Crafty Dayeseye: Games

4 entries categorized "Games"

T minus 2 days!!

That makes today the 10th day of Christmas! Well, for the next 8 minutes, as I am typing this it is 11:52p.m. Why am I still up? Because I had a great idea and wanted to make it happen!

I made a last minute Christmas present, that I never planned to make. In fact every gift is already done, shipped, wrapped. But this seemed like a fun and simple (and it was) gift.

I made a little memory game for my nieces. I used only scraps, left over material and upcycled materials. I have drawers full of bits and pieces of fabric, and this was a great project to use some of them! I made 15 sets ( 2 each) of matching scrap fabric "memory" pieces. I backed each piece with leftover dark green wool felt from our Christmas cards this year. That gives them a little stability and cohesiveness.

I placed the pieces into a bag made from a piece of leftover navy blue t-shirt, that I used in the Scarflace project the other day.

The bag looks dirty, it's not, just linty from the thread and t shirts I've been working with. I lint rolled it after I saw this pic...sorry didn't get another picture.

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Dog Show

So, I've never been to a dog show before today. L- a friend of mine has 13 dogs, some Scottish Deerhounds and some Whippets. She LOVES, breeds, trains, and shows them. They are more than just dogs, they really are her family....and of course her dear husband N-.

The two dogs she showed today were Serena and Blaze.

You can find more about these beautiful girls, and their family lines here, Altnamara's Deerhounds, as well as check out L-'s creative endeavors!

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Pachinko

We had one of these growing up... anyone else ever play with one? Apparently they are all the rage in Japan, and they are played in a casino-like setting. We played ours on the cold concrete of our garage floor. It's kinda like a pinball machine in vertical form. There are holes, and you try and get the balls in specific holes, in some holes you lose your ball, other holes you earn more balls. We would play and play and play.

That seems kinda like how my head works. I put a great deal into it, sometimes nothing comes back out, other times my ideas are fruitful and full of life. I have been trying to be better in this area. I need focus. Really, simply put that is it. Oh well, till then I will continue on this screwy path I am traipsing along.

I am making a mobile for a customer of mine. She is decorating her baby's room with everything
"Finding Nemo" and apparently there isn't much in the way of choices for that in the market, so she is having everything made....hence the mobile. So far everything is going well and I think it is adorable. I have made a few other mobiles, but they were much more abstract. This one is much more structured. I will have to put some photos up as soon as it is finished. Just think, Floating Fish...