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Busy Weekend

by CZeitler

My sister has been without a car for a couple of years now. She lives in a larger city in Pennsylvania so she could use a bus to get around, however the busses are not always reliable and she often has to call an uber or another transportation service that is a bit costly. In 2023 I was able to get financing to purchase a hybrid car that will be paid off in 2031. One of our cousins in New Jersey managed to get a scratch on the side of her car that her insurance considers ‘totaled’. She fixed that car up and gave it to me, I gave my car to my sister (I’ll still work on paying it off), so that we both have vehicles. I am very grateful that I was able to do this, I didn’t realize how much it was stressing me that she did not have transportation. This did force me to clear out my car, which allowed me to find some amazing items that I ‘lost’ in the car. I am trying to keep my new to me car a bit cleaner.

Since we were visiting our cousin I decided to stay on a few extra days to hang out with the family, it is always fun to spend time with them. We visited a huge mall and I was able to find some mini block kits for over 1/2 off, and I treated myself. These are the super cute ‘monsters’ from Pac Man, I have the PacMan head and cherries to put together another time. I have been getting some spinning and weaving done on a tapestry piece that I choose to call my “Vacation Tapestry: Time is Fleeting”.

I also attempted to be a ‘passenger princess’ and craft in the passenger seat of the car since my sister drove us both up in my car. This did work somewhat, but not entirely. I managed to get some braiding done on a new kumihimo braid in Christmas Colors. Not as much as I wanted, though I did get some dozing done, I haven’t been able to sleep in a car in quite some time.

This was an amazing trip. It has taken a lot off of my mind, we both have transportation, my car insurance cost went down significantly, and I have had time to get quite a bit done. With the cost of gas this summer, the fact that my new to me car has horrible gas milage, and other considerations means that I am going to spend more time at home this summer. This is going to be a great boon for me. I am going to finally get my home organization finished, I have definite steps to take. My garden and garden storage are going to be greatly improved this summer. I have clover that I need to plant when the winter weather holds off for a few days, and there are English summer garden bulbs on the way for me to plant when frost holds off. At work we created ‘Seed Balls’, because b-o-m-b is a Nono word in a public library, and several of the seeds need to be stratified in a cold environment (kept in the fridge) for 30-60 days. That means that I have several seed balls that will be thrown in my back yard the beginning of May and a few that will be thrown the beginning of June. I am very excited to see if these are going to bloom.

Okay, I think that is enough for this post. Until next time remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Keeping the Flow Going

by CZeitler

I have been asked to teach two different craft classes for another library. One is a bead weaving craft class. I made a lovely piece with size 8 beads out of blue with a red heart and diamond. To ensure that I have some pieces in different sizes I used size 11/0 seed beads to create the moon wall hanging, the random forest colors are out of 8/0 and the various plus signs is out of 6/0 beads. I love how these turned out, they were so much fun to put together, I am very exciting to teach this class. It is fun to purchase the supplies knowing that people are going to love learning this skill. Apparently there were enough people that signed up so another class was requested. Unfortunately Saturday’s are very busy for me so I cannot teach another Saturday class (other than the 2 scheduled) until September. The second class is going to be weaving a tapestry pouch using cardboard and worsted weight yarn. Both of these are going to be a ton of fun, and easy to learn.

This is only part of what is going on in my life right now, this is the fun part really. I have some dental problems that I am getting treatment for, which is very expensive and anxiety inducing. Fortunately I have enough money to cover my bills and basic expenses.

At present I am working on making an Edwardian Gown using a Folkwear Pattern. There is a contest where Threads and Folkwear have teamed up to offer a prize, I hope to enter with this gown. I am making it out of Muslin cloth, dyed red with some trim. Hopefully this will turn out good enough that I can wear it to my cousin’s wedding.

Life is amazing, I am so lucky for everything that I have and can do. The weather is warming up so I hope to be able to work on my garden/yard soon.

I wrote this post several weeks ago, so the information is accurate, but a little out of date. I am going to post this today, and follow up early next week with updates to this post and what I was up to the last weekend in March. Until then, remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Living for the Day

by CZeitler

I am very lucky. I make sure to remind myself of that frequently as it is too easy to take things for granted. I have a paycheck that covers my bills with a little left over for things like food, gas, and crafting materials. I am not rolling in it, if I want to do a big weaving project I will need to save up and the same if I want to take a bigger trip.

