This post originally appeared at www.levanah.com January 24, 2011. Why do I love to sew, craft, draw? I’m pretty sure it has more to do with the fact that I love tools than anything else. A close second love would be boxes, but only because I can fill them with tools! I have another post planned where I discuss my reasons for sewing, but in all seriousness: I love the tools that go along with crafting, the more esoteric the…
Might as well start this blog off with my most recent project: my Mad Hatter costume for the Halloween Hunter Pace (a type of horse show). I made the Wellington helmet cover from craft foam and I plan on sharing my process shortly. I’m just putting this here as a teaser until I get the whole post and site together. And so people will stop calling me and asking me if I want them to build me a website.…
The other day Rob and I had a conversation that went something like: Me: What’s a word for something that never existed and is extinct?Rob: Mythical?Me: I mean like a Brontosaurus. Yes I know that the Brontosaurus continues to exist as the Apatasaurus, but there was something awesome about the huge vegetarian dinosaur with the long neck and tail and the tiny head named “thunder lizard.” Who could prefer the name “deceptive lizard” over “thunder lizard”? And don’t forget that when…