Oh, hey...it's the third one.

I made things! Crafty things! Crafty things worthy of posting on this blog, which I have been sadly remiss in contributing to. Apologies to those who care.

Waaaaay back before Christmas, my sister commissioned me to make a painting for her (then unborn) baby. Now that he's here and sleeping in his nursery, I figured I should get a move on before he's old enough to be snarky about my painting skills.

I decided to do a pair of paintings (measuring about 8 x 11 inches each) to hang in the baby's room. It took me forever and a day to decide what to paint. I went back and forth quite a bit. I finally decided to do a pair of animal portraits, kind of in the style of a Victorian portrait. My sister and her husband are big KState fans, so I decided one of the subjects should be a wild cat. Now what to do for the other one? Hmm...

The final decision was to pair the wild cat with a dodo bird. Yes. A dodo bird. I figure it could serve as an obscure and slightly odd reference to KState's rival, the KU Jayhawks. It works, right? Amirite? Well, I think it's funny. I've come to terms with the fact that my sense of humor doesn't exactly work for everyone.

Well, I finally--after working on them sporadically for the past few months--completed the paintings this afternoon and what else should I do but post them here on the interwebs?

Here we see the illustrious Mr. Tewksberry:

Is there nothing better than a dodo in a waistcoat? I think not.

...and Niall:

Niall's a smug fellow.

I look forward to my nephew being old enough to ask my sister what kind of crazy lady painted these for him. She will say, "It was your aunt...you know, the one who does theatre." And he will sigh, shake his head, and be heartily embarrassed to be burdened with such an aunt. It will be epic.

...And I made this hat:

...And a whole bunch of these:

Tube scarves!

They're much cooler when they're not all tangled around my neck. I've been crocheting them in the evenings when by brain is fried from researching all day.

So look! I contribute!

Though it will probably be another bazillion months before I post again. I am not a responsible blogger.

Why I love Jams and Tams

First post! First post!

My love for my fellow craft ninjas has just burst into an explosion of awesomeness. Thanks for creating the blog and then surprising me with it girls. You rock.

I haven't had much time to make things recently because of school craziness. I was planning on doing an entirely handmade Christmas, only using supplies from my stash. Unfortunately, time was my enemy and my family was pretty lucky to get presents at all. Nonetheless, I am very proud of my creations and now my family and friends can get their Christmas presents later when I have more time to work on them. So, you know...in June.

These are Christmas ornaments I made for my dad. I had planned on making him something for his house since he won't buy things for himself, but he got something pretty instead. They're made out of some of my Gramma's old jewelry. I'm planning on making something similar for my sisters as well.

For my eldest sister and her husband, I painted something for their new apartment. I dissected a battered John Grisham novel (The Firm, for those of you who are interested) and pasted it to a canvas. The landscape is done in little tiny dots. Lots of them. Lotsa dots.

This was "commissioned" by my other elder sister and her husband. She wanted something for her house. I wasn't entirely happy with some of the technical work on it, but she seems happy so I'm not going to whine too much about it. The John Grisham pages make an appearance in this one as well. Are we sensing a theme?

Hopefully I'll get some sewing done in between schoolwork and the start of the semester. No promises, though.

Oh. And I made a pie.