It's mid September and I'm catching up...

It's mid September and I'm already starting on October work....where did the summer go?

I produced a couple of zines this summer and they took more of my "spare" time than I had anticipated. They were the first that I was going to share with anyone, so I wanted them to be nice. Swapped them on swap-bot in the craft zine and summer zine swaps. Got flaked on one of the swaps.I didn't rate the swapper because 1) she'd been in contact with me and I think she really was confused as to what exactly to do to produce a zine. And 2) I was hosting the swap - so there really wasn't anyone to "angel" it for me. I did do some extra swapping with a few other participants. They really ran the gammet. Some were simplistic and probably thrown together. Another was interesting reading - kind of like being a voyeur on a conversation where you didn't know the people who were being discussed. Being a visual person, I was a little disappointed in the graphics...but as zines are kind of "anything goes" who am I to be a critic? I think that zines are not the outlet that I had hoped they would be for all of this stuff that lives inside me and is dying to somehow get out into this world. I don't think I've found the creative outlet that I'm searching for. (Sorry about the bad grammer in this entry - lots of wrong punctuation and gramatical mistakes. Sometimes I just need to write like I speak - which is far from grammatically correct.)

summerzine 2008

So....what have I been crafting since the last entry?

button chair

Well, there's the button chair that I made for the Whitewater Valley Arts Association chair-ity auction. Wish I could go bid, but I'll be rehearsing "Frankenstein" at the Richmond Civic Theater on that night. I'm doing the lighting, including a lot of the effects. Oh my! As much as I love making theater magic, this one could prove to need more time than I can give it to make a spectacular smoke and flash production. I'll do my best.

I've been on a recipe kick. You know how it is when you are trying to diet - all you think about is food - LOL. Just send out a chocolate swap - to Germany. Cost more to send than to buy! Also sent out 6 recipes. Put them on recipe cards that I's colored with some colored pencil, simple drawings and then placed them in a kind of attractive, small, photo album. I think my swap partner will like them. She has a lacto-ovo allergic child, so I included a few non-dairy, non-egg recipes. I always seem to end up with the partners that have some kind of dietary restrictions. I joined another  recipe book swap. This time for baking recipes. I'm crossing my fingers that I get someone who uses flour, milk, eggs, butter - the works! I really hate those Dr. Atkins type recipes for baking. They taste terrible, too. No offense if you like them...I just don't have that pallette.

Chef Angel says it's time to close down the computer and join him in the kitchen. Smells great. Orange shrimp tonight, I think:)

'til next time - Indygirl