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salamispots · 5 months
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ageless-aislynn · 5 months
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Back in the day, (around 2006 or so, I'd wager) I decided to try making a Bag End-inspired diorama display thing for my Lord of the Rings (and friends) figures out of plastic canvas and yarn. (No pattern, I was just winging it.) Here are some pics of how it turned out. 😉
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The front with the famous round, green door. I also gave them some lattice-work windows and a couple of plant pots with greenery, just 'cause. 😉
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Closer up on the door and one of the plants.
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This is the wall that was beyond the window and plants, on the left side as looking in that orientation. I couldn't really do a hill without it looking weird so went with a tree motif on both sides.
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The wall on the right of the door, this one with a "rope" swing, just for funsies!
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Interior on the door.
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Everybody needs a free standing closet to store your stuff in, right?
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Yes, that's an Ian McKellen Magneto wearing Gandalf's hat and politely levitating his sword into the closet.😜
Behind the door standing open a bit is a coat closet.
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I wanted a sort of marble inspired pattern. Plus, I really liked this variegated yarn so...
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Everybody needs a table with a vase of roses on it! And yeah, that's a Nazgul wearing a tea ball strainer on his head. It was from a joke at the time. Also, we see our Hobbit guests putting their cloaks away in the closet.
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Interior behind the big window. I thought of this as a combo kitchen/dining room area with a decorative rug.
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Eomer CANNOT BELIEVE that we don't have his favorite brand of coffee! Storm thinks we should have a dance party. Boromir is heading over to lean on the fireplace mantel. 😉
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Clearly Gandalf is HERE for a dance party! Oh and I do believe there might be a Boromir/Eowyn "leaning on the mantel" love connection going on back there? 👀👀👀😂
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It's a little known fact that Darth Vader LOVES a nice tree swing! He even brought a droid friend, d'aww. That's my Xena poster on the wall in the background, btw. One of my most favorite Xena pics ever!
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I also made Shadowfax, Gandalf's horse!
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He can stand on his own. And yes, I made that fishbowl, including the Very Famous Fish Rear End on the side panel, lol! Nothing but UTTER ACCURACY around here, thank you very much. 😜
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The chair was made from a kit. The cushion comes off and you can store things in the bottom box part. The mug of hot chocolate has marshmallows on top and also the rim raises up so you can store small things in it.
The flower vase was also from a kit. I famously got my hand stuck in it while doing the bottom stitch to finish attaching it to the base. I thought I might have to unstitch it a bit to get free but thankfully didn't have to. Absolutely no one who saw me with a plastic canvas vase stuck on my hand laughed. 😑🤣
(As well they should have. I laughed, too, once I got my hand out of there, lol!)
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My mom loved lighthouses so I made her a day and night version. They're the same size but this was 2 separate pics edited together and the different angles made the night version look smaller.
Anyway, that's a few things I made back in the day. Nothing sophisticated but I just enjoyed playing around with it. The canvas got really hard to find for a while and then got very expensive once I located it again, so I stopped making things. 😢
Oh, almost forgot to add the pic that made me think to post these to begin with: Barbie with one of my ducks from my earthquake post.
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I made a bunch of these little ducks for a project I never completed, then found them in a Ziploc bag the other day. Now there are little ducks all over the house, lol! 🦆💖
PS - I may have posted these pics before. I know I did on my Livejournal but couldn't find them on Tumblr. If this is the second time you're seeing them, though, apologies. Ais is old and the memory just ain't what she used to be. 😑😉
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thissortofsorcery · 9 months
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Just to Keep the World at Bay - Chapter 3 (read on AO3)
(image of the puzzle is at the end of the post)
“We’re supposed to do what?”
Billy can’t have heard right. But Coach Nelson is, in fact, holding a puzzle box in his hands and staring them down, unwavering. 
“Solve a puzzle, Hargrove. Together. Or did you think I’d put the two of you running circles around the court for an hour?” He asks, the sardonic tone of his voice accentuated by a thick, raised eyebrow.
This is not how Billy thought doing detention with Harrington for a week would go. Coach Nelson had tracked Billy down at lunch to let him know he was supposed to meet him and Harrington in his office after school let out, and at three thirty Billy marched himself to the gym hallway, ready to be bored out of his mind for the next hour.
Now Coach's frowning at him like he’s offended Billy thought so low of his creativity for detention activities, but, to be fair, all Billy’s ever done in detention is sit at a desk and do homework. 
Billy glances at Harrington, and finds the same confusion he’s feeling staring back at him. 
“A puzzle?” Harrington asks, brows pulled together. 
Coach sighs. "A puzzle." He shakes the box at them. It has the picture of a bunch of dogs and kittens laying on a blanket and playing with yarn in a wintery background. "The two of you are going to assemble a 500 piece puzzle for an hour over the next four days, working together. I'll keep the unfinished puzzle safe here in between detentions. At the end of the week, you're going to have a nice picture that symbolizes friendship and teamwork that you're going to cherish forever. Understand?"
Well, at least they're not doing trust falls. This sounds exactly like any proactive, millennial team building bullshit Billy's ever heard of, but the fact that they're doing it indoors and don't have to try to walk with their legs tied together makes it a little better. 
"What happens if we don't finish it?" Harrington asks.
Coach gives him a look, "Then you do more detention until you're done. Until you learn to work together," He says, looking down on them like he's imagining they'll break out into a fistfight over puzzle pieces. And given that the last Coach seen of them was Billy punching Harrington, he must think it's within the realm of possibility.
Coach looks from Harrington to Billy slowly, like he’s measuring them. He’s been on the receiving end of these looks during practice often enough, and Coach Nelson has a way of looking at you like he’s staring into the depths of your soul. He’s a good coach, from what Billy’s seen, and an alright guy. He’s a tall, Black man, standing over both Billy and Harrington at six-foot-three, and a solid wall of muscle, dressed in his usual combo of a polo shirt and a dad hoodie. Today, his polo’s beige.
The long suffering look that Coach gives both boys makes him look old.
Anyway, Billy’s not gonna be the one to tell Coach Nelson that he and Steve settled their differences by having sex in the locker room the day before, and Harrington doesn't seem inclined to say anything, either. 
