Stand Still

I've stopped crafting.  I don't know what happened but I think maybe Thursday or Friday I just quit everything.  I am working on a deer for Dylan, and some hats for the shop.  I've got two hats finished, but the idea of getting photos right now is not very appealing.  I have instead turned my free time (what?  no i don't actually have and of this) to books. I am reading Half Broke Horses and so far am enjoying it.  I read The Glass Castle by the same author and enjoyed it much more.

Maybe it's because it's been terribly cold outside ...... though very pretty and sunny.  Or maybe it's because my arm is aching after my tattoo session on Saturday, but I just don't want to move.  I want to just sit on the couch all day and read, or just stare into space.  Even turning pages is too much work sometimes!

Cory spent the weekend re doing wiring and putting in a new dryer vent as we moved the laundry into my new hair shop space.  We still need to do the lighting in there and some drywall, but other than that its done .... one the sink.  we bought an old sink that mounts to the wall and to a counter, so we are trying to figure out how to install it.


In other news I have registered Jack for kindergarten ... I even managed to get him in the french immersion program!  If i was ten minutes later he wouldn't have gotten in, so we are rather delighted!  This Thursday there is a small kindergarten work shop for us to attend, just a simple snack time, circle time and a craft.  It will be nice to be in his future school though!

Alright I've got to think about dinner ..... lazy slow cooker chicken soup i think!  To end things off I thought i'd post my tattoo!  It still needs color, but I LOVE the way it turned out!  I go back in a few weeks to get the color done .....oh and I've planned a weekend getaway with a friend at the end of February!!  Can't wait!

The Design

So after 10 plus years of contemplating, I've come up with a new design for a tattoo!  I have been trying to figure out what to put on my right arm for so long now!  On my left arm I have a varga pin up girl.  It's a mix of three different ones.  She's been so lonely for all these years!

I've sketched a VERY rough idea of what I'd like.  It was inspired from a piece I saw in an old tattoo magazine at a friend's house.  So without further adieu here it is:

okay you can barely see it .....  there are two crochet hooks on the bottom, a pin cushion and some thread above that, then some measuring tapes on the side, scissors at the top and a heart shaped yarn ball in the middle.  The yarn ball is going to vaguely look like a sacred heart.  I'm not religious so a sacred heart wouldn't really be right..... but a yarn heart is perfect!  In the banner above the hooks i am going to have some words ..... "Dangerously Crafty"  is what a friend suggested!  We'll see! 

 this is the flash from the magazine.  I love the details on the anchor and the overall look of the piece, but i'm not in the navy, or have i every really been into boating ...... so crafting it is!  I'm so excited!  Now I just have to find a tattoo artist i like!  The guy that did my pin up girl was my friend's ex boyfriend and he's now moved out of town.