And We Got Lost On the Way

Haaaalooooo?
Anyone left out here?

Well, I sure didn't mean to wander off like that.. August. Phew.  And 20 days later? It's like, pretty much over.

We did some camping and swam in some secret swimming holes in the High Sierras in August.

Made books at the Museum of Folk Art and Craft in August.

Watched Scott Pilgrim VS. The World and the quoted it to each other all this week. Not since Napoleon Dynamite has a movie invade the conversation in this manner.
"Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it."
I loved me some Kim, and Wallace.

and I've been doing a lot of extra secret sewing for the FashionArt show.
But it's a blogging black hole because it's a secret... for the Fashion show. Afterward I hope to have a blognanza of bloggy good blogness but for now.. Just a super veil of secrets.

Anyhooo. I've got my tiny giant high schooler back in school and I think it's time
to try and catch up with all of ya'll. And to all the people who kept checking in...

You are my sunshine. The wind beneath my wings...all that.
Don't you ever change.

Get Out And Craft It Up...

Well, I have been Crafting about town more than usual this last month...

I joined Futuregirl and her band of public crafters in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. She does this every 3rd Wednesday of the month and I have to say it was fantastic. Lots of crafty chitchat, a variety of projects... ( even some LED action!) and we had to move it indoors due to the inclimate SF summer weather, but that meant Beverages.

 This last Month I also joined a great embroidery class that is held at The Fabrica Sew-Op in Santa Cruz. That's been going on for 3 weeks now. Fabrica is a co-op sewing collective where they have fabric, machines,  and people on hand to show anyone who is interested how to get their stitch on.
It all runs on donations and good will... Ridiculously cool.

I just love the class and the great energy our teacher Marie brings to the whole business. Last week there was some hard core excitement over  crewel hedgehogs and 3-D flowers.

 
I'm loving all the details and all the specialty stitches, plus the face to face explanations of how exactly I'm totally messing some of the stuff up!

Tomorrow, I'm back up to San Francisco for Craft Bar at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. They have a fantastic exhibit ( Clare Rojas) there that I'm dying to see. Plus it's book binding as the craft. I really am excited to try my hand at that... Like I need another Crafty Endeavor. But anyway... If you can go, you should go! $10.00 6-9 pm... Right downtown, across from Yerba Buena Gardens! I'll be there..

There's a Maira Kalman Exhibit too.. at the Contemporary Jewish Museum which is right next door!
If we can fit it in with the Back To School sneaker shopping, I'm doing BOTH!