It’s better for them both that everyone in school keeps thinking that they don’t get along that well. Better for Billy to keep Harrington at arm’s length. If it ever gets out that he and Harrington had sex, Billy’s gotta make sure it doesn’t sound like anything more than a joke. 
The less people notice, the less they talk about, the less they wonder why he’s hanging out with Harrington all of the sudden. He’s not sure Harrington can come up with a reason why he’s hanging out with Billy fast enough other than he’s getting his dick sucked.
It’s just smarter to be careful.
(Continue reading on AO3)
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This is the puzzle they're solving! I just picked it out of google images, but I think it's available on amazon. I wanted it to be something silly and cute lol
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karliahs · 23 days
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Hi, lovebird!!! Hope you're doing well <333 For the crafter's ask game, maybe 🌟🌼 and/or 💖, perhaps??? Wishing you a lovely rest of your day!
ahhh thank you for the ask! here ya go:
🌟 What is your favourite type of crafting (knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery, etc) and why?
so crafts I've done are knitting, crochet, and very recently have been dabbling in pottery
crochet is definitely my favourite! I knit for a few years and the stuff you can make with knitting is really cool, but my manual dexterity is actually not that great and knitting never really felt natural even just in terms of like, the basics of holding the needles, even after a long time of working at it. plus crochet just feels soooo fast compared to knitting and I love that quicker gratification. and I love all the squares! satisfying to make and super pretty
I gave pottery a go bc I like tactile crafts and it's definitely fun! doing it at a studio is expensive and kinda stressful though bc I'd rather make stuff in private. I think I’m gonna try doing air-dry clay stuff at home and see how that goes. I do want to do a wheel class at some point though!
🌼 Do you have a project (current or a past one) you want to talk about?
my current project is kind of on hold while I give my wrist a rest/fuck it up in a different way playing persona 5 all the time, which is a shame bc I'm very close to being done. i'm making myself a jumper and it's nearly done, just gotta do more ribbing and attach it all together:
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I made my dad a jumper last year and it was somehow very easy, I had to kind of eyeball size but it came out fitting perfectly without ever needing to adjust
this gave me profoundly unrealistic expectations for how easy it is to make a jumper that fits. goddamn. I'm a gauge checking convert thanks to this thing but even after checking and measuring a lot I've still had to remake sections of it several times
but I looooove the yarn so much:
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all the river washed yarn colours are amazing and it took me a long time to choose one. I really love yarn with like semi-subtle variance in the colours, and yellow and purple is one of my fave colour combos. in subtle lighting it just kind of looks like a nice purple, but it goes super vivid and almost pink in lots of natural light
💖 Which one of your creations are you the proudest? Show off!
it's definitely not the most technically complex thing Ive ever made but I adore this bag I made for my sister:
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have never felt so conflicted about giving something away lmao. the colours work so nicely together and she gets compliments on it all the time
at some point I want to make a bunch more of these squares and try and make myself a cardigan
i'm also pretty proud of some of the stuff i made in pottery class that are not fired yet, gotta show those off once i pick them up next week
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sandmanalone · 4 months
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Didn't buy enough yarn for the baby blanket I'm making and now that yarn is discontinued 😩 there are a few Etsy sellers out there selling some but like......do I wanna spend another $30 dollars on this project? Other options include: getting a different yarn and adding right onto it (making some kind of Frankenstein blanket), getting new yarn and starting from scratch, or some combo of the two where I unravel a bunch of it and try to alternate yarns to make it look at least a little more intentional? Sigh
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PSA to newer knitters
bc it seems no one is telling y'all some of this:
You do need to make a gauge swatch, for anything that's meant to fit a human body especially, but also to check whether your yarn + needles combo is going to make the kind of fabric you want. If they don't, you need to do it again with another needle size, and check that, regardless of whether the pattern says you're already using the "right" size. Yes, even if you're using exactly the same yarn the designer did.
The swatch needs to include whatever major techniques are in the project. If it's got big sections of stockinette and of garter, you need to swatch both. If parts of the project are knit in the round and parts worked flat, you need to swatch both. Many people's knit & purl gauges are very different!
If it's heavily cabled, you need to do a swatch of the cable pattern, several repeats both wide and tall. Lace? Swatch a big chunk of that lace pattern. Stranded colorwork? Dear gods yes, swatch the actual designs involved, as well as plain stockinette. It's not going to be the same.
Your swatch should be significantly bigger than the area you need to measure, in each technique. So if the pattern says the gauge is 15 stitches and 20 rows for 4", you need to cast on at least 22-24 stitches and work 30+ rows. More than that, if you're not sure your yarn is the same size as the one the designer used.
Using the actual cast-on from the project is a good idea, because it lets you practice it and also see how it interacts with the fabric growing out of it, but it's not going to be part of the gauge measurement. Same goes for any edge treatment/selvage stitches and your bindoff. You'll be measuring a 4" square in the middle of the work, so your math isn't thrown off by distorted stitches near any edges.
Oh, and you need to block your swatches. Ideally in whatever way you'll wash the finished object (good way to check if that yarn really is superwash!) but at least get it soaking wet, squeeze it out, and let dry flat. Don't stretch or hang it unless you'll do that every single time you get the garment damp (lace swatches obvs can/should be stretched for blocking), just let it dry. Now measure it, carefully. Measure in a couple places, and average your results.
I could write a bunch of caveats & exceptions, and no, I don't actually do all of this every time I sit down to knit a sock. I just start the toe & measure once I get going, & decide how many stitches I'll need then. But A) I've made 20+ pairs of socks in the past few years and B) if I'm super wrong & have to unravel 6" of sock, so what? But you do not want to finally get through a complicated sweater yoke, reach the underarms, and try it on, only to find you were way off. Or wash a finished garment & find it grows 3 sizes, or the fabric opens up so much you can see right through it and it hangs wrong. Heaven forbid you steek something before you realize it's the wrong size.
Also, experience. The more you have, the more corners you can cut - but never all of them! And if you're fairly new to the craft, or just to a certain technique, you don't yet know which corners are essential.
I know proper swatching can feel like a waste of time, and yarn. But the yarn is usually recoverable, and the time is worth it.
