Ever make something for the name?
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Ever notice something later? Much later?
Comments (13)OK, this is kind of embarassing... Dh and his band buddies were planning a photo shoot and I picked up a few items of clothing with an 'edgier' look. One being a black tone-on-tone cut velvet shirt. The fabric looks kind of like this All went well with the shoot. A few months later he wore the shirt to work with a pair of gray pinstripe pants. He looked great and I told him that as he left in the morning. He comes home that evening and asks "Do you see a woman on my shirt?" I'm like Huh??? I look closely and to my surprise (horror!) see the scroll pattern in the shirt was created using this silhouette: One of the guys at work mentioned how much he liked the shirt and the girls in the shirt. Dh and I had no idea they were in there. When I think about it months later I still laugh....See MoreHave you ever used duck tape to fix something?
Comments (28)Oh yeah! Tmeporary patch ups with duct tape has gotten me back home or out of the outback several times. It is true that it can not stick to surfaces wet with gasoline, antifreeze, and several other liquids, but when you are sesperate, you improvize. I had a heater hose to crack while out in the 'bush'. By wiping the hose as best as I could, I was able to make a patch by making many overlapping wraps of tape and relieving the coolant pressure by loosening the radiator cap. I mde it back to civilization. Stopped stuff from rattleing while on a long road trip. Taped over the ends of the bars of roof top carrier that was whistling. That stopped the whistle. It was at the beginning of a long road trip and I did not have the time to amke a permanent cure. That saved at least one day of vacation. During a trip, we shipped back to ourselves some boxes holding very heavy items. Got out the duck tape and reinforced the boxes. On a 3 day campout, my lightweight tent got a small rip. Duct tape held this together until the trip was complete (and was rain tight, too). Have made tags to identify wires under the hood of my car. Comes in handy if these wires have to be removed during a roadside repair. Put a piece of duct tape on wallboard, before drilling a hole through it. It keeps the edges of the wallboard from fraying. Have to start a screw in an inaccessible place? Push a the screw through a piece of duct tape and hold the screw to the screwdriver blade with the tape....See MoreDo you ever feel like doing something crazy?
Comments (30)Thanks folks, I have a sack of about 10 different 1/4 yd cuts that I've bought/ordered/lived with. I had them all up for varying lengths of time from hours to overnight to days. Hubby is sooooooo over it. Every time I tried a bright color it just looked off to me. Once I put a big, bold pattern in it just clicked better. I actually really like the same pattern in blue over the sink, but when it's in the eating area it's not quite right. So essentially I think I'm ready to go neurotic but not quite certifiable crazy yet. I'm going to accessorize with a lot of blue but if I decide to go back to red or yellow or orange in the future, a can of spray paint solves the issue. This thread has also made me love suzani now. :) The eyebrow comment is valid and definitely makes me think. I've got one more fabric store to visit today, but at that point I think I have to make a call of some kind. I could put this off for months if I let myself....See MoreEver buy something because you simply needed it in your life?
Comments (32)"Art is one of the few things DH likes to "shop" for"-how similar..and how lucky I must say, as most of our art was also found while traveling together, and oh, each time is so wonderful..frankly wonderful whether we actually can buy something or not. I still remember everyhing we admired together but couldn't afford..and yes we both regret things we could afford but didn't buy..:) and yes, art, ceramics, netsuke-yes I simply need them in my life. Add books to that too. My DH is an extremely savvy person-yet he'll never say "no" to a book..he understands this. Do I feel guilty? no, not at all if I'm up and leave again-that's what I'll take with me, after all..Well besides my husband:) and kids if they'll want to.. one smart person-actually my boss, one of several..I was blessed with very smart work supervisors all my professional life...he said "The feeling of home comes from these very things you don't exactly need to survive" There are levels of need..and the basics, we all know them, and they should be there since without them it's obviously really hard to strive for something else. Even just wanting, dreaming, wishing for, admiring-you already have something extremely important. You might not realize it until you don't.. You might meet people that don't have it. They don't have it. Sometimes not at the moment, sometimes not for years. They're so deeply buried inside, so hurt, that outside doesn't touch them. It's not how we're intended to be. It's awfully sad. It's also extremely scary when one doesn't feel himself..as somebody existing and separate you know?.. you're also not exactly into wishing for things while in that state.. so, yes, in my mind -even to want to buy somethiing you "simply need in your life", it's a blessing..it's a star in the sky..it seems so little amongst other stars, you don't know its name and its meaning..but the meaning is actually there and it's huge..you're alive, you're connected, and you want to continue to be....See Morecolleenoz
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