My -BIG- Project of the Month and Other Recent Happenings

   At the start of every month, I write out a little list of small to medium sized goals to complete within the month. Sometimes I don't make all of them, but having that sort of reminder of what I want/need to do and the time in which I need to get it done has helped me a lot of with my depression and lack of motivation, both of which are not constant problems anymore. More of fleeting moments, but I'm not ready to retire my monthly goals list.

   This month, one of them was to take a self portrait every single day of November. Photography has been a fairly large part of my life for a while now, but my passion for it dwindled for a bit there. Self portraits were always what I was the worst at as far as photography goes, and it would be nice to improve to have nice photos of myself as well as building the skill to take good self portraits for this blog and it's posts.

   So, so far I'm on day six and have taken seven photo-of-the-day-s, haha. Here they are:

November 1st, 2013

November 3rd, 2013

November 3rd, 2013

November 4th, 2013

November 5th, 2013

November 6th, 2013

   And here's the photo from Day 2, which wasn't included above because it contains artistic nudity. So instead of making it automatically visible, I thought I'd give ya'll the choice to view it if you want to.

   I'm really happy with how my self portrait project is turning out so far, and may just post the results on a weekly basis, if anyone is interested. But for now, my set for my self portrait project is here, and this is my whole photostream. :) BTW, little mini blogs are posted in the caption of each self portrait of my project and the other self portraits that I didn't choose as 'photo of the day'.

   Besides taking probably too many photos of myself, I've been crocheting a slouchy colour block beanie, which is my third crochet project (and third hat, since all my crochet projects have been hats :D). I plan on making a matching scarf and mittens for this, wish me luck as I haven't even tried to make either yet!

   I've also been practicing my banjo every day. I got a banjo for my 22nd birthday in September, and I haven't really started practicing it until recently. I am a complete, complete beginner! After sharing the photo I took today of me and my banjo, someone shared with me that my finger picks were on backwards, so when I say complete beginner, I mean it! I've wanted to learn to play one for a long time though and I'm so happy to have one to try and learn on.

   And speaking of banjo, today on Spoonflower I made my first sell on a pattern I designed! It was My First Banjo! Woo hoo! The order was for a fat quarter of the fabric and I made almost two bucks on it. ;P I'm really excited to have sold some fabric though and it will be nice to use that towards buying myself some more fabric of my own!

   Well, I guess that's all I have to say before I go back to crocheting. I hadn't blogged in a week or so, so I wanted to share what I had been up to. Have a wonderful, crafty day!

The Girl They Call Jayneeeee!

   So, as some of you already know, Firefly is my favourite TV show ever! And my favourite character is Jayne Cobb! (Okay, okay, it's a tie between Jayne and Kaylee. Who can say no to Kaylee? :D)

   This is my second crocheting project I've completed, and (without considering it's a Jayne hat, on quality alone) it's much better than the first! Which I'm quite proud of since I did not use any pattern and just free handed it.

   I debated even making this hat, since Jayne's hat in the TV show is knit, not crocheted, and I already have one in the first place! Which, as you can probably tell, is a bit different in design than the one I made. Since I decided to try my hand at making one I decided to change it up a bit and make it fit my style a little bit more. It fits my head a lot better too, the one I bought is huge! I can only wear it slouchy or else it's like a sausage casing for my face.

   I also found that failed pom poms make great cat toys (or hats. ;P)

My First Crocheted Hat!

   I crocheted my first hat and I love it! My mom came up to WA from TX to visit me and she taught me to crochet while she was here, but I just finished my first project! I love it! I had some help of course. ;)

   It took me way too long but that's because I kept starting over unhappy with what I had. I'm definitely happy now though!

   I planned on keeping the entire hat green, but I ran out. I'm okay with that though, the black adds a nice touch I think!

   I know it's not perfect, but it's my first hat and I think I did a good job considering that! What do you think? :)