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cheznieba3a · 4 years
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my obsession with yarn has finally forced its way into my work
I take no blame in this decision, I was just walking into town to grab me a sweet bit of lunch (seriously though if you fancy the best vegan sandwich or bagel with a plant-based sausage roll (or person food for that matter) you will ever consume in your life go to Tofurei I swear to god they are the reason i’m in my overdraft) and I passed this sewing shop which had a bucket of yarn on sale outside. If there is a yarnaholic anonymous group, let me know because I have a draw in my flat which suggests a serious problem. I stood there, staring at this beautiful bucket of man made fibres trying to find a reason to fill up my arms and make some purchases when it hit me
let’s add some texture to this paper cut out animation
So I know from making multiple yarn lampshades (I told you, I have a serious addiction) that coating that delightful string in PVA will hold it together however you wish soo I started making some swirls. 
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thx Jon for getting some great images of me in the zone of yarning
also I do not recommend crafting on the bed, it is not practical
Basically, my thought process was if I make a bunch of these swirls then I can make bushes and tree foliage?? out of them and it will look so fun and natural and give a fab separation between the environment and my characters.
To do it I mixed 1 part of multipurpose PVA with 1 part tap water in a tiny bowl (edit: ramekin, they’re called ramekins) and shoved a load of yarn in it. With the gloves I have an abundance of because I crave weird hair colours, I pulled the yarn out squeezing it as I go and then using the non-painty part of a paintbrush, I swirled that moist string into a sweet little swirl.
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I got two types of yarn, a looser threaded and a tighter threaded. I thought the looser one would be better because it should hold more glue but honestly, it just looks worse? I mean I have decided that it would actually be quite helpful to show a difference between bushes and tree foliage so it didn’t just look like a bush on a big stick (which actually isn’t what trees are??) so I guess it still is a blessing. 
They came off the plastic that my giant sketchbook is still wrapped in from when I bought it super easy which is nice but does now mean I can’t unwrap and use that sketchbook until all my nature bits are complete because I don’t believe in clingfilm. They also held the swirl shape perfectly so yay, my idea worked!
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I didn’t make a mass off swirls, just enough to test out all my colours once the PVA dried and to see what combos worked well. Please ignore my laptop stickers, I just liked the sparkly pink background.
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First up was this combination and I sat there and stared at it for a while before going
mmmmmm, no thanks
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this one is just gross, don’t combine warm green with cold green it doesn;t work
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Turns out I like just a solid colour! Because there are different layers the shadows do give a nice tonal change and it means I can have different coloured bushes for fore/mid/background!
I assembled my swirls with a hot glue gun and only burned myself once and I am actually in love with how it looks, I think it will look fab with the watercolours on paper that the rest of the animation will be so hip hip hurray, I feel accomplished.
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flightandsurvival · 4 years
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What’s your favorite type of yogurt? Fage plain greek yogurt with some red raspberry preserves.  What posters did you have on your wall as a teenager? None.  What are your favorite type of calendars? I don’t have a favorite type I guess.  Do you have a full-length mirror? Yes.  When was the last time you bought stamps? A year or two ago. 
Do you have any overdue library books right now? No.  How often do you do laundry? Whenever I run out of underwear.  Do you have a piggy bank? I have a big ol’ jar.  Do you remember your locker combinations from high school? I didn’t have a combo.  What’s your favorite DIY crafts youtube channel? None.  Could you spend hours on pinterest? Not hours... but like 30-45 minutes depending on what I’m looking for.  Do you own plaid pants? No.  Have you ever had to wear a school uniform? No.  What was your high school’s mascot? Dolphin.  What were your high school’s team colors? Green and white.  Who were your best friends in high school? Sammyann (still by best friend), Ashley, Cara, Christi, Alex, James.  Who was your first boyfriend or girlfriend? I had my first boyfriend at age 23.... so...  Have you ever been to Chicago? Nope.  If yes, what do you like best about it? - Have you ever stayed in a hostel? In Germany! Would you rather sleep on the top bunk or bottom bunk? Bottom because I have to pee every 15 minutes and when I was a kid I slept walked out of the top bunk which is a scary idea.  Do you love camping? I’ve never been. I’d be open to going but I’m about 50/50 on whether I’d actually enjoy it. I love being outside but I also love sleeping in my bed.  Would you rather sleep in a tent or under the stars? I don’t know.  What insects are you afraid of? Centipedes/millipedes and caterpillars. Too many legs. Have you ever had a secret admirer that left you notes? I had a weird secret admirer my first year of undergrad because I sat in the same seat every Soc101 class and noticed one day there was a little note on the desk “girl with the lip ring sits here?” and I did indeed have a lip ring.  Are you close with your cousins? I used to be close with them when I was little... sadly it’s out of sight out of mind for me.  Are you close to any aunts or uncles? Same as above. When I’m physically with them I am but when they aren’t around (97% of the time) I hardly even think of them. That sounds super fucked up but that’s all I got.  Are you close to your grandparents? My maternal grandparents are kind of a disappointment to me- I love them greatly and I used to make a point to see them about once every-other month when I was an undergrad but then they went back to Jehovah’s kingdom or whatever and it’s a bunch of bullshit that means they shun half their children and didn’t attend or celebrate my gay cousins’ weddings.   On the other hand I am very close with my paternal grandparents. Even when they’re out of sight I think about how grateful I am for them on the regular. 