I was thinking today that I should start creating materials to sell online for Pride in June. I tend to stick too close to the actual holidays to create for them, for example I tend to start making for Halloween in September, when I should be creating in April. December crafts should be started in June, etc. Right now I want to make things for spring, however they would likely not be finished until summer. That caused me to come to a realization. I do not need to.

My online store, which almost never has anything in it because etsy takes such a huge chunk out of any profits, was started when I was in a really tight financial bind. I have taken appropriate steps since then and no longer find myself in that immediate situation. Since I work in a non-profit field I am still living paycheck to paycheck, however I am not living off of rice, beans, and chicken 20 out of 31 days a month. This caused me to realize that I can, once more, create items that I would like to create instead of thinking about what might sell. Admittedly I did not have much success with that anyway, but the thought is there.

I do have some family members that commission me for different projects, and I have the opportunity to teach two classes later this spring, however I can use the profits for those to support my creative journey and/or pay down some things like my car and mortgage.

I am going to take the rest of this year to remind myself that I can enjoy my life, I do not have to spend money all the time, I do not have to worry about my roof, transportation, or food, so I am very lucky. This spring and summer I will concentrate on my creativity, garden, family, and going to the beach when I can. My life is so full, I am so lucky, and I get to help people every day I work in one way or another. Being a librarian sounds like a dull job, I understand that.

Every time we have a new security guard, yes a public library needs a security guard, they are surprised at how much work they have. Since we allow everyone in, no matter their history, and they can stay as long as they follow our expected behaviors. We have computers, so there are people searching for jobs and apartments, trying to create or update their resumes, searching for information, genealogical history, and so much more. People are learning how to use a 3-d printer or getting items printed. Sometimes they are trying to search out medical information, how to build things, wire things, repair cars, garden, take Civil Service Tests and so much more. We have fiction books on all different topics, a robust e-book and e-audio book collections, Young Adult, and periodicals (magazines). I need to have a working knowledge of our collection, the programs we offer, and all different aspects of the library. I am in charge of most of the collection development so I need to know what our patrons are looking for and what is currently hot, I do some programming, and I spend about half of my time on one of the service desks. I love my job, I love every aspect, even the problematic patrons, and staying busy. I cannot imagine working in a different field. Hopefully I can get back to reading, as I do not spend enough time reading and enjoying getting lost in a story.

I need to remember to Live Life in a way that is A Little More Abstract. Don’t take myself too seriously, and enjoy each day as it comes.

Work In Progress

by CZeitler

I have recovered from my cold! I also got a minor secondary infection that I had to take medication for! YAY!

January is almost done, the world is still turning. Nothing majorly bad has happened, I plan on catching up with my January stitching as I am able, there are the most recent 5, I see that the door in purple is not showing up on my dark grey circle. Many of these are experimentations in stitching styles, I planned to do more with the tree, however I decided that since it did not get finished that morning it is considered done.

There was a plan for me to have inventory up on my website by the end of January. For some strange reason that did not get done, I’m refusing to fret about that. Either it will get done or not, I have other things to work on before I get to that. Honestly, with the illnesses and work I have not gotten the presents sent out yet, that is planned for next week when I get paid. I did get my time off scheduled for work, so I can make some of the trips I planned for this year and ensure that I use up all of my vacation time that I need to.

Honestly, that is my update for this week, I plan to do more over the weekend if I am able.

Remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract, don’t let the little things get you down!

Rough Start to the New Year

by CZeitler

I believe I mentioned in my previous post that my heat had gone out and I was lucky enough to have family and friends that allowed me to get a new heater so I can survive the winter. Well, I caught a cold that weekend. One of my supervisors assures me that cold does not cause infection, well this terrible infection disagrees with you, ma’am. It might be the workers coming in and out or the large variety of patrons that think nothing of coming into the library coughing and hacking everywhere, no matter what I’ve been coughing and hacking for almost two weeks now. I only lost my voice for a couple of days, I never knew that menthol dries out the vocal cords, so things are much better now.

