Hey, give me a Standing O! I made something – eight somethings, actually, and I used stuff I already had. No extra purchases. Wooo-whooo!
One project down, five-hundred-and-eighty-seven-thousand to go.
I made party invitations for Gigi's sixth birthday. She wanted a costume party but I felt that was asking too much from parents who have barely recovered from Christmas. I suggested a hat party instead, and she’s on board with that. So, given my resolution to start slashing my stash, I thought I’d make her invitations. I also thought I’d make them in the shape of a hat – a Mad Hatter type of hat, to be precise. And I thought there would be no problem finding a hat template on the web.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
HA.
Nary a hat template could I find. I did find a sort-of bonnet, but it also resembled a sticky bun. So I ended up making my own template using clipart as a base for the pattern. I used PSE, and it took a lot longer than I anticipated.
Which brings me to a theme running throughout my life: nothing ever seems to be easy. You know how they have commercials where people take a peripheral out of the box, plug it into the computer, and ta-da! – instant computer magic? Or when some Martha Stewart-type says, “and now you just [whatever] …” and there’s this perfect thing sitting on the table?
That never happens to me.
So, it stands to reason that creating the perfect hat template would take me – like – all day. However, I’m really happy with my pattern, and it was worth the eight hours of my life that I’ll never get back. Hmmmm. I’m supposed to be working on curbing my inner perfectionist, and I think this is one of the reasons why…. Anyway, I’m going to submit my template and finished card to Somerset Studio for their template section. If it gets printed, I’ll get a complimentary issue.
Not to mention Fame. And Glory.
Okay, not to change the subject, but there’s a television show playing that I’ve heard of but never seen. It’s called American Gladiators, and these people are crazy. I can’t even believe what they’re doing to one another. Or how beefed-up they are. I mean, these people are like super-people or something. I'm just going to go back to pasting my little pieces of paper together now....
P.S. I'll share my hat invitation as soon as I figure out how to load images. Since it's me we're talking about, this could take awhile.