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    T Tuesday: making do edition

    March 22, 2016 - By 

    So whats a girl to do when she’s hosting some friends for brunch and suddenly the love seat decides it needs a bit of ventilation.

    T Tuesday make do edition | Halle's Hobbies

    Frantically, search through her totes of fabric to find a slipcover of course.

    T Tuesday make do edition | Halle's Hobbies

    Not too shabby if I say so myself. I’m so happy I grabbed this piece of rich upholstery fabric from a garage sale a couple years back. The girls are nearly here so this will be short and sweet.

    I do have to show you my new pint glass though.T Tuesday make do edition | Halle's Hobbies

    I just couldn’t pass it up. I knew it would be perfect for the Japanese beer I drink with sushi.

    T Tuesday make do edition | Halle's Hobbies

    It had been a while since I made sushi. It was so yummy!!!!!!

    What are you doing today?

  • 3D printing - Blog - Tabletop gaming

    T Tuesday: WIP edition

    March 1, 2016 - By 

    WIP catan pieces

    I’ve working on painting all of the Settlers of Catan pieces in between playing nursemaid. Mini-me has influenza. I’m beginning to think that Typhoid Mary is camped out in our house.

    WIP catan pieces

    See those little tiny bits of white in the green hex tiles. Those are teeny tiny sheep..complete with black faces. I have to take off my glasses and hold the tile a couple inches from my face to see to paint them.  BAH!!! Getting older isn’t for the faint of heart.

    catan pieces

    The attention to detail is worth it in the end though.  Once I get all the pieces completed, we’ll decide in the border color for all the tiles. It must be consistent throughout the tiles. I’m leaning towards a cream to taupe tone so that the paint job on each will really pop.

    I also have to share this Model T Mr. G printed. He had to modify the original CAD file as it wasn’t going to print correctly. He designed the wheels, axle pieces and the mounts for the axles.

    3D printed Model T

    The penny is for scale. This is for a history presentation J is doing today. He and his partner thought a 3D model would add some punch to their project.

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    Time for a bit of tea before some errands and more nursemaid duty.  I’ll do my best to get around to visit my T stands for Tuesday friends as soon as I can.

    What are you doing today?

  • Art - Blog - Crafts

    T Tuesday: stacking and painting edition

    February 23, 2016 - By 

    Today’s version of T stands for Tuesday will be short and sweet…hopefully.

    healthy bfast

    I’m continuing my effort to eat a good healthy breakfast in hopes of making better choices throughout the day. Especially now that I’m finally. *knock on wood* better…with the exception of a little cough.

    I made a few more of my button pendants…

    button pendants

    Now if I’d only get around to listing some in my etsy store. As much as I love creating, I hate the time and effort the listing process takes.

    I’ve also been working on painting a set of tiles for Settlers of Catan. Here’s a sneak at the work in progress.

    catan tile peek

    I’m trying really hard to remember to take photos as I go with my phone…there will definitely be more to come.

    I haven’t forgotten about art journalling either…

    Never doubt your instinct | Halle's Hobbies

    You can see the entire post here.

    That’s it for today! Time to go shovel. This time I’m determined not to fall. Yikes! My knee is still slightly off colored and that was 2 weeks ago. At least my brain didn’t get scrabbled as well…although I did see stars. ? ? ?

    What are you doing today?