http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog polishing looking planning becoming Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:46:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm going to be blogging over at my other site from now on - please visit me there! http://indeliblestudios.com/blog/Share This ShareThis http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/06/04/moving-house/ I am always entering giveaways online..... this one at Heather Hales designs is perfectly timed and I so hope to win, I really want to jump right into another embroidery project.  And the patterns are lovely.Share This ShareThis http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/05/16/giveaway/ Fun and fascinating: brand tags - creates a cloud tag based on the words people input when they think of a brand.  I never knew so many other people think ESPN is boring too!Share This ShareThis http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/05/12/brand-tags/ I teach classical music history and am especially interested in opera.  I love it when my students are getting ready to go to their first opera.  It seems that my students in opera class are far more concerned with the experience when they go to an opera than the students ... http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/05/06/at-the-opera/ I like the collages that are up at White Walls now - by artist Greg Lamarche.Share This ShareThis http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/05/02/white-walls/ I'm working on a cross-stitch piece right now, and I'm pretty happy with it.  I'll show pictures once it's closer to finished and I can get a good shot (I'm moving a good camera with a macro lens closer to the top of the "to buy" list for us, perhaps ... http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/05/01/finding-my-design/ Here is a list of great crafty ideas I came up with during the hour or so I was laying in bed with Miri trying to get her to go to sleep.  AKA: pretending to sleep (so she'd get bored and settle down) while she poked me in the face. something ... http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/04/28/crafty-imaginings-2/ Something in me has been wanting to take a break from academic work and just spend some time making. That can't happen quite yet (ummmm, not till the semester's over) and I'm trying to concentrate on my thesis and papers... but I am also cross-stitching and I finished a ... http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/04/20/creative-projects/ I have just gotten into listening to podcasts, and one of my new favorites is the Creative Mom Podcast.  The opening almost makes me cry, all those little voices, "what'cha makin?"  "help me" etc, and the song about wanting just a little peace and quiet... and the stories are inspiring ... http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/04/02/creative-mom-podcast/ Oh no.  I've discovered Etsy.  How will I ever get my thesis written?!?!?Share This ShareThis http://alli.bloomradio.com/blog/2008/04/02/etsy/