Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Well, it's been ages since I've sat down at 9:30 to blog. I know I haven't even been thinking about Steampunk Thing of the Week since at least October, so if I've made Things it's been largely by coincidence. Right now I'm focused on getting things ready for the Sacramento Steampunk Society's Birthday Party on Thursday. I'm also two weeks into my hundred days for Nova Albion and I have finished nothing. I had an excuse that first Sunday because it was my mom's birthday, and of course that was Thanksgiving week so I was spending a lot of time hanging out with family and almost-family Wednesday through Sunday, but if I had really been trying I'm sure I could have completed one or two things while they were here. In fact, I wanted to get Jimmy and Jessica to write some steampunk-related words in Chinese/Japanese on some of my products for me . . . instead I brought out the one thing I'd actually worked on, a pair of clay bracelets (no photo, sorry), and Jessica expressed an interest in playing with clay so we did that the whole time. Or she did. I mostly was feeling to tired to do anything. She had a really good idea that I'll probably use somehow in my jewelry for Nova Albion, which was to do steampunk zodiac animals.
Tomorrow we're having a Maker/Swap meet and a friend of mine who I haven't seen since I think elementary school is coming.
That's all I can think to say right now. On to the next thing!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
I Can Haz Work Ethic?
Current Location: Mom's house, Diamond Springs
Having been somewhat concerned about how I will make enough things to sell to fill up my vendor space at Nova Albion, I decided to commit myself to a goal. There are a hundred days from now until March, so if I made something every day (except the holidays when I will have no time) I'd have about a hundred things, which should be more than enough. I suspect many of the projects I have in mind will take more than one day, though, so I'm not holding myself to the same kind of rule I use for my Steampunk Thing of the Week - it doesn't have to be started and finished within the day. So, here are my new rules for vending production:
1. Try to finish something every day.
2. Don't start something new unless you can't finish the old. (This should help keep me from ending up with 100 half-finished things that I can't sell.)
3. When you've done 5 things, you get 2 days to make for self or Etsy.
4. Work even if you can't finish today to make it more likely to finish tomorrow.
Having been somewhat concerned about how I will make enough things to sell to fill up my vendor space at Nova Albion, I decided to commit myself to a goal. There are a hundred days from now until March, so if I made something every day (except the holidays when I will have no time) I'd have about a hundred things, which should be more than enough. I suspect many of the projects I have in mind will take more than one day, though, so I'm not holding myself to the same kind of rule I use for my Steampunk Thing of the Week - it doesn't have to be started and finished within the day. So, here are my new rules for vending production:
1. Try to finish something every day.
2. Don't start something new unless you can't finish the old. (This should help keep me from ending up with 100 half-finished things that I can't sell.)
3. When you've done 5 things, you get 2 days to make for self or Etsy.
4. Work even if you can't finish today to make it more likely to finish tomorrow.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Vendication
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
I just received a response to Saturday's e-mail:
I just received a response to Saturday's e-mail:
Thank you for the photos & the detail! I think in pullet points, so here we go:
YES to:
YES to:
- Goggles: The opera goggles sound good, especially if they're sized smaller like traditional opera glasses - I don't think we have anything like that yet. The other pair of goggles will be OK as well
- JEWELRY: I really like the idea of specifically "Eastern-themed steampunk jewelry" and I like the (brooch? Pin?) of the Asian lady with the gears... very interesting and different! That is really the only jewelry we can add to the vendor room at this point.
- GLOVES: The gloves are OK (not a lot of them) - hand-painted like the socks would be great!
- CLOTHING: I love the socks! The other clothing item that would work are the Chinese dresses you mentioned - again, if you did the hand-painted gears or some such, to steam them up a bit. Breeches might be interesting as well.
- SKETCHES: The accessories you described & sketched all sound great
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Vendition
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Now that the Wi-Fi here is again stable, I no longer have any excuses not to blog (not that that was a good one, you understand, given I've been at my mom's house the past two weeks). I expect to be playing catch-up for some time.
Today I woke up around noon, having stayed up far too late watching the first season of Castle plus commentaries. I sent an e-mail describing the kinds of things I am likely to bring to the vendor room at Nova Albion, which took hours. I think I shall reproduce it here. The guidelines, by the way, read "We do seek to create a balance and will need to limit certain items: at present we are no longer able to accept goggles, hats, rayguns or clockwork jewelry and would love to have more exotic and Eastern-inspired wares."
