Last year, for the first time ever, I finished knitting a pair of socks! They are beautiful, but sadly I misread the sizes in the pattern and they are a bit small. I can squeeze them on, but I’m thinking maybe I should give them away. It would probably have to be to a child […]
Clothing
Fineliner Pens & Meerkatsu
This review of fineliner pens by Meerkatsu is great. While I haven’t used all the pens he reviewed, my experience with the Sakura and UniPin are pretty similar to his. He doesn’t seem to have used Artline Drawing System pens; I would be interested to see what he thinks of these. I think the Artline […]
Zentangle shoes
I bought these cheap shoes ages ago meaning to draw on them. I finally did it! It was quite fun. I used Sharpie Stained markers (they’re for fabric). I needed about 1.5 markers to cover the shoes. I haven’t worn them yet. I still need to decide whether I’ll use elastic instead of laces, or […]
Save Ferris T-shirts
There was an 80s night at the Orpheum theatre where they were playing Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink. At these theme nights they give a prize for dressing up. The night before the movie I realised that Save Ferris t-shirts for our whole group (6 of us were attending) could be cool, […]
Painted canvas shoes
Hand painted shoes. I did these this afternoon with some $4 shoes I got yesterday. Such a bargain for some comfy looking shoes! It seemed like a good opportunity to try decorating them, since I’ve wanted to try decorating shoes for a while. I used acrylic water-resistant paint and will spray with some fabric water […]