Halloween

For Halloween, I'm going to be a box of popcorn. Yesterday, I wore my Goomba hat and dressed in brown. People liked it, but they didn't know what it was called.

person: Hey, what's that on your hat?

me: A goomba.

person: What's that?

me: You know! Those brown things from Mario?

person: Whaat?

me: You know, Mario is always sitting on them and squashing them.

person: Oooh! You mean those mushrooms?

Mushrooms? I always thought of goombas as brown monsters that look like dogs or something. But whatever. A lot of people did, however, say, "Dude, your hat is so awesome!" Thank you, I made it myself. No, I didn't buy it. Yes, I know it's cool. Thank you, thank you.

Even my teacher said, "I like your hat." But then someone passed gas and everyone's attention was instantly diverted by my wonderful headpiece. Sigh.

So for Halloween I'm gonna be a box of popcorn. Nom, nom, nom. :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (o^-_^o)

Goomba Hat

Since my popcorn costume isn't done yet, I'm going to be a Goomba from Mario at school. I'll still be a box of popcorn for Halloween on Sunday, but for school I'm just gonna wear this hat I knit (from Fade Crazy). At first the hat was too short, it didn't even cover my ears. I was so sad. :( But then I had the bright idea to add ear flaps, and after that, I got a bit more creative and crocheted a chain and added some pompoms. I told my mom I'd just be a Goomba for now, and at first I think she didn't really like it. But I think she warmed up to the idea and agreed to lay out brown clothes (did I mention she picks out most of my clothes?).

Knit a Recycled Apple-Picking Market Bag

This is my apple picking bag, knitted out of plastic bags. So, here's the story...

Once upon a time, a girl was obsessed with making a raincoat. Absolutely, positutely, obsessed. She reasoned, I want a nice raincoat. A unique one that no one else has, cuz even though that black North Face one is cool, everyone has it (and I mean everyone--just like everyone has that danali or danny or danielle fleece NF zip up too). So she saw posts on Instructables and she saw Penfelts awesome fused raincoat and thought, I want one like that.

When her grandparents came, she got tons of plastic bags, due to the fact that they ate at Chinese places every night (she got tired of those Chinese places--except for the pearl milk tea at Quicklys). Determined to make those fused plastic raincoats, she collected a ton of bags--only to find out that her mom wouldn't let her walking out of the house in a coat made of trash (well, she wasn't that harsh, but she didn't want her daughter in a coat like that).

Disappointed, the girl wondered what to do with these plastic bags. So she went online and saw the '80 ways to save the earth tote' on darn good yarn, and she wanted to knit one. So she grabbed a pair of us 15 needles, made a bunch of plarn, cast on 28 sts, and knit till it was 2 ft long. She bound off, sewed up the sides, and there she had it. A perfect stretchy market bag.

THE END

Today I picked apples off our tree with that bag and it was really nice. But I was afraid the part of the bag where the handle was (i just grabbed the handle off of an old messenger bag) would stretch or something, so I supported the bottom of the bag and carried the misshapen package to the kitchen. Now we've got a beautiful bowl of crispy, tart apples. o(^__^o)

T-shirt/ Infinity scarf tutorial

I saw a scarf like this in generation t. So I started it. But then I realized that I was too lazy and that the piece I had cut off the shirt was perfect, and it was long enough to wrap it around my neck twice. Tutorial time!

Ingredients (why do people use the term ingredients? I'm not saying a t-shirt isn't edible, but still...):

*a t-shirt

*a pair of scissors

Cut your hem off. Now cut off the shirt under the armpits, so you have one large tube. Pull it over your head, and then loop it around again. Ta-da! A nice soft scarf that will gain many compliments and keep your neck warm. Or you can drape it around your shoulders and pull it up like a hood.

Disclaimer: if you do the hood idea, it's not my fault if it looks hideous. I tried it and it looked funky, but it might be because it was crooked and too short for a hood.

How to get a Guy (named ******) to Stop Annoying You

Ha ha, I found this in my art journal; I was really annoyed at this guy. Guess I wasn't very mature or nice, but he was really mean. Plus he swears. I don't like it when people swear. It gets to me for some reason. Maybe I'm just really easy to infuriate, but everyone is at one point or other. Here's the entry I made:

1. Don't let him get to you, because you know you are an infinitely amount of times smarter than he is.

2. Don't ignore him. Stand up for yourself and only back down if he threatens to beat you up, touch your hair, or throw an onion at you.

3. When he says, "Shut up," tell him that the term shut up is for people who don't know what else to say. Then tell him to shut up.

4. When the sub teacher accidently calls him Marian, remember that.

5. When you have to correct the sub on how to say your name and ****** keeps copying your voice, tell him to "Shut up, Marian." It will get to him. He may call you a loser. This is the time when rule #2 should be ignored as you snicker and bask in triumph.

Just saying Hi

Hello, everyone. This is my first post! I just want to say that this is where I will be posting about crafts, and just random things. Thanks. Hope you enjoy! (o^__ ^)o