What I actually bring to sell will be dependent on what I manage to make in time for the convention, but here is a list of the kinds of projects I have in mind and you can let me know based on what other vendors are bringing where to concentrate my efforts.
I know you said no hats, but it has been suggested to me that my hats might be sufficiently different that I should mention them anyway. I intend to have no more than three or four hats similar to the one pictured in the first attachment, but in different colors. And I have several other purchased hats (mostly straw ones) lying around waiting to be steampunked in a similar fashion to that one or the one pictured in the second attachment. I also want to make other large Edwardian hats from scratch, such as ones with scalloped brims, and one based on the design of a pith helmet. I have plans for top hats pieced from various fabrics, such as faux leather, corduroy, brocade, and Victorian wallpaper prints, as well as similar tiny top hats (two inches high) as shown in the third attached photo. I would like to make hats of the design shown in the fourth and fifth photos in various sizes and fabrics. I am also interested in making caps with applique and scalloped brims, and steampunk bonnets.
I also have plans for exactly two pairs of goggles, one of which will be "opera goggles" (with a stick instead of a strap). And I have one pair of "Gogglies" already made, which are meant to be pinned or clipped to hats, hair, or wherever, as shown in photos six through eight.
May I assume that "clockwork jewelry" refers to pieces that use entire watch movements as cabochons? Would jewelry such as the set pictured in attachment nine be acceptable? Apart from that, I have purchased several items to serve as focal pieces in Eastern-themed steampunk jewelry (probably mostly necklaces). I will probably have other assorted jewelry, as shown in pictures ten through sixteen.
I should have several pairs of opera-length gloves similar to those in photo seventeen. I also intend to buy some short fingerless gloves and hand-paint them in a manner similar to the sock in photo eighteen. I have some cuffs similar to the one in photo nineteen, which are not really steampunk but may pass for goth, lolita, or rockabilly. I would like to make adjustable hat-bands and arm-garters that would look something like the sketches in the twentieth attachment. I may do spats/gaiters similar to those in photo twenty-one. I can easily make "disguises" as shown in photo twenty-two, although these would be less one-of-a-kind than most of the rest of my items, as they are vacuum-formed on a mold. I may also vacuum-form other items, such as gears and antique keys.
I should have a few lightly-boned corsets. I may also make other garments, although I'm not sure what. Most likely tailcoats and frock coats. Maybe vests in Eastern-looking fabrics. Maybe Chinese dresses embellished with gears and so forth. Possibly shirts or breeches. Possibly bustled overskirts.
Things I forgot to include: belt buckles, picture frames, wigs, parasols, lockets, reticules, purses, jabots, steampunked shoes, leather stuffed animals.
To bed!
Now that the Wi-Fi here is again stable, I no longer have any excuses not to blog (not that that was a good one, you understand, given I've been at my mom's house the past two weeks). I expect to be playing catch-up for some time.
Today I woke up around noon, having stayed up far too late watching the first season of Castle plus commentaries. I sent an e-mail describing the kinds of things I am likely to bring to the vendor room at Nova Albion, which took hours. I think I shall reproduce it here. The guidelines, by the way, read "We do seek to create a balance and will need to limit certain items: at present we are no longer able to accept goggles, hats, rayguns or clockwork jewelry and would love to have more exotic and Eastern-inspired wares."
What I actually bring to sell will be dependent on what I manage to make in time for the convention, but here is a list of the kinds of projects I have in mind and you can let me know based on what other vendors are bringing where to concentrate my efforts.
I know you said no hats, but it has been suggested to me that my hats might be sufficiently different that I should mention them anyway. I intend to have no more than three or four hats similar to the one pictured in the first attachment, but in different colors. And I have several other purchased hats (mostly straw ones) lying around waiting to be steampunked in a similar fashion to that one or the one pictured in the second attachment. I also want to make other large Edwardian hats from scratch, such as ones with scalloped brims, and one based on the design of a pith helmet. I have plans for top hats pieced from various fabrics, such as faux leather, corduroy, brocade, and Victorian wallpaper prints, as well as similar tiny top hats (two inches high) as shown in the third attached photo. I would like to make hats of the design shown in the fourth and fifth photos in various sizes and fabrics. I am also interested in making caps with applique and scalloped brims, and steampunk bonnets.
