Sy’s murmurs and mumbles

I have a sneaking suspicion that I may have seen this design on an official Blizz shirt somewheres for sale? I’m not sure, but I thought of that after I came up with this shirt, so whatevers. =P Click to see properly plz.

First try, I decided to do one without the words first:  I love the marbling effect on the sleeves, I just scrunched them up and sprayed them, for that.

Click to see at the proper resolution!

My newest design! =D  The idea for this came from a story I heard of the Mellonea/Unbroken Alliance running SSC, and 3 groups of murlocs were pulled. They all died heroically, and as they returned, laughing, from the wipe, they discussed what a ‘group’ of murlocs would be called. You know, a “Collective Noun”.  A Pride of Lions, a Gaggle of geese, a pod of Dolphins, a school of fish.

A …… wipe….. of Murlocs?    It stuck!

And thus is born this t-shirt.   Does it make sense/is it funny for those of you who weren’t there, and didn’t hear the joke? =D

Wewt! This turned out so great! It’s for sale now in my Etsy shop: http://Mellonea.etsy.com

I’m excited about my Etsy shop!  It’s only twenty cents to list something there, for 4 months! That’s basically forever. And you can list something as an example, and if someone wants one, they can buy it, and THEN you make it for them! No wasting time creating inventory that maybe nobody will want!  Visit my store and see what it’s all about!

http://Mellonea.etsy.com 

AVAILABLE ON ETSY:  http://Mellonea.etsy.com

Ok, hubby really liked the mock-up with the hearts on it, so I decided to go ahead and add them.

BEHOLD!

The point here was to make it look like the hearts are actually cutouts, showing the layer below. Obviously, I botched the bottom row of hearts. But whatever, I rolled with it, it’s all good. The back was more true-to-form. Neverming the whitish splotches, they’re dust from the floor.

This one is full-length, to give me a chance to brag on my awesomesauce Naaru shirt. And look how it matches so well! =P

I used “Liquid Stitch” to affix the hearts. It’s supposed to be machine washable and all that. We shall see.

Well, there we have it. Finally completed! I’ll have to add some pics later of me actually wearing it out. ^_^

If you like it, or have comments, or ideas, please post comments! If I don’t get any comments, it makes me sad. =P

I think this took me 10 hours to make. It would have been less were I not so inexperienced with sewing. >_< It was rather painful, since I did it all either on the floor or on my bed - sizing, positioning, pinning, and even when I was using the sewing machine that was sitting on the tv tray, I was all hunched over trying to be sure I was doing everything right. I think I’ll need a week just to recover, physically!

But it was worth it! =D I am so pleased with it. I’m having trouble figuring out what top I should wear with it, though…

zomigosh dramatic Sy: (You know, looking at this photo again, I’m noticing that I look a LOT older in this pic than in most others. The lighting, and angle and everything seem to add 10 years. Interesting! I wonder if I’ll look more and more like this as I age. Kind of angular in the face. I wonder if, when I lose weight as I plan, if my face will get angular like this! Anyhow, end rambling…. =)

I hand-sewed the panel to fill in the neck hole of the yellow (1982 World’s Fair) shirt:

Here’s the progression of the mock-ups involved:

I’ll yammer more about this skirt later, but I’m sleepy, it’s midnight!

This was one of my favorite shorts on Sesame Street. They’ve patched a bunch of them together for this video, I’m pretty sure. Apparently the song is credited to “The Pointer Sisters.” Ahh, the memories!

I’m busting my butt tonight, working on this skirt:

(mock-up)

Ok, I got this one done, it’s awesome! =D I can’t wait to wear it out somewheres! Pics!

Yey! I’m so glad my first project came out so nice! There are still things I could do, to this, including adding a ribbon to the back, instead of using tshirt material ties, Adding lace to the neck and sleeves, etc. But I like it fine the way it is, here! =D  Now on to other shirts!

