I made these mittens and wanted to share them with the community!
This is my first post in sew_hip but I've enjoyed lurking and occasionally commenting for some time. My name is Laurel and I've been crafting with various mediums for some time, though currently I mostly enjoying sewing and embroidery. I'm excited to finally join in, so let me know what you think. The fawn is are the first time I've tried satin stitch embroidery, the fox the second. Before I just used to chain stitch outlines (the Jenny Hart school of embriodery maybe? I learned it from Bust magazine I'd say).
Also! I'd love to get into using my livejournal more, mostly as a craft / sewing blog, however I might also write about classic films, comics, music, student life and toronto (my current city). If anyone wants to be friends and has similar interests I'd love some more motivation to post.


( details, more pictures, and a fox )

I was diagnosed yesterday with atopic dermatitis (aka eczema). I was told to stop using fabric softener, and if that didn't help with the flare up, to change detergent.

I have laundry to do tomorrow, and plan to not use fabric softener... but hate how my clothes feel when I don't use a dryer sheet! Do any of you have suggestions for non-irritating alternatives to fabric softener? Someone told me to use white vinegar, but they didn't know HOW to use it with laundry.

If it matters, I currently use Arm & Hammer detergent (perfume and dye free, for sensitive skin).

Thanks!

I'm taking a photography class at the Salt Lake Arts Center. Last night I was the only student who showed up, and we went on a photo safari. It was so cold I could only stand to be outside for a few minutes, but we had fun taking night pictures.

This is temple square reflecting in the glass of Abravanel Hall, home of the Utah Symphony.

A photographer friend told me, glass and water are not just glass and water. They are mirrors. How right he is!

I'm looking for poems about loneliness or solitude. In return, I'll offer my favorite poem on the aforementioned topic.

"All You who Sleep Tonight"
Vikram Seth

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

I checked the memories to see if there was anything on this, but I couldn't find it. This is a bit embarrassing for me, so I'm posting from my secret journal.

I got a call from Planned Parenthood today saying that I have HPV. I'm aware that it's fairly common, and usually not serious, but I'm still a little freaked out. I called my holistic doctor and she told me not to worry about it, and to come in and she'll put me on some antiviral supplements, and again emphasized not to worry.

I'd like to hear if any of you have any experience treating HPV naturally. I know that I need to boost my immune system, but if there's anything you guys know about that can specifically help viral infections and/or HPV I'd love to heard about them.

I'm unwrapping my 13th Candy cane of the day and it's only 1:20pm.

Cavities for Christmas, yay!

Hey everyone!
I just bought this for my cousin for Christmas from a shop on Etsy-





etsy shop: jarck101

I only paid $17 for it, which I thought was a really good price. I've seen several other Etsy vendors selling these so there must be a pattern out there somewhere.
I would love one for myself, but I could make it for much cheaper and I really want to pick my own fabric. I can't seem to find a pattern for it. Any of you know who makes this pattern? or is this just unbelievable easy to make without one and I haven't figured that out yet?
Thanks!

Alright folks, I'm trying to wean the people in my household off of pinesol, lysol, bleach and the assorted crap and push them towards natural cleaning methods and products. What I need is something that relatively easy to find (in the NYC/LI area, basically, can't be too hard, right?) and something that WORKS, since if it doesn't clean as well(or near as well, atleast) as the other crap they use.. they won't use it.

I'm trying to convince them that natural products can clean just as well and won't make you gag from the fumes like the other stuff does. I'm checking out Seventh Generation products since they seem to be the most widely available. I'm looking into general household cleaners, laundry detergent and fabric softener. Something that isn't heavily scented and won't make sensitive skin break out.

Does anybody have any suggestions? Seventh Generation seems to be safe and reliable but I'm found a few cases of people saying they are a greenwashing type sham and they were caught doing blahblahetc, but I haven't found any hard facts.