Who betrayed your trust? I’ve had plenty of instances of my trust being betrayed.  Who was your first best friend (apart from a sibling)? Sydney. We were 3-4 years old when we met because our older brothers were friends and they lived about three houses down the block.  What was your favorite thing to do at sleepovers when you were younger? Watch disney movies. What kind of popcorn is your favorite? Cheddar or movie theater.  Does your town have a big fountain in it? I don’t think so? What is your town known for? God... I think of my town and immediately think of the pedophile 2nd grade teacher who was touching the little boys at the elementary school a mile from me. Fucking awful.  Do you currently live in the city you grew up in? No.  What’s one way in which you’re behind the times? Any youtube videos... I don’t understand the draw.  What’s one way in which you’re still a child? I rely on my dad for life. He’s my first call when shit hits the fan, even though he lives 5 hours away, because I know he will have answers of some sort.  What’s one way in which you’re old? All I want is a rocking chair by a heat source and come really stellar yarn to crochet.  Do you feel old or young? Or do you feel both at different times? I feel young.  How old are you? I am 27.  Do you know what you want to do for your next birthday? I am not a big birthday celebrator. I like to celebrate other people, my birthday is just a day.  If yes, what is it? Last year my friends and I went to an Asian market and had a delicious ramen dinner.  What is the last new thing you discovered that was really good? Putting everything but the bagel seasoning on grilled cheese sandwiches is life.  What would be the best surprise you could receive right now? If my graduate debt suddenly disappeared due to a hacker or some weird program glitch haha.  Do you usually forgive when someone hurts your or try to get revenge? I’m a move on kind of gal. I won’t forget but I don’t feel like holding on to bullshit.  Were there any subjects in school that were really easy for you? English. But also I’m quick with the uptake, I have a fantastic memory when needed, and I’m smart honestly... so nothing was particularly hard. I hated math so I just didn’t do it which made teachers think I needed to be in remedial math... but then I was immediately moved because that shit was too easy.  If so, what? ^ Did you ever skip a grade or get held back a grade? No.  What time of day were you born? I don’t remember.  What is the best hairstyle you’ve ever had? I don’t know. Again, sounds super full of myself but the fact is I have great hair.  Do you think you look better with dyed hair or natural hair? Either.  Do you think your look better with curly hair or straight hair? My hair is wavy. It looks good both ways.  Do you have bangs? I am growing them out. Bangs are great and edgy but they’re a lot of work.  Do you think you look better with bangs or without? I look good both ways. I’m just too lazy to maintain bangs. 
Do you think you look better with long hair or short? Either.  What’s your favorite rock band? Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Who’s your favorite country singer? Kacey Musgraves.  Do you ever listen to Celtic music? No. Do you listen to Hillsong? No. Did you try the unicorn frappuccino, and if yes, were you a fan? No I never tried it. Have you ever won a contest? Not that I can recall.  Have you ever wanted to be a model, actress, singer, or dancer? I wanted to be a singer when I was little.  When you look at your baby pictures, do you recognize yourself? Yes.  Has your hair color changed since you were a toddler? Nope. Do you wear matching socks? Most days.  How many drawers does your dresser have? Five.  Do you own an American flag shirt? No.  Do you own a British flag shirt? No.  Do you have a seashell collection? No. Do you have a rock collection? Lol I guess so- I have a collection of crystals.  Do you decorate for Halloween? No.  What is your favorite thing to do in the pool? Not be in a pool...  Flamingos or pineapples? Either.  Cacti or seashells? Cacti.  Maple tree or palm tree? Japanese Maples are my fav.  Dreamcatcher or wind chimes? Wind chimes.  Have you ever taken a picture at the perfect moment? No.  Do you have a crush right now? No.  What color was your first car? Tan.  Was your first car used or new? Used.  Do you have a car now? Yes.  What color(s) eyeshadow do you wear the most? Neutrals. 
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Best Website Design Software: Free And Paid Web Design Tools
Constructing an online position for your trade or sign would now not deserve to be onerous work. By selecting the last observe internet position builder instrument – developing your internet position can in actuality feel more be pleased relaxing than a chore.
But with tons of of internet position builders, recount administration systems, and make instrument, how attain which is the last observe one for you?
Neatly, even as you may perchance were busy developing your trade, we now were busy examining dozens of instruments to search out the ideal to offer your internet position.
Right here are our high 5 handiest internet position make instrument ideas:
wix (intuitive internet make instrument chance)
Weebly (internet position builder instrument for eCommerce)
Webflow (handiest internet position make instrument for edifying tasks)
Adobe Dreamweaver (expert internet make tool)
google Net Dressmaker (internet make solution for banners)
1. wix
User-pleasant internet position builder instrument
If coding for you is never any longer ultimate a scenario, but a scenario you don’t prefer to beat, wix is the ideal internet position make instrument for you. The usage of wix, you presumably can produce an online position rapid and easy. Even supposing you happen to’re a complete internet pattern beginner.
Thanks to the pleasant user interface, designing your comprise position is as easy as making a PowerPoint presentation or environment a unique desktop wallpaper.
And there may be something even better about wix.
You will seemingly be in a space to offer your internet position free of price. That comes with a form of boundaries be pleased wix adverts and no customized enviornment, but you accept the point. You will seemingly be in a space to use your free internet position for follow, relaxing, or anything else that would now not need that expert touch.
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As you may perchance look, wix is never any longer the cheapest chance. But it absolutely’s our #1-rated internet position builder instrument for a reason.
wix is effectively value of that title ensuing from supreme ease of use and elegant internet position templates. When we now maintain lined the total elegant wix internet position exAMPles, we had been very impressed with what we now maintain stumbled on. And realizing that they’d perchance well also maintain ideal taken minutes to total is plan more astonishing.
There are tons of of big wix templates to make your mind up on from. You will seemingly be in a space to add video backgrounds or even use such edifying aspects be pleased parallax scrolling.
And moreover they’re all effectively separated into categories, so that you just may perchance decide the actual person that suits your trade ultimate precise.
But what if I suggested you…
wix is additionally big for coding.
Let’s prefer internet position templates attain no longer excite you. Per chance you may perchance maintain purchasers who prefer to make use of a wix platform. Or maybe you may perchance make use of this internet position builder to make customized pages, out of the ordinary databases, user enter kinds, or even make unique applications.
wix has developed an edifying code editor – Corvid by wix. With the addition of the tool, blank templates had been additionally added. Though you may perchance additionally use Corvid on any of the templates.
On the editor, you may perchance add your comprise code to your internet position, and the use of Corvid, you may perchance in actuality attain application pattern, straight on your wix internet position. This advance, you accept beefy alter of how your wix internet position works.
So sure – while wix is at the initiating a somewhat easy internet position builder, it has some attention-grabbing aspects, too. It be a heart-broken horse, but we preserve our fingers crossed. Corvid by wix may perchance well also yet silent surprise us.
PROS
Free internet position plan available
Exceptionally intuitive
Added functionality with Corvid by wix
CONS
Lacks less pricey plans
2. Weebly
High quality internet make tool for online retail outlets
Can maintain to you are planning to launch an online store and coding is never any longer your genuine aspect, Weebly is a correct solution. Providing one amongst the ideal toddle-and-fall editors in the industry, Weebly additionally adapts eCommerce functionality to its internet sites.