This cold has made it difficult to keep up with my daily stitching practice and I have made no progress with the quilt for my aunt even though I just have the binding left. As seen in the pictures above I have mostly been able to catch up with my stitching, though some are simpler than I planned, I cannot stitch today since I overdid it by stitching three pieces yesterday and my thumb joint will not allow me to do much today. There are many days where I have to remind myself that I have so many positives, the negatives are just there to remind me of what I have. Some people talk about having a word that defines their year, I think that I am going to try to have two words, ‘Gratitude’ and ‘Family’. I have so much amazing and fascinating family, I need to remember to spend more time with them, to remind myself and them that I love them, and that I appreciate them not for what they can do for me but just because they exist and are amazing. I also have so many blessings, I am able to pay my bills every month, okay so some are a little later than the ‘deadlines’ however everything gets paid. I have a roof over my head, heat (thank you family & friends), relatively good health, food in my fridge and freezer (thank you to the hard times that taught me several cheap, bulk meals that I enjoy), a full-time job from which I am finally getting ‘cost of living’ pay increases which gives me some breathing room, and so much more. I still hope to get my online shop going, making some things in bulk so that I can sell them, there are a couple of fun ideas I would like to make progress on, but that is an extra. I have vacation time, a reliable car, and a small amount of extra money due to the pay increase, so I plan on visiting with family members that I do not get to see nearly as often as I would like. Last year the family lost three members in very different ways and they made me realize how long it had been since I saw anyone, I need to fix that. I love them, I haven’t visited with my dad’s favorite cousins since 2018, the little kids I played with are graduating high-school and looking at college. It is sort of devastating, fortunately I have the means to fix that.

Okay, enough of my self-reflection for today, I’m going to pick up a bit around the house working on my organization still, then I’ll put a heating pad on my thumb joint to see if the heat will loosen up the muscles some. Until next time remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract!

Pleasures Great & Small

by CZeitler

This is a good time of year for reflecting on the blessings that we have, both great and small. I’m not sure how to define each of the blessings I am grateful for, because those that are considered essential are the most expensive so it is hard to call them ‘small’. Given that I will start my thanks with my ‘essentials’ and then work my way through to what happened yesterday. There is not going to be any crafting content, though I am very grateful for the supplies, tools, and physical ability to work with my crafting supplies.

The essential blessings I am grateful for are the home I have to live in, reliable transportation, food in my fridge and freezer (I love this time of year for the $.99/lb Turkeys). I have a full-time job that pays me enough to cover my bills, gives me over 22 days of vacation/floating holiday each year, and is a positive environment to work in (occasional patron problems notwithstanding). I have my health, pretty much, and my hands still work.

I am also grateful for the non-essential blessings that I get to celebrate. I have an amazing family that I know I can speak to, visit, and enjoy in so many ways. I was able to visit my sister yesterday, she was looking for a pegboard and I just happened to have taken the same pegboard off of my walls a few days earlier to put up a new bookcase. I was able to purchase new bookcases a couple of months ago so that I can get my supplies organized in a way that is useful to me. I have the creativity, skills, and supplies to create ornaments and other presents for my family.

I was able to purchase tickets for a livestream of my favorite YouTube channel, participate, and laugh along with Sorted Food. I will also be able to rewatch this stream as well as those that I have purchased in years past. I was able to take the time off so that I could watch and rewatch the streams at my leisure.

Yesterday when I visited my sister I was able to purchase lunch, gas, and a few treats and snacks for both of us to enjoy over the holiday season (and hopefully beyond depending on how hungry I get). I purchased a prickly pear fruit from an Asian Market my sister found. It was lovely to try, tons of seeds that I am going to try to dry, and a slightly sweetly mild flesh that I was able to eat. It tasted like a very light kiwi fruit, with a little sour tinge that was pleasant as I got very close to the skin. We went to Ikea where I found the Vintersaga Ginger Thins cookies were a dollar less than they have been, so I purchased two tins for myself and two for my sister. These cookies are amazing, I had to hide a tin from myself in the freezer or they would both be gone before the week is out.

Finally we went to Grandpa Joe’s Soda store. I had looked up the prices online, and was pleasantly surprised to find that many of them were slightly less since they do not have to worry about shipping. I did not get the Grizzly Energy Drinks though I was very tempted, I did get a Jones Select Zero Sugar Rootbeer, which was just as lovely as I thought though I drank it on the way home so I do not have a photo. There were several candies that I decided I could not resist. I bought two different Cherry Mash treats, and tried one today, It was lovely, the milk chocolate was a thick shell that tasted lovely and smooth. I expected some juice, like a chocolate covered cherry, instead there was a dense sweet nougat-like cherry flavored filling.

