Wild Exaggerations
Posted by boombadeus February 10th, 2008 in geeky, hobbies, photography | 2 Comments »
I hope that Scotty can one day forgive me for taking that photo… heh heh…
Glad I shoot Canon
Posted by boombadeus February 7th, 2008 in hobbies, photography | 3 Comments »
…That means I can get one of these puppies.
Check out the price… and it’s huuuuge! Too bad all you Nikon folks are out in the cold on this one! 
(Found this via kenrockwell.com)
Simplicity 5914
Posted by craftyangie February 4th, 2008 in sewing, skirt | No Comments »
This is one of the skirts that brought back the seamstress in me after more than a decade.
I was a little nervous to sew again; for many years I had only sewn hems, lots of pillows and a picnic blanket…but no clothing from scratch! Oh my!
I had stopped sewing for myself almost as quickly as I started; this was due to the the green striped pleated skirt incident (age 12? 13?) which now I believe looked horrible mostly because the old lady teaching me insisted I make it about a size or two too big. Read the rest of this entry »
My hips don’t lie
Posted by craftyangie February 2nd, 2008 in sewing | No Comments »
When I was a kid, I loved making my dolls dresses and fancy skirts, furniture, houses, etc, etc. Doll’s clothes were extremely expensive for someone without an allowance (and a bit hard to find in a small-town-third-world-country setting) so there wasn’t much of a choice. Well, not that I was complaining about having to sew them, it was fun!
20 years later…after gaining a little weight (I’m not complaining; for about a decade my weight didn’t fluctuate much) my skirts didn’t fit any more…so I went on this crazy search for the perfect skirt.
You mean people used to print out -every- photo?
Posted by boombadeus January 31st, 2008 in hobbies, photography | 3 Comments »
In my last post, I alluded to getting some photos I’ve taken printed out. And today, they arrived in the mail. Cool!
I gotta say, I’m very happy with the results, especially for the price. There’s one 4×6, seven 5×7 and two 8×10 prints in the set pictured on the left. They cost $0.19, $0.39 and $2.29 apiece respectively, which I think is darn cheap. Especially since it’s Kodak photographic paper, not inkjet. Five of them genuinely get a “wow” reaction, which is pretty neat. Read the rest of this entry »
Recent photos
Posted by boombadeus January 27th, 2008 in hobbies, photography | 1 Comment »
I haven’t posted in a while… And you, our squirrely readers, deserve better! It’s partly been a conscious decision on my part. I don’t want this blog turning into a non-stop log of “OMG, I bought this great thing”… which would probably get pretty boring. Read the rest of this entry »
Mum-o-rama: the making of.
Posted by craftyangie January 26th, 2008 in Flowers, Wedding, crafts, general crafts | 1 Comment »Well, we already discussed how I liked the pomander balls….now here is how they were made:
1. Beheaded LOTS of mums!
2. Went glue gun CRAZY!
Nah, seriously, these are the changes that I made to the pomander idea:
Mum-o-rama!
Posted by craftyangie January 23rd, 2008 in Flowers, Wedding, general crafts | No Comments »
Picture this: September, 2007; a beautiful hot summer in Philadelphia. Leaves were starting to turn beautiful golden colors but the weather remained around 70’s.
In our little garden, tomatoes were still being harvested; the basil was giving up and the eggplants were growing beautifully.
(/of channeling the “oldest” of the Golden girls)
Yes, this took place about a month before our wedding. We were working on a final idea for the centerpiece but then it hit me…what about the church? Read the rest of this entry »
Fork You does Thanksgiving!
Posted by craftyangie November 18th, 2007 in Fork You, food | No Comments »
Most of the people that read this know that i’m the camera woman at Fork You (well, most of the time, last month I had a honeymoon to attend to so I was unable to fulfill my Fork You responsibilities).
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed is being behind the scenes of things. I’m a little shy to be in the spotlight (and besides, if there is anything to memorize, I just mess my lines anyway); on the other hand, the fixing of last minute problems, creating baby Jesus out of sweaters, making sure things don’t fall on people, creating sceneries or costumes…that is what I call fun.
Another one of my joys is food (heck it only took one week for my new coworkers to find that out)…and Fork You (above a picture of Scott and Marisa, the co-hosts of the show) has combined both of these joys for me! And did I mention that it is a lot of fun? Read the rest of this entry »
At the Train Show
Posted by boombadeus November 12th, 2007 in Model trains, geeky, hobbies | No Comments »
Saturday, we met Owen, Jess and Josh at the Allentown Train Meet Associates First Frost Train Meet. We to an ATMA event with Scottycakes (see his photos), but he couldn’t go this time. Something about walking a friend’s dog at 3pm. Yeah… sure!
We managed to have a good time, anyway. It’s a big show, at 50,000 square feet in two large rooms at the Allentown Fairgrounds. Dozens of vendors; plenty of variety. Read the rest of this entry »