http://susbro.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:07:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hat Peeps Flora Change http://happydoodleland.blogspot.com/ Hat Peeps by Flora Change Those mermaids hate that thing by Steve Lieber Robot by Eric Rewitzer and Annie Galvin (mine has pink flowers instead of green) Balancing Girl by Jamie McKelvie I bought the first two through Etsy.com, the robot at the Renegade Craft Fair, and the last direct from the artist. ... http://susbro.com/?p=258 The third bookbinding class I took at Home Ec was Japanese stab binding.  This was the only binding that I had never done before and it was my favorite.  I tend to want to pull my stitching tightly, which worked out really well for this type of binding. To make the ... http://susbro.com/?p=256 I'm convinced Cheddar sleeps like this in the morning to taunt me as I'm on my way out the door to work. http://susbro.com/?p=253 Four events happening this weekend, in order from the least likely that I will attend to the most likely. Grilled Cheese Invitational. Each year I think I might go to this, but it seems like a lot of standing in line for grilled cheese sandwiches.  Still, this might be the year! Festival ... http://susbro.com/?p=249 In the mail, among the bills and sale notices, was an envelope with print collections from two of my favorite webcomics The Loneliest Astronauts drawn by Ming Doyle and She Died in Terrebonne drawn by T.J. Kirsch, both written by Kevin Church and a drawing by Mr. Krisch. I've always loved ... http://susbro.com/?p=241 I've taken a few classes at Home Ec in the past few weeks.  I took two bookbinding classes, case binding and coptic sewn binding.  I took a bookbinding class while I was in graduate school, not because I was interested in archives or preservation, but because I needed some creative ... http://susbro.com/?p=234 A quick list, so I don't miss another week: 1. Needle felting, which is making things by stabbing wool fleece with a very sharp needle. More on this later. 2. Turquoise (the color, not the stone).  I find myself still obsessed with the Pantone color of the year.  I even bought ... http://susbro.com/?p=228 Angels Flight re-opened today, after being closed for 9 years due to a fatal accident in February 2001.  We live in the building across the street from the base of the railway, and have been eagerly anticipating riding it ever since the cars were put on the track in November ... http://susbro.com/?p=224 1. Drama Fever is like Hulu, but devoted to Korean dramas.  I'm addicted to Boys Over Flowers right now.  It's a story set in an exclusive high school, filled with more beautiful people with fabulous clothes than any three CW teen dramas combined. 2. Bookbinding tools - I have plans. 3. Continuity.  ... http://susbro.com/?p=205 I'm not particularly interested in winter sports most of the time.  I grew up in Southern California and my total experience of being in the snow as a kid was an annual trip to the mountains to build a snowman and slide down a hill a few times on a ... http://susbro.com/?p=187