Well, That Was Interesting

I now am a much older, wiser woman.  I have undergone the hard drive death of our family computer--yes, everything was lost, most importantly three years of photos--and I have processed the seven stages of grief, including rage (why won't this #$%@!!! thing turn on?!) and denial (if we take it to the Genius Bar at the Apple store one of those geniuses can surely fix it!).  I have learned many things, not the least of which is setting up a Mac from scratch.  Which, it turns out, is not so hard, as long as you don't have any qualms about closing your eyes and stabbing at random keys when asked if you run on a LAN or PPP or PPPoe.

So. What else have I been doing? Frame purses.  

 

Have to say, this may be the best craft ever. Aside from the fact that you have to mail order the frames (I got mine from the Etsy shop 3Dpatternpaper) they are very simple to make, and there are plenty of tutorials out there that explain all the details very clearly. Which is my way of saying I'm too lazy to do it for you.

Of course Squirrel Momma can't make normal purses. No, no, no. She must make Monster Purses. So meet Juanita...

 

...and Dwayne...

 

In my own defense, I tried to be normal, really. I had silk dupioni, in a nice sedate chocolate brown, all picked out at the fabric store, but then the fake fur called to me. And then I had to add fangs. And then I remembered I had green cat eyes. And then...

Comments

[Jenni]

Awesome purses! I luv 'em!

Make bestest friends with your external hardrive and save often and frequently and periodically. :) (also look into cloud computing just in case your home goes poof!)

[Sue]

Love them, especially Dwayne. He looks so demented.

[Patti Gramza]

Amy, ggggggreat purses! Now I have to look up how easy these are! Every time a talented person tells me something is EASY, I KNOW BETTER!!!!! heheheh, sorry about your computer by the way! What a bummer! :(
Hugs,Patti

[Elizabeth Woodford]

Been there recently and it is Terrible!!! Lost recent pictures only but that was terrible enough!!!! Live and learn but shouldn't we know everything by now?????
Love these purses and fur is so much more fun than Stuffy dupioni!!!

[squirrel momma]

Thanks for the kind words!

Have to say, aside from losing family photos, a empty hard drive is kind of refreshing. Sort of like having one of the those professional closet cleaners come to your house and throw away all the old sweaters you cant bear to part with. Definitely plenty of room in the old hard drive closet now!

Smiles,
Amy

[Kelaine]

So was Dwayne your fastest sell ever??

[urban craft]

monster purses are waaaaay better than normal purses anyday!