my boyfriend, the super nerd.

My boyfriend is a super nerd. Well okay, he's not a super nerd, but he likes a lot of nerdy things. And hey, don't get me wrong...I have nothing against nerdy things. {I think I just like calling him a super nerd}
One of his nerdalicious things to do is play the card game Magic The Gathering with our other male friends, (while the female significant others look on disapprovingly, trying to find something else to entertain themselves with).

One of my latest ventures (because I do so love taking on random crafty conquests) is making a custom d12 for him. A d12 is basically just a 12-sided die that he uses to keep track of....something....(I have no idea)...in the game.

I made a mold with another d12 out of the Sculpey Mold Maker material, which is totally awesome by the way and a lot of fun to work with! I had a lot of trouble at first lining the two sides together to form one piece. But in the end, I'm really happy with how it came out. I'll probably make a quick little tutorial the next time I make another die, as this first one was basically just a practice run. I didn't think it would come out as nicely as it did!
The die on the left is the one I made from sculpey clay, then painted black and added the white numbers. The blue die on the right is the one I used to make a mold from.
Not too bad, if I do say so myself.
Also, they're actually both the same size, despite the optical illusion of the photo.

bedtime.

Why didn't anyone tell me that I can never escape a bedtime no matter how old I get? Whether I'm told to, like when I was younger, or nowadays when my body literally starts shutting down like a computer. Programs start shutting down, hard drives start powering off, the monitor shuts off. It's ridiculous. I'm almost 25 and I'm passing out at 10 o'clock. How am I supposed to get anything done in a day when my body wants to spend at least half of it sleeping? My body and I aren't really on the same page.

This past weekend I heard the birds chirping and I wrote it down to remember to document it later because it was so funny. "pretty pretty prit prit prit prit" Imagine that in a chirpy bird voice, because that's what it sounded like for hours. I always imagine the birds are saying actual words...it's kind of annoying. They sound desperate, searching for a mate the length of the day. My mind tends to wander also, and I imagine a boy bird, lonely, searching for a girl bird and all the other birds are paired off and he's sitting there all alone chirping..saying the same phrase over and over, hoping someone will pay attention to him. I know, I'm crazy.

I chopped off my hair yesterday. I don't know what's wrong with me and my hair. I'm never satisfied with it. I always want to change it. Whether it's by dyeing or styling, it never ends. I tried to dye it platinum today as well. I'll take pictures tomorrow. It's not quite as light as I wanted, but it's an awesome shade of ash blonde, so I'm happy. ....for now...maybe.

As for a bit of crafty business, I've had my hands full with custom orders. It's been tough trying to work on my "series" of Lil Dumplins and the customs at the same time. But I will prevail! I'm still very hesitant to settle on a new name for the Lil Dumplins. Mainly because once I choose, then that's it, I'm not changing it again. I also realized I'm a moron and the business cards that I recently ordered say "Lil Dumplins, Art and Accessories". Not exactly the best time to be renaming my Lil Dumplins, now is it. But that's alright, I'll work it out.

Oh! And I came across an awesome website chock full of how-to's for jewelry, housewares, food and who knows what else (i haven't done a thorough investigation just yet..). Real people upload their tutorials and a lot of them have pictures and diagrams. I think it's really great that people are willing to share their skills with others. Maybe I'll add something one day...if I ever have the time! I love to be helpful when I can. Cut Out + Keep

Squidoo told me to.

I joined a site that I know NOTHING about. I hear it's good for promoting yourself though. It's called Squidoo and you make lenses. What's a lens? Don't look at me. Look at this though: Do you Squidoo?

Halloween Pumpkin Contest

At work for Halloween we had a pumpkin decorating contest. I totally should have won! I think my pumpkin is awesome. But of course people were voting a bajillion days before the pumpkin deadline. C'mon people...who votes before you see all the candidates.

He has a peg leg and a parrot for gosh sakes! Oh, and gold hoop earrings. You can kind of see them on the side.

The parrot is actually two fake birds "frankensteined" together. I couldn't find a small sized parrot so I took large parrot and cut off his head (it was rather brutal), then I stuck it on a parakeet body and glued feathers around it to make it look like one solid bird. That actually took the most amount of time.

Pirate pumpkin is slowly decaying, it's very sad.