Friday, June 1, 2007
Stream of Consciounsness Post
I've been itching to be creative lately.I want to do photography and the darkroom again (I dropped that lame community college class last semester because I was there for a month and hadn't developed one stinking print yet - boring!).
I want to make handmade soap again (but is using sodium hydroxide safe during pregnancy? I would mix it outside so the fumes wouldn't be too bad and I always wear elbow-high gloves and safety goggles. I've emailed my midwife to see if she can tell me.).
I want to create art (I recently saw a painting from afar that reminded me of the womb, which made me want to get out the glue and tissue paper to form a texturized, pink womb with some kind or representation of life inside. This is not a medium I'm used to - multi-media painting - but it was very exciting to me at the time I was envisioning it.).
I want to make jewelry again - beaded earrings and necklaces, silver rings, etc. I just need a lab to make rings because I need a hammer, a ring sizer, a metal cutter, and a soldering iron! Drat.
I have been itching to create my own bumper stickers ever since I got pregnant. The first would be: "Baby in Utero" instead of "Baby on Board." Another would be: "Get outta my way - pregnant and hungry!" or "Move it! I'm pregnant and gotta GOOOOO!"
I want to learn how to silk screen my own t-shirts and bags. I've seen the "Coming This Spring" maternity t-shirts but no "Coming This Fall" ones, so I want to make my own. [Found this which will help me out.]
I want to make my own (or find one) rubber stamp with a bird on a line because a bird on a line makes me smile. I'd make my own stationary and greeting cards with a bird on a line. Isn't that happy? It is to me. Ideally it would be a sparrow or a morning dove (the latter being my favorite bird because I love their song).
I found this article yesterday and I'm totally going to do this from now on. |
