tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post1934078350887295697..comments2024-03-10T04:38:50.057+11:00Comments on Ric-Rac: Reality therapyJodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924653077212971448noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-10142922065204274822008-07-10T16:07:00.000+10:002008-07-10T16:07:00.000+10:00You have made me smile (actually laugh very very h...You have made me smile (actually laugh very very hard!!).. Its the school holidays, 3 kids, got my period what else could go wrong..and I am laughing myself off the chair... I now realise thats why I havent been blogging, Ive been busy sewing not so proud of things and poking them in the vinnie bag. Your doggy/rat thingy got me big time..It would take me a week to photograph all my ufo's. Most of them get thrown out. I hat admitting I stuffed up or that my vision wasnt really meant to be reality.. thanks for the giggle.Vera Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578040258557544120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-65660571308878112662008-07-10T12:14:00.000+10:002008-07-10T12:14:00.000+10:00Hey, I think I could use the pink blocks with the ...Hey, I think I could use the pink blocks with the red snowball corners!!! Are they still available?<BR/>Carol in E TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-80567407483907528372008-07-08T19:20:00.000+10:002008-07-08T19:20:00.000+10:00Thank you Jodie for setting us all the track to re...Thank you Jodie for setting us all the track to reality! <BR/>I sometimes [be honest, - often] have this need for everything to turn out well; the first time! Even if it's a brand new venture! You know, when one takes a class, somehow the tutor makes it all look so easy and when one gets it home, one is soooooooo proud. And then, a little bit down the track: "What was I thinking?" <BR/><BR/>So much of my knitting gets ripped out; especially new or untried things. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...[time for a song, eh, what?!]Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-60934044321762651102008-07-08T18:53:00.000+10:002008-07-08T18:53:00.000+10:00Your projects are always beautiful ... so reading ...Your projects are always beautiful ... so reading this post is a bit like watching the out-takes at the end of a movie. Your commentary is hilarious!Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-17643256027528960022008-07-08T14:44:00.000+10:002008-07-08T14:44:00.000+10:00I am so impressed by this post Jodie - what a brav...I am so impressed by this post Jodie - what a brave soul you are. I have so many diasters, and half-assed projects that I don't dare share them or people will know just what a phoney crafter I am!! I would love to have a go at doing something with the doggie/rat thing. Maybe a new type of swap? send a mistake to someone and see what they make it into? just another form of recycling really!! The bird cage made me giggle - I'm glad you told me what it was first. ;0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030160016734616788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-82804912102474427592008-07-07T22:09:00.000+10:002008-07-07T22:09:00.000+10:00Fantastic disasters Jodie - maybe you are human af...Fantastic disasters Jodie - maybe you are human after all and not always a crafting goddess! Although when I take another look at those selvedge cushions, I am reminded that you ARE a crafting goddess. The blog is looking good, by the way (worth clicking over to the real thing instead of reading on bloglines).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-39118059227954405692008-07-07T21:01:00.000+10:002008-07-07T21:01:00.000+10:00Like Beth, I thought Exhibit D - birdish shape loo...Like Beth, I thought Exhibit D - birdish shape looks like a dolphin. Bung a couple of darker fins and a tail on, that fancy French knot for an eye and a grin on the pointy end and voila!<BR/><BR/>Er, not too sure about the cage tho'... You could put the hedgehog in it with the doggie-ish thingy and see what happens. Do fabric softies spawn?Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863034333159354009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-23871153575923187702008-07-07T08:48:00.000+10:002008-07-07T08:48:00.000+10:00I'm so sorry but I just couldn't stop laughing at ...I'm so sorry but I just couldn't stop laughing at Exhibit C and D - your descriptions were so funny, but not as funny as the pics. Honestly, You've cheered me up no end.<BR/><BR/>Just brilliant !<BR/>xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132818291981646128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-38897453459687281872008-07-06T02:57:00.000+10:002008-07-06T02:57:00.000+10:00very amusing post, it was nice to read that somone...very amusing post, it was nice to read that somone as creative and talented as you are can still have major cock ups and crafting titanics. <BR/><BR/>I would say get rid of the fur fabric and make your hedgehog with some gocco printed fabric quills instead. I think that would look totally fab.. have a lovely rest of the weekend, we just got soaked to the skin at Lichfield Medevial Festival. And with that I'm off to raid the fridge for some cherry cheesecake.Aprylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196354506684745214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-62897872460436699142008-07-05T22:42:00.000+10:002008-07-05T22:42:00.000+10:00Stop it...you are soooo funny! Great post! Sorry t...Stop it...you are soooo funny! Great post! Sorry that I can not offer you a new home for the fur fabric, but my feelings are similar to yours on the stuff. Has anyone claimed it yet?