Adobe and Microsoft are coded to run on the Intel processor, all [...]

Well at least I’m working on better lightening. This weekend I made myself a macro light studio. I can cheerfully say that I made this light studio with stuff that I had in my house. In fact, I have a few more boxes this size in case the cats shred this to pieces. Following the directions from Strobist, I made the light studio from 1 corrugated box (approx. 12″ x 16″ x 12″), tissue paper, tracing paper, and double-sided tape. [...]

OK, the blog and I fell off the radar over the last couple of weeks. I blame work. Fortantely, I didn’t stop making stuff. I just stopped writing about it. So what have I been up to? Knitting! I’m not a huge knitter. I like knitting, but I can only manage so many craft outlets. Regardless, I knew I’d be traveling for a couple of weeks, all work related. Since knitting travels, I started a new [...]