hey girl....

i've seen the ryan gosling 'hey girl' photos....but he doesn't really make my dress fly up....

 that's better!
*hehehehe*

simple minds are easily amused

i'm the first to admit it doesn't take alot to entertain me. the other day i went with davis to homedepot and while he looked at something boring-ly electrical, i preused the switch cover selection. there are so many ways to 'customize' a simple switch cover to coordinate with different decor. i saw a tinkerbell and a Cars themed ones and was really hoping for a Nemo one, no luck :( .... then i noticed what proved to be the ultimate customization option!

they had a cover kit that you put wallpaper in to 'camoflauge' the switch. well, yours truly saw so much more than that. it has a plate that you screw to the box, then snap the clover to, so no visible screws....oh yeah....

so here's my new switch cover in my studio....(i drew it) when i get sick of looking at this silly guy, i might piece some scraps together, iron it to a stablizer, and stick it in there....so many creative oppurtunities here...


if davis isn't careful, all the switches in the house will have faces....i do remember that they have duplex and triple covers too!

and there's more....i found a switch that actually glows when you turn it off. *giddy giggle*  his nose glows when the lights are off!






like i said, it doesn't take much.....

you say 'cheap' like it's a bad thing....

my faithful readers will remember that i mentioned that my bobbin winder was on it's last legs....bless it's little pea picking heart...it spurred the whole 'how many bobbins it takes to make a million stiches' post...

see the arrow...the hole that the spindle goes through to spin the bobbin was wallowing out and it was causing my bobbins to wind funny...so i get on the net to find a new one. i was shocked (to say the least) at how much these contraptions are selling for....anywhere from $50 to $70 dollars. that's crazy. my motor was still good, so was the rocker switch, i just needed the piece with the spindle on it....i'm not throwing out something that has only 3% of it broke....(the motor wins with 90%)

somewhere someone must sell only the spindle thing....i mean it obviously has that dorky homemade look to begin with, right?  guess what i found on ebay! yup, the spindle thinging piece for $7!!!! (plus shipping) and it was a "Buy It Now" i love it when a plan comes together....i refuse to be defeated!

so now all i needed were a few simple tools.....(and i didn't even have to go out to the garage to 'reclaim' my stuff from davis!)







check....

and wha-la....a 'brand spanking new' bobbin winder for around $11....sure beats a new one for $60....i love poor-person ingentiy....i'll show you later what i got off etsy with the money i 'saved' *grin*




i need to track down a brush for the motor...it probably needs a new one of those now too....

announcement!

after some deep soul searching and really thinking about it, i have decided to stop machine quilting. the trip to NY  showed me that this is not something i want to do for the rest of my life. i want something more...i have decided to join the local traveling carnival and pursue my passion to become a tattooed lady side show freak.

by the way, Happy April fool's day! *wink* i'll post later about what i've been up to during the last week.....including the winner of lucy's caption contest.  i've missed ya!

i want one!........santa?

i absolutely have to have this vehicle!

calling doodlebug!
        to the bug-mobile.....
and it goes 'zzzzzppppphhhhhht' when you hit the gas....

i'm sure it would have awesome MPG....


here i come....putter-putt-putt

*huh?*

so i was thinking today....(it only hurt a little)

if i won the lottery, i would hire someone every once in a while to follow me around with an 'applause' sign and a recording of a canned laugh track....wouldn't that be a HUGE confidence booster! 
(i had to throw out the drummer with the rim shot-
logically it would be cumbersome to lug around the drum set)  

what 'silly' indulgence would you spluge on if you won the lottery....?
you know- the only you'd do just for the story telling/bragging rights....

i have an ideal body condition

i can feel my rib outline, i have a waist when viewed from above, and my belly is tucked up when viewed from the side! (especially when i suck it up and hold my breath....)

so according to Purina, i can maintain my current feeding regiment!

*snicker, snort*




*shrug* i dunno either

you bought it why?

i went on a fabric therapy road trip yesterday.... i found this adorable fabric inconspicuously hiding and just had to have a yard or it.... (it's from In The Beginning by Wendy Slotboom called Frolic....oh my gosh- i LOVE her last name! if you could add two Ts,  i'd bet that everytime roll would have been called in school- someone would've gotten that teacher look for giggling....that was usually me....i sat in the desk right beside the teacher's...me and jonathon somebody...anywhoo TMI right now, back to your regualrly scheduled blog posting......beep)

why you ask? for the very simple fact that i have never had the thought, "hey look at those adorably cute possums" 

so i volunteer to be the president of fabra-holics anonymous, any takers for secretary? i'd have a treasurer, but i have a feeling there would be a higly public scandal....who would give money to a fabra-holic?


hi, my name is shannon and i'm a fabra-holic. it's been three seconds since i last fondled fabric.....
*unenthusiastic clapping* ummm, thanks for sharing.....