With Weebly, you presumably can without issues configure every thing for an eCommerce store: add shipping and payment systems, music your stock, and edit merchandise. But genuine eCommerce instruments is ideal an addition to the easy to make use of internet position builder instrument.
You will seemingly be in a space to offer your internet position by including photos, text, slideshows, icons, buttons, galleries and more. All of which is accomplished by dragging and shedding the aspects you could add.
Moreover this, there are a form of stand out aspects to ensure that that your internet position catches the scrutinize of its customer. Adding video backgrounds or animation are ways of doing this, and both of which add a big dynamic to your internet position.
On the different hand, there may be no point in having a stunning internet position if you happen to don’t maintain any one to gaze it, precise?
Neatly, fortunately, Weebly has you lined – with a differ of internet optimization instruments and the chance to add meta tags, your internet position has more doable to be considered in engines like google. 
And there may be any other correct thing about Weebly.
You will seemingly be in a space to use it free of price and it is one amongst the most less pricey solutions if you happen to preserve in mind its functionality.  The cheapest top rate Weebly plan begins at $5/month. But in sigh for you the beefy eCommerce functionality and the total top rate aspects, the most costly plan will payment $38/month.
With the total plans that Weebly gives, you presumably may perchance well make use of the total elegant templates. There is a sequence of over 60 responsive templates, 15 of that are designed particularly for online retail outlets.
PROS
Free internet position plan available
Intuitive toddle-and-fall editor
eCommerce aspects integration
CONS
Platform lacks flexibility
3. Webflow
Life like make tool for edifying initiatives
Webflow is an online position make tool, recount administration system, and an online hosting provider. All in the identical platform.
Providing CSS, HTML, and Javascript all save together in a natty visible interface, here’s a tool that combines the energy of coding and somewhat easy bettering abilities.
The usage of nothing however the equipped interface, you presumably can attain many brilliant edifying issues. Our favorites deserve to be the scroll-basically basically based and cursor-basically basically based interactions – which suggests the internet position will behave otherwise, looking on the user’s actions.
A total bunch of pre-built parts, comparable to tabs, sliders, videos, and worthy more, make building an online position somewhat easy, as you establish now not favor to make every thing from scratch, or download separate parts from the Cyber internet.
But it absolutely’s more than a visible composer. Can maintain to you could work with code or pass the internet position pattern to any individual who does, you may perchance be contented to hear that every thing you attain on Webflow can accept exported in easy and easy to read HTML/CSS/JS code.
Alternatively, if you happen to’re a developer working with a advertising/recount team, a handy and easy to make use of editor will seemingly be equipped. So others will seemingly be in a space to make changes to your internet position, without causing it any harm by likelihood.
Overall, here’s a big combo chance for those that address to make and maintain an belief on their mind, and folk that deserve to code.
The finding out curve maybe somewhat too steep, but even as you grasp Webflow – it becomes value it. And if you happen to prefer to host your internet position on their servers, you may perchance attain that as effectively.
Talking about the Webflow pricing, you may perchance strive the yarn-basically basically based plan free of price, but it absolutely is never any longer going to consist of internet hosting. In sigh so that you just can offer and host an online position with Webflow, the pricing begins at $12/month and may perchance well mosey as much as $212/month for the most edifying plan.
PROS
Lovely visible interface
Interfaces for both internet position developers and moderators
Cyber internet internet hosting plans available
CONS
Steeper finding out curve
4. Adobe Dreamweaver
Evolved internet position builder instrument 
Dreamweaver is a code bettering application, that supports just about all kinds of code. HTML? JavaScript? PHP? CSS? Creep to all, and there is additionally worthy more. You will seemingly be in a space to additionally upload Drupal or wordpress templates and edit them there as effectively.
It be a ultimate tool for folk that prefer to in actuality grasp coding.
Regarded as one of our licensed aspects has positively been the Live Preview, where you may perchance edit the code and look the plan it affects your internet position. Can maintain to you’re interesting to offer one from scratch – or even edit a internet page on wordpress or Drupal, here’s a ultimate characteristic that will make it more straightforward to mosey making an strive the errors and test the aspects as you kind them in.
That is never any longer the applicable thing you may perchance attain in precise-time. Dreamweaver is big for building responsive designs, as you may perchance look how the pages trade and adapt to varied resolutions.
So yeah, all appears to be like aesthetic and elegant – but as with most issues Adobe, issues mosey south if you happen to launch to preserve in mind pricing. Starting at $20.99 a month, Dreamweaver is without issues the most costly chance on this list. But even as you happen to care for end your coding significantly, here’s the doubtlessly the ideal internet position make instrument to preserve in mind.
PROS
A extraordinarily edifying and sturdy tool
High quality for coding
Live previews assist to offer efficiently
CONS
Very costly
5. google Net Dressmaker
High quality internet make instrument for developing adverts
Basically, google Net Dressmaker is intended for developing interactive and responsive adverts. And while google is 1001 trick pony and if you happen to are the use of a complete bunch google-made merchandise, why no longer decide something that suits into the G gang completely?
google Net Dressmaker (GWD) is a ultimate tool for advertising that works with Mac, Linux, and Windows. This stand-alone, free instrument may perchance well make interactive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript recount for your internet position’s promoting, as we name it – banners.
What’s attention-grabbing is that google tries to homicide two birds with one stone.
It makes google Net vogue designer somewhat easy to make use of for the beginners and giving skilled developers something to play with.
No longer very tech-savvy users will seemingly be blissful to search out the natty and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You Scrutinize Is What You Get) user interface, and coding pros may perchance maintain the ability to swap to the HTML code, which is hand-editable.
Default, pre-programmed GWD parts for interactive adverts consist of YouTube, iFrame, maps, image gallery and tap space. And the ideal part is, that each and every ingredient automatically gives you the analytics about the interactions.
Adverts are in accordance with media principles for vogue and layout, which suggests, that they’ll be responsive and must silent fit completely on any show camouflage.
