Mat Cauthon Hoopla!

A staggeringly huge 3 incher of a Hoopla!

It might be safe to say Matrim Cauthon is my favorite character

in the epic book series The Wheel of Time; written by Robert Jordan.

Mat LOVES to gamble with the dice.....and hears them rolling in 

his head when a decision has to be made. 

Also, he is quite the Han Solo of the series: he has a mouth on him 

and "Blood and Bloody Ashes" is kind of a swear phrase in the books.

Sort of like saying "Well "F" ME!" 

Nynaeve would not be pleased.

I entered this in 2 Craftster things in August.

Craftster was having it's 10th anniversary so the Aug Hoopla challenge was 

"The number 10"

There are 10 pips on the die and Mat is prominetly featured on the 10th book in the series.

Which leads us to the Nerd Games Challenge.

August Wordy: Craft your favorite Book.

Just look at that swagger.

It's as if he's saying...

"Who's scruffy lookin'?"

Sir Robin Shirt!

Yes, he slew the vicious Chicken of Bristol and 

personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill.

We love Sir Robin so!

Will has discovered he does not have as many "dress-up" clothes as Morgan.

This needed some changing!

The shirt was a thrift store find and I used my handy-dandy fabric markers.

We love the soundrack to Monty Python's Spamalot around here,

Will has a special affinity toward Sir Robin. 

Here's Will as Sir Robin for Halloween a few years ago!

This was when he was 2 and probably the last year I would 

get to choose his costume. Sigh.

A few things Sir Will had in common with Sir Robin that Halloween...

Both had red hair,

Both have an affinity for the color green, 

Both had issues with soiling their pants!

Lockers!

SPECIAL ALERT:
Just got back from Miss Morgan's 1st grade-before school starts-conference.

She is going to be the proud inhabitant of a LOCKER for the first time!

Now the pinterest addict in me wants to start a board all for school locker decoration.

Here's a selection from Locker Lookz . 

Does that first locker have a chandelier?!!

Super cute tutorial on a locker organizer over at Sophie's World.

Made from a shoebox lid AND I get to incorporate duct tape?

Sign me up!

I have some research to do here.

The goal of today is:

1. Don't go overboard.

2. Remember this is not MY locker, it's MORGAN's 

Both important goals...

Perhaps the more important is the second one.

As I type this an epiphany has smacked me...

Let's wait a few weeks and let her get settled. 

If she wants to glam up (note to self: pinterest search "glamping") her space and asks for help, then I'll be there with duck tape, magnets, and hot glue gun in my Crafty Batman Utility Belt.

Until then, keep my crafty mouth shut!

(note to self: make a Crafty Batman Utility Belt out of duct tape.)

Howl's Moving Castle/Say Anything Mashup!

I think this may be my last item crafted for the Miyazaki Swap.

It turned out to be my favorite.

"I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen"

Done as a kind of journal art page, I used watercolor color pencils, scrapbook paper, the hardy boys book for the words, and my sewing machine.

Spoilers about "Howl's Moving Castle" ahead...

You've been warned!

Mr. Turnip Head was a "watchmen" of sorts and he fell in love.

Same old story, the gal had eyes for another.

My craft swap partner had in her profile that "Say Anything" was one of her favorite movies.

I'd say our Mr. Turnip Head had a touch of Lloyd Dobbler in him.

Sewing on paper gets more and more fun the more I do it!

Revisiting this journal page is making me want to see if there's a kickboxing class around...

Kickboxing. Sport of the future.

Calcifer Hat!

Here's the Calcifer Hat I made for my craft swap partner, DaphadillyArt's daughter!

Calcifer is a character from the Miyazaki movie "Howl's Moving Castle"

He's a fun little fireplace fire (voiced by Billy Crystal) and a major plot point.

Keep your eye on him, he's feisty!

The yarn used was 3 strands of worsted weight from my stash in yellow, red, and orange.

The pattern was The Longford Hat on Lionbrand.com.

It calls for Bulky, but I wanted to get a flame flickery look so 3 worsted knit together did the trick.

Calcifer's Eyes are 2 circles of white felt haphazardly stitched on with 

white embroidery thread. I needed to do that stitching loosely to 

accommodate for stretching of the hat when worn. 

Buttons for the pupils sewn on a bit wonky...

Because lets face it, Calcifer is indeed 

A BIT WONKY!

Chihiro Name Card Needlebook!

I sewed this up for the Miyazaki Swap...

DaphadillyArt was is major need of a place for her needles.

She was leaving them in the arm of her couch and forgetting about them...

In the Miyazaki movie "Spirited Away" our heroine Chihiro held on to a card

her friend had made to remember her name.

Here's the inside. I stuck decorator weight cotton, flannel, and felt for the needle "pages".

It's a really cool movie, Spirited Away. I recommend it...

but maybe not for the faint of heart.

Go forward, brave souls and immerse yourselves in something new and WILD!

Teen Titans Light Switch Plate!

Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go have become huge around the house.

It's even been decreed I make some costumes for Halloween. 

(we'll see if they're made or bought. eek!)

So when The Nerd Games Battle Royal came up I thought Will 

could use a super cool Lightswitch Plate.

July Battle Royale: DC v/s Marvel 50pts

(Sadly, Marvel won that month.)

I even had to make a few impromptu puppets as

I can't find any reasonably priced action figs for the kids.

Also, any excuse to use the laminator!

Here's an action shot of the Switch Plate.

I decoupaged the "group pic" then used my handy dandy

Oil based Sharpies.

I was very happy how I could get the screws to blend in for 1 color. 

TEEN TITANS GO!