All and any help is appreciated. Cheers! (Oh, I did check the memories but alot of the posts about this were sort of old so I figure it couldn't hurt to get a new take on it)

I love how they have taken the gingerbread man shape, turned it upside down and made a reindeer out of it. Clever! Ditto with santa, he's just an upturned heart.

One of the negative parts of INFPs I see mentioned a lot is how we are unable to take criticism, or we take it too personally. I know I struggle with this a lot, I'm nervous about drawing in front of my art teacher because I know I'll mess up and she'll criticize it. I know this is her job, and it's helpful to me, and criticism doesn't mean she doesn't like me or anything, but no matter how much I tell myself all this, I'm still nervous and upset. I'm trying to get over this and learn how to deal with it better. I've read a couple of sites with some helpful information, but I wanted to get some fellow INFP perspective on it. How are you guys with criticism? What do you do to feel better when criticism really upsets you?

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Have fun!

This is extremely cool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8391000/8391345.stm

Carol Ann Duffy:

All Days Lost Days


Living
in and out of the past,
inexplicably
so many things have died
in me.

In and out like a tide,
each tear
holds a tiny hologram.
Even this early
I am full of years.

Here are the little gravestones
where memory
stands in the wild grass,
watching the future
arrive in a line of big black cars.

All days
lost days, in and out of themselves
between dreaming
and dreaming again and half-
remembering.

Ugh. I just don't like December. There's too much going on, and I prefer not to be a part of all the money, the sugar, the doo-dads, the productions. I would prefer to stay home and make soup and bread for my family.

I do not like being put in a command performance for displaying charity, abundance, creativity and love. I would rather do these things organically during the other eleven months of the year. This all makes me want to just stay home, unplug the phone and ruminate about life. Organically, this is the time when I want to detach and reflect. I want to limit my sphere down to my imediate family. I want to nest and snuggle. I don't want to run around, attending a bunch of loud events with a ton of people whom I only causually know. I want depth not breadth this time of year.

Dan's Blog of Rawsome; Blogging Eclipse part 4

Jasper uses his super powers to calm Bella down, but this only works when Jasper and Bella are in the same room, much like my scented candle (Christmas Cupcake), which I have now named Jasper.

brb naming all my Christmas candles Jasper.

Prediction:
Bella returns home and finds Edward sitting alone in the dark kitchen.

EDWARD: Where were you?
BELLA: Um…at work.
EDWARD: Really?
BELLA: Yeah.
EDWARD: So you wouldn't mind if I called Mike Newton and asked him if you were at work?
BELLA: Um…Mike can't talk right now. He has a sore throa…
EDWARD: Damn it, Bella! Don't lie to me! You weren't at work! You were with…him.
BELLA: I just…
EDWARD: You just what? You could have been killed. Jacob could have turned into a werewolf and eaten you. Where are your hands?
BELLA: In my pockets.
EDWARD: Let me see them. I need to make sure he didn't eat your hands.
BELLA: I wouldn't be standing here if he ate my…
EDWARD: Silence! I see that he didn't eat your hands, but he may have given you the flu. Did he give you the flu, Bella? Don't lie to me!
BELLA: I don't think so…
EDWARD: That's just it, Bella. You never think. Now go to your room without dinner. I'll be up shortly to touch your face, and to make sure Jacob didn't eat your toes.
BELLA: Yay!

Meanwhile Jacob is hard at work writing his doctoral thesis: Pie Isn't Human Because It Doesn't Have A Heart.

( sew crazy )
Thanks for looking!

For Christmas my dad really wants something that makes your cooked eggs come out perfectly round, like the shape the "eggs" are in Dunkin Donuts egg sandwiches and egg McMuffins. I've been to local cooking stores and could find nothing, do you know of anything?

Hello everyone! I hope this post is ok here.

I'm pretty hopeful some of you have custom labels/tags that go inside apparel/corsets/other handmade wearables. I am looking to purchase some and would like to know where you got yours and any vendor feedback, purrty please?

Thank you!