Also, I've had an idea for a friendship basket.
Basically, the deal is that a friend of mine and I will make up these small-to-medium sized baskets full of things that we love but are okay parting with (like copies of things we really like and/or things that we've made just for the basket) and then switch them at DashCon. That way, we have a reminder of the trip and we get to know each other a little better through what we filled the baskets with.
I love the idea, really, and I've been working on a list.
- A small book/binder of ramblings/letters/photos/drawings/etc.
- A mixtape/mixCD (are those even cute anymore?)
- 2 scarves (one green and black, one pink and white – need softer yarn for these)
- One Tiger/Bunny plush (they can’t be that hard to make)
- One plush moose (with tag reading 'I moose you')
- One ‘Welcome to Night Vale’ painting on small-to-medium canvas (Welcome to Night Vale)
- One ‘Heart’ painting on small-to-medium canvas (anatomically correct/paint or ink and coloured pencils) - (Depraved Heart Murder at Sanatorium Square)
- Maybe a couple/three duct tape flowers/pens
- Writing! You’re a writer – there should be writing of some kind.
The small book/binder is going to be an on-going thing for the next (almost) year, the mixtape will take a little bit to figure out (since I want to splice in some Night Vale stuff), the scarves are pretty simple to make and the Tiger/Bunny (and the moose) plush shouldn't be too much of a hassle. The paintings, I'm looking forward to even though they'll probably cause me a little trouble before I get them to a point where I'm happy with them. I am prepared for this. Duct tape is a speciality of mine so the flowers aren't a big deal. And the writing... well, I have one story almost done already so... yeah.
That's just a first-draft list but I can't see things changing too much. I like it as is ^^
But yeah, that's about where I am. Awake, writing, planning, wanting to organise things but the paint isn't done yet so I kind of can't - at least not completely. But things are getting done and my room is really cosy so yay~
I appear to have straight A's again and that's nice. Oh, and my grandparents were up to visit for a few days (before turning around and driving two-or-three days back to rest and pack up a moving truck) and it was just so nice to see them again.
And, yeah, this has gotten pretty rambly but I wanted you all to know that I'm all right - it's just that a lot has been going on lately. So... bye for now, everyone, and I will try not to let this blog just sit for so long in the future.
