Lights, TARDIS, Big Hair Action!

It feels like I haven't done much the last couple weeks, but when I went back to check my photos I realized I've just been doing a lot of little things. Here, I'll speed run you through it:

 First, I tried some more melted crayon art, this time with a TARDIS:

 I flicked some white paint onto the glass first, hoping it would look like stars. Then I added a TARDIS decal cut with my Cricut.

From there I melted a whole mess of galaxy-colored crayons on top:

Here's the fun part, though: I used blue and purple glitter crayons, too, and they turned out so sparkly!

Here's a video so you can see some of the crazy sparkle effect; there's both blue and copper glitter in there!

(If you missed it before check out my melted crayon tutorial. I used all the same materials and techniques for this one.)

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With John's help I made my first ever Cricut card for my parents' anniversary. They're currently riding around the U.S. on their Harley, so I found the perfect silhouette to cut:

 

Plus it only took me and John about 4.5 hours to make it! YAY NEW TECHNOLOGY.

::mad laughter that turns to sobs::

(That's for those of you who were wondering why I'm not doing any Cricut tutorials. I still have no idea what I'm doing. Plus Cricut is a sneaky Woozle for including all the pay fonts in with the free ones, so after 2 hours of painstaking design you finally go to cut and it tries to charge you $10. Then you have to strangle an inanimate object, and John has to intervene, and it's a whole thing, you know?

Quick Cute Break:

SO SQUISHABLE.

And Suki's cute, too.

(heyooooooo)

 

Funnily enough I think Suki likes me better - or at least she's the one who always has to be next to me - but Eva is still my heart. She's a little more independent, but she still finds me for head-floppy, tummy-rumbly snuggles a few times a day, and that's enough for me. :)

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This week I cut John's hair - which I do about every 6 weeks? - and my own hair, which I do about twice a year. The day after I cut my hair is always one of my favorites, because I wake up with GINORMOUS bedhead:

I'm also showing off my awesome Labyrinth shirt again here.

I use the ponytail-in-front method to cut my hair, then add in 2 layers: 1 at ear level, then the top crown section - also pulling the hair in front for each. I point-cut, then use thinning shears to blend the edges. And THAT is the extent of my hair-cutting knowledge. :D

Here's John's new 'do, as he models the latest fur cowl trend while holding the world's tiniest can of Diet Pepsi:

This was taken on Saturday at a truly EPIC Game of Thrones themed dinner party. Don't worry, I'll be sharing those photos soon! I'm looking forward to you guys explaining everything, since we don't watch the show. :p  

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I'm sort of embarrassed to share this next bit of craftiness, but at the same time I'm kind of proud? Ehhh this is a safe space, let's go for it:

So here's the thing: John wears his t-shirts to death, and then I cut them up into rags. It's the circle of life around here. However, as I was purging out his latest batch of ratty shirts, I remembered how he's been complaining that he can't find any good cotton sleep shorts anymore. He keeps buying new ones, but they're too scratchy, or have pockets (which weirdly he DOESN'T want), too many seams, etc.

Plus we have PLENTY of rags right now.

So I laid out a pair of John's shorts on an old shirt, hemmed and hawed over it for a few minutes (PUN INTENDED), and then got out the dreaded sewing machine.

I cut the shirt straight across under the arms, folded down a wide hem for some elastic, and in 20 minutes had a stretchy t-shirt skirt.

Then - and you sewing types are going to cringe SO HARD over this - I just cut the skirt in the middle and sewed it up a few inches to make the legs. This is completely wrong for shorts, I know; they're supposed to have this funny little jut-out at the crotch:

Buuuut I don't have that kind of skill or patience, to be honest. And crazily enough, John loves them. He raved about how comfy they were all the next day, because there are literally no side seams anywhere on them, and they're already beat-up cotton, which is the softest.

 Obviously the t-shirt shorts are big and billowy and look a little odd from the front (would you believe John did NOT want to model them for you guys?!) but they're also sleep shorts no one will ever see but us, so... I guess that's a win?

I'm still a little embarrassed. Please tell me I'm not a terrible wife for making my hubby wear ratty old t-shirt shorts to bed, lol.

Also if you sewing types (which is your official name now to avoid comment brawls) have any quick and easy tips to help make the crotch area better, please share! I thought about trying to piece something in from the sleeves, but my brain froze up. And again, zero skill and even less patience over here, so keep that in mind. :D

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We've been making more laptop decals for our winners from last week, and they look soooo sweet in metallic vinyls!

 And thank you again to whoever sent me a "That's what she said" on IG. Made me LOL.

I also cut a Hufflepuff crest in a buttery yellow for a matte black laptop. I bet that's gonna look beautiful, so please share a picture later, Becky!

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My most labor-intensive "craft" - and I suspect the reason I woke up the next morning with a bad charley horse:

 Our ceiling looks much cleaner now, until the light hits it just right and it looks like it has the chicken pox from all those spackle spots, heh. Next on the list: paint! (Maybe in another 3 months...)

And finally, a couple of glamour shots of my office mates:

If you're quick, you can catch the video version of this - with Suki swatting at Eva's tail - over on my Instagram/FB Story right now.

Here Suki contemplates what else in my office she can knock over or destroy, while Eva is mid-process destroying my inbox. (It's cracked in the middle under her tubbiness, grr.)

Here's to more cuteness and craftiness this week! I hope you guys are OK, sending you love and squishy internet hugs.

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