06 December 2005
Fish with Merry Hats
If there's anything cuter than a plastic goldfish wearing a merry hat, I don't know what it is.
The dream began at least a month ago, when I saw the plastic jar of little plastic souls for sale for 50 cents a-piece. Then I thought: whoa -- fish with Christmas hats would be just the thing! Fish (and other underwater creatures) are generally under-represented in Christmas ... um ... art.
Two Sundays ago, I went to Michael's Craft Store to turn my dream into a reality and had a near-nervous plotzdown fuelled, I'm sure, by a double espresso and the manic crowds of Martha Stewart devotees.
I let my vision fall to the wayside so I could do other things like travel for work and finish a novel.
Today, after a long, hard day at work, I bought four fish and made them little red and white hats out of pipe cleaners. I spent about an hour making them and a half hour taking pictures of them.
It was a very long, hard day at work.
All was worthwhile when I saw the fab four staring blankly at me from upon a blue baking dish (thank you, mudder!). Once I find the wire for the camera to download the pictures, I'll add them to my blog and you can see them yourself.
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It's been an interesting couple of days. Last week, I was in London Ont. on my first business trip ever. It was pretty ok. I liked seeing how things work behind the scenes.
Our flight was cancelled on Friday morning due to massive and festive amounts of snow. We hung out at the airport for 6 hours,waiting for the next one. There isn't much to do at the London airport, but magazines and Rummy 500 help a lot.
On Saturday, Joe and I met a fabu group of old friends for lunch at the best Chinese Food Restaurant in town. Seriously, the food there is Sooo Good! I got an amazing, good feeling, hanging out with my smart, funny and creative friends. Fun was had by all!
Saturday night was the amazing SJG's White Ball! The lads did the house up in lights and tinsel...there were holiday treats and Christmasy drinks. It was the first bash of it's kind of the season and it was a smash!
The second holiday bash of the season took place on Sunday at Joe's mom's place. Their house was done up beautifully...The main room was so warm with the dark woods and lots of rich red and deep green. There wasn't a fire in the woodstove, but the room generated that feeling regardless.
This holiday season, I'm not going to let myself get carried away in bad stuff. No distress over shopping + money, weather or work. I'm going to focus on the good stuff like family & friends, good music, great food, and goldfish with santa hats.
Have a nice, snowy night,
E.
The dream began at least a month ago, when I saw the plastic jar of little plastic souls for sale for 50 cents a-piece. Then I thought: whoa -- fish with Christmas hats would be just the thing! Fish (and other underwater creatures) are generally under-represented in Christmas ... um ... art.
Two Sundays ago, I went to Michael's Craft Store to turn my dream into a reality and had a near-nervous plotzdown fuelled, I'm sure, by a double espresso and the manic crowds of Martha Stewart devotees.
I let my vision fall to the wayside so I could do other things like travel for work and finish a novel.
Today, after a long, hard day at work, I bought four fish and made them little red and white hats out of pipe cleaners. I spent about an hour making them and a half hour taking pictures of them.
It was a very long, hard day at work.
All was worthwhile when I saw the fab four staring blankly at me from upon a blue baking dish (thank you, mudder!). Once I find the wire for the camera to download the pictures, I'll add them to my blog and you can see them yourself.
***
It's been an interesting couple of days. Last week, I was in London Ont. on my first business trip ever. It was pretty ok. I liked seeing how things work behind the scenes.
Our flight was cancelled on Friday morning due to massive and festive amounts of snow. We hung out at the airport for 6 hours,waiting for the next one. There isn't much to do at the London airport, but magazines and Rummy 500 help a lot.
On Saturday, Joe and I met a fabu group of old friends for lunch at the best Chinese Food Restaurant in town. Seriously, the food there is Sooo Good! I got an amazing, good feeling, hanging out with my smart, funny and creative friends. Fun was had by all!
Saturday night was the amazing SJG's White Ball! The lads did the house up in lights and tinsel...there were holiday treats and Christmasy drinks. It was the first bash of it's kind of the season and it was a smash!
The second holiday bash of the season took place on Sunday at Joe's mom's place. Their house was done up beautifully...The main room was so warm with the dark woods and lots of rich red and deep green. There wasn't a fire in the woodstove, but the room generated that feeling regardless.
This holiday season, I'm not going to let myself get carried away in bad stuff. No distress over shopping + money, weather or work. I'm going to focus on the good stuff like family & friends, good music, great food, and goldfish with santa hats.
Have a nice, snowy night,
E.
