Blog Updating

Dear "North Texas Burning" and "Splash, Splash... Ahhhh!":
Yes, you know who you are! One cannot live on "Bill's Twisted Thoughts" alone! I may not update as often as I'd like, but I need to know what's going on with the rest of my DE pals too! Hope all is well in your corner of the world.
Warm Regards,
Jallie Beans

So... anyway, I finished a little project on Saturday after dropping a small fortune at a newly discovered yarn store. I made a knitted cover for my iPod and it is fabulous! If only my iPod was 4th generation and not the newer, bigger screened, right-sided headphone jacked Photo iPod. I'll have to modify the pattern. I had a plastic cover sewn in for screen protection, but I didn't like how it turned out, so snip and rip... out it went. I also took it apart to try and make it fit my iPod. I haven't gotten to the re-sewing yet... a little discouraged by the "didn't fit the first time" blues.

In other crafty news, another small fortune was dropped at the scrapbooking store shortly after my visit to the yarn store. I need to find cheaper hobbies! Johnny did find me a heat gun at the local tool shop, on sale for $10. It's bigger than the one they sell at the craft store for $25, but you can't beat that price! Sunday, with heat gun in hand, I did some rubber stamping and made a couple cards. The heat gun was used to melt embossing powder on the cards, giving the stamps a raised texture. Very cool!

Other projects in the works are my mohair sweater (still trying to match the color changes on the first sleeve), a couple scarves, and a baby gift for MB & E's little girl, due this spring. Speaking of baby girls, my cousin Kenny and wife Jewells are expecting another girl in June. She will join daughter, Adeline, who is sooo cute and although I haven't met her (they live in AZ), she seems as fun and goofy as her Aunt Kara.

Holla!