Additionally, GWD internet make instrument gives you alter over animation instruments and recount advent instruments. And, a SHOCKER here – it has seamless integration with google merchandise. That suggests that you just may perchance streamline your workflow by sharing, bettering and participating alongside with your initiatives by ability of the google Force.
PROS
 Fully free
 Switching between code and easy interface
 Seamless google Integrations
Metrics are reported automatically
CONS
 The tool ideal for advert building
What Is The High quality Net position Create Instrument Choice For You?
The handiest internet position make instrument depends fully for your wants and talents. Whether you could offer a straightforward portfolio, eCommerce, or a tremendous challenge internet position – there may be a precise tool for every and every. You will even salvage big instruments for developing merely banners.
So when selecting the ideal internet position builder instrument, preserve in mind our high 5 picks:
wix – the most user-pleasant internet position make solution for all kinds of initiatives.
Weebly – easy-to-use internet position builder with built-in eCommerce aspects.
Webflow – handiest internet position make instrument solution for edifying initiatives.
Adobe Dreamweaver – very ultimate internet position builder instrument for coding pros.
google Net Dressmaker – devoted internet make instrument for easy advent of adverts and banners.
So there you may perchance maintain it – these are the ideas that we maintain. What attain you watched? Have you extinct any of them, or even there may be something else that you just’d advocate? For all of that, please leave a sigh in the feedback below.
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Ap 17
I have been playing with the lace making thread and practicing some needle and shuttle tatting so my hands haven’t been still although my creativeness feels like it. Watched a DVD extra on a DVD I’ve been wanting to start.
Basically it’s the last week before house cleaning company which can go good, bad, or mediocre and it’s been all little things like having to accept the remote to the unlocked DVD player is gone because it was my remote and do I replace it on Ebay or unlock a different player.
Although it’s a turn of the century machine it’s hardly been used and it’s a VCR/DVD combo and the DVD tray won’t open without the remote. I think I priced remotes and the replacement is the same as a universal so I’ll go with one I know will work. 
All those size 20 threads. Really getting in to thinking a doll in size 20 and clothes isn’t going to happen, especially because clothes that size don’t work for any other dolls that size and in the foreseeable future crocheting that tiny doesn’t seem to be a thing. I have some regular crochet thread that tiny so I can finish the guy I started. 
Probably going to frog the torso which is all I got to. I started a leg but the shaping needs work and at this stage regular yarn or size 10 thread will work easier. 
Soooo lots of Lizbeth size 20 thread, which likes to untwist at the ends even with thread wax, and the want to make something out of them. I have a necklace I made of split ring chains that went well. I’ve seen patchwork looking things that work with having multiple colors. 
It’s time to use up stuff that’s been squirreled. Got to get out that tatting book I bought and see if it has a lady in it. I’ve always wanted a bunch of those crinoline ladies. 
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DIY Home Decor Ideas That Can Improve Your Home Right Now
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If you want to improve your home, to make it look and feel more inviting, more like you or simply more enjoyable there are all sorts of interesting ways to do that, including a bunch of DIY home decor improvements. We’ve put together a list of such projects. They’re all things which you can build or craft yourself without too much effort and without investing a lot of money but, more importantly, they’re things which can potentially make your home more welcoming, beautiful and enjoyable for you and for your guests.
The first has to do with the dinner table. An easy way to make the setting look nicer is to use a table runner. It’s a great alternative to the tablecloth which can often be perceived as looking outdated or not in tone with a modern or a contemporary interior design. All you need for a fabric table runner is a piece of linen, scissors, thread, pins and a sewing machine. Actually, you could use any type of fabric you want, not just linen. Pick a texture and a color that you think would complement your dining room.
Another nice addition to a home can be a sort of serving tray or cheese board on which to display appetizers and snacks when guests come over. It would be a fairly easy project and you could customize it in a lot of different ways. A hardwood board would be the main element needed here. You’d also need sandpaper or a sanding block, food-safe finish/ stain and a paint brush to apply it with.
A super cute and at the same time super easy idea is to turn basic string lights into themed decorations. Take some string lights and glue a leaf make out of parchment on each light. You can use permanent markers and various leaf templates to make different types of leaf decorations. Of course, the leaf string lights are a super cool idea if you’re planning a fall-themed decor but for a summer or a spring home decor you can use a whole different idea.
An easy way to decorate a space and to make it look fresh and vibrant is to display a bunch of potted plants. Based on this idea, we’d like to show you a very simple way of decorating a planter and then hanging it in a cute way. The idea is to wrap yarn all around the planter and to leave four long strands so you can then hang it. This yarn-wrapped hanging planter is really cute and some of that has to do with the colors used.
Speaking of yarn and ways to hang things around the house, there’s another lovely project idea which you might like. It involves a wooden dowel, some chunky yarn and some regular yarn. You can combine different colors if you prefer certain combos or you can choose a simpler approach and opt for a monochromatic design. Either way, this tassel wall hanging decoration would be super easy to make.
If you want to improve your home decor there’s a lot that you can do and the decorations we showed you so far are only a few of the options. Other ideas include making some accent furniture like some shelves which you can mount on walls or windows. We suggest acrylic shelves for the windows because they’re clear and they let light shine through them so they won’t obstruct the windows too much. To make shelves like these you need acrylic sheeting, right-angle brackets, screws, a drill and some gold spray paint.
A variations to the idea of wall shelves can be to make a hanging wine rack. We have the perfect design for you to try. It’s a simple, box-like module with four built-in slots at the bottom for glasses and plenty of space inside for a few bottles of wine and even a cute little flower vase or a planter. You could use a few pieces of scrap wood or you could repurpose some old piece of furniture from your home. Paint it so it matches the rest of your home decor and be creative with the little details.
If you feel like your home could use a new side table in the living room or in your cozy reading corner, then just go ahead and make one. Take a slice of wood and three hairpin legs and that’s all you need to build a chic wood slab side table. You can paint the legs and stain the top and you can even make more of these stylish little tables if you liked the first one. You could have several of these grouped up in the living room, as a sort of cool alternative to the regular old coffee table idea.
Not really in the mood for building furniture? Perhaps you’d prefer something smaller instead. How would you like to make a wire key holder for your entryway? It’s one of the easiest things ever. All you need is some pliable wire, pliers and a stencil (or you can improvise and be original). Basically you just bend the wire and give it any shape you want. You could shape it into a cute little house or you could use word stencil. Don;t forget the hooks so you can actually hang some keys from this key holder.