I also have plans for exactly two pairs of goggles, one of which will be "opera goggles" (with a stick instead of a strap). And I have one pair of "Gogglies" already made, which are meant to be pinned or clipped to hats, hair, or wherever, as shown in photos six through eight.
May I assume that "clockwork jewelry" refers to pieces that use entire watch movements as cabochons? Would jewelry such as the set pictured in attachment nine be acceptable? Apart from that, I have purchased several items to serve as focal pieces in Eastern-themed steampunk jewelry (probably mostly necklaces). I will probably have other assorted jewelry, as shown in pictures ten through sixteen.
I should have several pairs of opera-length gloves similar to those in photo seventeen. I also intend to buy some short fingerless gloves and hand-paint them in a manner similar to the sock in photo eighteen. I have some cuffs similar to the one in photo nineteen, which are not really steampunk but may pass for goth, lolita, or rockabilly. I would like to make adjustable hat-bands and arm-garters that would look something like the sketches in the twentieth attachment. I may do spats/gaiters similar to those in photo twenty-one. I can easily make "disguises" as shown in photo twenty-two, although these would be less one-of-a-kind than most of the rest of my items, as they are vacuum-formed on a mold. I may also vacuum-form other items, such as gears and antique keys.
I should have a few lightly-boned corsets. I may also make other garments, although I'm not sure what. Most likely tailcoats and frock coats. Maybe vests in Eastern-looking fabrics. Maybe Chinese dresses embellished with gears and so forth. Possibly shirts or breeches. Possibly bustled overskirts.
Things I forgot to include: belt buckles, picture frames, wigs, parasols, lockets, reticules, purses, jabots, steampunked shoes, leather stuffed animals.
To bed!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Scurry Scurry
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Got sick of hand-sewing my stupid foot wrapping. If I buy some gray thread, then I can do it by machine instead which will be much faster - very important with less than a week left to work. Instead I got started on the rest of the costume. Here is my shirt, before and after.
Got sick of hand-sewing my stupid foot wrapping. If I buy some gray thread, then I can do it by machine instead which will be much faster - very important with less than a week left to work. Instead I got started on the rest of the costume. Here is my shirt, before and after.
Before
After
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Stuff
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
We had some trouble with our internet provider, and were on pay-by-the-hour dialup for at least a week and a half. So I was using the internet as little as possible and now I have some catching up to do. I intend to backdate those entries as I post them, so that everything will be in chronological order by when it happened, not when I typed it up. Sorry if this confuses anyone.
Here's what I did today: more shopping. Apparently it was a holiday of some sort, so the Goodwills were having 50% off sales on all donated items. At the first one we went to, I tried on practically every pair of linen pants in the store, having decided it was stupid to try to make every piece of my Halloween costume from scratch in two weeks. Here's what I ended up with:
We had some trouble with our internet provider, and were on pay-by-the-hour dialup for at least a week and a half. So I was using the internet as little as possible and now I have some catching up to do. I intend to backdate those entries as I post them, so that everything will be in chronological order by when it happened, not when I typed it up. Sorry if this confuses anyone.
Here's what I did today: more shopping. Apparently it was a holiday of some sort, so the Goodwills were having 50% off sales on all donated items. At the first one we went to, I tried on practically every pair of linen pants in the store, having decided it was stupid to try to make every piece of my Halloween costume from scratch in two weeks. Here's what I ended up with:
The Chinese shirt and giant top hat were impulse buys. The one will be painted or distressed or something and hopefully sold for Nova Albion, the other is for the party and may look well atop the sarcophagus or a lamp.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Yesterday's Today
Or "Today's Yesterday". What would have been "Today" if I had posted it yesterday. Except today has become tomorrow, so what I'm calling today is actually yesterday and yesterday's yesterday is the yesterday that should have been the today.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
I made the mistake of turning on the computer first thing, and found myself browsing Etsy and TV Tropes, two sites which do not let go. However, I managed to make a little bit of progress on the sock, so here's what it looks like now.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
I made the mistake of turning on the computer first thing, and found myself browsing Etsy and TV Tropes, two sites which do not let go. However, I managed to make a little bit of progress on the sock, so here's what it looks like now.
