crafting this and that

Hi!   Remember Grease, the movie?  That is one of my favorite movies.  Love all the songs and it was on TV again last night as I was washing the dishes.  I thought it was a nice coincidence since my project I just completed was somewhat inspired by that Summer Nights song and just summer in general. Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't so rainy here?  Storming again today and couldn't take nice pictures in the gloomy weather.  Anyway, I had mentioned I was into this 3D paper piecing technique as shown HERE .  This is the project that has been driving me a bit bonkers.  Maybe I was trying to do too much into one project and I kept changing my mind on what I should do.  So it took me much longer to finish this than I had planned.  It's not quite how I had envisioned it at first but I guess it's okay and I'm glad to be done with it and move on.  Oh, and this project is also for TGF's Retro-fresh challenge--a whole new dimension . ...

Hi!  I've been working on a couple of projects that at times have been frustrating.  And I wonder why do I do what I do?  Can't I just make things simple?  So I kind of gave up on some things for this magnetic note board.  I wanted to create a Mizuhiki butterfly but just could not find a tutorial or figure it out by staring at the photo for hours at a time.  So finally I just had to call it quits.  Do I really need that butterfly?  YES!  But I'll have to let it go for my sanity.  Not to mention that the weather here has been horrible with rain, thunder, lightning and hail and now wind, and it makes me feel tired and cranky.  Driving in this kind of weather is awful too!  Today is not as bad but the wind has really picked up.  Anyway, I made this board for the Asian inspired theme over at Anyone for Anya .  I also have gotten a little addicted to this new technique (for me, anyway) of 3D paper piecing.  The tuto...