Yarn Bomb!

Ever heard of the yarn bomb?

If the answer is no then let me be the first to introduce you to the art of knitted graffiti:

 
 

This awesome trend was started by a lady named Magda Sayeg and her group Knitta Please.  I do wish I had been the one to come up with that name.

I never thought I would feel so inspired to vandalize public property.

Muppets Forever!

I’m going to divert from my usual topics today because…

There’s going to be a new Muppet movie!!

And I am EXCITED!   I have read on the internets that the release date has been moved up to Thanksgiving of this year, which means it will be a happy, happy holiday!

I mean, you have to love the Muppets.  They’re weird and colorful…

fun!

… and musical …

meep!

… and just plain fun.  Even Elmo.

set your piggies free!

I can not wait for this movie!

The Muppets Movie!

Project: birthday dress!

I have a birthday coming up, and it will mark the beginning of the last year of my twenties.

I want to celebrate this one right, and really bid a fond farewell to my first decade of independence.  I’m starting with the dress.  Usually I like to go for a simple, understated sort of elegance, but for this particular celebration I think I’ll try for the opposite direction.  It’s going to be sequins, silks, and feathers all the way!

Maybe something like this:



or this:



or even this!:



I’m not even sure what’s going on in this last picture. 

I’m completely open to suggestions, so if you have any ideas please let me know!

Everyone loves Lucy

Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday was this weekend.

You may have noticed.  Google commemorated by turning their logo into a television set that showed all the I Love Lucy episodes, and A & E dedicated all of Saturday to Lucy’s movies.

I celebrated in my own small way by making this collection, because I have always admired the lady’s style:

everyone loves Lucy by fiveohfourrag featuring link jewelry

Happy belated birthday, Lucy!

pretty lady

The Black Bottom!

A while back I made a post about doing the Charleston.  But lest you think the flappers were only creative enough to come up with one dance;

I would like to introduce you to the Black Bottom!

You start by stompin’ your feet

The main move in the Black Bottom starts with stomping your toes on the ground quickly and rhythmically.  The rest is mostly up to you!

So it’s a pretty easy dance, but so much fun!  And that’s not even the half of it.  The flappers knew how to move it and no doubt, and I plan or learning all their dances and their names.  I’ll let you know what I find out there…

The Sun… it burns!

This weekend I took a day trip to the beach and came back with an all-over sunburn.

No matter how much sun screen lotion I apply it is never enough to stop my pale white skin from turning a bright, painful crimson.  I blame my Irish ancestors.

But there is relief!

at least my burn wasn’t this bad.

These tips were helpful, but I’m still not completely healed.  I know soon enough begins the itchy peeling phase, and I don’t look forward to it.

Curse you sun!  You’ve brought me nothing but red skin and freckles! 

Of course, you also bring life to the Earth, so I suppose you can be forgiven…

My love letter to Debbie Stoller

When I was 21 years old a friend of mine brought me along to a weekly knitting circle she attended.  Those ladies introduced me to the first Stitch N’ Bitch book, and I took off from there.

I have loved knitting ever since, and I turned out to be pretty good at it!

If you want to see some examples of my work, just check out my shop, Five Oh! Four Rag, on Etsy.com.  But I digress…

Since then Ms. Stoller has gone on to publish four more books, and of course I own them all!  Each one is full of useful, easy to follow instructions as well as funky modern patterns that anyone can enjoy.

  
  

Recently she also began selling her own line of yarn: Stitch Nation.  All of her yarn is made from natural fibers and is very affordable at around five dollars a skein.  For those of you who know yarn, you know how awesome this is. 

In addition to all of this, Debbie Stoller is the editor-in-chief of BUST magazine.  This magazine celebrates all things female: our achievements, our abilities, and our future.  Of all the feminist magazines out there I have found this one to be the most fair minded and empowering, and it has become very important to me over the years. 

So, thank you, Debbie Stoller!  You’re work has changed my life in more ways than one, all for the better, and I will be forever grateful.