Wishes and Daydreams

I really wanted to title this entry something even more fey, like "Wishes and Moonbeams" or "Dreams and Flower Petals" but couldn't bring myself to.

I got an account on ArtFire, which is like Etsy, but free. No fees. I hope to post all the arts I have done that I could currently part with there, and then I will post about it here. If anyone reading this would like an ArtFire, let me know, and I'll get you a special link that will count towards me getting a free Premium account for life. :p Premium involves things like having 10 photos instead of 4 for each item, things like that.

I have wanted to try needle felting, like for tiny plush toys. Like kappas. It'd involve getting special needle felting needles, though, and wool roving, and dying the roving (like yarn, but not twisted up yet) with Kool-Aid, so I dunno. Maybe someday. Maybe the Michael's near me will hold a class on it. That way I can see if it's something for me without investing in materials!

I also have an urge to do tiny cute sculpey things, like fat animals, and little gyroids. I want to, but there's always something else to do, and the hassle of getting out the card table and chair and clay boxes and then baking them... ehhh.

I have been discovering the fun of actually cooking things. Not just "following the flavored rice packet directions," or "melting cheese between two quesadillas, in a frying pan if I'm feeling adventuresome." Breads. Pizza. I made sweet & sour sauce tonight to go over rice, and then threw together a teriyaki sauce and cooked chicken strips in it. I feel like such a dolt for marveling over this, but it's neat to me.

I don't know if any of you play Animal Crossing, but here is where I have put a gallery of screenshots from it. Please enjoy.