The Final Farewell

After only a dozen posts, I must abandon this blog. I haven't the time to update it, and my crafting progress has been so lacking there truly isn't much to update anyone on to begin with. Thanks for everybody who stopped by checked out my site... I will continue to read blogs long past my attempts at posting in one. :)

Everybody take care...

"I don't know if you can hear me... I'm feeling down and can't think clearly. But even though it's complicated, we've got time to start again..."
-"Start Again" by Death Cab for Cutie

Points of Interest...

I swear I'm going to get kicked out of every blogring I belong to for not posting often enough... Where does the time go? A month has gone by since my last post and I haven't made much progress in the world of sewing. I have, however, sold some of the purses I previously posted pictures of, and began a felting class with one of my awesome coworkers at the salon. I taught her to knit just a week ago, and now we're working on totes - it's very exciting. I've never felted anything before, and one of our clients at the salon is the one teaching the class... Funny how these things work.

Now my boss wants to learn to knit, so I promised her I'd bring some supplies to work on Tuesday and we'd have a lunch break knit session. Hopefully she picks it up as well as Shawna did - that girl shocked me. It's been fun being the one teaching, rather than learning for a change. I've had a blast working on my felting project even though we've only had one class so far too... I'm way ahead of schedule because I can't help but keep working on it! I'll post some pictures of the final project when I'm done.

Last weekend was also Tigers' weekend for the Phelan family - every summer we pack up and head to Detroit for a Tigers game and some fun. This year they changed our night game to an afternoon game, which was a bummer, but we still had a good time. The Tigers lost (they lose every time we go to watch them it seems like!) but this year that's out of the ordinary for them so it wasn't too bad. Matt came with us again this year and bought me a cute teddy bear with a Detroit sweatshirt and a bracelet that looks like a piece of a baseball... He's a sweetie.

Cosmetology school is drawing ever closer... My first day is September 19th, and I cannot wait to move into my new apartment. East Lansing, here I come!

Off Subject

Off to East Lansing today for an interview that could get me into the Douglas J Aveda Institute- the best cosmetology school in Michigan. Wish me luck!! (I'll need it!)

Pictures, pictures.

I've been busy crafting lately... Almost finished with a sweater-coat style project made with Lion Brand Thick n' Quick yarn (gray), and just starting a Debbie Bliss shrug sweater with Lion Brand Microspun yarn (black). Lots of acryllic, I know... So unlike me! I'm also trying to find time for Blue Sky Alpaca socks... So many projects and so little time.

I've also been sewing quite a bit, and have managed to come up with a fair amount of neck tie purses. Here's the family so far:





































And there you have it, folks. The fruits of my labors of the last few weeks. More pictures coming soon of semi-finished and finished sweaters, (and hopefully socks as well!!)

'Till next time, everybody take care...

First in Awhile...

My, my... How time flies in the summer. I've been working hard every week to save up my money for school. It was touch and go there for a bit... I think I had a whopping $25 in my bank account. (Yay for college!!) But now I'm doing better. Working at the salon has been a great change for me... I've already had my hair cut twice and dyed once for free, and apparently next Thursday my head is becoming a science experiment for a new dye technique. I think there may be some red streaks involved. We'll see I suppose.

There has been knitting progress, however, no pictures as of late. I also need to get my butt into gear on the purse sewing, as it has now been confirmed by my boss that I may sell them at the salon. She even went so far as to decline my offer for a percentage of the sales!

So, work, work, work, busy, busy... I do love my friends though, and I've had plenty of good nights with them since being home. Last night was a huge "Mexican Fiesta" with some awesome people I haven't seen since my graduation party. We've also had a beach outing, a BBQ, and one of my close friends made a decision to transfer to CMU so now I have a roomie! Things are going very well for me, but alas, not much time to blog these days. I promise, more pictures coming soon!