Mad Scientist Monday #14: Misfits pfffff let me fix 'em up

Day 229  This weekend was all about finishing the unfinished.  All you crafty types and crafty wannabes that for whatever reason have these incomplete kits and projects you started but for some very legitimate reasons just couldn't finish them so you bring them to me...just call me King Moon Razer.  You know you have them in a box, in your closet or garage just waiting for that one day when you will find the inclination and time to finish them.  I went through mine this past Summer and whatever I didn't finish was moved on to better homes.  It is perfectly ok to admit when you can't finish something, I mean heck I still have my daughter's scrap book from Day 1 of her life and its still not finished after 13 years but one day I tell you one day....

Last week I was given this Santa on a chopper stocking that had seen better days.  It needed a good repair shop and it found me.  Poor thing his harley's spokes were coming out, his guitar had upped and git, his glue was showing, the chrome on his sequins had nearly disappeared entirely and his leg was about ready to be fall off entirely.

 After some wire re-bending, cleaning, glue, stitches and some new sparkly sequins he is ready to be stuffed full of goodies Christmas eve.

One of the most thoughtful and creative stockings I have seen in some time.  

 Santa is now officially Bad to the Bone and ready to ride.

Next up was this snowy fellow.  He had been started but it just turned out those kits take a lot of work and time sewing all the little details.  It just couldn't be done before Christmas eve with all the other obligations to a  working mom these days.  And frankly if you don't enjoy it its just not worth it.  Me, I enjoy all those little details, I love it and get into a little sewing groove.

TADA!  He looks so happy.

 I firmly believe that the number of sparkly sequins is directly proportional to a project's cuteness factor.  There has to be some sort of equation somewhere, most likely a horrid fraction.

The third stocking rescue this weekend was this one.  Poor Frostina was bald, had barely any sparkle to speak of, her squirrel friend was missing, someone had used glitter glue and regular glue when they got too frustrated to sew some of the details, no ornaments were up and her pet chihuahua just wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit.  So like a sewing angel I swooped in just in time to save Christmas...like superhero with a cape and maybe a sequined 'M' on the front (for Momtastic of course) no spandex though *shudder*.

My husband apparently lives in Christmas ignorance not knowing the traditional Christmas chihuahua who runs around on stubby little feet, tail in the air, ears perked spreading holiday cheer and eating candy canes throughout the land...or was that the legend of the doberman pinscher?

 These sparkly hanging ornaments and smiling squirrel were my faves.

Ok tons more to sew before Christmas, gotta stitch!  What will you create today?

It may have choked Artie but it ain't gonna choke Stymie....

Day 155

Am I dating myself with that quote? I was telling my girls the other day that we used to watch TV in *GASP* Black and White and there was only a couple of channels-they didn't really say anything just gave me a look trying to figure out if I was telling them a fib or not. I find it funny to see the looks on their faces when I explain old technology to them like how we didn't have cell phones, tapes that you had to turn over, walkmans and boom boxes-they are not impressed. When I said I was on a swim team as a kid the oldest says " oh you mean you swam with Plesiosaurs?" as she rolls around guffawing on the floor with her sister. Oh I couldn't wait for them to start talking when they were babies could I now? Puberty is F-U-N!

Our cherry blossoms are coming along--stitching some pretty sparkly beads in the center and then they will be attached to the brown part.

Here is why I put the quote in the title ARTICHOKES seriously my favorite food on the planet~especially the way I make them using my Dad's recipe~garlic, olive oil, parsley, oregano, lemon uuummmm drool oh I have to stop cause I work all night and I can't cook them till tomorrow.....they are heavenly and I am so happy they are back in season....this is what I will be eating for lunches ALL weekend!!

My little G2 and I stopped at the thrift store this week but not a whole lotta new discoveries except for these additions to her I love 80s fashion favorite fashion accessories-makes me want to sing.... be bop be bop a loo lop girls just wanna have fun.....

I must say I HATE nay DESPISE the mindless brain rotting shows on the Disney and Nick channels but G2 watches some of them after she earns the time and the one show called 'Shake it Up' the girls have all the cutesy outfits but they often talk about how they shop at the thrift stores for their wardrobes so at least that is helping reinforce my shop at thrift stores for clothes that are unique discussions!

G2 LOVES the 80s-paint splashed and layered looks or finding any current brand name clothes for under a $1

G1 is all about the Mad Men type vintage look or the loud 70s fashion and I mean LOUD-clothes with a crazy vibe, clothes that are the red, white and blue designs, she is so there....SIGH but it looks good on her

So to G2 finding these chunky bracelets for a dime a piece and hearing them clink around on her arms is like me finding a piece of Liberty fabric for the same price lol lol...I love thrifting!

More on the projects in process later......what will you create today?

The Spring Cleaning continueth....and projects continue springing ...

Day 154

Our snowflakes are down....the nights are 32 and the days are 70s the 35+ constant winds and juniper pollen induced allergies clue me in to the fact that Spring is officially here in the desert....

...and we are decorating the ceiling with felt cherry blossoms this year....this will be our family's remembrance of the terrible tragedies that the Japanese people are enduring but also a celebration of these beautiful flowers of Spring...

...I had the little G's cutting for hours...this is gonna look very pretty...

...while that was going on during my Spring cleaning I found some fabric sample books I had stashed away BUT had also received more via Freecycle recently soooooo I got this idea in my head since part of my Spring cleaning is either donating, throwing away or finishing up projects that have been stagnating....

....I made this covering over our shoe shelf that is at the front door because I am one of those weirdos who knows that even though it is a hopeless act to try to keep the carpets somewhat clean I make people take off their shoes when they enter the house.....now to convince the cats that this is NOT their new play area, dang felines already took over the world and we are merely servants....anyway I like the colors, designs and the way they fit together here...

better angled picture...thinking I am gonna make a rug from the remainder of these...using up what I have is a good goal!


...ooooo look at these adorable scraps I found while cleaning...so many memories of things I have made for the girls...

More tomorrow.....so what will you create today?