30 for 30 crafting challenge

so for the month of may i worked on the 30 for 30 crafting challenge. i got to finish a couple of projects and got a bunch of work done of other projects. i'm proud of myself to finishing the challenge this year. here's the best pictures of the work that i did.

i read the book 'atlas shrugged' and loved it so much! i had been wanting to make a cross stitch somehow related to it and so i made this cross stitch. it's on a pre-stretched canvas. took me only a day to create the pattern and cross stitch it.

i've been working on this peacock cross stitch for a very long time. those feathers were a pain in my ass! and being color blind did not make it any easier. the only thing i have to do to complete this is a bunch of back stitching. once this is finished it will be going to my sister-in-law. she asked me to make this pattern for her. this is the only project i didn't fully finished during the 30 for 30 challenge. 

i made this pattern for my cousin and her husband for their wedding. the original pattern was for a baby announcement but i changed it for their wedding. 

this pattern came from a book called 'twisted stitches' it's a great book. this is the first pattern i made from the book. i put it on a canvas tote bag that was pre-holed for cross stitching. i gave it to my aunt who lives in mexico. 

Cross Stitch Patterns

so while i'm searching around on pinterest i look for different cross stitch patterns out there that i might want to do. and in my searching i have found that patterns for perler bead designs work perfectly for cross stitch designs. i've actually made a couple things from those patterns. in my blog post named 30 for 30 crafting challenge update i talk about making different cross stitch patterns in one night: jack skeleton, ariel and mario - all of those cross stitches were made from perler bead patterns. i've also made a nice little tardis for a friend of mine by a perler bead pattern. the perler bead patterns are just too perfect for nice little cross stitch designs. i just love them. so if you want to get some nice smaller cross stitch designs that you can finish in one sitting; go on pinterest and search for 'perler bead patterns' and you'll find a ton.

the only downfall of the perler bead patterns is that it doesn't tell you what colors to use. you have to guess what colors to use. don't get me wrong, the patterns are in color, there just isn't a list of what colors to use, so you're guessing the shades. and for someone like me who's color blind, it can be hard to pick the correct colors that have to be all mixed together. but other than that, i love the perler bead patterns for cross stitching patterns. :)

Dragoncon 2012 scrapbook

So I finally finished the scrapbook I was making for dragoncon 2012. I'm very pleased with the finished product. I like that its not perfect. I'm happy with how it turned out. For the cover and pages I used an old book. I just cut the covering off of the book and ripped the pages out of the book. I then punched holes into everything and bound it all together with two binder rings. Here are some pictures of the final product.

c2e2

this past weekend was the chicago comic entertainment expo (C2E2). i went friday and saturday. friday i went by myself. that's right i took off work to go to this. hehe. saturday i went with my cousin. for my cousin it was her first convention so it was cool to show her what they are all about. i hope she enjoyed it and will want to go to more. i know i love going to them! hehe. over all i had a great time. makes me super excited for dragon con this year! hehe. for pictures of my weekend, go to my flickr and instagram.

here's a random breakdown of the weekend. in no particular order:
-this year i dressed up in costume for the first time. friday i dressed up as captain america. it was cool for it was the first time people stopped me and asked for my picture. which is always a compliment. means the hard work that went into the costume paid off. saturday i wore my steampunk costume. my sister made the harness i wear for that, so i was excited to display it for the first time. my sister can sew that is for sure! hehe. no one asked for my photo in my steampunk costume, but i did get some compliments about it.
-got to see my friend jimmy. he was my boss when i worked at a comic shop, so it was cool to see him.
-got to meet some of the people that work for challenger comics. i have been chatting with them on twitter, so it was nice to put a face to the group. all of them were very nice.
-the swag i got this year was: captain america piggy bank - which really it's just a nice cheap bust of captain america. captain america/red skull salt and pepper shakers. a signed poster from cbldf of lil depressed boy. a captain america travel mug. i'm very excited to take that to work. no one will confuse my drink for theirs. hehe. a really sweet necklace. a comic that jae lee did the cover for. i love his art work, he is amazing! a replica river song journal. i'm going to use it as my own journal.
-i got robert atkins signature. he's known for his g.i. joe stuff. but he also has done some marvel work. he drew a really cool cover for spiderman.
-saw some really cool costumes. harley quinn, the joker, batman, iron man, steampunk, dr who, captain america and so many more.
-i saw one of the dr's i work for there. it was cool to see him outside of work. you never think of the dr's as 'normal people' but really they are. hehe.
-the 501st legion: vader's fist were there. they are always at dragon con so it was cool to see them at c2e2. they are people who dress up in exact replica's of star wars empire troopers. their costumes are always pretty sweet.

so over all i had a great time. i was on my feet all weekend and now i'm ready to just lay down for many many hours. hehe.

My new desk

so i've seen on etsy and pinterest people make things covered in comics. they will cover, for example, high heels and coffee tables with the comics and then use mod podge to glue it all done. well i thought i would take a hand at this. i glued down comics on my new desk. and i think it turned out pretty cool! here are some pictures of my new desk. with some of the close up photos, i pointed out the picture i was taking a photo of and really like. there are other characters showing in some of the photos.

here's a view of mostly the whole desk. you will see a bunch of different comic characters in there. its mostly marvel but i do have some from the dr who comic and some power girl (which is a dc comic). 

 here's a close up of captain america, cyclops and wolverine.

   

  here's a close up of spider-man. i like this one for i like the addition of the web he was slinging.

 

here's a close up of power girl. i really like this picture of her.

here's a close up of tony stark (iron man). i really like how tony stark is holding the iron man mask. 

here's a close up of night crawler, spider-man (again i like how the web is in the picture), deadpool and power girl. i like the night crawler and how it's showing that he just 'poofed' himself there.

 

here's dr who, storm and captain america. 

here's the scarlet witch.

 

here's captain america.  

 

here's dr who inside the tardis.  

Preview

Here's a little preview of a project I'm working on. When I'm done you'll have a full picture and description.

the pen is mightier then the sword