I have elephant socks; also, an elephant plush

Here's a closeup of the pattern, from Forever 21's website:

It would look cute as a tiled wallpaper, methinks

Bought these as part of a fairly recent order from F21...okay, actually, they were the main reason I bought anything in the first place.  Plus there was free shipping.  In addition to these I got a fedora with a flower band that looked pretty nice for how cheap it was, a gray tank top with a kangaroo pocket, and a set of studs.  I was pretty pleased with everything.  I like how they wrap everything up in paper and tuck it all safely together, instead of just putting it in a plastic bag.  It seems neater, I guess.

Anyway, plush elephant!  Again, this is one of those things that I didn't really plan to make.  We are keeping it though because Bryan thought it was pretty cute (are we really in our 20s? haha):

Click to see them larger!  Pattern is here.

100 Interviews

I forget how I stumbled upon this, but I'm glad I did.  100 Interviews is a project that journalist and comedian Gaby Dunn started last October--basically, she gave herself one year to interview 100 different people that she had never met before.  It's pretty interesting!  Here's some links to some sample posts:

An Abraham Lincoln Expert
Stephen Colbert (there's quite a story around this one)
A Porn Actor (i may have to, uh, check out this guy's work later)
Someone Who Married Their High School Sweetheart

100 Interviews' main website is here; I highly suggest you check it out!

one of my coworkers brought back some snacks from mexico...

I think he goes there for medicine and something else?  Not really sure.  Anyway, the one on the left is a sort of Little Debbie mash-up, and the other is just a standard fruit bar.  Nothing too special.  The first reminded me of something else, but I can't remember.  You can see more about this brand of products here.  I think the most interesting one is the cookie with lime filling.

(btw the way, my "sister" in japan sent me a package recently.  i mean to post some pictures of it soonish)

Cibo Matto

In an e-mail I opened recently I saw this:

I was kind of surprised!  I know they haven’t been together for awhile, but it looks like they will be playing a benefit-for-Japan concert next week, and are apparently working on a new album (according to the e-mail).

I admit I wasn’t much of a listener back in the day, and have only really gotten to know the songs from Stereo Type A recently. But (and here’s a little story for you), I remember that there were a few times when we bought jeans from Levi’s or whatever (in my case usually at JC Penny),  and they gave us stuff.  Two CDs and a clock.  One of those CDs was a mix, and one of the songs was Cibo Matto’s “Spoon.”  I can’t remember any of the other songs, though I do think the other CD was a single or something by this girl group called M2M.

Here’s Cibo Matto’s song “Moonchild:”

Things I've Sewn Recently

For those of you who DIY, do you ever make anything just because you have the materials or time or whatever, and not because you honestly want to?  I did the former recently; I've been trying to use up a surplus of felt sheets.  Not sure what I'm going to do with most of this stuff (except for the kiiroitori, and one of the matryoshka, those I will be keeping)...Here are the pictures, and I will insert links to tutorials when applies.  Click to see the larger versions!

Kiiroitori! I made my own pattern for this, using one of the pictures from the Rilakkuma fan book as a reference.  I actually had some purpose in making it, as a companion for the stuff Korilakkuma and Rilakkuma I already have.

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Matryoshka, of varying qualities.  The one of the left was the first I made, obviously.  I think the orange one is the best.  Tutorial is here.

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Two doughnuts.  I can't remember which pattern I used, but if you search you'll be able to find many.  For the second doughnut I copied the pattern I had and cut it in half, adding the bite marks in.

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I don't like the way this one turned out.  You can get the pattern here if you want to try it out though.  She has quite a few good stuff-patterns.

This turned out just fine.  Pattern.

Used this pattern, but cut it a littler shorter and did the jam part a bit
differently.

This one comes from here; she has a nice little collection of patterns.

And that's it!  Maybe I'll give them all away over time, or just keep them stuffed in a box forever.

(also, when it comes to arranging images, this blogger editor sucks pretty bad)