52 posts tagged “seattle”

Due to a need to sleep, I did not take off nearly as early as I thought I would.  It was all good though since the plan was only to go so far as Portland, OR.

After a few final errands and good-byes Umlaut and I hit the road and headed south. 

I made a pit stop at a Mount Saint Helen’s visitor center and at Mrs. Beesley’s for a quick late lunch early dinner.   I am not even sure where it is, but Jennifer knew.

Jennifer is a friend who graciously said she would put me up for the night, but then had to go to Seattle at the last minute so she left me the key all the same so I could stay the night anyway.

I was exhausted when I got there; though the drive was relatively short it was emotionally draining.  To know that I was driving away and though I would be back for visits, I was leaving the amazing friends I had made in my almost twelve years in Seattle.

When I arrived at the little white house on the corner I was greatly impressed by the amazing bathroom.

After taking some time to relax, I called some other friends in Portland whom I had not seen since college and we went to the Kennedy School House for a late dinner and a few beers.  Though I was exhausted, I am glad I made it.

I managed to get to bed at a decent time; then stayed there until fairly late.  Finally at nearly noon, I hit the road…  on to Boise.

More photos available on flickr.

Though I have not been terribly crafty since December, I have been fairly active with my camera... I have developed a bit of an obsession with my fisheye and animal noses…

I have also just been taking more photos overall.  Except for this weekend, I had a garage sale with some friends.  I managed to get rid of some stuff, but there is still a lot to get rid of.  Anyone want to buy my stuff?  No my fabric stash is not for sale. 

My summer so far... there are worse things than unemployment...

In a blender add:

 

1 Jeep

4 friends

1 dog

300 Miles

1000 tons of sand

34 Petrified Logs

1 closed malt shop

1 waitress gone mad

14 wild horses

1 bridge

 

Sprinkle with laughs and road bugs and blend for 6 hours.

 

Dead Runnies have taken over my life!  I sewed a bunch and then boom I had to take a break.  When we got another order I was glad that I was already halfway there with the extras I had made the first go around; though now I need to update my etsy shop which means sew more!  Oof!
It is good though, now we have them in two shops in Seattle.  I went to drop off a batch at Railey’s and he ordered more, right then and there!  Thankfully they were Zoink’s which currently TxK makes so I was off the hook for it.  We also got some good feedback from the owner on Ziggy (Ziggy is what happens when a Dead Runny is unrecognizable as anything specific).
I also crocheted part of TxK’s Christmas present, which was supposed to be a birthday present but I completely forgot I said I would make.  Oops, but really what is a few months anyway?  I will not be posting pictures of that until later, cause TxK reads my blog and she keeps saying she should get it before Christmas, so I do not want to encourage that silliness.

This weekend I finally worked on a baby quilt for my cousin.  I really like how it is turning out, my cousin went through my stash and picked the fabrics that she liked, so at least I know she will like that.  It was inspired by a quilt I saw in a Denyse Schmidt book.
I am SO behind on the baby quilt thing, I think I have three or four cold babies out there.  I sort of took a break from crafting for much of the summer though.  That happens.  I need to stop sometimes and just do something else. 
I took a lot of pictures.  I did some family shots for my friend Prut which she is using for her engagement announcement, holiday card… and maybe something else.  She has also asked me to shoot her wedding in May, which I told her I would do as long as it was not on my birthday. 
I will post pictures after work, but for now I should get back to that… work.

Today was I <3 Rummage day which went alright.  The Dead Runnies were a hit and I sold five or six.  Then we headed out to pet store we had dropped by while “canvassing” yesterday, they guy who we spoke to yesterday was working and snagged a few samples to show his boss, a.k.a the owner of the store.  It was nice because he picked up a sampling of both mine and TxK’s stuff.  After we left there we headed over to another locally owned pet store to see what she thought.  She put in a trial order to see how they sell.  Now I have to make 18+ Dead Runnies!   TxK has to make some pigs and another toy, but I have no idea exactly what to call it.  She also wants some vests, so tomorrow we are going to figure out a single pattern (since right now we have four or five) and make them in a set of three sizes.  All this plus work.  Woot!  It will be fin though the challenge is to make sure that I am getting the appropriate amount of money for each Dead Runnie.  It was a pretty crazy day, well weekend really. 

I need to just sit down and cut, cut, cut and sew, sew, sew.  Umlaut was pretty happy with it because he walked away with some of the prototypes, now there is no room for him in his crate as it is jam packed with toys.  Not that he likes his crate anyway.

Yesterday I had made plans to head out a little early so that I could pick up some things for an upcoming team party when I received an email from a co-worker and the daughter of a fellow voxer that said:

To: Quornflour
Subject: Kapow Coffee Shop in Seattle
Importance: Low

Hello!

Kapow coffee is selling those t-shirts (South Lake Union Trolley) and I am wondering if you live close to Harrison St?

I would love to get an xl for my mom – she has asked for one.

 

Thanks!

Now not having really paid much attention to the mail there was a back and forth about what exactly she was looking for.  Turns out it was this shirt.

I looked at a map and thought I knew where it was… or so I thought.  I got to where I thought it was and instead of Kapow there was some other coffee shop.  I drove around a little until I was a little irritated, but just because I do not like not knowing where things are when I know I am SO close.  When I finally found it, wouldn’t you know it: they were closed.  Yep that is right.  CLOSED.

So this morning since it is on my way to work I figured I would pop in for a quad-tall-light-ice-americano-with-walking-room and a few shirts. 

The coffee shop nearly invisible, it is a former storage unit I think… or a one car garage.  The coffee was good the guys were funny and the shirt purchase felt a little shady though legal at the same time.  Really the whole experience made me want to live closer to south lake union than I already do… and I live close. 

Friday I went with some friends to TIllicum Village. I had never been before.  Sadly the salmon was a little dry but it was fun all the same.  I am glad it was free!

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Show us something on fire. 
Submitted by Allishandra.  

 Last year there was a huge fire on Eastlake (Lake Union, Seattle, Washington) after the 4th of July fireworks.  It was pretty impressive, I took this from my apartment with my little point and shoot camera.  They did a good job containing the fire as to avoid igniting the neighboring houseboats.  The boats moored here have yet to be returned.

Last night as I sat on my couch I could not help but notice how amazing the moon was.  I was also somewhat in shock when I realized that you can actually see craters with my 300zoom...

Today is my friend J9s birthday.  Her husband is in a wedding so while he was doing photos and other wedding stuff she came over for lunch and to experiment with her new Cannon EOS.  She needed a second battery and some cap keepers so we headed over to Glazer’s and picked them up.  
While there I looked at the macro lenses and the wide-angle fish eye lenses.  There is one I have been looking at on the Nikkor site, but last time I was at the store they did not have any.  
Today they had one.  Now they have none.