Today
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Today I began working on the pile of (mostly crafting) stuff in front of the dresser. I emptied two boxes that were full of bedding (because I figure they'd be emptied soon anyway, once I get this stuff out of the way of the bed). One now holds craft supplies (wooden beads, fake flowers, interfacing, electrical wires, a box of rocks. . .), while the other is for "projects" (jeans that need mending, thrifted clothes with no buttons, old Steampunk Things of the Week I never finished, white socks in need of some color, materials for a Halloween costume that never got made. . .). Tools (button maker, pens, measuring tapes, screwdrivers. . .) went into drawers which already held art and office supplies (tape, rulers, highlighters, staplers, crayons. . .). So everything is still a bit jumbled and could use more organization, but it's at least off the floor and somewhat contained. I also found my big bag of nail polishes, which means now I can paint some things that had to be put on hold for a while.
While I was doing that, my dad went over to Judy's house to pick up some stuff for the Halloween party. He came back with a sarcophagus and a life-sized butler in the truck bed.
Today I began working on the pile of (mostly crafting) stuff in front of the dresser. I emptied two boxes that were full of bedding (because I figure they'd be emptied soon anyway, once I get this stuff out of the way of the bed). One now holds craft supplies (wooden beads, fake flowers, interfacing, electrical wires, a box of rocks. . .), while the other is for "projects" (jeans that need mending, thrifted clothes with no buttons, old Steampunk Things of the Week I never finished, white socks in need of some color, materials for a Halloween costume that never got made. . .). Tools (button maker, pens, measuring tapes, screwdrivers. . .) went into drawers which already held art and office supplies (tape, rulers, highlighters, staplers, crayons. . .). So everything is still a bit jumbled and could use more organization, but it's at least off the floor and somewhat contained. I also found my big bag of nail polishes, which means now I can paint some things that had to be put on hold for a while.
While I was doing that, my dad went over to Judy's house to pick up some stuff for the Halloween party. He came back with a sarcophagus and a life-sized butler in the truck bed.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Yesterday
. . . all my troubles seemed so far away, 'cause I started putting things away; oh, I believe in yesterday. . .
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Having cleared that stash of patterns off the top of the dresser, I collected all the hats that were lying around the room and piled them up there until I can finish my hat stand.
Then I got to work rolling up fabric so it can be stored neatly in its box instead of tossed in that general vicinity.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Having cleared that stash of patterns off the top of the dresser, I collected all the hats that were lying around the room and piled them up there until I can finish my hat stand.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Other Stuff I Left Out of Previous Posts
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Remember all that stuff I got at the swap meet? Well, I also got some fabric.
Remember all that stuff I got at the swap meet? Well, I also got some fabric.
You can see that it's the leftover pieces of something.
Also, I wanted to show off the outfit I wore to help Steven move into the Village at Santa Cruz.
Stuff I Meant to Blog the Other Day But I Was Too Exhausted
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
When I was posting patterns on Etsy I also changed the banner on my shop from this:
to this:
I think it's an improvement, but I'm still not sure it's quite what I want.
When I was posting patterns on Etsy I also changed the banner on my shop from this:
Organizing Patterns and Gamer Geeks
Despite what that title seems to indicate, we left the gamers to do most of their organizing themselves.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Today we took Steven back to Santa Cruz.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Today we took Steven back to Santa Cruz.
The money in his mouth is what his roommate owed him from the sale of textbooks they had bought together.
What looks like it's going to be never-ending games of Magic: The Gathering.
The three people in the house not in his group of friends are all girls. Hopefully they can deal with high levels of male nerdiness. We met one, who said she was a feminist studies major, but the others hadn't moved in yet.
When we went to pick him up from mom's house, I took along a stack of patterns (the ones that were in the middle of the floor because they didn't fit in the drawer) to put in the organizer thingy there and snagged two more to bring here, where the bulk of my patterns are.
