Hungrypanda Makes Stuff

This didn’t turn out very well.  But the MAN was sweet and wears it with pride.

Jumper from my sewing for toddler’s class

Both Bob and Fred are made from Apoxie, and then painted.  Modeled after Calvin & Hobbes snowmen.

Fred!

Bob!

Given that it’s so close to v-day, I thought I would post a craft idea that worked out particularly well for me.

Neither I nor the MAN are really the frilly hearts type, but we are both big romantics.  So, for last v-day, I wrote up 100 memories I had of our relationship, rolled them each up and packed them into this match box.  I tried to write about not just the really big memories, like the day we got married, but more the little things, that makes our relationship special to me,  which we might not think about a lot, like the time he got his arm stuck down the gopher hole because he misread the pirate treasure map I made him
We had a really great time unwrapping and reading a memory each night before bed.

Okay, that’s all.  Hope that wasn’t too sappy for you all.

Cufflinks made from watch internals and cufflink blanks.  I guess they are steampunky or something…

I attached the watch internals with Apoxie.  I love that stuff!  It’s a two part thing, you mix A&B in equal parts and work away.  It hardens in about 2 hrs and cures in like 24 hours, and takes sanding and painting pretty damn well.  Good for times when you can’t bake the whole item as with Sculpey.

Oh, and then I painted the back with silver nailpolish.  I am not sure if I am in love with that part though, maybe I should do black??

For thing-a-day Feb 2nd and also a friend’s baby shower.   The tree trunk and grass fabric were fabric that was picked by the mom-to-be and we were supposed to make something in the theme of jungle.

I’m participating in 4th edition of thing-a-day. Hopefully it will make me get off my pa’tush (sp??) and make more stuff this month.

I made this last night, but didn’t get to upload it until now. It’s for a friend’s birthday. The original version was with red ribbon,

Too Childish?

but I decided that was too childish and went with a silver chain instead.

Lego necklace, final version

Which version do you like better?