The Week in Glue

Here's what's keeping my soul glued this week:

It's sparkly and GIGANTIC.

Beverage: Every time I decide that I'm going to drink more water on a daily basis, I buy another water bottle. This behavior has resulted in a ridiculous collection of water bottles that I have no room to store. Sigh. In keeping with this poorly planned tradition, I purchased a sparkly new bottle.

Reading: I received the fourth and final book from my sickness-induced book buying binge of a few weeks ago: Felt Board Fun for Everyday and the Holidays. This book is great. It not only has templates, but also little lesson plans about how to play with the pieces you make. Also, it is SUPER '80s. The craft and mom nerds in my head are both very excited to begin work on a felt board for Gabe.

Watching: Erik and I have been catching up on New Girl after Gabe goes to bed.

Listening: I started listening to Laura Cantrell's album No Way There from Here. She has a nice folksy-country sound. Her lyrics are well done, too.

Nickname for Gabe: Little Chi-Cha.

Way to Waste Time on the Internet: This is an oldie, but a goodie.

Etsy Shop Update: On Saturday, I set up a cray fire hazard photo shoot in my craft room in order to finally take some scarf/cowl pictures. Here are the edited versions of those pictures (of items that I really *really* want to be able to have time to list THIS WEEK):

 

Around the House: I picked up the final materials I need to make Erik's Halloween costume. Also, I cleaned the bathtub. Victory!

Craft Idea: There's yarn everywhere. Enough said.

Things I'm Liking as I Type: I'm really enjoying that Gabe water bottle picture. Heh.

What's keep your soul glued this week?

The Week in Glue

It's a new week! Yay! I'm going to the dentist tomorrow! Boo. I've been chipping away at my Etsy shop in preparation for its opening on September 1. Along those lines, I've been finalizing packaging plans, retaking pictures and thinking about pricing options. With my mom and other work duties, things around the house continue to be busy, busy. In order to maximize my time while Gabe naps (yay for naps!), I'm going to try a more laconic version of this week's The Week in Glue.

Here's the short version of what's keeping my soul glued this week:

Beverage: I have been snuggling up with my best friend, Coffee, due to poor baby sleepage.

(NEW Category!) Favorite a-Pair-a-Day Earrings from Last Week: Float. Hands down.

Sooo tempted to keep these for me!

Watching: Erik and I are rewatching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine together. We're coming up on the episode (Spoiler alert!) in which Dax dies. I'm planning on being out of the room for that. I can't hang with watching Worf scream over her again.

Nickname for Gabe: Sir Chunkington from the Duchy of Chunkshire, in the land of Chunklevania, located in the United States of Chunk.

Way to Waste Time on the Internet: This!

Troubleshooting: What to do with the giant cabbage leaves I harvested today. (Why did I plant cabbage when I really wanted to plant kale????? WHY??)

Words of Inspiration: I used to work with the elderly. I asked one of my elders on his ninetieth birthday what his secret was. He said, "Love everyone." Perfect and lovely, right?

Around the House: I want to be lazing like those cats over there. Le sigh.

Craft Idea: I'm starting to think about cowl designs as the summer winds down.

Want to Learn More About: How to sew with a pattern.

What's keeping your soul glued this week?

Glitter for Lunch

Welcome to Soul Glue Collage and Craft's inaugural post! This blog/artistic endeavor/attempt to make a living from what I love to do has been quite a long time coming. I am attempting to create a space in which I can chat about my crafty experiments and extraneous thoughts and get to know other crafters, who are not happy unless they are covered in glue and yarn.

To tell you a bit about myself, my name is Chrissy. I live in eastern Massachusetts with my husband, Erik, and two cats, Leelu and Bebe. Our little family shows great patience on a regular basis with the facts that (1) I can't sit still (2) I always need to be making something and (3) I often drop craft bombs on our living room, which result in bits of paper, yarn, felt, beads and other various materials being left in piles on our furniture. They have also shown patience with my ambivalence about starting the Soul Glue project, which I suppose has been in development since I was 11 years old. That year, I made my first collage and functional art object: a Quaker Oats canister covered in pictures from 3-2-1 Contact magazine with a slit in the top for change. I learned about collage through my oldest sister, Carolyn, who shares the craft gene. I'm not sure what it is about cutting and ripping paper and gluing it into pictures, but I just can't seem to get enough of it. To look at some of my collage work, go to my website and check out the Gallery. The site's still under construction, but I think it will give you a decent sense of my style.


As it is indeed winter time and I live up north, I've been very much into designing and creating cowls and hats this season. I learned to crochet from my mother and my college friend, Iris. While I possess a fair understanding of patterns, I generally like to make up my own. To the right and below are pictures of cowls I made recently. I used "super bulky" acrylic yarn and an N-sized crochet hook. The cowls are both snuggly, soft, and warm--three qualities that, I believe, must be involved in any comfortable winter garment!

I plan to start selling various items, including cowls inspired by the two posted here, on Etsy, I just need to build up stock!

I'll be updating this blog at least weekly to start, so stay tuned.