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[batiferrite]

Okay, so, my issue here is I keep alternatingly forgetting that Dreamwidth exists and then putting off posting until I finish whatever current project I'm working on... and then, by the time that I finish it, I forget about Dreamwidth again. And the cycle repeats...

Another reason I kinda stopped posting here was that a few months ago I was kinda blogging a lot on other sites as well, and I just thought that it tedious to basically write the same thing in multiple places. Now I've kinda slowed down with that for one reason or another, but I still wanted to ramble about arts & craftsy projects I'm working on... but that just brings us back to the cycle of not wanting to post here until I finish something. See my problem here? So, I'm just gonna start anyway.

But, first, I guess I should talk about the past couple of months:

Personally...

Last time, I mentioned going to therapy. Genuinely, I do think talking to someone and hearing from an outside perspective was helpful -- I've realized some things, but, ultimately, it comes down to: God, I really want to move out and be more independent. A lot of the therapy sessions were actually her reading over my resume and giving interview advice and stuff. And I've had a few interviews in the meantime, but still nothing has really come out of them yet, so that sucks. *sigh* I ended up cancelling the last meeting, though, and I don't know if I'll be going back.

Besides that, I've been leaving the house a bit more, at least. Volunteering with a local musical theater group in return for free tickets, playing Euchre with some relatives, and I've been eyeing a board game event at the library that I wanted to go to.

Art Fight 2024
This was my first time actually doing Art Fight despite hearing about it for several years and it was a lot of fun, drawing different sorts of characters and stuff that I normally wouldn't. I also think I've gotten better at improvising landscape backgrounds and general composition, so I'm pretty proud of that! Highlights below, but I also put all my Art Fight stuff on my site.
cw: mild nudity

needlefelting :3

cross stitch



[Ghastly and Gengar, as well as the cardinal patterns made by @butterberrycafe on Tumblr. Elephant pattern by goldflower on Braceletbook.]

Most recently, I've gotten into making little pins or magnets or whatever (I actually haven't finished them yet, oops). I was trying to do this as a replacement for scrolling mindlessly on Tumblr, and I think it's pretty satisfying! These were all done on plastic canvas, but I've been thinking about graduating up to a larger design and incorporating it into a box or bookbinding-thing. I made a little prototype to see how that would work, using some leftover scraps and perforated paper:



It all glued really nicely, so I think this would work out well! I thought it'd be cute to make, like, a little storage box for my old Gameboy maybe, with a cross stitch of some card art from the Pokemon Trading Card Game GBC on the top. That's on the backburner, though, because...

Currently...

• I signed up for the PokéPod Project here on Dreamwidth. Basically the idea is people write or narrate a short story (or three, in my case) about an assigned Pokémon from the original 151, and they all come together in a cute little set. I don't think I'm allowed to say what I've been assigned yet, but I've been working on writing those. (The deadline's coming a little close, but I think it'll be fine!)
• And also, my aunt suddenly said she'd pay me to make some more Pokémon sock plushies for one of my little cousins. He's like six and I've barely even met him. When I asked which Pokémon I should make, all she said was his favorite is Pikachu, but besides that, "he likes them all! ^^" which is, uh, kinda stressful. I've got some plans, though, that I'll write about once I get a bit further in!

And I think that's all I've got to say for now! Thanks for listening! ^^

Comments

[picori]

That is the cutest little Mareep I've ever seen in my life!!! (<- diehard fan of the Mareep line) Your Azurill and the assorted cross stitchings are also so cute and such a wonderful little display of talent! :D

[batiferrite]

Thanks! ^^