tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60602137548408875592024-03-13T04:09:11.287-04:00Little things for you to love.A collection of thoughts, how-to's, recipes, and otherwise lovely things.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-12359995042949808972011-12-07T08:56:00.001-05:002011-12-07T08:56:35.628-05:00New project #unoI'm teaching myself to knit! I only watched the first half of the YouTube video, but after four failed attempts, I finally think I'm doing it right. I mean, I sure hope so, since I'm on the tenth row.
Not sure what to do with it when I'm done. I'll give it away, but to who?
I'll post pics of project #dos (spelling? I don't actually speak Spanish) a little later. That one, surprisingly to me, The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-79150392837935961702011-12-06T10:22:00.001-05:002011-12-06T10:25:56.103-05:00Today is the day!No seriously, I swear I'm going to make something(s?) today. I mean, I need to! Have to! I'm going to start with a gift for my mother (I'll post pictures, probably, maybe?) and then hit up Michael's to try making some candles in sugar bowls (Thanks, Pinterest!).
The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-48902931772649141582011-11-29T12:32:00.001-05:002011-11-29T12:40:34.074-05:00Simply obsessed with being inspiredI think I'm a little late on my recent discovery, Pinterest, but better late than never. And what I missed in time, I certainly have made up for in collected imagery/inspiration.
It started about two weeks ago when I realized I was dying for a project. I stumbled across Pinterest and began collecting loads of inspiring how-tos and DIYs.
However... I'm on a tight budget. The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-61306747938498034202011-11-28T13:16:00.000-05:002011-11-28T13:16:06.424-05:00Try harderTry harder, as in... I should.
I recently posted a new blog post (about a week ago) and was quite proud of myself, thinking "yes! I'll get back into this!" and then promptly realized I had posted it to an old defunct blog (truth be told - I think I have 6 blogs under my belt, none of which are "current").
So, after my dear friend and co-worker announced that he was going to be updating hisThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-52383458634685834452011-02-21T15:03:00.000-05:002011-02-21T15:04:12.988-05:00Earrings.Ooo! Pretty dangly earrings that I made. Can you believe how hard it is to just find circles? Obnoxious...The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-92043679595712034542011-02-13T20:43:00.000-05:002011-02-13T20:43:54.500-05:00What's next?Here's me, in a rather disappointed and unhappy mood. Can someone please tell me why we all don't have a special room in our house for smashing things? There's really nothing I'd rather do more than smash glass plates on the floor and yell until I feel at least a little bit better.
Ah, whatever, let's play nice.
I just finished a pair of earrings for my friend's girlfriend. they're all The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-17712307202450974322011-02-09T18:40:00.000-05:002011-02-09T18:43:57.705-05:00Anyone know....Does anyone know of a lighting design forum or something similar? I'd like to make some more lights but I'd really like to know for sure whether or not they'll catch on fire and kill us all.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-67243699785774491642011-01-18T18:30:00.001-05:002011-01-18T19:23:32.203-05:00Part Two: the blood! The horror!Hello my fine fictitious fans! I wanted to let you all know that the massive snow storm we experienced here in little Rhodey gave me the patience to work on my cross-stitched gun again. Previously incredibly frustrating, it is now almost done.
Time spent: approximately 15 hours.
Finger pricks: 9. And three of those were really in there.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-45800675891598185732011-01-02T15:56:00.000-05:002011-01-02T15:56:41.423-05:00Part One: Fail.Damn. I tried to take a little short cut on my cross-stitch pattern by using an iron-on transfer and it ended miserably. I apparently overestimated the quality of iron-on transfer paper.
This looks like poop.
Well... Okay. Maybe I can make some sort of lemonade out of this... So, I stick it in this nifty new frame thing that I got. Handy dandy, right? Yep.
TheThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-22592396849318860232010-12-30T18:31:00.000-05:002010-12-30T18:31:45.475-05:00The next project is in the works...Immediately after finishing the "My shoes are flesh" pillow sham for Kyle, I came up with my next project.
Behold, a soon-to-be-cross-stitched work of freakish amazingness:
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Elan requested that the next one say "Happiness is a warm bun" with a cheeseburger. Personally, I want to do something with bacon on it.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-49615559844677335262010-12-26T22:33:00.000-05:002010-12-26T22:33:58.942-05:00He likes it!Because I wasn't able to be at the official unveiling of my present to Kyle, a video was taken of his response to the gift.
Here's Kyle, unwrapping his brand spankin new cross-stitched pillow.
I am so proud!
Whammy.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-20742325672225059312010-12-26T13:37:00.000-05:002010-12-26T13:37:36.592-05:00Oh! Oh yeah!!!And I just updated my website. Still unsure of the actual purpose of having a website, and a blog, and a shop... so much social media!
Anyway, check it out. Let me know what you think.
Need more content? Less content? More pretty pictures?The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-81049774888985309252010-12-26T10:04:00.001-05:002010-12-26T10:05:18.658-05:00Well, I just so happen to like being Old SchoolOccasionally I get "teased" at the office for my penchant for old-lady items. Like my sweet-ass grandma sunglasses (purchased from the sweet-ass grandma herself... not mine, but I'm sure she's someone else's, right?). Or that really cool wool cardigan/coat/thing that turned out not to be grandma-y but Austrian all along.