Finally, there’s also the option to take an existing piece of furniture and to give it a makeover, to change its look. An example that we’d like to share with you at this moment is this retro rainbow wooden dresser which has a really fun and colorful look. Sure, this tutorial actually shows you how to build the whole dresser from scratch but let’s assume for now that you already have a dresser. You could just paint its drawer fronts and change its hardware in order to give it a new and quirky look. It’s totally up to you to pick any colors you think would look best on your dresser.
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DIY Home Decor Ideas That Can Improve Your Home Right Now
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If you want to improve your home, to make it look and feel more inviting, more like you or simply more enjoyable there are all sorts of interesting ways to do that, including a bunch of DIY home decor improvements. We’ve put together a list of such projects. They’re all things which you can build or craft yourself without too much effort and without investing a lot of money but, more importantly, they’re things which can potentially make your home more welcoming, beautiful and enjoyable for you and for your guests.
The first has to do with the dinner table. An easy way to make the setting look nicer is to use a table runner. It’s a great alternative to the tablecloth which can often be perceived as looking outdated or not in tone with a modern or a contemporary interior design. All you need for a fabric table runner is a piece of linen, scissors, thread, pins and a sewing machine. Actually, you could use any type of fabric you want, not just linen. Pick a texture and a color that you think would complement your dining room.
Another nice addition to a home can be a sort of serving tray or cheese board on which to display appetizers and snacks when guests come over. It would be a fairly easy project and you could customize it in a lot of different ways. A hardwood board would be the main element needed here. You’d also need sandpaper or a sanding block, food-safe finish/ stain and a paint brush to apply it with.
A super cute and at the same time super easy idea is to turn basic string lights into themed decorations. Take some string lights and glue a leaf make out of parchment on each light. You can use permanent markers and various leaf templates to make different types of leaf decorations. Of course, the leaf string lights are a super cool idea if you’re planning a fall-themed decor but for a summer or a spring home decor you can use a whole different idea.
An easy way to decorate a space and to make it look fresh and vibrant is to display a bunch of potted plants. Based on this idea, we’d like to show you a very simple way of decorating a planter and then hanging it in a cute way. The idea is to wrap yarn all around the planter and to leave four long strands so you can then hang it. This yarn-wrapped hanging planter is really cute and some of that has to do with the colors used.
Speaking of yarn and ways to hang things around the house, there’s another lovely project idea which you might like. It involves a wooden dowel, some chunky yarn and some regular yarn. You can combine different colors if you prefer certain combos or you can choose a simpler approach and opt for a monochromatic design. Either way, this tassel wall hanging decoration would be super easy to make.
If you want to improve your home decor there’s a lot that you can do and the decorations we showed you so far are only a few of the options. Other ideas include making some accent furniture like some shelves which you can mount on walls or windows. We suggest acrylic shelves for the windows because they’re clear and they let light shine through them so they won’t obstruct the windows too much. To make shelves like these you need acrylic sheeting, right-angle brackets, screws, a drill and some gold spray paint.
A variations to the idea of wall shelves can be to make a hanging wine rack. We have the perfect design for you to try. It’s a simple, box-like module with four built-in slots at the bottom for glasses and plenty of space inside for a few bottles of wine and even a cute little flower vase or a planter. You could use a few pieces of scrap wood or you could repurpose some old piece of furniture from your home. Paint it so it matches the rest of your home decor and be creative with the little details.
If you feel like your home could use a new side table in the living room or in your cozy reading corner, then just go ahead and make one. Take a slice of wood and three hairpin legs and that’s all you need to build a chic wood slab side table. You can paint the legs and stain the top and you can even make more of these stylish little tables if you liked the first one. You could have several of these grouped up in the living room, as a sort of cool alternative to the regular old coffee table idea.
Not really in the mood for building furniture? Perhaps you’d prefer something smaller instead. How would you like to make a wire key holder for your entryway? It’s one of the easiest things ever. All you need is some pliable wire, pliers and a stencil (or you can improvise and be original). Basically you just bend the wire and give it any shape you want. You could shape it into a cute little house or you could use word stencil. Don;t forget the hooks so you can actually hang some keys from this key holder.
Finally, there’s also the option to take an existing piece of furniture and to give it a makeover, to change its look. An example that we’d like to share with you at this moment is this retro rainbow wooden dresser which has a really fun and colorful look. Sure, this tutorial actually shows you how to build the whole dresser from scratch but let’s assume for now that you already have a dresser. You could just paint its drawer fronts and change its hardware in order to give it a new and quirky look. It’s totally up to you to pick any colors you think would look best on your dresser.
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DIY Home Decor Ideas That Can Improve Your Home Right Now
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If you want to improve your home, to make it look and feel more inviting, more like you or simply more enjoyable there are all sorts of interesting ways to do that, including a bunch of DIY home decor improvements. We’ve put together a list of such projects. They’re all things which you can build or craft yourself without too much effort and without investing a lot of money but, more importantly, they’re things which can potentially make your home more welcoming, beautiful and enjoyable for you and for your guests.
The first has to do with the dinner table. An easy way to make the setting look nicer is to use a table runner. It’s a great alternative to the tablecloth which can often be perceived as looking outdated or not in tone with a modern or a contemporary interior design. All you need for a fabric table runner is a piece of linen, scissors, thread, pins and a sewing machine. Actually, you could use any type of fabric you want, not just linen. Pick a texture and a color that you think would complement your dining room.
Another nice addition to a home can be a sort of serving tray or cheese board on which to display appetizers and snacks when guests come over. It would be a fairly easy project and you could customize it in a lot of different ways. A hardwood board would be the main element needed here. You’d also need sandpaper or a sanding block, food-safe finish/ stain and a paint brush to apply it with.
A super cute and at the same time super easy idea is to turn basic string lights into themed decorations. Take some string lights and glue a leaf make out of parchment on each light. You can use permanent markers and various leaf templates to make different types of leaf decorations. Of course, the leaf string lights are a super cool idea if you’re planning a fall-themed decor but for a summer or a spring home decor you can use a whole different idea.