I bought the book Generation T, and I’m quite inspired! I went hunting in my room for old t-shirts that are too big/old/ugly to wear, (I used to favor larger shirts, but not so much any more) and I found a TON! Far more than I’d expected, and I even swiped a few of my hubby’s old tees with cool logos that he isn’t wearing any more. Have a look! Click to see better.

Close-ups:

So here’s the deal! I’ll probably be transforming these tshirts over the next few months, and I’ll be excited to post the results here! Last night, I started working on my favorite of the bunch (!!!! Nerve-wracking!) The Edward Gorey Bat/Moon shirt. That moon glows in the dark, but lacks the silly greenish color you’d expect to see during the day. ftw. I’m making it into a lace-back corset type thing. Hope to show you soon! ^_^

The awesome thing about tshirt cloth is, that it’s made with Jersey Knit. Which won’t fray or unravel if you cut it up. So you can take scissors to it, and you don’t have to sew or hem those edges! This rocks. Hence the popularity of this trend! I swear i’m totally on the tail end of this trend, but I expect to have a lot of fun with it, just the same.

Stay tuned!

I made these pillowcases and then bleached them with the sleeping figures of Azeroth races! Yes, yes, I am a geek. Stop sniggering, look at the pictures! =D

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Sleepytime in Azeroth: Horde Edition!

Yes, I use a teeny tiny pillow. Isn’t it cute?

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I have been traveling on the weekends lately for my insurance business, and I keep seeing this long string of traincars along the freeway, off the road a bit, that have some graffiti on them. From what I could see, some of it was pretty good! I kept thinking that I’d stop sometime and go see if I could get close enough to take pictures of them. But it was always raining, or late, or really cloudy, or I was in a hurry, etc. WELL. This last weekend, it was actually sunny out, and I had some time after my final appointment, so my hubby and I decided to give it a go! We drove out to the closest road we could figure to where the traincars were at, and hiked the 1/4 mile or so out to them. And then the cars themselves were about 1/4 mile long as well! With graffiti on every single car. We took lots of pics, and I wanted to share them with you! Click to enlarge. Enjoy!

Joyns:

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Unknown:

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“5ACTO”? “FYSR”? Not sure.

Detail:

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My hubby liked this little guy: “SKOOB”?

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SPOK:

Here, we climbed through a connection to the other side of the train, and found another SPOK tag…

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A rather plain-speaking vandal leaves his mark:

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More white-pen work…

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SKETCH5 here seems to have made some white-pen wielding enemies….

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Under this is written “WASTED DRUNK’D” but that’s not what the tag appears to say. Not sure what it says.

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No idea.

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Different! I likes it.

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I took the picture of this one shortly before realizing that the artists often ’signed’ their tags with a much more readable print, thus ‘decoding’ their tag art into actual letters the layman could read. But because I hadn’t realized that yet, I didn’t include the key, which is in the lower left hand corner. “ESA” is all we get of this one. Perhaps “LIESA” Or “LISA”. “GESA”? Hmm…..

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Voted “The awesomest tag” on the trip, RAIN is a really neat one, and it’s one of the tags I saw from the freeway and liked. It looks a little like it might be “RAINS” but it was signed just “rain” so I think the squiggle at the end is just decorative. Notice it says “Huge Reps” up in the corner. Lol, I thought that was funny.

Another view of RAIN: ( I didn’t notice until typing this that the R is backwards in this tag. The brain is a weird thing. )

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One of the Many GNOSIS tags on these cars. I think GNOSIS is a tag I recognize from elsewhere, but I couldn’t tell you where. He has a very uniform style across his tags.

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Interesting looking tag. No sig/key on this one. Your guess is as good as mine.

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Some ‘evidence’ left behind, along the tracks…

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Apparently, burning out railroad ties is a fun thing to do when you’re out tagging with your buddies. We saw about 5 of these out there.

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This accompanied a pair of tags that were done in the same style, next to each other. They were 3 letters each, and each tag covered a whole car, top to bottom. Very large. Then they repeated the tags on the next two cars, but mirrored. (Backwards)

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“VASKOE”?

