Thanks, KLK! I took the photos of this gizmo nearly a year ago, and didn't have anywhere to share until I found Craftster. I make lots of little storage racks, boxes, cabinets, etc. at work - it's my make-work for slack days. I'll have to look around and see if there are any others interesting enough to be worth posting. This week I've gone the other direction and have been making a 200 sq. ft. crate. That's also make-work, because it's for an opera that we haven't even started working on, so it won't be needed for six months at least. Crates are never interesting to anyone else, though, even though I may be secretly very proud of the new way I've attached the lid, or how perfectly-aligned the wheels are. There probably are other crate geeks out there, but so far we don't have our own community.

Wulf

Warning: another scrapbooking rant!

I just spent a depressing hour going through the postings in the Scrapbooking Projects board. "Maybe it's not as bad as I think!" Wrong. Apparently there is no escape from the inferno of cake-cutting, fun at the beach, cute babies, graduation, school sports and on and on. Polkadots. Stripes. Polkadots on top of stripes. With daisies grommetted onto everything. "Surf's Up!" "Ain't I cute?" "Let's Get This Party Going!" "Mommy's Little Helper" AAAGGGHHHH!!!

BUT I did eventually slam my head down on the keyboard and flipped back to the Scrapbooking Discussion page, where there seem to be quite a few people who feel the way I do. "Why is everything so perky?" and "Why can't I find darker themed stuff?" seem to be common complaints. And one thread finally turned up this link to the Offbeat Scrapbookers community. And links from there to other punk/alternative scrapbook sites.

Ahhh, that's better.

Wulf

It makes my fingers cramp just looking at it! I hope it eventually gets used by the intended recipient. (I'm sure the fabulous re-constructed dress will do a lot to help in that direction.)

Wulf

Kubata 'round 1 pm. See ya there.

Wulf

Those hairclips, though so simple, are really beautiful. You're right about it being a great shade of blue. What are they made of?

And a switch plate! I never think of making switch plates, but I always like other people's.

Wulf

KLK, is that yarmulke really crocheted? I would never have guessed from looking at it. It looks more like some kind of weaving. The embroidery works very well in spite of the uncooperative cord! What is the design in the middle of the star? a dove?

Wulf

Yeah, I like the idea of an option for either just a mask or a mask and accessories. Because of course, the accessories make the outfit!

Wulf

I promised I'd upload a sample of Ralph's stationery portfolio lining paper. This alone would make me deeply covetous if I wasn't already clutching it greedily. My Precious!

Sorry, I was speedreading and missed the link to the Arttrader site. Can't find any information about costs, etc. but I'm sure it'll appear eventually. June is already overbooked for me, but it is only in Rochester.

Wulf

Yes, I guess shrines would be kept out of Scrapbooking. Even the "scrapboxes" would be regarded with skepticism, I think.

For those who asked, the shrine I showed you is fairly large, about 24 in. high. It started out as a wooden wine gift box from a yard sale. I cut the door into three (two halves and a top section that you can't really see in the photo because it folds out horizontally) and put on new hinges and catches. I haven't posted it to a Projects board because, of course, there isn't one for shrines and it's really not papercraft.

By the way, when did carding get a Completed Projects board? It wasn't on the original list! And what kind of completed project is a hank of wool, anyway, no matter how beautifully it's carded.

And Alteredmommy, let's hear more about that gathering in Rochester. It's just across the lake from me - I could swim there, if I could swim.

Wulf