Crafty Tuesday (So What do You want to Know?)

[puppetmaker]

Since there has been some interest in my idea for a crafty entry once a week so I thought I would give it a try.

But I would like to know what you the reader would be interested in my talking about.

I figured I would talk about current projects I am working.

I thought I might do some how to or short cuts I have learned for various things.

I thought that I would put up pictures of things I am currently working on.

I could talk about how I go about the process of building something.

I could talk about past projects.

I could do in progress pictures.

Current Projects
(or what I want to get done this week)

1. The puppet bodies for the school puppet production of the tales of Anansi.
This will be 8 bodies total and I need to see what scraps of kente cloth I have so the kids can make costumes for their puppets. I have a standard hand-puppet pattern I use with a few tweeks for smaller hands.

2. The Beginnings of the costumes for Farpoint. I have done most of my visual research. Now I need to find the right colors of cloth and make sure I have the right stuff for the accessories.

3. Do 10 cloth postcards and send them out to the postcard swap I joined. I am still doing some research as to how to make postcards out of cloth. I figure at 10 a week, I’ll be able to get this project done before Farpoint.

4. Plot out the steampunk critters I want to do next and cogitate on the one human one I need to do without a stand.

So those are my goals to have done by next Tuesday.

And again I am looking for input from y’all.

I am grateful for input.

Comments

[wherdafux-d-cat.livejournal.com]

I just love 'the process' -- seeing/hearing how ideas come up and are turned into reality. It's what has kept me watching Top Chef and Project Runway for ages even though I'll never cook or sew like that myself. I even watched a couple of seasons of America's Next Top Model for the same reason. Couldn't care less about the dramas but I was intrigued by the prep that went on and how the results came out. Especially the difference between seeing the picture being taken and the actual picture itself. (Photography = another vice hobby habit of mine.)

So short version, I'm tickled about this general plan of yours and am looking forward to seeing the 'behind the scenes' thinking and doing. :)

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

Wow that sounds like a very full week! I'm curious about how you budget your time across so many things to do, and progress reports. But really, whatever you share I'll be reading, it might inspire me to get a couple of my half-done knitting projects going again.