The other cherry mash is ‘Big Cherry Milkshake’ and will live in my freezer with the Brachs Swirl Gumdrops, until I rediscover them in a frenzy for something sweet, hopefully a few months in the future. I do have an extreme sweet tooth, horrid when you’re a type 2 diabetic, however I have been low key craving some of the sour candies that I enjoyed when I was in my early 20s. This store had them, though I admit I cannot remember which flavor I enjoyed. I guess I’ll just have to try all three of the flavors I purchased, sigh!

I do think that the Mango version is what I really enjoyed since I can remember the tin colors, however I hope that all three flavors are good. I was also very lucky to be able to purchase some sweets to share with my colleagues. Originally I was going to pick up a huge bag of tiny sweets that was under $10, however the bag admitted that in could be cross contaminated with tree nuts, to which one of my colleagues is allergic. Instead I found some bags of freeze dried treats that were $1 per bag, I could not resist. There are five different types and the bags to not fess up to any kind of nut tree contamination so they should be safe for my colleagues.

I am safe, warm, loved, relatively healthy, and able to feed myself. I have the freedom in my budget to send presents to my family and treat myself and my sister to a few treats to enjoy over the holiday season. I was able to purchase a few supplies to support my joint health and ability to keep crafting for years to come during the Black Friday Sales. I plan on putting a post up about those very soon.

Along with all of these small blessings, I have a supportive outlet for me to remind myself of these blessings. Thank you for reading my blog, and I hope that you all have a lovely holiday season depending on what you celebrate.

Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Good Things

by CZeitler

At work we have a ‘Kindness Cart’ with hot chocolate and tea on top for patrons (and staff) to have during some of our programs. I am diabetic so I should not be drinking full-sugar hot chocolate, but I also have an insane sweet tooth so I bought some no sugar added hot chocolate. I also gave in and bought the new sprinkle things from Walmart, they are so cute and fun. Surprisingly they actually add flavor. I also gave myself a couple of treats when the SpongeBob and Grinch collabs came out from Burger King and McDonalds respectively. I didn’t really want the pineapple drink so I bought a meal that had everything but that, and that means that I did not get the box, lol. While I enjoyed the ‘starberry’ pie, everything else was just meh. The bacon potato cheese bites were just like the potato cheese bites, and the sandwich had no extra flavors to it. The drink may be good, however I don’t think I’m going to bother trying it. For the Grinch Meal I bought the nuggets meal, I was surprised at how small the nuggets seemed. I sort of think I got a 10 pack a couple of weeks ago and they were much meatier. The socks are cute, I received the green pair. The pickle salt was used to dip my fries in, this kept it from being too strong. I now know that there is a free Walmart express delivery for orders over $50 added into the Grinch meal. I guess I’m going to see if I can get a set of groceries that are either non-perishable or that I can put in my freezer sometime this weekend.

Okay, that is enough life and food content, onto the crafting. On one of the Facebook sites I follow they mentioned adding. tape onto their embroidery frames to help the machine recognize the frame. I taped where they did, and ordered a new embroidery frame in case it really is the embroidery frame, as shown below.

This did not work for me. I finally got fed up and used some of the foam board left over from cutting out my vest pieces to add to the opposite side of the frame to boost it about an inch up. This was enough to get the machine to recognize the frame. I created a couple of Celtic Knotwork Hearts in red on white felt. I still have to rinse off the top stabilizer before I add a grommet as a hanger.

Right now I am eating lunch and I have a lovely Firelight Fables candle burning. After lunch I plan on getting more of my aunt’s quilt finished. I hope to have the entire thing completed this weekend if not today. Since the hoop is now working (I hope) each section should take about 5 minutes of active embroidery. The longer part will be hooping the quilt, making sure that the embroidery is falling in the correct place, and wrestling it onto the machine.

This Saturday and Sunday is the Sorted Food, a YouTube channel I follow, murder mystery live show. While I have to work on Saturday I get to see the start, and catch up on everything after work so that I can take part on Sunday and see if I can solve the mystery.

I have so much to be thankful for, family, friends, a steady job, my bills are (mostly) paid, a roof over my head, food in the cupboard. There is a lot that I want to get accomplished, however very little will actively affect my life. I hope to get holiday cards and presents out to my family, I hope to make progress on my business and crafts, I am making progress on getting my home organized. I live in the knowledge that I will do what I can, let go what I cannot, and be happy with whatever progress I make.

Remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Thankful

by CZeitler

Happy Thanksgiving to those in the USA. Yes, I know about the problematic nature of this holiday, colonization, wholesale slaughter, attempted genocide, and all of the problems brought to the Indigenous Population. I could go on a rant about this, however I am trying to focus on the spirit of the holiday not the history, however difficult. This is a good time to reflect on the past year and what we have to be thankful for. Due to politics and other considerations the US is in turmoil. Over the past year I have lost three members of my family. Along with these losses the realization that I have not seen so many members of my extended family for a decade or more. While I do not go to a church, I do believe in God and His blessings.

I am blessed that this realization has come in time for me to see my family more before it is too late. I am now in a full-time job with decent vacation time and many family members only a few hours away by car. There are challenges and difficulties in my life, as with everyone. I have found that if I try not to stress too hard, a solution comes to me no matter the difficulties.

Over the next month I have so many joys to celebrate. The first weekend in December I will be making wrapping paper at the library for work, as well as watching the Sorted Food livestream. If it was not the first Saturday in December I would have taken the time off so that I can watch this, however, I am happy to bring some fun to people at work. Since Sorted Food is in London, it will start at 7 am for me so I will be able to see a couple hours before I have to go to work. Then on Sunday I will be able to see the entire stream live. I have taken Monday and Tuesday of the second week off, mostly to start to use up my vacation time.

I still have to make the presents for my family, I hope to work on that this weekend so that I am able to relax and enjoy my time off later in December. If not then the time that I am taking the second week in December should be good to finish the presents up and see if I can get them sent off. I am also taking off three more days in December, again to make sure I am only rolling over the number of days I am allowed to, and I hope to use that time to concentrate on reading.

I am very lucky and blessed. I am able to pay my bills, have food on the table, and send out some presents to family. I have not been able to see family for years, now I have the opportunity and time to rectify that. Despite my relatively minor health difficulties I am in decent enough health to be able to do things that I want to and enjoy doing. My transgendered sister has not been cut off from her medication, and seems to be in a decent job right now. Should anything occur I am in a place to offer my home and support should she need it.

I hope that everyone has an amazing weekend, Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate. Remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract.

Emotional Reset

by CZeitler

Yesterday at work proved to me why having three team leads available on Saturdays is very important. There were no major disasters, however constant small problems add up to a very stressful day at work. I was technically the team lead in charge so I had ‘final say’ on what was going on, fortunately I work and communicate with the other two leads very well so I felt supported. This did not stop the stress from happening so I decided that I was going to do a complete emotional reset Saturday night to rid myself of the day. I started by going to Burger King, I had a 4 free. nuggets with $1 purchased so I bought an ice cream cone and the 4 nuggets for under $2. I ate the cone in the parking lot while watching the Snake Discovery Halloween special because the lizard dressed as a taco gives me such a belly laugh every time. I then bought 1/2 dozen Tim Hortons Donuts for $4.5 to take home. Once I got home I completely changed out of everything I was wearing and put it immediately in the washer. Finally I roasted the turkey I had thawing in my fridge, and made my final bag of chicken soup from the roasted carcass. This gave me a chance to freeze the last batch into .7 liter bags.

While things were boiling and roasting I continued to clear off and organize the bookshelves I currently have to make room for my new shelves. This has been great for me, I am working hard on consolidating my supplies according to their usage, weaving with weaving, spinning, etc. An unexpected benefit is that I am also getting everything off of the floor, and those are getting swept up as well. At present I have book cases at a right angle against the corner, however I firmly believe I am going to have to drastically change that. I dislike the idea of ‘losing’ space by having a bookcase at a 45 degree angle in the corner, however I am finding out that I absolutely cannot have stuff stuck in the corner. I forget that the items exist, tend to put items in front of the cases since I cannot easily access them anyway making them even harder to access. One of my main goals of purchasing these last bookcases is to ensure that everything is off of the floor. Another main goal is to make some of the items that I do not want to get rid of, but that are taking up considerable space. Admittedly some of this is procrastination crafting.

