better late than never.

this post was written on thursday, but due to life in general, it hasn't been finalized until now.....oh life.

today was a great day! i have been determined to get back on track and today i finally set the pace by getting up early and making coffee for the first time in months. and i remembered to remind myself to eat; sometimes i get so wrapped up in what i'm working on that all of a sudden it's 3 o'clock and i haven't had a morsel.

i made 8 hats and i'm still at it.  these hats are so simple and cute, and i think they will go over well for spring. i'll take some to Bodhi Imports, and some will be for the Make Sale. i need to replenish my inventory at Bodhi; apparently i've sold quite a bit!

I’m also trying out some re-purposed wool finger-less gloves. months ago, george saw an ad on craigslist in the free stuff and brought home a HUGE garbage bag of old wool sweaters and sweater scraps. i never could figure out what to do with them, and now i know! 

the finger-less gloves are very easy to make. although, to be honest, the first pair i made were straight-up copied. those will be a gift. now that i know the shape they need to be, i have some ideas of my own.

the rip-offs......

......and my take on the recycled sweater gloves!

sometimes the best way to do something so that a project looks professional and finished is too time consuming for me so, i scratch the idea completely. then again, it's hard to make something that is entirely original, pulled from thin air. most of the time when i do come up with what i think is an original idea I’ll check etsy and, lo-and-behold, there it is already! the good thing about seeing another person’s work is that you can see what looks good, things other people did that you’d like to incorporate in your product. on the other hand, you can also see exactly what NOT to do, what others could’ve done to make their projects better. 

i also tried out a new recipe for tempe. (see? remembering to eat). we like our tempe around here. usually i make it with cumin, chili powder and the like, but today i tried a different recipe from the post punk kitchen website which is a super cool website with tons of vegan and gluten free recipes. tempe sausage crumbles. english muffin pizzas. enough said.