Me: Where can I find wooden scrabble tiles in this city?!
The Boyfriend: There are some downtown.
Me: Are you sure?
The Boyfriend: Yep. I remember when I was in second grade and we were required to bring a scrabble set to school. I was sad that my mom got me a set with wooden tiles. I wanted the plastic tiles.
Too cute! Kids obviously don’t know the value of vintage.
So off we went trekking to the oldest part of the city; the oldest street of the country. Within 10 minutes, I found wooden scrabble tiles. They are not vintage but they’ll do.
wooden tiles in a jar = photo opportunity
ball chain or glittery blackpepper?
I got myself several tubes of E6000 from Etsy a week or so ago. I had to get them from Etsy because we don’t have E6000 where I live. Or I don’t know where to look. The plan was to make scrabble tile pendants but wonder of wonders, there are no wooden scrabble tiles in my city as well! Fanbloodytastic.
But the promise of industrial glue beckoned and I had to make something to test my E6000. Holy hell, this is as inconsistent as hot glue! Or I’m using it the wrong way.
sew crafty brooch
tape measure, thimble, mini-spool of thread, and acrylic bead covered with white spray paint
I will report back with a more successful adventure with E6000. Perhaps I need to buy patience on Etsy as well.
I love the smell of nail polish in the morning. It’s true. Now polishing my nails is not something I do a lot because I also prefer working in the mornings. Fresh polish does not exactly make for a happy time typing away on a laptop. Especially if you have a white netbook like I do.
But on rare occasions that I get a free morning, I try to fill our little place with the smell of nail polish. Unfortunately, the latest nail coloring adventure was followed with a need to tweak with jump rings and pliers and beads and loose chains of silver. The tweaking probably took me longer than usual because I got out of it with unscratched and un-chipped nails. Miracle of miracles.
In other news: Rain! FINALLY.
Right on schedule, Wet Season. Good job. Now go easy on the typhoons.
A month and one day ago, I bought charms from littleblackdress on etsy. I was very excited because it had taken me exactly six days to decide what to purchase with my newly enabled Paypal account. I scoured etsy high and low for such a perfect first purchase. I found littleblackdress’s store and I knew I came to the right place. Once upon a time, I made jewelry out of every little thing I could get my hands on and her store made me feel like doing it again. So I made use of these wonderful little etsy buttons labeled “ADD TO CART” and “SHOP MORE.” The purchase took a little less than a minute.
The delivery took a month. I expected the items to arrive in the Philippines in two weeks. So I started calling the local post office by the beginning of this month. But nobody would answer the telephone. I called about five times but I was never able to connect with a human being on the other line. Have you ever heard of a government office that never answers calls? When I called their other office, some worker put the phone down while I was explaining my situation. Mon Dieu! I started to get antsy but my officemates wisely told me to wait. Well, wait I did.
Finally, the notice came. Here’s a completely unrelated and possibly funny fact: the entrance of the post office’s building is submerged in flood water. It can’t flow anywhere, judging by the dark green color, sticky appearance, and fauna that’s starting to develop. Evaporation is its only way out. (“We don’t think so,” say the tropical storms that have been hitting us one after another for three weeks now.)
So, on to my first etsy purchase.
MIXED CHARMS. There are five that are already hanging from the bracelet my sister is wearing.
SKELETON KEYS AND PADLOCKS. I love these.
SEWING CHARMS. Of course, these are my favorites. I bought the previous batches because of this set, to save on shipping you know.
Paypal is my new bestfriend.
And here is a charm a local smithie made for me. She has a new etsy shop: strozzistawzeeh.etsy.com. Sterling silver goodness! I used black cord because I don’t like jewelry that are overly shiny. (Special thanks to TEE for dealing with the transaction)