(Actual grandmother and actual glasses not actually shown)
However, IThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-6564818781521532032010-12-24T16:17:00.000-05:002010-12-24T16:17:33.375-05:00...Back on track?Yes, I have apparently stopped writing in my quote-unquote blog. But wait, what's this? Some sort of Winter Holiday Miracle sent from the shiny feathery things in the sky? Let's just say yes, and not spend any more time thinking about it.
In the mean time, I have actually been quite productive. Look at all these pretty pretty necklaces! All sparkly and shiny and old/The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-7629583853592846692010-08-07T08:16:00.000-04:002010-08-07T08:16:49.912-04:00My distaste for permanenceGood morning, my many mystical muffincakes!
Today I am lamenting the permanent qualities of permanence. I'm not really the type of person who does well with making decisions that cannot be unmade. Example: I'm in a buffet line ready for dessert. What do I pick? The pie? The cake? The ice cream? All three, obviously, because then you don't risk regrets.
So, you wonder, what in the The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-12097812291288866532010-08-01T21:10:00.000-04:002010-08-01T21:10:51.328-04:00Mission failed.. for now.Well, it looks like I won't be selling my pieces at any of the Providence Open Markets this summer! But, as they say, que sera sera... right?
And I made a (feeble) attempt at contacting a real live shop person about putting my work in there. Not so much luck. As my boss occasionally tells me, I need to grow some cojones.
Life is just a work in progress, right?The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-9839014149391733402010-07-24T21:06:00.000-04:002010-07-24T21:06:43.579-04:00If only I was super wealthy...Stuff I want (that I can't make):
this pretty house.
Any one of these gorgeous wallets.
Despite the fact that I no longer wear backpacks, this "rucksack" is pretty rockin'.
And this lovely floral bracelet (although I'm totally wishing it was a ring).The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-4517363813455129232010-07-24T15:45:00.000-04:002010-07-24T15:45:17.614-04:00Permanent decisions...After having a good third of my favorite mole lopped off for "testing," I realized with a rather large amount of embarrassment about how much I like that freakishly large freckle. If it was gone (due to some not-so-awesome melanoma-thing), I would feel completely lopsided.
So that's when I started thinking to myself, my little lovely friendersons. "Perhaps," I thought, "it is time toThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-88084442874823294492010-07-12T21:45:00.000-04:002010-07-12T21:45:05.434-04:00Holy Poodle Poop! Animals in clothes!Hold your freakin' horses, Batman! Do you see that ewe over there? Dressed in plaid?
Well I do. Here.
And let me tell you, there isn't much in the world that I love more than animals in human clothing. It's sooooo gooooood!
Please note: I recognize that this is not a ewe, as I had forementioned. I chose the image after. And upon searching for ewes dressed in plaid, I came up empty handed.The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-64102835263073872282010-07-11T14:05:00.000-04:002010-07-11T14:05:20.320-04:00First try - feedback?I had this whole conversation with a cashier while buying a bottle of wine yesterday. She liked my tattoo, and we started talking about feathers and jewelry making and all sorts of fantastic things like that. She mentioned that she makes feather headbands, and I thought to myself "Hey you! You should try that! Don't you have bags of feathers to use?"
And then I told myself "yeah, yeahThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-87020682939503444232010-07-10T14:46:00.001-04:002010-07-10T14:47:26.693-04:00It's coming down!Late For Dinner by Jenny Schultz Designs
Ahhh, for once I am thankful for rainy weather. The past week has been unbearably hot, I think some people may even call it "sweltering." Although it is Saturday, and thus one of the few days I get to enjoy the great outdoors, I am thrilled to see it pouring outside.
Maybe now I won't have to water my garden!
This kind of weather reminds me The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-77432941724778436322010-07-06T19:28:00.000-04:002010-07-06T19:28:00.739-04:00Etsy Says: Track it, baby!I applied to the Providence Open Markets for three slots in early Autumn. While before I was secretly hoping I wouldn't get accepted, I'm now hoping that I will, just to move all these necklaces, rings, and earrings off my studio table! It seems, however, that they don't check their email as often as I would like. Bummer, POM, bummer.
So, if anyone sees any opportunities for jewelry vendorsThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-45952605946084099602010-07-03T16:01:00.000-04:002010-07-03T16:01:16.109-04:00New prices and shiny rings for fingers!I've updated my Etsy shop with two new rings (made from upcycled vintage pieces)! Let me know what you think of them. Honest friends are good friends!
I've also lowered my prices. We're still in a recession, right?
Check it all out here!The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-67295959626578043732010-06-29T19:26:00.000-04:002010-06-29T19:26:37.729-04:00It's easy to be green.July is almost here and I'm definitely feeling the heat. With only one window box AC I've discovered that my dog has the right idea: sleep in the basement.But at least the sunlight has a nice impact on some things! I took some photographs for those of you who can't swing by and see the deliciousness in person.
While I have yet to use the cilantro, I have fallen in love with having mint on hand toThe Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060213754840887559.post-77149144295180758652010-06-03T20:06:00.001-04:002010-06-03T20:06:00.550-04:00Open Market... For real.I re-applied, as an unreserved vendor, to the Providence Open Market. Elan and I will, hopefully, be sharing a "booth," showcasing my jewelry and his art. Also, I plan on selling cupcakes made by graduates of the Amos House's Culinary Education program.
And, at the risk of sounding like I'm trying to sell something, I'd like to brag about my lunch today. My dear friend Mark The Mighty Sprouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16789487453164661407noreply@blogger.com0