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Nice, clear key: “SANE”. This was the last car in the row. We were getting a little tired.

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While we were taking photos of the final car, a BIG dog came up to the tracks from the bushes about 20 meters away. He barked at us one time, then sauntered back into the bushes the way he came. I barely had time to notice him before he was already shambling away. I’m really glad he did, we had no weapons with which to fight off a large dog. It spooked us a little. For the record, if it would have attacked, or come closer, I would have suggested to hubby that we yell at it and try to look large and sound mean. Unless the dog is REALLY determined, this usually works. Eek.

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Time to head back!

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Mr GAFIS here apparently fancies the title “The Panty Droper”

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I really liked the colors of this one. The photo got a bit washed-out. Pity.

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“KATIE”. So cute!

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I liked the look of this one, particularly the technique used on the tops of the letters, the feathering, there…

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Kanten saw this one from further away than I did, and pointed out it was a snail or something. I stepped back, and then I could see it. These all looked way better from the freeway or from way back. I think this guy actually looks like a nerd. From the candy boxes?

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This was pretty creepy. Some of the cars’ doors were open, and people had gotten up in there and painted inside. This one says “BLOOD” prominently, and right above it is written “F— the Bloods” in a different hand. I imagine that these cars have been down to California. I kept poking my head into the cars, half expecting to find a bum or a body. o_o

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I just found this funny: “R U FAKIN, OR 4 REAL?”

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Another “RAIN”. I can’t figure out if this is a tribute, or if RAIN actually did it. There’s two tags on top of each other here. I wonder who wrote the “I <3 Me” lol.

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And, finally, the last pic we took: The GNOSIS tag we liked the best. He uses a lot of silver. I wonder who it is who loves Kyra.

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Welp, that took forever. 2.75 hours to post all that. Phew! I think it might have taken longer than the hike itself! =P Hope you enjoyed the pics, please feel free to comment, especially if you’re good at reading tags! I’d love to have translations or backstories on some of them.

-Sy

Hey, you stink. You know you do. If you don’t have BO issues, then you probably have Artificial Fragrance issues, which is just as bad.

Hey, I can admit it, I stink. Especially now that I’m working out a lot, skipping showers is not an option, and some clothes that have polyester content retain unsavory smells and make me sad. I also hate using deodorant. Oh, I do use it, but I detest it. I can’t find a good one that meets my stringent health standards, and doesn’t have a strong smell to it, natural or otherwise. Can’t I just be scent-free?

Well… maaaaaaybe……

I was surfing the other day, (I’m pretty sure it was on a wow gaming website, and the top bar had this drawing of a stout nerd wrapped up in coat and scarf, with unkempt hair, and smell marks wafting off of him, haha) and I saw this ad for Nullo, something that said it could deodorize you from the inside out. ORLY, I said to myself. I was sure it was either a gimmick or unhealthy to take. After cruising the Nullo Website, however, I wasn’t so sure. This product has been around since, like, they invented dirt. And people swear by it, saying it works! Hmmm. I tagged it in my del.icio.us, and went looking for other sources of info on the stuff.

Mainly, it’s Chlorophyll. Sounds healthy enough. And it’s true that doctors have been suggesting it for years, for patients who have to poo through a tube that comes out of their abdomen, and it works to curb smells for those people. Hunters also use it to deodorize themselves so the deer don’t sniff ‘em.

I found the Nature’s Sunshine website, and they seem to have a good thing going with their supplements, so I ordered some of their chlorophyll product. A month supply for me and my hubby, we’re trying it out! If we’re not satisfied with the results after a month, I’m moving on to BodyMint, a newer company who’s jumping on the internal deodorant bandwagon, and taking it into the next century. They’re newer, hipper, and have a great marketing department.

I’ve been taking the Chlorophyll gelcaps for 4 days now, I’ll keep you posted on whether it works for me or not!