Last week I had decided I wanted to make a Celtic themed lap blanket for one of my dad’s cousins that was in the hospital for a form of Brain cancer. The hospital happened to be in the same city that my Sister lives in, so I had her reach out to see if we could take their daughter, our cousin after a fashion, out to lunch with whomever she wished. We did not hear back, and I found out yesterday that we did not hear back because dad’s cousin was taking a turn for the worse. Instead of making a lap blanket I am going to embroider a memorial hanging. She did not want a funeral or viewing so later we will find out when the celebration of life will be.

This is another reminder to see family when you can, that no day is promised, and that reaching out is never wasted effort.

Live Life a Little Abstract.

Back on Track (For Now)

by CZeitler

On the mend and on the go once more. I was able to visit my cousin, though I managed to forget all of my medications at home. It was a good way for me to better notice how much of an effect the anti-depressant is having on me (a lot of good effect!). I only cut my trip short by a few hours, so things went very well. I took my pills Sunday night and by work on Monday I could already tell the difference. When I spoke to my Psychologist he mentioned that I was likely going through some form of withdrawal as well.

I was feeling better, though not at 100%, last week so I took it easy until I felt that I was mostly regulated. While I was giving myself the grace and rest I needed some organizing and cleaning up did occur. Since we are heading into winter I am going to keep up with the oregano and garlic oil supplements until they run out, though I might cut back to twice a week.

This week I have found myself diving headfirst into crafting again, though some of them seem a little more like procrastinating crafts, I have gotten quite a bit accomplished! I had a large piece of faux fur left over from when I tried to make a sensory quilt, it was just the right size to be a cushion for my weaving bench. It is about 5 foot long and very puffy so I hope it will work. My house is a little too messy for me to take a picture of the enormous pillow. I have decided that this winter I wanted to weave a ‘bog jacket’. This is a lovely piece of clothing made from whole cloth with minimal cutting and seams. It is my plan to weave about 9 yards of cloth on my rigid heddle loom that can make 31 inch pieces. I am going to use Knitpicks dishie cotton for the warp and likely the weft as well since I have a 7.5 dent reed. I already have 2 inches of warp wound off, when I have a little extra in pay I will buy the rest of the yarn I need. Fortunately Dishie is very standard and I don’t need to worry about dye lots. I am currently debating about whether I want to buy all white to dye myself or buy some colored yarn.

In the middle of November I am going to be a part of a murder mystery show and I need to make progress on the dress I wanted to sew for it. One of the items that I have started is the tulle petticoat, photo below. Honestly I’m not sure it’s going to work out but this is so much fun. I pinned the tulle in and did a rough basting stitch for the first batch. I plan on pinning and sewing in the elastic today, followed by sewing down the waist band and then putting in a hem for my pull on elastic petticoat. the library had a lot of tulle left over from other projects and I am supposed to be a flamboyant medium so I chose my favorite color purple.

There was an amazing sale on cotton muslin so I have 10 yards of natural cotton muslin that I need to cut apart to dye for a dress. I need to make the first try with the pieces I cut out of a tablecloth I purchased at good will. I did wash the muslin however it is going to need a good iron before I do anything else.

My library was getting rid of a ton of receipt tape while we were doing construction and no longer have the right machines to use this tape. I have been wanting to try spinning paper for some time and I did spin a large piece of this paper tape, it turned out amazing but it is such a pain to create with my wheel. When I am feeling creative and bored again I will try a spindle to see if that is any easier. If that is not possible I can use it for some sewing projects or coloring projects. Maybe even just writing lists out.

The last project is working with watercolors on fabric. My library purchased a circuit maker 4 and one of my co workers found a great price on a light board so I bought one for myself. I was then inspired by a picture of a shape painted onto a linen cross stitch fabric then stitched over with sequins and beads as accent. That picture was of a dragon, amazing, and I decided to do the same with a crow outline I had. I taped down the paper to the light board and then taped the fabric over top. I started with blue, then red, the black over all of it in an attempt to add some depth. I took the fabric off of the light board after I had the outline completed to avoid any bleedthrough onto the board, it is a good thing I did so. I hope to do some stitching over top of this then add embellishments like sequins and beads. I have not painted over the crow with fabric medium yet since I am afraid I will blur the image and I love how it turned out. I plan on getting my guts up and putting the fabric medium on today before I start stitching.

I am making strides to keep my productivity up this weekend, here’s hoping I can keep it up. Until next time remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract!