Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Best tweets I've seen

"Spent 2% of the that meeting saying "Uh-huh." The other 98% was staring out of the window imagining pigeon-mounted squirrels dogfighting."

Posted by 'God':

"Sorry for the silence, had to reboot and my computer's really big"

"Sing like nobody's listening, dance like nobody's watching, and tweet like you have 0 followers"

Oddest crafting links - people actually MADE these

Crocheted toilet roll and poo (!)

What in the heck is the point of this?? why crochet a cover for a rock?? and what on earth would you do with it once finished?

Again - WHY make these? you can't EAT them, and they're not particularly decorative, as all they do is remind you that you can't EAT them.

I keep harping on about how stitching can be cool...slash an artform...but seriously - if someone starts doing this, they're totally undermining my entire point. WHY would you stitch the inside of your knee?

Meanwhile at the other end of the spectrum - this site demonstrates that doing NOTHING at all can be interesting too...

am loving F*&k My Life

Today, I also found getting up ce matin a tricky business, literally got dressed in the dark, arrived at work, took off my coat, at which point my colleague leaned over and zipped up my dress. FML

True story.

My favs from the site:

Today, I shook hands with a girl and held onto her hand while telling her she had very tiny, delicate hands. When I let go to look at them, I discovered she only had two fingers.

Today, I was at the airport trying to help a man get to the right terminal. When he finished he turned to tell me "Don't worry, your English is pretty good, considering you're not American". English is my only language.

Today, I got a text message. It said, "I'm so drunk. What you up to, girl?" It was my dad.
Today, I got a "save the date" card for the wedding of a couple my husband knows. I was excited because I really wish to be better friends with these people. I emailed the bride, "I got your STD!" and hit send before I realized how that sounded.

Found this interesting stitcher

She's working in London - and works on traditional samplers, with a modern twist: see here.

Intriguing...it seems that she was actually commissioned by Vogue to do a piece last year - so stitching absolutely can be cool, even fashionable??!

Monday, 16 February 2009

le weekend

entirely covered in very sticky choc chip cookie dough - totally worth it though

Saturday saw a good progression with Top Secret Shh-Project...

and Sunday was spent with the actual real live Pickle

Friday, 13 February 2009

here's a use for your knitting needles

good lord!! knitted bras. utterly insane.

see - cross stitch CAN be cool

though of course this is really manly - so maybe something somewhere in between would be a good middle ground?