Ta-da! Perfect!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Moar Patterns
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
I finished going through the patterns I already had. The "keep" pile is still much larger than the "sell" pile, but these are all officially for sale:
I finished going through the patterns I already had. The "keep" pile is still much larger than the "sell" pile, but these are all officially for sale:
Friday, September 17, 2010
So many. . .
Most of them were free or cheap.
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Okay so I just counted and I have 27 new patterns acquired in the last 2 weeks. Not to mention the 45-50 I had already. I had really better get working on that corset. (I swear I have important things that I've been doing instead, like clearing space in my bedroom for a bed.)
Swap Meet
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Today was the first big swap meet for the Sacramento Steampunk Society. I was a little worried people wouldn't bring much stuff but I guess I shouldn't have been. I got a whole bunch of new stuff, sold a few things, and somehow ended up with the same amount of money I started with! Also there is a good chance someone will be ordering a hat from me soon, in which case I will have not only made money but sold a hat, which is what I really wanted from tonight. Here's what I got:
Today was the first big swap meet for the Sacramento Steampunk Society. I was a little worried people wouldn't bring much stuff but I guess I shouldn't have been. I got a whole bunch of new stuff, sold a few things, and somehow ended up with the same amount of money I started with! Also there is a good chance someone will be ordering a hat from me soon, in which case I will have not only made money but sold a hat, which is what I really wanted from tonight. Here's what I got:
Digital paintings (the Harry Potter one was a freebie), more free stuff, three shirts, two napkin rings, a cup, and a belt, and MOAR PATTERNS (thank goodness for "use it or lose it"; I am getting buried in the things)!
Patterns
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
A few weeks back, in the process of cleaning out the chicken house for our upcoming Halloween party, we found a box of sewing patterns.
A few weeks back, in the process of cleaning out the chicken house for our upcoming Halloween party, we found a box of sewing patterns.
Note: this is the box after I removed what I wanted to keep.
Today I finally got the chance to look through them. They were mostly the kind of retro fashions I don't much like, being as they were originally from that era, but I still ended up with a pretty good pile of keepers.Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Stuff I Tried On in Virginia City
Did I get the capitalization right?
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Me trying clothes on in the bathroom.
Train Day
Current Location: Dad's house, Rio Linda
Got back from the Sacramento Steampunk Society/ Great Basin Costume Society's Steam Train Expedition at 9:20 - just in time to blog! Only I uploaded my photos instead. Then I went to see if anyone else had posted photos yet and ended up looking at ALL the photos on the Great Basin Costume Society and Bay Area Steampunk Association's facebooks. Oh well. The trip was great fun, even if I did get completely dried out and end up with a minor sinus headache exacerbated by the huge bun full of bobby pins atop my head and the fact that I ran out of energy long before it was time to eat. We saw a bit of parade, a few camels as promised, quite a bit of camel merchandise which is probably not usually so prominently displayed, and some people dressed as cowboys and ladies that weren't with us. The photos of the steampunks with the locomotive behind us blowing steam promise to be spectacular and I can't wait to see them. My hat wouldn't sit at the angle I wanted and I fretted some about that and my hair's misplaced volume (I wanted more at the sides and front, less in the bun, but that would have been too complicated to do in the truck with no mirror). I was also disappointed that my outfit had almost none of the Edwardian flavor I originally intended, but looking at the pictures it actually worked quite well anyway. I was inexplicably fascinated by the bandoliers (belts?) on display in the firemen's museum, which combined with a comment from the GBCS members about someone who had entered their costume contest with a bucket similar to the ones there inspired me to think it could be fun to do a steampunk fire fighter costume.