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515452957964923679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-12757782333472397082008-07-05T15:49:00.000+10:002008-07-05T15:49:00.000+10:00Just give that poor wee dogger some eyes! You will...Just give that poor wee dogger some eyes! You will both feel so much better about it all then I promise.trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-73140620252134707722008-07-04T16:31:00.000+10:002008-07-04T16:31:00.000+10:00Umm, the hedgehog does look a bit like road kill!;...Umm, the hedgehog does look a bit like road kill!;) That cage definately has potential though, and I'm strangely intrigued by the umbrella idea (as in you do it first!!)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874243162642762299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-76695765957124191642008-07-04T10:13:00.000+10:002008-07-04T10:13:00.000+10:00Great post!!! we all have a basket of those... oka...Great post!!! we all have a basket of those... okay, well maybe not the cage!!! An umbrella huh? that could be interesting. I like your birds in your previous post!!!!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-26429491020548939742008-07-04T09:29:00.000+10:002008-07-04T09:29:00.000+10:00I agree with Lina, thanks for keeping it real!I agree with Lina, thanks for keeping it real!Amanda Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311818385469850186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-36467904763058997962008-07-04T08:52:00.000+10:002008-07-04T08:52:00.000+10:00I think the odd failure makes you a stronger and b...I think the odd failure makes you a stronger and better person.<BR/><BR/>You have a lovely blog.<BR/><BR/>GillGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-32835340355739271022008-07-04T07:54:00.000+10:002008-07-04T07:54:00.000+10:00Jodie, you are a legend in blogland. You are ares...Jodie, you are a legend in blogland. You are aresome!!! Love your work!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962677559692141098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-64409301399793878002008-07-04T01:17:00.000+10:002008-07-04T01:17:00.000+10:00Thanks Jodie, for showing the hiccups that can hap...Thanks Jodie, for showing the hiccups that can happen when crafting. I certainly have my fair share of these! I truly believe in order to get something to work out craft wise, you have to be willing to go through lots of "it didn't work outs". And it's good when you can laugh about it. ;o)<BR/><BR/>Now what's this about an umbrella?Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576487047505755889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-46453566186903889632008-07-03T21:56:00.000+10:002008-07-03T21:56:00.000+10:00Thank you so much for this - i feel so much better...Thank you so much for this - i feel so much better about the weird shaped objects I've abandoned in disgust!!!<BR/><BR/>I quite like the sausage dog thingy and feel quite sad that he's now heading binwards :(<BR/><BR/>xxxMrs Mooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557955127436410152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-12395878834494787652008-07-03T21:45:00.000+10:002008-07-03T21:45:00.000+10:00Great post ....thanks for letting us know we are a...Great post ....thanks for letting us know we are all alike. Draws full of disasters just waiting to escape.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288635333245893039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-80337697963243195082008-07-03T21:23:00.000+10:002008-07-03T21:23:00.000+10:00Jodie, that would make a great meme...a once a mon...Jodie, that would make a great meme...a once a month posting of crafting disasters! Imagine how hilarious it could be....I like the little furry hedgehog thingy, he definitely has potential!CurlyPopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073292585833387749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-4189833287771521092008-07-03T19:43:00.001+10:002008-07-03T19:43:00.001+10:00I meant "dishonest"!!!I meant "dishonest"!!!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330947653655808973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-35192124537472803062008-07-03T19:43:00.000+10:002008-07-03T19:43:00.000+10:00I think it would be a very dishinest crafter who c...I think it would be a very dishinest crafter who could say that all projects were a success. ....And don't those not-quite-right softies make fabulous black/white-board dusters for visiting children?Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330947653655808973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-35925143101505992512008-07-03T19:15:00.000+10:002008-07-03T19:15:00.000+10:00So funny Jodie - we all have those little disaster...So funny Jodie - we all have those little disasters that don't quite work! Good luck with "The Cage" (sounds like a horror movie)!!!<BR/><BR/>By the way - do you know who that little girl fabric is by? I had one fat quarter that I loved using for wallets but it is sadly all used up and I don't know how to search for it!Locket Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689704503844595835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-70240685766520764432008-07-03T19:03:00.000+10:002008-07-03T19:03:00.000+10:00Yay! I think this should be an idea we could all ...Yay! I think this should be an idea we could all post about - confessions and cock-ups. It's great to see the WIP that doesn't work. I think doggie could be redeemed with floppy ears and the birdy is saveable too. Don't consign them to the bin :o(Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322044656860713430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303875332081634127.post-69453934132273676582008-07-03T18:08:00.000+10:002008-07-03T18:08:00.000+10:00I think exhibits D and E can be saved. D looks lik...I think exhibits D and E can be saved. D looks like a cute dolphin, maybe another sea creature wouldn't make him so lonely. Exhibit E need more horizontal bars to be closer to a cage. Or you can paint it in a pale colour and use it as a fruit stand.Neushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528029533738054053noreply@blogger.com