An easy way to decorate a space and to make it look fresh and vibrant is to display a bunch of potted plants. Based on this idea, we’d like to show you a very simple way of decorating a planter and then hanging it in a cute way. The idea is to wrap yarn all around the planter and to leave four long strands so you can then hang it. This yarn-wrapped hanging planter is really cute and some of that has to do with the colors used.
Speaking of yarn and ways to hang things around the house, there’s another lovely project idea which you might like. It involves a wooden dowel, some chunky yarn and some regular yarn. You can combine different colors if you prefer certain combos or you can choose a simpler approach and opt for a monochromatic design. Either way, this tassel wall hanging decoration would be super easy to make.
If you want to improve your home decor there’s a lot that you can do and the decorations we showed you so far are only a few of the options. Other ideas include making some accent furniture like some shelves which you can mount on walls or windows. We suggest acrylic shelves for the windows because they’re clear and they let light shine through them so they won’t obstruct the windows too much. To make shelves like these you need acrylic sheeting, right-angle brackets, screws, a drill and some gold spray paint.
A variations to the idea of wall shelves can be to make a hanging wine rack. We have the perfect design for you to try. It’s a simple, box-like module with four built-in slots at the bottom for glasses and plenty of space inside for a few bottles of wine and even a cute little flower vase or a planter. You could use a few pieces of scrap wood or you could repurpose some old piece of furniture from your home. Paint it so it matches the rest of your home decor and be creative with the little details.
If you feel like your home could use a new side table in the living room or in your cozy reading corner, then just go ahead and make one. Take a slice of wood and three hairpin legs and that’s all you need to build a chic wood slab side table. You can paint the legs and stain the top and you can even make more of these stylish little tables if you liked the first one. You could have several of these grouped up in the living room, as a sort of cool alternative to the regular old coffee table idea.
Not really in the mood for building furniture? Perhaps you’d prefer something smaller instead. How would you like to make a wire key holder for your entryway? It’s one of the easiest things ever. All you need is some pliable wire, pliers and a stencil (or you can improvise and be original). Basically you just bend the wire and give it any shape you want. You could shape it into a cute little house or you could use word stencil. Don;t forget the hooks so you can actually hang some keys from this key holder.
Finally, there’s also the option to take an existing piece of furniture and to give it a makeover, to change its look. An example that we’d like to share with you at this moment is this retro rainbow wooden dresser which has a really fun and colorful look. Sure, this tutorial actually shows you how to build the whole dresser from scratch but let’s assume for now that you already have a dresser. You could just paint its drawer fronts and change its hardware in order to give it a new and quirky look. It’s totally up to you to pick any colors you think would look best on your dresser.
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alovecraft · 7 years
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So! I promised the story of the Impatient Lady::
 I’d asked Jamie if we could go to one of the craft stores in the area. We always swear we’ll never shop there again, but somehow forget how terrible everything is and wind up there (mainly for the $1 yarns because I’m a sucker). Craft Store also has Prismas and Koor-i-noor pencils sold individually.
We wind up in the parking lot a few minutes early, discussing the best place to find carbon paper for one of his projects and we’re hanging out there. Jamie and I loathe being at the door of a store right as it opens. We’ve both worked with the public (I still currently work retail while he works in a bizarro office)
I noticed that there’s a car that’s pulled up near ours and Jamie makes a joke about how “all the old ladies need to get their yarn fix” (sic). This woman gets out of the car along with a grandchild and practically hustles the grandkid across the parkinglot to the doors of Craft Store.
Jamie and I watch as Impatient Lady, grandchild, and like four other people swarm the doors, where the Hours Of Operation are clearly labeled at eye level. I make a snide remark about how they all Must Be First through the doors.
We watch Impatient Lady practically beat on the doors to be let in.
It’s 2 minutes to opening time.
Jamie and I talk about things for another couple minutes before getting out of the car. We’re making our way across the lot when we realize that this woman has disappeared, like the rest of the people milling about. We get towards the sidewalk as Impatient Lady is zooming by, complaining that the store isn’t open yet at the other entrance as well. She goes to glare at the main doors while Jamie and I walk around to the other entrance, realize that the gate is still there, and play a claw machine for a few minutes to wait until the doors are open.
After the doors are open, Jamie and I walk in and there is the woman with the grandchild, loudly complaining about a display. We walk past her, complain about the Weird Smell that permeates the store, and go in search of yarn for the Combo Breaker blanket.
I’m holding onto yarn while Jamie says he wants to look for something and Impatient Lady almost plows into us with a buggie. She scowls and zooms off; I make terrible jokes about the glue display. Jamie and I make our way over to the individual pencils and we hear this loud complaining but can’t quite make out what is being said.
We decide to make our way towards the register (the one and only register open at that time of morning—granted, they usually only have one register open at a time). Lo and behold! We are behind the Impatient Lady. The woman in front of her pays for her items and leaves content with her purchases. We’re discussing something, I can’t even remember what, and waiting patiently. Grandchild is wandering across the front end of the store, looking at the Impulse Buy items as I’m aghast at the price of those damned fidget spinners ($15 at this particular store).
My migraine is becoming worse (I don’t know what it is about that store, but it always gives me some sort of headache when I’m in there. It’s probably the permeating Smell) and we have someone standing behind us. Impatient Lady is angrily telling the cashier that the price of the item she picked is $X and not what it’s ringing up as. This woman has a buggie full of different items, most seem to be “on sale, it was on an endcap.” Jamie and I exchange glances and an “oh gods” moment. Cashier calls for backup, who decides to go to the register waaaay over there. He’s not the best cashier, but he rings up the items. The person who was behind us, has followed us to this cashier. Impatient Lady is still arguing with the original cashier over the price of a skein of yarn.
I feel bad for the cashier that had to deal with her.
Jamie found the whole thing hilarious. This woman was impatient to get into the store to buy the things she wanted. She was in there maybe a handful of minutes before we were, she grabbed a bunch of stuff from roughly the same area of the store, zoomed over to the cashier at the first possible chance, and yet we were able to get out before she was (even with the slowness of the cashiers, which I think is a requirement for that place), which probably made her even angrier.
It's a ridiculous story, sure. But it’s still kind of funny. I don’t know, maybe it’s instant karma for being pushy.
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