Got back from the Sacramento Steampunk Society/ Great Basin Costume Society's Steam Train Expedition at 9:20 - just in time to blog! Only I uploaded my photos instead. Then I went to see if anyone else had posted photos yet and ended up looking at ALL the photos on the Great Basin Costume Society and Bay Area Steampunk Association's facebooks. Oh well. The trip was great fun, even if I did get completely dried out and end up with a minor sinus headache exacerbated by the huge bun full of bobby pins atop my head and the fact that I ran out of energy long before it was time to eat. We saw a bit of parade, a few camels as promised, quite a bit of camel merchandise which is probably not usually so prominently displayed, and some people dressed as cowboys and ladies that weren't with us. The photos of the steampunks with the locomotive behind us blowing steam promise to be spectacular and I can't wait to see them. My hat wouldn't sit at the angle I wanted and I fretted some about that and my hair's misplaced volume (I wanted more at the sides and front, less in the bun, but that would have been too complicated to do in the truck with no mirror). I was also disappointed that my outfit had almost none of the Edwardian flavor I originally intended, but looking at the pictures it actually worked quite well anyway. I was inexplicably fascinated by the bandoliers (belts?) on display in the firemen's museum, which combined with a comment from the GBCS members about someone who had entered their costume contest with a bucket similar to the ones there inspired me to think it could be fun to do a steampunk fire fighter costume.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
GUNNE SAX
Current Location: Mom's house, Diamond Springs
I have just discovered an obsession with circa 1970s vintage Gunne Sax clothing.
I have just discovered an obsession with circa 1970s vintage Gunne Sax clothing.
What I Did Today
Technically, yesterday, since it's past midnight.
Current Location: Mom's house, Diamond Springs
Yesterday I wore a pair of jeans with a small hole in the knee, which quickly became a HUGE hole in the knee due to my habit of kneeling. Knowing I never get around to mending if it's put off, but being far too tired to do it last night, I laid out the jeans and the appropriate thread where I would be sure to stumble over them and promised myself I'd do it first thing in the morning. Lo and behold, it worked! Sewing it up took far too much time, but I like the result (hopefully it will hold for a while). I chose a thread color that matched the paint splotches already there (many of my clothes have similar marks, all of them genuine proof of painting, etc., not merely decorative). This way it all looks deliberate! It's a fashion statement! Right?
Labor Day Weekend
Current Location: Mom's house, Diamond Springs
On Saturday, my mom and I went to Placerville to pick up her stained glass dragon which was being repaired. The glass shop never seems to be open, though, and this weekend was no exception. However, we were still able to spend some time on Main Street. We went to the bead shop, where I bought some overpriced filigree and rhinestones, and was talked into a book about making wire jewelry. Then we went to Placerville Hardware (the oldest continually open hardware store on the West Coast, or something like that). I was looking for something interesting to make the supports for a pair of geta for next year's Wild Wild East themed Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition. I didn't have any luck in that, but I did find a pair of suspenders made to look like measuring tape, some cocktail forks I intend to make into hair ornaments for the same event, and some random hardware bits that are going to be turned into more jewelry. Then we got ice cream. They had many different kinds of cones, so I decided to try something different than my usual (I like cup cones. I have been known to eat my way through entire packages of them without any ice cream.). So I got two scoops of Cookie Dough ice cream on a double-headed cone. What I didn't realize was that their scoops were GINORMOUS (I hear that's officially a word now), which meant not only was it a little more sugar than I really wanted, but before I got to the cone it was soaked through rather than crunchy. Also I think I managed to drip ice cream all down the front of my dress (from stomach to floor) without noticing. Lesson learned!
On Saturday, my mom and I went to Placerville to pick up her stained glass dragon which was being repaired. The glass shop never seems to be open, though, and this weekend was no exception. However, we were still able to spend some time on Main Street. We went to the bead shop, where I bought some overpriced filigree and rhinestones, and was talked into a book about making wire jewelry. Then we went to Placerville Hardware (the oldest continually open hardware store on the West Coast, or something like that). I was looking for something interesting to make the supports for a pair of geta for next year's Wild Wild East themed Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition. I didn't have any luck in that, but I did find a pair of suspenders made to look like measuring tape, some cocktail forks I intend to make into hair ornaments for the same event, and some random hardware bits that are going to be turned into more jewelry. Then we got ice cream. They had many different kinds of cones, so I decided to try something different than my usual (I like cup cones. I have been known to eat my way through entire packages of them without any ice cream.). So I got two scoops of Cookie Dough ice cream on a double-headed cone. What I didn't realize was that their scoops were GINORMOUS (I hear that's officially a word now), which meant not only was it a little more sugar than I really wanted, but before I got to the cone it was soaked through rather than crunchy. Also I think I managed to drip ice cream all down the front of my dress (from stomach to floor) without noticing. Lesson learned!
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